Languages - October 2006

My husband and I have four languages between us. It's important that our child speak arabic (my husband's first language) and english (my first language, also we live in UK) but we tend to speak spanish at home and it would be good to also enable our child to speak this language too. Does anyone have any advice?

2006-10-18 22:37:10 · 35 answers · asked by Claire A 1

2006-10-18 21:54:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 21:45:39 · 9 answers · asked by RyE 1

2006-10-18 21:25:19 · 7 answers · asked by ali 6

Having only been raised in America, I sometimes hear British people talking about American accents. I can't possibly comprehend what an American "accent" sounds like, since to me American English has no accent. (I realize that there are separate dialects depending on what part of the U.S. people are from, like the Midwest or Southeast or North or wherever). I recognize British accents, where words are clipped and vowels are longer, or an Australian one, where words are longer and vowels are clipped, but what precisely defines an American accent? Do we have completely different sounds for different letters? Are we drawing the vowels out longer or shorter? What do we sound like to British or Australian people?

2006-10-18 21:09:12 · 8 answers · asked by supensa 6

Which statement is correct?
Don't erase her memories from your mind.
Don't erase her memories of your mind.

Thanks for all answerers.

2006-10-18 20:32:08 · 8 answers · asked by Nebula 1

Could you tell me information about Early Modern English?
plzz I need three different websites about that t where I can find information about this period plzz no wikepedia.. it's serious

2006-10-18 20:15:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 20:12:19 · 5 answers · asked by nazlibehrouz 1

The dark lord and also solitary man

2006-10-18 20:02:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 19:27:13 · 14 answers · asked by zorroorojo 3

and where did it come from?!

2006-10-18 18:44:08 · 11 answers · asked by Fightoffyourdemons 1

Was it the structure rule of a WH-question, considerient that the base structure would be S ->WH-word NP VP

2006-10-18 18:05:26 · 3 answers · asked by followyourdreams 1

I've kind of experienced this with japanese people( foreigners coming to study or visit) i've met here in america. If they are good at english, and you study japanese and try to speak it, they are not really impressed or interested. The ones that are english beginners, are so happy and interested if you speak their language.. but the others don't even want to share their language.. they only want English all the time. It's like they don't care about your interest in their culture. If i meet such a person, how can i let her understand that sharing both languages is better than me just speaking english?

2006-10-18 17:19:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to mean unprofessional or tacky

2006-10-18 17:19:09 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 16:44:11 · 9 answers · asked by BaBY aNGel..~* 2

2006-10-18 16:41:58 · 12 answers · asked by Queen of Dumb Questions 1

It goes like this
"they have become,through marketing,word of mouth,and demonstrable reliability,the common pants of America."
Do you think the author made the sentence clear?How can I understand the phrase of "word of mouth"?Word of whose mouth?Does it refer to the advertisment or the public judgement?

2006-10-18 16:41:35 · 4 answers · asked by Gone Car 1

Im from Australia and sometimes I think we sound really monotone. What do you think?

2006-10-18 16:29:36 · 25 answers · asked by katie.sugar 2

Group 1
a.The funny cartoon attracts the reader's eye on the cover of the magazine.
b.The funny cartoon on the cover of the magazine attracts the reader's eye on the cover of the magazine.
Group2
a.The doctor promised on her way to her hospital to come and see me.
b.The doctor promised to come and see me on her way to her hospital .
So,which are more effective for people to understand?I hope to hear more about the reasons.Please help me. Thank you

2006-10-18 16:29:20 · 14 answers · asked by Gone Car 1

How do you say "I guess you never woke up" AND/OR "Did you have trouble getting ready?" (like in the morning, washing up, dressing, etc)

2006-10-18 16:14:53 · 11 answers · asked by tigerlilyx 3

Here are three sample sentences,
1.I am not to run for any position.
2.I am not going to run for any position.
3.I won't run for any position.
I believe there are some difference among the three sentences,but not able to make them clear,hope you help with,Thank you guys

2006-10-18 16:08:52 · 9 answers · asked by Gone Car 1

2006-10-18 15:59:15 · 6 answers · asked by urjaed 1

يالله حيهم تحية طيبة اخباركم عساكم طيبين

هذي اول مشاركة لي في المنتدى واتمنى انكم تقبلوني كصديق لكم
Can anyone tell my what that means?
Thanks ahead of time .

2006-10-18 15:32:44 · 8 answers · asked by Cars 4 Sale 3

i think this guy just cursed me out

2006-10-18 15:15:13 · 3 answers · asked by jerse15 3

I'd like to know how moon is said in other languages

2006-10-18 15:06:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 15:06:04 · 7 answers · asked by dtshaff 3

as in the shop will be closed for profilactic

2006-10-18 14:59:22 · 11 answers · asked by jeff 1

'Well, actually John, to be honest-' 'If I were to tell the truth I'd have to say-' .

2006-10-18 14:54:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 14:49:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Skourou bay bin!

I have no idea how it is spelled but it sounds like that. Other spellings might be "scuru bai bin" or something similar. It seems to be perhaps an expletive phrase (swearing) said when angry.

Does this sound like anything Italian, Corsican or of any other language? When I Google it, the word 'scuru' comes up as Italian but I don't know what it means. Anyone know what scuru means?

It could also be a deviation of an expression and possibly in a specific dialect. Is there any chance it could be latin?

I appreciate any help on this. Thank you!

2006-10-18 14:26:00 · 3 answers · asked by LadyMisty 3