Languages - December 2006

What does mean "gag" in this text?:In the video for her new single, Mariah Carey plays two parts, good Mariah and bad Mariah.The two meet in the ladies'roon and start a very unladylike fight.They scratch, they kick, they pull each other's hair.Good mariah wins.One can think this is just silly music-video GAG. I looked up in the dictionary of Cambridge and I met this:"joke ou story that is intended to amuse, esp. one told by a comedian.A gag is also a trick played on someone or an action performed to amuse other people"

2006-12-02 11:26:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

With an example if possible.........

2006-12-02 11:25:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've heard there are two pronunciations for the word THE I dont know what are they? plz help me

2006-12-02 11:21:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm korean.

' On the one hand , on the other hand '

these two sentences can be like 'for example' or 'first of all , second of all' something like this?

I searched about this in internet, then they said 'on the one hand and on the other hand' = 'however'
so I got panic

I'm in the library, so I couldn't use Korean please understand me.
and my grammer skill is awful so if you can check this write please check this too

see ya

2006-12-02 10:57:53 · 6 answers · asked by Iamman 1

There are several sentences that I've translated but I'm not sure they're right. Am I doing them correctly?
1. Are you going to buy anthing for your mom?
Vas a comprar algo para tu madre?
2. I'm going to buy her a blouse.
Voy a comprarle una blusa.
3. I like these green pants more than the black ones.
Me gustan estos pantalones mas que los ******.
4. These daring short dresses
Estos vestidos bajos y atrevidos

Also, when there is more than one adjective in a sentence without a conjunction, how do I translate it?
Ex: That striped ugly bathing suit

2006-12-02 10:45:29 · 8 answers · asked by Muffins 1

2006-12-02 10:42:33 · 2 answers · asked by mrs.rios 1

yafe meod

2006-12-02 10:34:59 · 3 answers · asked by frenchfri47 2

It's spanish

2006-12-02 10:32:57 · 5 answers · asked by Mashi M 1

I attend an awesome liberal arts college and I am thinking of going into engineering. However, I want t learn a third language along the way. Which one should I learn? I was thinking of doing biomedical, mechanical, or computer engineering?

2006-12-02 10:29:51 · 14 answers · asked by Luz Sotomayor L 1

I might move to mexico/spain or portugal for a few months in the summer, I want to know the language before i go so anyone know a free site or someway to learn without buying anything
p.s it is most likely spain

2006-12-02 10:23:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

who can tell me the translation in other languages?

2006-12-02 09:54:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

its on spanish and i need it to be on english

2006-12-02 09:51:52 · 3 answers · asked by maria f 1

HI! I'r from Argentina, and I learn that U used to speak my language, why did U start to speak english? when? If some of you can answer in spanish, do it!!!! I want to know hiw do U speak (if U can)

2006-12-02 09:20:53 · 9 answers · asked by prez goti 2

I need it for a translation of a web comic

2006-12-02 09:16:08 · 15 answers · asked by the z 1

If I was about 7 years old would I get in trouble for saying, "bloody"? Like, "I shot his bloody head off."
Is "bloody" the same as a swear word or not?
Just wondering. Thanks.

2006-12-02 09:04:44 · 6 answers · asked by PegBundyWannabe 5

2006-12-02 09:02:58 · 15 answers · asked by andychou 2

deux cent quatre-vingt-dix-sept = 297
quatre-vingt-onze = 91

2006-12-02 09:01:06 · 10 answers · asked by ♥ 6

what does 'ai shi te ru' mean? its japense

2006-12-02 08:57:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you say this in french..

"Had I known how to save a life"

2006-12-02 08:42:17 · 5 answers · asked by HAPPY <3 2

I can not find it in online or my dictionaries.

2006-12-02 08:29:34 · 5 answers · asked by Kimia 1

Well. I'm going to go to France as a foreign exchange student, and I was wondering if you French Natives could teach me some French sland terms or other useful terms in advance! Since the slang in our books is from the 80's!

2006-12-02 08:23:07 · 2 answers · asked by Jolette 1

if you could invent another letter for the alphabet, what would the letter look like, what would it sound like, and what would it be called?

2006-12-02 08:10:54 · 24 answers · asked by barry-the-aardvark 2

should we continue to cater to them by learning spanish and having translators in the U.S.?

2006-12-02 07:56:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-02 07:50:01 · 6 answers · asked by Kenichigo s 2

Does it mean just 'Star' in Arabic or is there a deeper meaning ?
Many people told me Nijma means star but one person said that Nijma means 'One star' .... I think there is a deep philosophical difference between 'star' and 'one star' Can anyone who knows the roots of Arabic help me with this ?

thx

2006-12-02 07:43:40 · 9 answers · asked by Cheerio 1

In your language, can you hear the difference in accents when others speak your language, in the same way that in English we can discern a German accent, or a Japanese accent... I know it seems obvious, but I wonder if in another language, that speaker can tell the difference between an Australian, a Brit, a Scotsman, a Canadian, etc speaking in their language. If so, tell me what language you speak, and what the differences in the other people's accents are.

2006-12-02 07:41:10 · 17 answers · asked by barry-the-aardvark 2

i am loking fo the songs "Goluboi Vagon" and "Cheburashka".

2006-12-02 07:37:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-02 07:32:36 · 22 answers · asked by barry-the-aardvark 2

Geestelijke gezondheidszorg voor Kinderen in gewapende conflicten

Rapport naar aanleiding van de Tweede Kindertop van 8 tot 10 mei 2002 in New York, een bijzondere VN-vergadering over kinderen.

2006-12-02 07:23:10 · 2 answers · asked by Maria 1

I am interested in find songs sung in forieng languages. Written in the native country, and sung by the people who know thier culture best. From German (European countries) to Swahili to the African dialects. I have only just started looking for such a site that might host such an varity of langueages, but figured i'd start here. If you know of different sites that host one group (European/Asian/African/South-East Asian) at a time, then that would be just as welcome.
So let me know, if you know, about any such sites. Thanks.

2006-12-02 07:22:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous