Languages - September 2007

I have been studying German for about 21/2 years now, but I'm still a little fuzzy about when to use "bin", or any other form of "to be", versus when I shouldn't. I know that you "to be" in German when you it as progressive present in English (like you can't say "I'm running" in German, but you can say "I run", "Ich renne"). But, I know you can say things like "Ich bin Krank" and "Ich bin 18" and stuff. So, when do you use it? Is it basically only for when you are talking about a state of being pretty much? Like, can you say "I am excited" in German, or is that using it in progressive? Any help would be great, thanks.
Sarah

2007-09-19 19:52:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wrote a really good poem for school, the only problem is i can't seem to translate i right into italian

Migration
Escaping the ruined beauty,
leaving their lifes in the past,
they couldn't turn back,
to what used to be luscious fields anad happy family homes,
was now a blank black ditch,
so they ran, they ran from disaster to the place they now call home

2007-09-19 19:04:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the translation of "aestuo" from latin to english? I think it means to burn with passion, but it it means like burn-- as in a stove or with fever I don't want it! If thats not the right word/phrase I need one that DOES mean to burn with passion. Thanks!! :-) Why you ask? I'm getting it tattooed on my body somewhere!

2007-09-19 18:22:36 · 6 answers · asked by mrs.v 4

?? :)

2007-09-19 17:51:28 · 11 answers · asked by ? 2

wat is it

2007-09-19 17:43:55 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2

so i can use the proper n and i

2007-09-19 17:42:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

is lavar regular or irregular and how

2007-09-19 17:26:15 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2

why do you say:

odio la escuela.

why put la in there? please explain?

thank you.

2007-09-19 17:17:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

odio escuela trabaja!

means i hate school work

2007-09-19 17:00:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

for example
"odio la escuela"

2007-09-19 16:37:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've learned that french(including the cajun dailect) is spoken in the south but only by the elderly why isn't the youth intrested in there culture to learn it themselves i mean i am indian and i cant imagine not knowing hindi and punjabi. So why don't they revive i mean for a will it won't be that usefull but eventually it will come in handy right?

2007-09-19 15:59:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know there are many words for "stupid."

In my freshman German class, I was told by my teacher that if you are calling someone stupid (so a person), then you are supposed to use "dumm."

I.E.
Du bist dumm.
Not
Du bist blöd.

So today in my sophomore German class, the sentence was "He is stupid."
My teacher wrote "Er ist blöd."
So I asked about whether or not you can use blöd to describe a person.

So basically, what's proper? Does it not matter? Was my first teacher right?

2007-09-19 15:53:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont know what language its in.

2007-09-19 15:45:04 · 4 answers · asked by Capt. Ernesto Campos 3

Romani tamen ex ea pugna victores discesserunt. Britum, quasi communem patrem, Romanae matronai per annum luxerunt. Valerius Publicola Sp. Lucretium, Lucretiae patrem, collegam sibi fecit; qui *** morbo exstinctus esset, Horatium Pluvillum sibi collegam sumpsit. Ita primus annus quinque colsules habuit.

Here's what i have:
The Roman's nevertheless withdrew from this fight as victors. The Roman women grieved every year for Brutus, as if he were a common father (senator?). Valerius Publicola Sperius Lucritium, a senator (father?) of Lucretia, made his colleague; who, when killed by disease, named Hortius Pluvillus his colleague. Thus the first year had 5 consuls.

Please correct my translation, i know i made several errors

2007-09-19 15:44:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

aussi
d'o'u
de
qui
soeur
fille

????

2007-09-19 15:09:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-19 15:05:18 · 8 answers · asked by Rissy. 1

2007-09-19 14:25:47 · 4 answers · asked by Mercury 2010 7

any of u guys know a french adj(a nice 1 ;P) that has the letters v or y in it, tell me the word in french and english

2007-09-19 14:24:22 · 2 answers · asked by WHO U STARING AT?? 1

2007-09-19 14:09:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just took a reflexives quiz in Spanish and failed it tremendously, and I do not understand it.

The question is:
Make up an origional sentence.
Yo llamarse____

Do I put: Yo me llamarse or Yo se llamarse...

I am VERY confused!!

2007-09-19 14:05:28 · 4 answers · asked by seaxo8 2

2007-09-19 13:50:28 · 11 answers · asked by zainabainza 2

a be ce de e efe ge hache i jota ka ele eme ene enye o pe cu ere ese te u ube/be dobble be/dobble u equis i griega zeta.....What language is this?

2007-09-19 13:46:17 · 14 answers · asked by alec234tar 2

Also what does " Pedir con gran emocion es_________"
and " el valero que pasa la noche en un venta o en otro alojamiento es un____________"
and " el caballo se da ________ para leegar a la caalleriza porque tiene un hambre feroz" Please answer the blanks with sensible answers because i really dont understand what the fraces mean.

2007-09-19 13:33:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you can provide citations, that would be great.

2007-09-19 13:19:58 · 4 answers · asked by Truthseeker 2

ohk. i am confused about telling time in spanish.
sometimes it`s son las (#here) y (#here) .
&& sometimes its` son las (#here) menos (#here) .
then sometimes you`d have to write it starting with es la . . .
its` confusing . && how do you say it when its` ends with just o` clock ? can you help explain to me how to do this ? && give examples . thanks .

2007-09-19 13:00:39 · 4 answers · asked by ♥bbyLin 3

2007-09-19 12:54:59 · 2 answers · asked by Jenny 1

2007-09-19 12:52:53 · 3 answers · asked by baby_co_ca 2

2007-09-19 12:47:52 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I noticed that both futbol with an accent and futbol without an accent both mean soccer. Of course, that may not mean that it is grammatically correct. So, I want to know first of all if that's wrong, that "futbol" without an accent is incorrect, and also if it is correct, where can I find out what the Spanish grammar rules are.

2007-09-19 12:42:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

People are used to translate articles and speeches from very ancient times. What are its benefits

2007-09-19 12:40:05 · 3 answers · asked by pushpam 2