Languages - October 2007

Alright, so Im an American, and I just wanted to know about a word, that I think is from Britain. The word is wanker. Im sure alot of you know what it means, and I just wanted to be part of that crowd who can call someone a wanker and laugh.

2007-10-16 08:11:10 · 5 answers · asked by andrsj3 3

I don't know if I spelled it right...it's either Africaans or Afrikaans. Where does the language come from?

2007-10-16 08:08:03 · 7 answers · asked by Laura 4

Im typing in a spanish project to a power point what are the codes to get an upside down ? and ! ..... and also to get the little lines above a,e,i,o,u and the ~ squiggly above n?


help please.

2007-10-16 08:02:52 · 4 answers · asked by & This is the depth of Beauty; 2

What's the difference between
"The food is NICER in this café" and
"The food is the NICEST in this café"

I'm learning english but I don't know

2007-10-16 07:46:57 · 3 answers · asked by Native 1

2007-10-16 07:43:04 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought Standard German and Low German are more "clipt" and clearer, whilst High German in southern Germany is not as clear. And does Swiss German sound like German spoken in southern Germany, ie Munich?
Thanks

2007-10-16 07:31:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-16 07:25:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I speak english as a foreign language and saw these stranges sentences in an english course ; i would like you check my sentences and certify (or correct) them :
- They sold someone on an idea.
- She attends a staff meeting every monday.
- I spent my last dollars on plane tickets.
- As a child, i spent my time reading.
- I knew that while i preferred sitting and reading, my classmates would rather go and play.
Thank you in advance.

2007-10-16 07:23:36 · 8 answers · asked by magnon86 6

2007-10-16 07:19:03 · 3 answers · asked by Monte S 1

and are the french people celts ?

2007-10-16 06:26:55 · 12 answers · asked by Europan 3

Does anyone know what this means, or a site I can use to find out?

2007-10-16 06:11:36 · 10 answers · asked by Jenn F 1

I'm not sure if it makes sense or. We had to write an anecdote of some sort for our Spanish 102 class, then switch papers and make corrections to someone else's paper and I recieved and anecdote from a girl who wrote this:

Please see details below

2007-10-16 05:42:30 · 7 answers · asked by Tulip 4

2007-10-16 05:11:10 · 7 answers · asked by flatblack5757 2

2007-10-16 05:07:39 · 19 answers · asked by DON 2

I don't read spanish,I got this answer to a question about Lifting the Cuban Embargo,"Quiero los cigaros cubanos ahora ya!",can someone please tell me what it means?

Thank You....

2007-10-16 04:40:50 · 12 answers · asked by enigma 2

I have a series of Powerpoint slides in English. Each bullet on each slide is a short thought on a topic. I have notes about each bullet, also in English. I can readily use the notes and talk to each bullet but what I want is a person fluent in English and another language (either Spanish or Arabic) to use my Powerpoint slides and my notes and speak in that other language to each bullet. They could have ample preparation time. I'm not asking for a translation but rather just an informal paraphrasing. The topics are normal everyday life such as opening a checking account. My problem is that I don't know if what I want is difficult or not for this bilingual narrator. Opinions?

2007-10-16 01:50:41 · 2 answers · asked by Matthew T 7

hi! I'm italian, I began to study english 3 years ago... In italy there are a lot of local dialects...they are interesting! Are there any dialects in England? If there are, can you make me some examples? I'm curious! HI, THANKS!

2007-10-16 01:35:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I teach English to kids in Japan & I don't want my students to offend others in the future.

2007-10-16 00:40:18 · 11 answers · asked by coco q 1

"molto ingrandito" o "gigante"?
and which insect is woggle-bug? scarabeo or maggiolino?

2007-10-16 00:17:30 · 2 answers · asked by dgcnm 3

I have quite a good memory and put 100% into everything I take on. I am starting to learn Spanish, I know everyone is different but, if I have a private tutor and practice everyday for a couple of hours. How long do you think it would take me to learn to speak Spanish to a fairly good standard?

2007-10-16 00:11:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Notably, how to be sure one is not the other so far as usage is concerned, but historical origins are also of interest to me.

2007-10-15 23:52:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 23:32:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

please translate it in Latin

2007-10-15 23:23:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see other words such as Эти. But i was told Это doesn't change. And does anything else other than adjectives and nouns use the case system?
Thanks

2007-10-15 23:01:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

"After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Yang Jingyu was sent to the northeast of China by the Party , and he worked as the president of Anti-Japanese Administration of the Northeast, the secretary of Harbin Party and the Army Committee of Manchu, the commissar of South Manchu guerrillas which belong to the thirthy-second Army of Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army, the executive committee member of the Workers' and Peasants' Democratic Central Government, the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese Amalgamated Army of South Manchu, the division and chief commander and the political commissar of the 1st independent Division of the first Army of Northeast National Revolutionary Army, the commander and commisssar of the first army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, the captain and commissar of the first Route Army, a member of CCP committee of Sourth Manchu. "

2007-10-15 22:47:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 22:40:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did someone grunt and point at a tree and then decide that grunt would be the name of tree?

2007-10-15 22:00:42 · 5 answers · asked by Link 4

2007-10-15 21:33:50 · 6 answers · asked by wwbamd 1

Hi all,

What does hablas espanol mean? I saw it on a website and was wondering what it meant.

Thanks

2007-10-15 21:21:43 · 11 answers · asked by Maggs 1

2007-10-15 20:02:05 · 6 answers · asked by me! 1