Languages - October 2007

To simply use, or better still put one in my outlook express/word/and google toolbar. I am a lousy speller but trying to improve, and american spellings just complicates things

2007-10-14 03:53:30 · 4 answers · asked by Curly Top 2

I am correcting an essay that I wrote for my french class and I am having trouble with one sentence in particular... I am trying to say

"It surprised me when I found that Madame has lived in Cameroon."

My original sentence was:

" Il m'a étonné quand j'ai trouvé que Madame ait habité au Cameroun."

The only thing she marked wrong was the "il" at the beginning. What should I change it to?

2007-10-14 03:47:41 · 11 answers · asked by Michelle 2

2007-10-14 03:42:36 · 8 answers · asked by antonio's 1

In German, I hear them use mich and mir for me. Does there have to be a certain context or does it not matter which one you use?
Help, please! :-)

2007-10-14 03:38:20 · 2 answers · asked by auf wiedersehen 2

What does this mean?

WAAR EEN WIL IS, IS EEN WEG

2007-10-14 03:02:02 · 2 answers · asked by ets2521 5

Does anyone know how you would translate this into English?

2007-10-14 02:54:06 · 7 answers · asked by kimzotic 2

As accent is the determining factor, to low and high linguistic cultures, like in german! German high, is a fluid,easy but rapid speech, due to the simplification of the accent. The low german is the more gutteral brogue, with thick heavy deep, long, accentuations! This is the same patern, as the northern, united states,("high"?), and the southern united states,("low"?) ?

2007-10-14 01:32:00 · 6 answers · asked by chicogringosegundo 2

Also in German, what could I say using the perfect tense of what I did??

Like I played football...

2007-10-14 01:05:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it the same?
Another question,Pigeons can carry messages for four years.=
If goes well, their(pigeons) flying career lasts about four years.??

2007-10-14 01:05:38 · 2 answers · asked by wendy gao 1

These are from greeting cards received by a native German speaker, and I am having trouble explaining the meaning. The two phrases are:

1. I hope that today you experience a moment where it occurs to you how much you have accomplished in your life and how great you really are.

2. Today I thought of something that made me smile...you!

Would appreciate any help. Danke!!!

2007-10-14 00:35:52 · 6 answers · asked by KDS 2

I have heard that a child/teenager will be smarter if they learn a second language and it is good/healthy for them, and useful (of course).
How many languages on average should a teenager be learning? I am learning about 3...

2007-10-13 23:22:07 · 12 answers · asked by m.n.m 1

It's a bit hard to explain the question, but what I mean is, for example, people say English is a hard language to learn, and Esperanto is easy. So, if you learnt English, would you be smarter for learning and speaking a harder language?

2007-10-13 23:15:58 · 13 answers · asked by m.n.m 1

Can someone type in japanese the numbers 1-10.
一　二　三　四　語　六　質　八　急　銃 .
i have a feeling these are wrong?
Please help

2007-10-13 21:41:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

You should say:
the name of this language (& where it is spoken)
how you would learn it
what special equipment, facilities or conditions would be necessary when studying this language *
and explain why you would like to learn this language. *

2007-10-13 21:07:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like me to use it in a sentence, or something of the sort---"tra i nivol turborent..." Here's another---"cont i nivol che hinn fiss..." Any help on this word "nivol" will be greatly appreciated.

2007-10-13 20:33:02 · 6 answers · asked by moe s 1

Ok. I have asked a few Jewish questions lately & have been so blessed with much needed info on my heritage. I want to test tis to see if I did it correctly. Anyone that can read Hebrew will know if I did this correctly. What is this name?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=5yyqw&s=2

2007-10-13 20:27:28 · 6 answers · asked by דְבוֹרָה Devorah 5

2007-10-13 20:21:48 · 9 answers · asked by male in the USA 1

How do you say "nothing matters anymore"? in spanish

2007-10-13 20:03:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was watching Whoopi Goldberg's Special, "The word according to Whoopi and I posed this question in my AP Lit class since we were discussing language usage in literature. Apparently, Yahoo thinks that the N word is worst, because when I wrote it in it's true form they replaced it with astricts. Note also that the,"N" word in the dictionary means an ignorant person.

2007-10-13 19:49:19 · 9 answers · asked by subfornow 2

2007-10-13 19:28:47 · 6 answers · asked by progress a 1

I'm trying to organise a specific kind of Community event and was hoping there's one word that describes it.

I've seen documentation of one form of 50's UK Coronation event when everyone brings a table/chairs & potluck meal into the street for a community meal.

(just as a recent reference - & for any Dr Who fans it was what was being set up at the end of "The Idiot's Lantern")

Just looking for something that describes the combining of tables/chairs/potluck & community into one or two words.

Thanks in advance.

2007-10-13 18:05:59 · 4 answers · asked by Rai A 7

I need to give a speech in Spanish. How to say this:

-1.4C (minus 1.4 degree Celsius)

2007-10-13 18:00:47 · 7 answers · asked by DD 1

"vete a la verga"

and

"me vale"

bonus question:
what does it mean when a guy tells you "I wanna flip you like an omlette?"

2007-10-13 17:24:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you say marijuana or weed in spanish?

2007-10-13 17:18:18 · 8 answers · asked by hellnocutco 5

Hello, i am doing a conceptual text art picture, and for it i need love in every language, love as in a noun.
i have it in english, spanish and french so far, please help : 3

2007-10-13 17:08:43 · 11 answers · asked by La Princesa de Francisco 2

I'm studying English, so want to know what this means:

Bill tells Jim that Black Dog was "a bad 'un" and "mind you, it's my sea chest they're after". (quoted from Treasury Island)

That BLACK DOG is A what? The 'un' looks like a slang. But what's it?

2007-10-13 16:22:18 · 7 answers · asked by taotao329 1

You only have to read some of the questions on here to see the quality of spelling and grammar of some of the young people using this site.

I wonder if it is 'txtin' that is causing this or a drop in education standards since I left school 15 years ago.

On a personal level, I text quite a lot myself and sometimes find my first instinct is to write the txt abbreviation instead of the proper spelling but I always make sure I don't go for the easy option.

Also I wonder if this phenomenon will eventually lead to the evolution of the written English language into something more phonetic, which is really what 'txt speak' is I suppose.

Opinions please

2007-10-13 15:59:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What word to francophones use most commonly to asked "What?"

Ex. Your friend on the phone mumbles a sentence on the that you can't understand. You respond with: "What?"

2007-10-13 15:43:22 · 11 answers · asked by BurningPyre 4

I've heard about William the Conqueror's invasion bringing the then-current French language to Britain, but what about the fact that the Romans occupied Britain? In other words, what percent of the Latin in English came from the occupation of Rome, and what percent came from the Norman conquest?

2007-10-13 15:01:31 · 7 answers · asked by L Dawg 3

I'm a non-native. I have a pretty advanced level and understanding of grammar, but I make lots of careless mistakes. I don't talk as fast as some people, but I can communicate well, really love the language and I would love to show others how to speak it. I have this fear about a student speaking better than I can. Would I make a good teacher?

2007-10-13 15:00:59 · 6 answers · asked by florita 4