2006-09-04 07:23:37 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
it's plural in any language.
2006-09-05 03:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Γιαλγια Plural
2006-09-04 09:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by lykovetos 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plural
2006-09-04 07:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by Alf Garnett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Malay it's "kaca mata". There is no difference between the singular and plural forms of Malay nouns so grammatically speaking this expression can be either, depending on the context. However, the meaning, which literally translated is "eye glasses", is obviously plural.
2006-09-05 03:59:44 · answer #4 · answered by Dramafreak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a common euphemism for "a pair of glasses" which of course derives from the pair of lenses in a pair of spectacles, which raises the question in your language is a pair of spectacles a singular item or a singularly noteworthy dual phenomena which may have prompted you to reach for your pair of binoculars, which really begs the question, why call anything with the prefix "bi" meaning two a pair. Seems redundant, like a pair of braces (2 suspenders) but yet a brace of coneys is two rabbits, and now I come to the point where I am no longer sure when a pair of two is two or four or one. Ouch. My brain hurts. May I have a couple of aspirins? Oh, wait, couple means an unspecified small number yet BANG well just blew the top of my head clean off...!
2006-09-05 00:14:05 · answer #5 · answered by Bender 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Klingon and Romulan do not appear to have a word for eyeglasses, probably because warriors with bad eyesight do not tend to live long enough to wear them. In Vulcan, however, where the folks live a lot longer, it is "bezhen-zhanesu". The question of number in Vulcan is complicated: most words do not have a plural form in the more modern dialects of the language, and number is indicated by context or words that indicate quantity or collectivity.
2006-09-04 19:09:47 · answer #6 · answered by bubbacornflakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plural in Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, singular in German and Spanish. Those are the languages I speak.
2006-09-04 07:37:29 · answer #7 · answered by ultravioletheaven 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Greek is Plural
2006-09-04 07:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by FairyQueen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glasses are plural in French, Hebrew and English.In Hebrew it's a pair of glasses (זוג משקפיים), in French Des lunettes.Iמ In English as you know glasses.
2006-09-04 07:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by Miri A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Spanish plural: Los lentes or los anteojos
2006-09-04 07:32:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Spanish, it's "anteojos" or "gafas". Both are plural nouns.
In Portuguese, it's "óculos", also plural.
In French, it's "lunettes", also plural.
But in German, it's "Brille", a singular noun.
2006-09-04 07:32:24 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋