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think its shona?
Im am trying to find out what the following means:
Mashura angu
I think its shona some other zimbabwe language but I may be wrong
Anyone who can help I would be extremely grateful
Thanks in advance
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Language pair: English; Shona
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Matt
August 16, 2007
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Re:Singular or plural?
Mojn Susanna,
As far as I know, there are two ways to refer to collective nouns (e.g. group, family, or team). You can use the singular form if you refer to them as a whole. For example, you can say "the team IS going to practice in the afternoon." This is talking about the team as one body or entity.
But sometimes if you refer to the individual members of the team, you can use the plural verb. For example, the clause "the team are not getting along" means that the individual members of the team ARE not getting along. As to why the English use this form, I do not know exactly why. But I am guessing it is a kind of informal, everyday language, or maybe they use this form when they refer to the individual members rather than the team as a whole.
Hope this helps :-)
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Language pair: Filipino (Tagalog); English
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Alessandra
August 15, 2007
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Singular or plural?
I'm not sure what the English call their written messages, but in The United States those messages are called "texts" as well.
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Language pair: English; Finnish
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Dakota S.
August 15, 2007
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Re:Re:Re:Singular or plural?
Englishmen say mobile phone and Americans cell phone. The message is a text for English people and (I think) an SMS for Americans, but I'm not sure!! And you're right, a voicemail is when you leave a message.
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Language pair: Finnish; English
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Sarah
August 13, 2007
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Latest: August 15, 2007
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Re:Re:Singular or plural?
Thank you very much for your answer. Just as I thought. My knowledge of English is from the 70´s and 80`s and I´m totally confused with the new vocabulary, especially technology. Do Americans say "cell phone" and Englishmen "mobile phone"? How do you call the written message which you send by mobile phone? When you leave a spoken message is it a voicemail? I´m grateful for an answer. I´m sorry that I can´t help you with your "rubbish problem". Kiitos!
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Language pair: Finnish; English
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Susanna
August 12, 2007
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Jason G.
August 12, 2007
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Amanda
August 12, 2007
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i need help
I want to know how to tell someone in arabic, to buzz of ( this is the nice way) and I want a way that will hurt. I am tired of her bothering my family, and I am very aggrevated. Can someone please help me?
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Language pair: Arabic, Egyptian; English
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Amanda
August 12, 2007
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Susanna
August 12, 2007
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Re:Singular or plural?
Hi, I'm American, but the English do that sort of thing as they are referring to the team, as a group of players. "England (the footballers, plural) were very good...
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Language pair: Finnish; English
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Lake D.
August 12, 2007
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Latest: August 15, 2007
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