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Re: Expression for dipping bread in sauce
Hello Kristen,
the Sicilian verb in question is most likely “mogghiari”, which means “soften”. Similar cognates in other languages include Spanish “mojar” and Romanian “a moia”, both of which can also mean “dip”; I don’t know if “mogghiari” also has the “dip” meaning.
Your grandfather’s use of it is most likely “Mogghia! Mogghia!”, in the imperative — “Soften! Soften!” I’m not familiar with Sicilian dialects, but the spelling “-ggh-” usually indicates that the first G would be pronounced as an English (hard) G. However, Sicilian orthography is not fixed, so perhaps what your grandfather was pronouncing was “Moghia! Moghia!”, where the “-gh-” is a phonetic [ɟ], which isn’t quite the same sound as an English Y.
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Chris
July 13, 2020
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Latest: July 13, 2020
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Expression for dipping bread in sauce
My Sicilian grandfather used an expression whenever he dipped bread into sauce. He would say "moya moya." Can anyone tell me the correct spelling and meaning of this?
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Language pair: Sicilian; English
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Kristen D.
July 12, 2020
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How do I properly say two different Icelandic phrases/sayings?
A long time ago I used to live in Iceland as a guest worker in both Vestmannajar and Reykjavik in the fishing industry. There were two phrases I liked quite a lot that I wish now I had learned how to properly say them in Icelandic.
The first basically translated to something like; "it's best to get the ugly things done first". (when we would start a difficult job that involved multiple things--start with the most unsavory thing first)
The next was when describing corruption in a organization; it translated to "a fish rots from the head down".
If there is any link to additional sayings like those above, I would really love to see those as well. Thanks in advance to any Icelander who has a chance to think about this.
Cheers.
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Language pair: Icelandic; English
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Dan
July 7, 2020
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I want to learn German
HEllo,
I need to learn German language in return I can teach you Arabic if you like.Please send me a message to know if you agree. Thank you for you consideration.
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Language pair: German; Arabic, Middle Eastern
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Ahmed
June 29, 2020
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I want to learn German
HEllo everyone,I want to learn German language in exchange with Arabic for whom are interested.Please message me back if you like.
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Language pair: German; English
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Ahmed
June 26, 2020
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Re:help
Oi! Tudo bem? Eu quero aprender Portuguê Brasileiro.For sure I can help teach you some English, se você quiser. Hope to talk soon!! Ciao!
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Language pair: Portuguese; English
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Paul S.
June 23, 2020
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Newbie
Hi, I’m currently new to this and can only say basic words/phrases in Italian. If someone would like to message me to help me out I’d be appreciative. Thank you!
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Morgan B.
June 15, 2020
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How To Say "I love you all" in GUATEMALAN Spanish
The main character in one of my books is a child pop star. She is British but she has grown up in Guatemala City for the past four years. So she is bilingual and often uses Guatemalan phrases in her speech.
When she comes out on stage she reacts to the cheering and clapping: she wants to say "I love you all!" What I have been using is "Vos quiero mucha!"
Is this what a Guatemalan child would say?
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Princesisto E.
June 13, 2020
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Re: Language help!
Hello Monika,
would you give an example or two of English tenses that confuse you, or of English grammar topics which you would like help with?
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Language pair: German; English
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Chris
June 6, 2020
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korean text slang
hello! my name is valerie, and i would really like to learn Korean text slang, like for example, "ㅎㅎ" is used to express laughing, other than that, what else is there? if you need help with Chinese or English i'd be happy to help you too :) you can contact me via my social medias in my profile :")
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valerie t.
May 10, 2020
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