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Safia L.
December 2, 2020
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Latest: December 2, 2020
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Re: How to say
Hi Faye,
do you mean “Mull of Kintyre”, as in the song by the musical group Wings? If so, a mull is a treeless promontory, and Kintyre is the name of a peninsula in southwestern Scotland. The English name comes from Scottish Gaelic “Maol Chinn Tìre”; “maol” is a bare (or bald) object, and “chinn tìre” is the genitive form of “ceann tìre”, meaning “headland”. Its Irish name, “Maol Chinn Tíre”, is nearly the same as the Scottish Gaelic name, and has the same meaning.
The initial greeting to someone with “Hello” is “Dia duit” (to one person) or “Dia daoibh” (to more than one person). (Unlike English, the typical response to that initial greeting is not an exact repetition of that greeting.) The shortest version of “How are you?” is “Conas atá tú?” (to one person) or “Conas atá sibh?” (to more than one person).
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Language pair: English; Gaelic (Irish)
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Chris
October 24, 2020
# Msgs: 6
Latest: October 24, 2020
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Chinnu N.
October 23, 2020
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I waiting for a parter to language exchange
I hope improve my spoken English. If you want to improve your Chinese level , I can help you. We can use Skype or WhatsApp to practice. Give me send a message, I am waiting for you here
____A friend from China
我希望提高我的英语口语水平。如果你想提高你的汉语水平,我可以帮你。我们可以使用Skype或WhatsApp进行练习。给我发个信息,我在这里等你。
____一位来自中国的朋友
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Language pair: Chinese, Mandarin; English
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Roc L.
October 1, 2020
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Re:Looking for my language partners
Hello, I am a Chinese, I would like to know how to meet different people in Japanese schools to say hello
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Language pair: Japanese; Chinese, Mandarin
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清少纳言 了.
October 1, 2020
# Msgs: 6
Latest: February 18, 2023
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Re:korean text slang
Here's some text slang I learned from various videos:
ㄱㅅ = 감사합니다/감사해요 = thank you/thanks ㅅㄱ = 수고하세요 = keep up the good work/good work ㅋㅋ = LOL/laughing ㄴㄴ = 노노 = no/no-no 응 = 네 = yes/okay
Reminder: these are text slang and expressions, so don't use these with your boss/employer.
Hope this helped anyone reading! :)
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Language pair: Korean; English
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Melody M.
August 25, 2020
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Latest: August 25, 2020
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Re:want to learn sindhi language
Hi, let me know if you are still interested. I can speak Sindhi and I am learning to write Sindhi.
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Language pair: English; Sindhi
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Ashim G.
August 24, 2020
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Latest: August 24, 2020
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Re:I want to IMPROVE my English
Native well educated English woman seeks Gold member Bulgarian to initiate,teach and practise Bulgarian language with.
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Language pair: English; Bulgarian
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Melissa L.
July 16, 2020
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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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Language pair: Sicilian; English
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Chris
July 13, 2020
# Msgs: 2
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
# Msgs: 2
Latest: July 13, 2020
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