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Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-10-13

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Days of the week

  • pondelok – Monday
  • utorok – Tuesday
  • streda – Wednesday
  • štvrtok – Thursday
  • piatok – Friday
  • sobota – Saturday
  • nedeľa – Sunday
  • v pondelok – on Monday
  • v utorok – on Tuesday
  • v stredu – on Wednesday
  • vo štvrtok – on Thursday
  • v piatok – on Friday
  • v sobotu – on Saturday
  • v nedeľu – on Sunday
  • víkend – weekend
  • cez víkend – during the weekend
  • dnes – today
  • zajtra – tomorrow
  • pozajtra – the day after tomorrow
  • včera – yesterday
  • predvčerom – the day before yesterday

 

 

Slovenčina

Slovenčina – 2014-10-10

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Koľko je hodín? – What time is it?

 

  • Je jedna hodina… – It is one o’clock
  •  …ráno – in the morning
  •  …doobeda – a.m. (literally: before lunch)
  •  …dopoludnia – a.m. (literally: before noon)
  •  …poobede – p.m. (literally: after lunch)
  •  …popoludní – p.m. (literally: after noon)
  •  …večer – in the evening
  •  …v noci – at night
  • Sú dve/tri/štyri hodiny… – It is 2/3/4 o’clock…
  • Je päť/šesť/sedem hodín… – It is 5/6/7 o’clock…
  • Je dvanásť päťdesiatosem. – It is 12:58.
  • Je štvrť na päť. – It is 4:15.
  • Sú tri štvrte na sedem. –  It is 6:45.
  • Je pol ôsmej. – It is half past seven.

 

 

[Word of the Day], Русский

survive (Русский): выживать/выжить – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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(Sentences from tatoeba.org)

  • Я не живу. Я выживаю. – “I don’t live. I survive.”
  • Выживает не самая сильная особь, не самая умная, а самая способная приспособиться к изменениям. – “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
  • Россия выживает только благодаря оптимизму и чувству юмора своего народа. – “Russia survives only thanks to the optimism and sense of humor of its people.”
  • Я умею выживать в одиночку. – “I can survive alone.”
  • Думаю, этот должен умереть, чтобы дать выжить другому. Это жестокий мир. – “I think this one has to die for the other to live. It’s a cruel world.”
  • Только трое из девяноста восеми пассажиров выжили. – “Only 3 out of the 98 passengers survived.”
  • У всех форм жизни есть инстинктивное стремление выжить. – “All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.”
  • Без денег нельзя выжить. – “One can’t survive without money.”

 

 

[Word of the Day], LATINA

survive (Latina): supersto, supersum – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • unus.​omnino.​superfuit.​​ex.​​tanta.​familia.​qui.​propter.​aetatem.​puerilem.​duci.​non.​potuerat.​ad.​pugnam – “Only one, from such a large family, survived, who, because of his young age, could not be taken to combat.”

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[Word of the Day], 日本語

survive (日本語): 生き残る [いきのこる], 生き抜く [いきぬく] – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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 (Example sentences from tatoeba.org.)

  • 最も力の強い種や、最も知能の高い種が生き残るのではなく、変化に最も良く適応できる種が生き残るのです。 [最ももっとも 力ちから の 強いつよい 種たね や 、 最ももっとも 知能ちのう の 高いたかい 種しゅ が 生き残るいきのこる の で は なく 、 変化へんか に 最ももっとも 良くよく 適応てきおう できる 種しゅ が 生き残るいきのこる の です 。] – “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
  • 理論がそのような試練にたえて生き残るのは難しい。  [理論りろん が その よう な 試練しれん に たえ て 生き残るいきのこる の は 難しいむずかしい 。] – “It is difficult for a theory to survive such a test.”
  • その日その日を生き抜くのがやっとだ。  [その 日ひ その 日ひ を 生き抜くいきぬく の が やっと だ 。] – “I’m just living from day to day.”
  • 新聞は生き残れるか。 [新聞しんぶん は 生き残れるいきのこれる か 。] – “Will newspapers be able to survive?

 

[Word of the Day], Italiano

survive (Italiano): sopravvivere – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • Pochi sopravvivono a questa malattia. – “Few people survive this disease.”
  • Una libreria in quella posizione non farebbe abbastanza soldi per sopravvivere. – “A bookstore in that location wouldn’t make enough money to survive.”
  • In natura ogni essere vivente lotta, corre, mangia, attacca o fugge per sopravvivere. – “In nature every living being fights, runs, eats, attacks or flees for survival.”
  • Non sopravviverà più di un giorno. – “He/she/you won’t survive more than one day.”
  • L’azienda sta lottando per sopravvivere. – “The company is struggling for survival.”

 

[Word of the Day], Ελληνικά

survive (Ελληνικά): επιβιώνω, επιζώ – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • Η αλεπού ξέφυγε απ’ την παγίδα και κατάφερε να επιβιώσει. – “The fox survived after escaping from the trap.”
  • Κανένας δεν επέζησε του αεροπορικού δυστυχήματος. – “Nobody survived the plane crash.”
  • Πολλοί άνθρωποι σε όλο τον κόσμο επιβιώνουν με λιγότερο από ένα δολάριο τη μέρα. – “Many people around the world survive on less than a dollar per day.”
  • Οι κατσαρίδες έχουν επιβιώσει εδώ και εκατομμύρια χρόνια. – “Cockroaches have survived for millions of years.”
  • Τα είδη υπό εξαφάνιση δεν αναμένεται να επιβιώσουν τον εικοστό πρώτο αιώνα. – “The endangered species is not expected to last through the 21st century.”