Palabras para el diecinueve de marzo:
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English – 2014-03-19
A few words for today:
- to skimp on: to be lazy about something, not giving it enough attention or using low quality or inadequate material.
- to mince: to cut (food, meat) into very small pieces.
- to mince about: to walk in a silly or unnatural manner.
- to yield /jiːld/: to produce, to result.
- broth /brɒθ/: a type of soup.
Sen laboro ne venas oro.
Español – 2014-03-17
Deutsch – 2014-03-15
Wer hätte das gedacht! 🙂
- umziehen, ziehe um, zog um, umgezogen: den Wohnsitz wechseln; (refl) das Gewand wechseln.
- Gewand, -¨er (n.): geschneiderte Materialien (meist Stoff, Leder oder Kunststoffe), die einem Körper als Schutz dienen; Kleidung, die besonders prächtig ist oder einem besonderen Anlass dient.
Shqip – 2014-03-15
-Çka do të bëjmë nesër?
-Do të shkojmë në bjeshkë.
-Si do të shkojmë?
-Me veturë. Pastaj do të ecim.
-A do të vijsh pasnesër në Prishtinë?
-Po, do të vij.
-Shumë mirë. Do të udhëtojmë bashkë.
Vocabulary
- nesër – tomorrow
- bjeshkë – mountain
- pastaj – later
- ecim – we go
- vijsh / vij – you come, I come
- pasnesër – in two days
- udhëtojmë – we travel
Pli bona io ol nenio.
English – 2014-03-10
A few words related to clothes:
- bucket bag: a type of bag (really?); I couldn’t find a definition, but I think the expression is almost tautological.
- lace: cord (of a shoe); spirits added to a non-alcoholic beverage; a type of light fabric.
- tee: another word for T-shirt (?)
- faux: fake, artificial (from French, meaning “false”)
- tank top: a piece of clothing like a sweater (British) or a T-shirt (American), but with no sleeves.
Neniu estas profeto en sia urbeto.
Français – 2014-03-05
Source: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/French/Lessons/Time#Vocabulary_.C2.B7_Time_.C2.B7_Le_temps
- Quelle heure est-il ?
- Il est une heure.
- Il est trois heures.
- Il est dix heures.
- Il est midi.
- Il est minuit.
- Il est quatre heures cinq.
- Il est quatre heures et quart.
- Il est quatre heures moins le quart
- Il est quatre heures quinze.
- Il est quatre heures et demie.
- Il est quatre heures trente.
- Il est cinq heures moins vingt.
- Il est quatre heures quarante.