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Français – 2016-02-25

De Duolingo:

  • Je connais cela.I know about that.
  • Je veux ceci.I want this.
  • C’est un très bon vin! – This is a really good wine!
  • Ce doit être ton fils.It must be your son.
  • C’est le mien.It’s mine.
  • Non, ceci est le mien. Cela est le tien.No, THIS is mine. THAT is yours.
  • Cela arrive souvent.It happens often. / That happens often.
  • Ceci contient un bonbon.This contains a candy.
  • Celui qui est dans ma poche.The one that is in my pocket.
  • Ceux que je connais.The ones that I know. / The ones whom I know.
  • À qui est cette balle? —  Whose ball is this?
  • C’est celle du chien.It’s the dog’s. (Literally: “It is the one of the dog.”)
  • Ce tableau est moins beau que celui de Rembrandt.This painting is less beautiful than that by Rembrandt.
  • Quelle robe préfères-tu? Celle de Paris ou celle de Tokyo?Which dress do you prefer? The one from Paris or the one from Tokyo?
  • Je pense à celles qui sont en vacances.I am thinking about the ones who are on vacation.
  • Ce repas est pour ceux qui aiment les oignons.This meal is for those who like onions.

ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ – 2016-02-24

  • ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩⲁⲕⲕⲁⲁⲧⲛ̄ⲥⲱⲕ – My god, why have you left me?
  • ϫⲉⲟⲩⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲃⲱⲗⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ – Why do you loose it?
  • ⲁϣⲡⲉⲡⲛⲟϭ – What is bigger? Which is bigger?
  • ⲛ̄ⲁϣⲛ̄ϩⲉⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ – How will that happen?
  • ⲁϩⲣⲟⲕⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲓ̈ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ – What have you to do with me, Jesus?
  • ⲧⲉⲥϩⲓⲙⲉⲉⲣⲉⲟⲩⲉϣⲟⲩⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲓ̈ – Woman, what do you want with me?
  • ⲟⲩⲛⲧⲏⲧⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲏⲣⲛ̄ⲟⲉⲓⲕ – How much bread do you have?

日本語 – 2016-02-21

すべての人間は、まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳権利とについて平等である。

Vocabulary

  • 全て総て / 凡て / すべてall, all of it, all of them; everything
  • 人間 (にんげん)- human, person, human being
  • 生まれ (うまれ) – birth, lineage
  • 生まれる (うまれる) – be born; come into existence
  • 生む / (うむ) – give birth to; bear (a child); (of eggs) lay; (of fish) spawn produce (something)
  • / ながらwhile, during, while doing (verb); though, notwithstanding
  • にするto make into a certain state; to cause to become
  • 自由 (じゆう) – free (as in freedom); flexible; freedom, liberty
  • である(formal) to be: the copula, with the same function as だ and です.
  • / かつand
  • 尊厳 (そんげん) – dignified; sanctified; sanctity; dignity; prestige
  • 権利 (けんり) – a right; a claim; a title; a privilege
  • に就いて / についてabout (in concern with)
  • 平等 (びょうどう) – even, equal; equality, impartiality, evenness

Phoenician Alphabet

The Phoenician Alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet was a non-pictographic consonantal alphabet, or abjad. It became one of the most widely used writing systems, spread by Phoenician merchants across the Mediterranean world, where it evolved and was assimilated by many other cultures.