Category Archives: Languages

中文 – 2016-04-24

Most frequent characters (46-50)

46 (ㄋㄥˊ) [néng] can, be able; be capable of; maybe [tái] () ; ; ; [nái] : [nài] [xióng] [tāi] ?
47 (ㄌㄧˇ) [lǐ] village; half kilometer, kilometer; (F) inside; there; where?
48 (ㄉㄨㄛ) [duō] many, much; how
49 (ㄒㄧㄠˇ) [xiǎo] small; dàxiǎo size; (radical 42, )
50 (ㄦˊ) [ér] ( érqiě) and, furthermore; ( rán’ér) yet; (radical 126, ) [néng] ; cf.

Cymraeg – 2016-04-22

o Duolingo:

  • tegannau – toys
  • tost a siocled – toast & chocolate
  • cawl – soup
  • pitsa /ˈpitʃa/ – pizza
  • cyri – curry
  • Ydw, dw i eisiau bresych. – Yes, I want cabbages.
  • Dw i eisiau dysgu Cymraeg. – I want to learn welsh.
  • Nac ydw. – No.
  • Ydw, dw i eisiau cawl. – Yes, I want soup.
  • Dych chi eisiau cysgu? – Do you want to sleep?
  • Nac ydw, dw i ddim eisiau tegannau. – No, I don’t want toys.
  • Ydw, dw i eisiau pizza. – Yes, I want pizza.
  • Dych chi eisiau afal? Nac ydw. – Do you want an apple? No.
  • Dych chi eisiau cyri moron? – Do you want a carrot curry?

Ἑλληνική – 2016-04-21

Regular Thematic Verb: λέγω

3rd person plural

Active Indicative Present λέγουσι(ν) they say
Active Subjunctive Present λέγωσι(ν) (that) they say
Active Optative Present λέγοιεν may they say
Middle/Passive Indicative Present λέγονται they say to themselves
Middle/Passive Subjunctive Present λέγωνται (that) they say to theyrselves
Middle/Passive Optative Present λέγοιντο may they say to theyrselves

General rules:

  • endings always have an -ν-, which can be omitted in the active indicative and subjunctive
  • the subjunctive is the same as the indicative, with the desinence vowel lengthened
  • the optative always has the diphthong -οι- (-οιμι, -οίμην)

Esperanto – 2016-04-20

Correlatives

From Wikipedia:

Question
(“What”)
Indication
(“This/that”)
Indefinite
(“Some”)
Universal
(“Each, every”)
Negative
(“No”)
ki– ti– i– ĉi– neni–
Quality –a kia
(what a)
tia
(such a)
ia
(some kind/sort/type of)
ĉia
(every kind/sort/type of)
nenia
(no kind/sort/type of)
Reason –al kial
(why)
tial
(for that reason,
therefore)
ial
(for some reason)
ĉial
(for all reasons)
nenial
(for no reason)
Time –am kiam
(when)
tiam
(then)
iam
(sometime)
ĉiam
(always)
neniam
(never)
Place –e kie
(where)
tie
(there)
ie
(somewhere)
ĉie
(everywhere)
nenie
(nowhere)
Manner –el kiel
(how, as)
tiel
(thus, as)
iel
(somehow)
ĉiel
(in every way)
neniel
(no-how, in no way)
Association –es kies
(whose)
ties
(this/that one’s)
ies
(someone’s)
ĉies
(everyone’s)
nenies
(no one’s)
Thing –o kio
(what)
tio
(this/that)
io
(something)
ĉio
(everything)
nenio
(nothing)
Amount –om kiom
(how much)
tiom
(that much)
iom
(some, a bit)
ĉiom
(all of it)
neniom
(none)
Individual –u kiu
(who, which one;
which [horse])
tiu
(that one;
that [horse])
iu
(someone;
some [horse])
ĉiu
(everyone;
each [horse], all [horses])
neniu
(no one;
no [horse])

Čeština – 2016-04-18

Vocabulary for http://www.slowczech.com/dnes-je-nedele/

neděle Sunday
počasí weather
fouká blows
vítr the wind
svítí shines
v březnu in March
teplota temperature
nízká low
kolem around
moc a lot
vstáváme we get up
snídáme we have breakfast
pokud if
hezky pretty
celý whole
odpočíváme we relax
buď either
čteme we read
hrajeme si we play
s kocourem with the cat
kvečeru towards the evening
sklenku a little glass
koukáme na we watch
projet ride
na kole on a bicycle
projít take a walk
tedy thus, so
říkáme we say
nic nothing