Category Archives: Languages

中文 – 2016-03-17

Most frequent characters (36-40)

36 / (ㄉㄨㄟˋ) [duì] correct; yes; mutual; pair; excuse me
37 (ㄒㄧㄚˋ) [xià] under; (go) down; next [jià] (HDC:) /
38 (ㄋㄚˋ, ㄋㄜˋ, ㄋㄟˋ) [nà] [nèi] that, the [nuó] [nuò] [nǎ] [něi] [né] [nā] () [ná] (HDC:) (), ()
39 (ㄎㄜˇ) [kě] ( kěyǐ) can; ( kěshì) but; kěnéng maybe [kè] Khan [gē] ; …
40 / (ㄍㄨㄛˋ, ㄍㄨㄛ) [guò] pass, go by, exceed; cross the street [guo] (v. suf., ‘completion/past’) [guō] [huò] cf.

Gaeilge – 2016-03-06

Na séasúir na bliana:

English Irish Duration
Spring Earrach

(Munster) /əˈɾˠax/;
(Aran) /ˈæɾˠəx/;
(Cois Fharraige) /ˈæːɾˠəx/;
(Mayo) /ˈaɾˠəx/;
(Ulster) /ˈaɾˠa(h)/

February to April
Summer Samhradh
(Munster, Galway) /ˈsˠəuɾˠə/
(Mayo) /ˈsˠəuɾˠuː/
(Ulster) /ˈsˠəuɾˠu/
May to July
Autumn, Fall Fómhar
(Munster) /ˈfˠoːɾˠ/, /fˠõːɾˠ/
(Connacht) /ˈfˠoːvˠəɾˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) /ˈfˠuːwəɾˠ/
(Ulster) /ˈfˠɔːwəɾˠ/
August to October
Winter Geimhreadh
(Munster) /ˈɟiːɾʲə/
(Galway) /ˈɟiːvʲɾʲə/
(Mayo) /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲuː/
(Ulster) /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲu/
November to January

Čeština – 2016-03-06

Cardinal Numbers in Czech

nula zero
jeden, jedna, jedno one
dva, dvě two
tři three
čtyři four
pět five
šest six
sedm seven
osm eight
devět nine
deset ten
jedenáct eleven
dvanáct twelve
třináct thirteen
čtrnáct fourteen
patnáct fifteen
šestnáct sixteen
sedmnáct seventeen
osmnáct eighteen
devatenáct nineteen
dvacet twenty
dvacet jedna twenty one
dvacet dva twenty two
dvacet tři twenty three
třicet thirty
čtyřicet forty
padesát fifty
šedesát sixty
sedmdesát seventy
osmdesát eighty
devadesát ninety
sto one hundred
dvě stě two hundred
tři sta three hundred
čtyři sta four hundred
pět set five hundred
šest set six hundred
sedm set seven hundred
osm set eight hundred
devět set nine hundred
tisíc thousand
dva tisíce two thousand
jedenáct tisíc eleven thousand
dvacet pět tisíc twenty five thousand
sto třicet osm tisíc one hundred and thirty eight thousand
milión one million
dva milióny two million
pět, šest, sedm … miliónů five, six, seven … million
miliarda billion

Русский – 2016-03-05

От Дуолинго:

  • Я его знаю.I know him.
  • Я знаю Марию.I know Maria.
  • Она очень любит читать.She likes reading very much.
  • кофеcoffee
  • Где Украина?Where is Ukraine?
  • Где этот человек ?Where is this person?
  • Она женщина.She is a woman.
  • Где Канада?Where is Canada?
  • Я этот мужчина.I am this man.
  • Где наше такси?Where is our taxi?
  • Россия там.Russia is there.
  • Это Америка или Канада?Is this America or Canada?
  • кофе и пиццаcoffee & pizza
  • Я женщина.I am a woman.
  • Это наше яблоко.This is our apple.
  • Вот Россия.Here is Russia.
  • Это женщина.This is a woman.
  • Где мой кофе?Where is my coffee?
  • Это не Америка, а Канада.It is not America but Canada.

Shqip – 2016-03-04

Albanian Personal Pronouns

NOM ACC DAT ABL ACC (clitic) DAT (clitic)
1st pers. singular unë mua mua meje
2nd pers. singular ti ty ty teje
3rd pers. singular, masculine ai atë atij atij e i
3rd pers. singular, feminine ajo atë asaj asaj e i
1st pers. plural ne ne neve nesh na na
2nd pers. plural ju ju juve jush ju ju
3rd pers. plural, masculine ata ata atyre atyre i u
3rd pers. plural, feminine ato ato atyre atyre i u

 

Svenska – 2016-03-04

Från Duolingo:

  • Hon älskar honom.She loves him.
  • Hon älskar henne.She loves her.
  • Flickan älskar ons inte.The girl does not love us.
  • Vi älskar dig.We love you.
  • Vi gillar dig.We like you.
  • Vi gillar dem.We like them.
  • Mannen älskar dig.The man loves you.
  • Han älskar honom.He loves him.
  • Han älskar sig själv.He loves himself.
  • Jag älskar det.I love it.
  • Han älskar mig. He loves me.
  • Pojken dricker den.The boy drinks it.
  • Hon tycker om henne.She likes her.
  • Pojken äter dem. The boy eats them.
  • Vi tycker om er. We like you.
  • De tycker om oss.They like us.
  • Hon tycker om honom.She likes him.
  • Jag tycker om dig.I like you.
  • Jag äter det. I eat it.
  • Jag äter den. I eat it.

 

Ἑλληνική – 2016-03-04

Regular Thematic Verb: λέγω

1st person plural

Active Indicative Present λέγομεν we say
Active Subjunctive Present λέγωμεν (that) we say
Active Optative Present λέγοιμεν may we say
Middle/Passive Indicative Present λεγόμεθα we say to ourselves
Middle/Passive Subjunctive Present λεγώμεθα (that) we say to ourselves
Middle/Passive Optative Present λεγοίμεθα may we say to ourselves

General rules:

  • the personal desinence is -μεν for the active and -μεθα for the mediopassive
  • the subjunctive is the same as the indicative, with the desinence vowel lengthened
  • the optative always has the diphthong -οι- (-οιμεν, -μεθα)