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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

Ἑλληνική – 2016-02-10

Regular Thematic Verb: λέγω

3rd person singular

Active Indicative Present λέγει he/she says
Active Subjunctive Present λέγῃ (that) he/she say
Active Optative Present λέγοι may he/she say
Middle/Passive Indicative Present λέγεται he/she says to him/herself
Middle/Passive Subjunctive Present λέγηται (that) he/she say to him/herself
Middle/Passive Optative Present λέγοιτο may he/she say to him/herself

General rules:

  • all forms end in a vowel or diphthong
  • singular is the same as 2nd person, without the final -ς
  • the subjunctive is the same as the indicative, with the desinence vowel lengthened (-ει- -> -εει- -> -ῃ-)
  • the optative always has the diphthong -οι- (-οι, -οιτο)

中文 – 2016-02-08

Most frequent characters (26-30)

  • 26.  / (ㄏㄨㄟˋ) [huì] meet; can, able [kuài] 会计 kuàijì accounting [huǐ] 会儿 moment
  • 27.  (ㄔㄨ) [chū] go out, emit; 出现 chūxiàn appear, emerge
  • 28.  (ㄐㄧㄡˋ) [jiù] just, simply, right away
  • 29.  (ㄗ˙) [zǐ] child [zi] (noun suffix:) 桌子 zhuōzi table
  • 30.  (ㄧㄠˋ) [yào] want; will [yāo] 要求 yāoqiú demand

Русский – 2016-02-03

  • две сестрыtwo sisters
  • два мостаtwo bridges
  • две женщины two women
  • один часone hour
  • одно окно и две двери one window and two doors
  • два окна – two windows
  • два раза two times
  • одна мухаone fly
  • одно место one place
  • Когда он уходит?When does he leave?
  • Я ухожу в час.I leave at one o’clock.

 

Source: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Time-and-Numbers/1