Category Archives: [Word of the Day]

A featured word to be studied across all my languages of interest.

(to) help (fo): at hjálpa – Word of the Day – 2014-09-25

Eg tørvi tíni hjálp. – “I need your help.”
Kanst tú meg hjálpa? – “Can you help me?”
Møður og børn hava krav um serliga umsorgan og hjálp. – “Mothers and children are entitled to special care and assistance.”

Hon är nyfiken på att få reda på vem det var som skickade blommorna. “She’s curious to find out who sent the flowers.”
Var inte så nyfiken! “Don’t be so curious!”
Sluta vara så nyfiken. “Stop being so curious.”
-Vad är det som händer i grottan? Jag är nyfiken. -Jag har ingen aning. “-What’s going on in the cave? I’m curious. -I have no idea.”

Мне любопытно знать, почему они убрали моё имя из списка. “I’m curious to know why they removed my name from the list.”
Я очень любопытна. “I am very curious.”
Она была настолько любопытна, что открыла коробку. “She was so curious that she opened the box.”
Любопытной Варваре на базаре нос оторвали. “Curiosity killed the cat.” Lit.: “Curious Varvara’s nose was torn off at the market.”
Мне уже начинает быть любопытно. “I’m beginning to get curious.”

私は好奇心が強いです。	私わたしは好奇こうき心しんが強いつよいです。	I am curious.
好奇心がお旺盛なのは大変に結構なことである。	好奇こうき心しんがお旺盛おうせいなのは大変たいへんに結構けっこうなことで。ある	A healthy curiosity is truly a fine thing.
彼女は好奇心からそうしたのだ。	彼女かのじょは好奇こうき心しんからそうしたのだ。	She did so out of curiosity.
彼らの好奇心がかき立てられた。	彼らかれらの好奇こうき心しんがかき立てかきたてられた。	Their curiosity was aroused.
彼女の話は子供たちの好奇心をそそった。	彼女かのじょの話はなしは子供こどもたちの好奇こうき心しんをそそった。	Her story excited curiosity in the children.

Sag es mir endlich, du hast mich neugierig gemacht. “Tell me already, you made me curious.
Das macht neugierig. “That is intriguing.”
Kleine Kinder sind sehr neugierig. “Small kids are very curious.”
Sie ist von Natur aus neugierig. “She is curious by nature.”
Sie ist neugierig, wer die Blumen gesandt hat. “She is curious to know who sent the flowers.”

Tio faras min scivola. “This makes me curious.”
Li estas scivola pri kiel ŝi ricevos la novaĵon. “He is curious about how she will receive the news.”
Kaj mi estas mem scivola, vidi, kiel Aleĉjo plenumos sian entreprenon. “I am myself curious to see how Alex will execute his project.”
Mia patro kunŝovis la brovojn, duone surprizita, duone scivola. “My father frowned his eyebrows, half surprised, half curious”
Ĉu neniu estis scivola? “Wasn’t anyone curious?”

A few sentences using the word 好奇 [háo.qí]:

我很好奇。[listen]	Wǒ hěn hàoqí. ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄣˇ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ	I’m very curious
好奇會吃苦頭的。 / 好奇会吃苦头的。	hàoqí huì chīkǔtóu de ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄎㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄜ˙	Curiosity killed the cat; lit.: The curious meets suffering.
他對甚麼都感好奇。 / 他对什么都感好奇。	tā duì shénme dōu gǎn hàoqí 。ㄊㄚㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊㄇㄜ˙ ㄉㄡㄍㄢˇ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ	He is curious about everything. Lit.: He feels curiosity towards everything.
她太過好奇，以至於打開了盒子。 / 她太过好奇，以至于打开了盒子。	tā tài guò hàoqí ， yǐzhìyú dǎkāi le hézi 。ㄊㄚㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ ，ㄧˇㄓˋㄩˊ ㄉㄚˇㄎㄞㄌㄜ˙ ㄏㄜˊㄗ˙ 。	She was so curious that she opened the box. Lit.: She was excessively curious, to such an extent as to open the box.
她非常好奇是誰送了她鮮花。 / 她非常好奇是谁送了她鲜花。	tā fēicháng hàoqí shì shéi sòng le tā xiānhuā 。ㄊㄚㄈㄟㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄜ˙ ㄊㄚㄒㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚ。	She is very curious about who sent the flowers. Lit.: Her extreme curiosity is who sent her the flowers.

kureshtar: i që ka dëshirë të madhe për të parë diçka, për të mësuar një të fshehtë, për të hyrë në hollësira etj.; ai që ka kureshtje.
- kureshtje: dëshirë e madhe për të parë diçka, për të mësuar një të fshehtë, për të hyrë në hollësira etj.; vetia e atij që është kureshtar, kërshëri.