Oh, I didn't even see that you'd used the offending phrase. My reading ability is failing. Yeah, in your context, just leave out the "through". But I guess you knew that already.
In some cultures, females and males speak different languages*.
When retelling, for example, what a man said, would a female say it in the male language or translate it into the female language?
Would a male do the same when retelling what a female said?
Would behavior change depending on wh...
I'm out to dinner with a japanese chick and its going pretty goo but when I said 'chin chin' she kind of made a weird face. Then I remembered my mate dave from school told me one time that that meant penis in japanese. Is this true ?
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When is it okay to end a sentence in a preposition?
I see it a lot, even though my elementary teacher told me it is wrong. This is probably a new development, a sign that our language is in decay. Soon none of us will be able to understand each other. But this slopp...
@Gigili Oh, that, yes. Well, then you should read a book suitable for your level. I put away a French book that was too difficult not long ago. But don't give up too soon: after 50 pages or so, it usually gets easier, as you learn more words and you get used to the typical vocabulary the writer uses.
We have some children's books, but he's past the age of being interested in Cinderella and Winnie the Pooh; and not yet capable of reading anything more substantial.
hm, Bosnian is written with the latin alphabet right? then you can tell him that English spelling sucks black holes throug straws and that any other language is easier to read :)
@kaleissin but he has two Bosnian aunts and one Bosnian uncle here in New Zealand.
One problem is that he doesn't understand the grammar; so written words, especially declined or conjugated ones, won't always make sense to him, even if he knows the nominative (of nouns or adjectives) or present indicative (of verbs).
books like Emil.. are handy because they have been translated out the wazoo. I have a good Norwegian edition with the same paging and can follow the story paralelly in two languages :)
Ah! See until you posted the French version, I didn't realise that "die Detektive" was a plural. I was thinking feminine singular because of the "die"; and I didn't stop to wonder whether a feminine word for "detective" might be unconventional.
the kicker is, of course: the cartel is allowed to continue because it supposedly protects the Norwegian language and supports culture... and ppl read English instead because of prices and availability...
Some languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese, have a dedicated belief verb that one uses for describing false beliefs. For instance, in Mandarin, yiwei is used to describe beliefs that the speaker wants to emphasize are false; xiang is a neutral belief verb, like English 'think' and 'believe...
And then you'd get everybody asking - why is your avatar a T? (I just picked a letter randomly), and eventually, you'd get annoyed with it, and change it back.
And now that you've explained HERE that that's what it is, if you do make your avatar a T (or whatever), everyone will know what letter your name begins with.
@Gigili - there's a woman I used to work with who has the same first name as you (although in English, she spells it slightly differently). So I guess I knew how to pronounce it.
OK, I'm off to play with my son for a wee while. BBL.
In some cultures, females and males speak different languages*.
When retelling, for example, what a man said, would a female say it in the male language or translate it into the female language?
Would a male do the same when retelling what a female said?
Would behavior change depending on wh...
I'm out to dinner with a japanese chick and its going pretty goo but when I said 'chin chin' she kind of made a weird face. Then I remembered my mate dave from school told me one time that that meant penis in japanese. Is this true ?
Possible Duplicate:
When is it okay to end a sentence in a preposition?
I see it a lot, even though my elementary teacher told me it is wrong. This is probably a new development, a sign that our language is in decay. Soon none of us will be able to understand each other. But this slopp...
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