Besides, the spoken language___to change in the 1500s with the pronunciation of all long vowels (元音), especially in southern England. For example, the word “bite” was pronounced closer to “beet” in 1400, before changing through the years to its sound now. The effect was that the ...
Towards the end of Middle English, a sudden change in pronunciation started, with vowels being pronounced shorter and shorter. From the 16th century the British had contact(联系) with people from around the world. This means that many new words and phrases entered the language. The invention of...
athe plane will land in five minutes 飞机将登陆在五分钟[translate] a我想他一定是去开普敦上班的 I thought he is certainly goes to Cape Town to go to work[translate] a不要忘记集合时间是 Do not forget the collection time is[translate] ...
(世博会) 2010 Shanghai.On the opening day of the Expo, Xia, together with five friends, went on a 1,500 – km journey from Xiangtan to the Expo Garden, in spite of the doubt whether they’ll make it.After all, the boat they are on can hardly be called a boat.It cost only 2,...
Towards the end of Middle English, a sudden change in pronunciation started, with vowels being pronounced shorter and shorter. From the 16th century the British had contact(联系) with people from around the world. This means that many new words and phrases entered the language. The invention of...
These include loss of the nasal sound before Proto-Germanic *f, *þ, and *s (e.g., Proto-Germanic *fimf, *munþ-, and *uns became Old Frisian fīf‘five,’ mūth‘mouth,’ and ūs‘us’), palatalization of Proto-Germanic *k before front vowels and *j (e.g., Proto-Germanic...