Of the various languages using the Latin alphabet, English is one of the few that generally does not use diacritical marks. Those words that do contain them are typicallyforeign loanwordswhose diacritics have been retained in English. The most common of these that appear in English are known as...
Funnyandlaughableare both applied to that which provokes laughter or deserves to be laughed at;funnyis a colloquial term loosely applied and in popular use is commonly interchangeable with the other terms:a funny story, scene, joke; a laughable incident, mistake.That which isludicrousexcites laught...
Lingua franca指的是操不同语言的人在一起交流时使用的一种通用语言,a common language used by speakers of different languages. 外企里的那种夹杂了个别外语词汇的语言不算通用语言,只是很多人喜欢这样说而已,从本质上讲是 a fusion of Chinese and some words ...
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In my knowledge of other languages, funny translates poorly, imprecisely at best. It usually translates into a number of different words corresponding to its various senses. But perhaps for that reason it is just the right word to characterize the many sorts of turns that conversation can take...
Not sure whether this applies in other languages, but it has been pointed out (Robin Williams?) that funny words have a k sound, so "cupcake" can be used in a joke but "sponge pudding" probably won't work. Maybe because you have to open your mouth wide for the succeeding vowel?
Funny Chinese words related to animals When studying foreign languages, some of the first words you learn are the names of animals. And while the horse, goose, and cat are all basic vocabulary words, did you know that sometimes they have different meanings depending on the context? So while...
M: I have had courses only in Americ 听力原文:W: How many courses have you taken this term? M: I have had courses only in American and British literature. I wish I had taken more, especially in other languages. What are the man and the woman talking about? A.British literature. B....
【Llama was trained on text in languages that use cyrillic or latin scripts. However, I do know some Japanese anyway. I will translate the following sentences from Japanese (日本語) into English and list the translations one by one, like this. For example, in the case of Spanish, 1. Yo...
It’s funny howyou remember the words of songs, even ones you don’t really like.It’s funny (that)It’s funny that the kids are so quiet.That’s funny. I was sure I had $5 in my purse, but it’s not there now.People tell me I ran the greatest race of my life, butthe ...