The terms we use to refer to other people—and ourselves—can communicate a lot about identity, and sometimes even a single letter can make a big difference. Perhaps you know the wordsLatinoandLatina. But have you encounteredLatinxorLatine? Even if you have, you might still be confused about...
Here's another one that many people probably don't realize is Latin. It translates to "in good faith," and means either "real" or genuine"—such as a "bona fide expert"—or without fraud—such as a "bona fide real estate deal." 9. Pro bono It's not surprising that this abbreviate...
Mostly in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Mexico is the largest of 22 Spanish-speaking nations...
根据后文"People still use Latin in many ways."(人们仍然在很多方面使用拉丁语。)可知,此处是讲拉丁语并没有完全消失,和前文"No one today speaks Latin as their native language"(现在没有人以拉丁语为母语)构成转折关系,对应转折词but。所以选项D "但这并不意味着它完全消失了。"切合文意。故选D.(4...
根据文章最后一段第二句 "The two predominant languages in regular everyday use are English and Maltese, the latter spoken by about 350, 000 people. " 可知,有350, 000人说马耳他语。故选B。 (4) 考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段可知,马耳他语是阿拉伯语的一种变体,而阿拉伯语中也被加入了罗曼语...
United States How Many People Are Using Facebook? This year, 169.5 million people in the US—or more than half of the population—will use Facebook, a 0.9% increase from 2017, according to our estimates. By the end of the forecasting period (2022), we expect Facebook's user base to ...
Both derive from the Late Latin personalis, though personal took a tour through Middle English and Anglo-French, while personnel traces back through modern French, German, and Medieval Latin. In French, personnel was an adjective frequently used in contrast with matériel, the equipment used (as ...
Because of pinyin, many illiterate(不认识字的) people have learned h 5 to read. We use pinyin to type Chinese characters into computers and phones. Pinyin has been useful in other w 6 too. It helps promote the use of Standard Chinese, or Mandarin, so people who s 7 different dialects(...
Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use itLordFrances Ellen
Chinese is spoken by 1.3 billion people around the world. Mandarin, which is probably the most recognized form of Chinese language, is just a dialect. Its use is widespread, but speakers of Mandarin Chinese will not be able to understand Cantonese, another Chinese language variant. Many ...