How To Say Please, Thank You, Hello And Goodbye in Every Country Why Learn Basic Words in Other Languages? One way to show respect to the people and places you visit is to learn basic phrases like “hello” and “please” in their language. Even a single word in the local tongue can...
Ordinary speech and prose affect the human brain but not in the same way as poetry, which activates specific areas of the brain that recognize its rhymes and rhythms and contemplate its imagery and layered meanings. The brain's reaction to poetry indicates a deep, intuitive connection to verse...
One common way to create auditory imagery is through the use of onomatopoeia. Think about words that describe a sound -- words like buzz, clap or meow. When you say them aloud, they kind of sound like what they are describing. For example, the "zz" in the word buzz kind of sounds ...
But to the plant, flowers are a deadly serious business; the plant's survival depends on the appeal of its flower to a distinctly non-human client list. Sensory-stimulating petals and odors have one purpose: to draw pollinating insects and animals to the plant's reproductive organs, the stam...
If love is a universal language, and "I love you" is the most important thing to say, how will you tell the world how you feel? Here are more than 165 ways to say "I love you" in different languages.
IPTO provides for the electrical interconnection of almost all Greek islands, in the framework of a green investment program amounting to $5.7 billion over the decade to 2029, starting with Greece's largest island of Crete and then moving north towards the Cyclades. The inte...
The Jewish community in Corfu, to the North, created high-quality esrogim.” In fact, archaeologists have found evidence of Greek animal sales with Israel. “Several years ago [they] found a ceramic plate that was actually an order from the Temple to Greek Jews, an order for goats and ...
Brought from the Mediterranean, olives are less popular in native German cuisine. However, theyarecommon ingriechischer Salat(Greek salad). der Kürbis(Pumpkin) Plural Form:die Kürbisse Native to North America, pumpkins were first brought to Europe in the 1500s. Now, they’re grown all over ...
Greek— Γειασου (pronounced YAH-soo; singular to greet a friend, informal), Γειασας (plural to be polite, formal) (meaning "health to you"), καλημέρα (pronounced kalee-ME-ra; good morning; formal), καλό απόγευμα (pronounced ka-LOH a-...
The North Carolina coastline had eroded 1,380 feet (421 meters) since the Cape Hatteras lighthouse was built, leaving some people to fear that the tallest lighthouse in the nation would be lost to the encroaching Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse, which was 129 years old at the time of its...