Even the simplest concepts, like numbers, take on unique forms across different linguistic landscapes. Today, we're embarking on a journey to uncover the beauty and variety in expressing the number equivalent to the fingers on one hand across various languages. Romance Languages:...
As you can see, the Spanish versions of these numbers came through Latin, one of the Indo-European derivatives along with the Germanic family of languages that includes English. Being aware of similarly derived English words can help you remember the Spanish ones. (There are no universally accep...
Learning to count to 1,000 in Spanish is one of the most productive things you can do for your Spanish language skills. No matter what you do, you’ll find Spanish numbers very helpful in everyday life. Here are a few things you will be able to do once you’ve learned the numbers ...
the question has to be carefully chosen. It can't be too obvious, because then people will be embarrassed to say it, but the answers can't be too hard because then nobody will have anything to say.
In this Lesson, we will answer the following: What are the tendigits? Which numbers are thepowers of 10? What are the names of theclasses? How do we read a whole number, however large? Section 2: Place value numeration. To whichplacedoes each digit belong?
How can I convince my parents to let me study abroad? Your family might be hesitant to let you study abroad. Put yourself in their shoes – they’re probably just nervous, especially if they’ve always lived nearby or ifyou've never been out of the country before. But if you build yo...
And that’s just for starters. We’ll look at other ways to remember things more holistically in a moment, but for now, here are the major memory techniques I suggest you add to your skillset in order to remember a wide variety of things based in words, numbers and even symbols. ...
if you haven’t been practicing your Latin skills. Usei.e., which is short for the Latin phrase id est, to mean “that is,”“specifically,” or “in other words.” Meanwhile,e.g., short for exempli gratia or “for the sake of an example,” should be used to say “for example...
It is tempting to say that the digits in a number are what define its value, but if you write 25 and 52 – using the same digits but in different places – you get two different values. Learning to write numbers in expanded form is an easy way to remember the importance of each digi...
What is the latin for “Gay Lobby”? We need something to go with “delenda est!” Good question! First, we have to workout what “lobby” means. In these USA “lobby” is a kind of political entity, a group that advocates with lawmakers for this or that. However, in Italian, wher...