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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Remis » 2012-04-20, 8:35

[flag]et[/flag] ei not
[flag]no[/flag] ei not (outdated/dialect)
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TAC 2012 [flag]ja[/flag] [flag]la[/flag] ([flag]es-mx[/flag] [flag]non[/flag])
Of immense interest: [flag]grc[/flag] [flag]akk[/flag] [flag]egy[/flag] [flag]ar[/flag] [flag]mt[/flag] [flag]ga[/flag] [flag]eu[/flag] [flag]pl[/flag] [flag]prg[/flag] [flag]nah[/flag] [flag]qu[/flag] [flag]nv[/flag] [flag]zh.Hant[/flag]
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Michael » 2012-04-20, 16:52

[flag]cs[/flag] děkuju - I thank [you] :?:
[flag]en-us[/flag] [θeɪ̯̃cʲʊ̈]
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Lauren » 2012-04-20, 16:54

[flag]et[/flag] ei not
[flag]no[/flag] ei not (outdated/dialect)
[flag]fo[/flag] ei not (outdated/dialect)
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby TheStrayCat » 2012-04-20, 17:23

Hildakojon wrote:[flag]et[/flag] ei not
[flag]no[/flag] ei not (outdated/dialect)
[flag]fo[/flag] ei not (outdated/dialect)

+ [flag]fi[/flag] ei not

Despite my thoughts it might result from possible intercultural ties between the neighboring nations (although the word is a basic one), Wiktionary gives different origins of these.

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby ffrench » 2012-04-22, 8:20

[flag]en[/flag] bitch a female dog
[flag]kea[/flag] bítch’ animal (Barlavento variant)

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Lauren » 2012-04-22, 21:54

[flag]eu[/flag] heldu
[flag]en-US[/flag] to hold

[flag]eu[/flag] iritsi
[flag]en-US[/flag] to reach

"ts" in Basque is pronounced a bit like "ch" in English. ;)
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby LackOfFuel » 2012-04-23, 15:37

[flag]no[/flag] stol - chair
[flag]sl[/flag] stol - chair
Smisel življenja je ležanje na plaži. 8-)

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Michael » 2012-04-24, 5:22

[flag]el[/flag] καλώ - to call
[flag]en[/flag] call
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Bubulus » 2012-04-24, 17:34

[flag]ar[/flag] ملأ malaʔa يملأ yamlaʔu ملء malʔ - to fill (sth.)
[flag]la[/flag] impleō implēre implēuī implētus - to fill (sth.)

[flag]es[/flag] de - of, from
[flag]la[/flag] dē - about
[flag]zh[/flag] 的 de [tɤ ~ dɤ] - of
[flag]ar-MA[/flag] د [də] - of

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby ffrench » 2012-04-28, 10:14

I'm very fond of this one.

[flag]vro[/flag] kiil [ki:l] language
[flag]hai[/flag] kíl [kíl] language
[flag]tr[/flag] dil [dil] language
[flag]mn[/flag] хэл [xiɮ] language

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Bubulus » 2012-05-01, 5:43

Middle English: eek ([ɪi̯k] if read as in modern English) - also
Classical Chinese: 亦 ([jɪk˨˨] if read as in modern Cantonese) - also

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Baldanders » 2012-05-01, 8:12

[flag]ru[/flag] Увы [uvi]
[flag]he[/flag] אבוי[avoy]
[flag]yi[/flag] אוי ויי [oy vay]

Interjection: an exclamation of dismay;alas.

[flag]ru[/flag] Смех [smech] -Laughter
[flag]he[/flag] שמחה [simcha] -Happiness

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby hashi » 2012-05-01, 10:44

BlackZ wrote:[flag]ja[/flag] ね ne (particle that means "right?" "isn't it?")
[flag]pt-br[/flag] né (contraction of "não é?" which means "isn't it?" - colloquial)


Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but this is also the same in Māori:

[flag]mi[/flag] nē ("isn't it?")
(en-nz)(ja)(sv)(it)(mi)(et)

Sono ancora qui (a volte), ma probabilmente non ti voglio parlare.

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby TeneReef » 2012-05-01, 19:35

[flag]no[/flag] torg
[flag]hr[/flag] trg

[flag]no[/flag] løk
[flag]hr[/flag] luk

[flag]no[/flag] nos (Nynorsk)
[flag]hr[/flag] nos

[flag]no[/flag] lækjar (Nynorsk)
[flag]sr[/flag] lekar

:)
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Aleco » 2012-05-01, 19:43

TeneReef wrote:[flag]no[/flag] torg
[flag]hr[/flag] trg

:)

:) Interesting! Apparently it comes from Russian!
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby TeneReef » 2012-05-02, 17:45

[flag]no[/flag] mangle
[flag]it[/flag] mancare
[flag]hr[/flag] manjkati

:)
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby TeneReef » 2012-05-03, 11:58

[flag]no[/flag] skrik
[flag]hr[/flag] krik
[flag]sl[/flag] krik
[flag]ru[/flag] крик

:P
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby Ashucky » 2012-05-03, 15:14

[flag]no[/flag] mangle
[flag]it[/flag] mancare
[flag]hr[/flag] manjkati
[flag]sl[/flag] manjkati / mankati (colloquial)

8-)
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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby ffrench » 2012-05-05, 12:50

[flag]fr[/flag] eux /ø/ they (3rd person masculine plural pronoun, disjunctive)
[flag]hu[/flag] ő /ø:/ they (3rd person singular genderless pronoun, nominative)
>[flag]hu[/flag] ők /ø:k/ plural form of ő

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Re: Multilingual True Friends

Postby ling » 2012-05-05, 13:25

[flag]zh[/flag] pan - plate, pan
[flag]en[/flag] pan

[flag]zh[/flag] fei - expense, charge, fee
[flag]en[/flag] fee

[flag]zh[/flag] lian - to practice, to train
[flag]th[/flag] เรียน rian - to learn, to study

[flag]zh[/flag] guang - wide
[flag]th[/flag] กว้าง kwaang - wide

[flag]th[/flag] อาจารย์ aajaar - teacher
[flag]id[/flag] ajar - to teach

[flag]tw [/flag] bubu (Atayal language) - breast
[flag]en[/flag] boob
Native: [flag=]en[/flag] Advanced: [flag=]zh[/flag] Actively studying: [flag=]th[/flag][flag=]id[/flag] Passively dabbling: [flag=]lkt[/flag]


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