Words that just won't stick

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

What's even more confusing is that roxo does not mean red, but purple!

Yes, that is also confusing. The Portuguese sure screwed up their colours!

It's easy to me to associate vermelho with red, because as a kid we used coloured pencils, and one of the colours was rosso vermiglio, in English vermilion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermilion

I remember vermillion (mainly because it's the keyword associate with this kanji:朱 in RTK), yet it still messes me up on a regular basis anyway.

Actually, funnily enough, I remember thinking of Vermilion City as representing the colour green! So strange!

I never thought of it as a colour at all when I was a kid playing them, I just accepted that that was the name of the city!

[dEhiN]

I never thought of it as a colour at all when I was a kid playing them, I just accepted that that was the name of the city!

I figured out quickly when playing it the first time through that some of the town/city names were based on a colour. That's also why in the orig GB versions, the (8-bit) colours changed when you entered certain towns. Of course there's only so much 8 bits will get you.

[Osias]

Mandatory song:

https://youtu.be/bMeiV4iSic8

[linguoboy]

Update: I'm reading Welsh prose again and I'm still having trouble with most of the words I listed the last time. In particular, I find myself continually stumbling over:

syllu gaze, stare
sylwi notice, note, observe
sylweddoli realise

especially the first two.

And now you can add to the list:
gweddu suit, fit, submit
gweddïo pray
gweddillo remain; leave behind
gwennill win

I seem to have finally figured out agor "open" vs aros "stay", so that's a plus.

[Car]

I initially think vermelho means green even though whenever I see verde, I also think green.

This happens to me too

To me, too.

[dEhiN]

I initially think vermelho means green even though whenever I see verde, I also think green.

This happens to me too

To me, too.

I wonder what it is then about that word if 3 different people are having the same issue?

[Rí.na.dTeangacha]

I initially think vermelho means green even though whenever I see verde, I also think green.

This happens to me too

To me, too.

I wonder what it is then about that word if 3 different people are having the same issue?

I think it's as simple as vermelho - verde.

[dEhiN]

Makes sense.

Speaking of words that won't stick, currently Swedish clothing terms are giving me trouble. I recently did the Duolingo skill Clothing on the Swedish tree and brought it to Level 1. I'm now in the process of bringing it to Level 3. But I'm finding myself still looking up each term. Though I guess a few words are starting to stick: byxorna, kläder, skor, strumpor. Now I just need to learn the declension for each of those words!

[OldBoring]

I remember vermillion (mainly because it's the keyword associate with this kanji:朱 in RTK), yet it still messes me up on a regular basis anyway.

My surname! I'm Mr Vermillion.