Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1065 of 2529 16 October 2009 at 2:48pm | IP Logged |
想 (xiǎng)
'would like' or 'to miss', Mandarin
我想吃饭。 (Wǒ xiǎng chī fàn.) - I would like to eat.
我想你。 (Wǒ xiǎng nǐ.) - I miss you.
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Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6696 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map
| Message 1066 of 2529 17 October 2009 at 1:35pm | IP Logged |
υπερβολή (pronunced 'ipervolí') = exaggeration (Modern Greek). And yes it belongs here after x according to the English alphabet, because every trace of the old aspiration which gave rise to the 'h' in English 'hyperbole' has disappeared from Modern Greek. It died with the modernized orthography that was introduced after the demise of the junta. But the 'υ' in the spelling still shows that this isn't a mere iota, it's an ypsilo
Edited by Iversen on 17 October 2009 at 1:41pm
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tricycle Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5656 days ago 99 posts - 107 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French
| Message 1067 of 2529 17 October 2009 at 4:05pm | IP Logged |
зъл / zal - evil (Bulgarian)
Edited by tricycle on 17 October 2009 at 4:06pm
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Matteo Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 5573 days ago 88 posts - 85 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: ItalianB1, German
| Message 1068 of 2529 17 October 2009 at 6:38pm | IP Logged |
Acht -> Eight (German)
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1069 of 2529 17 October 2009 at 8:51pm | IP Logged |
die Bäckerei
'bakery', German
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tricycle Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5656 days ago 99 posts - 107 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French
| Message 1070 of 2529 17 October 2009 at 11:35pm | IP Logged |
салфетка - salfetka - napkin (Bulgarian)
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1071 of 2529 18 October 2009 at 12:21am | IP Logged |
I'm not really sure if that counts as a 'c' word, but anyways...
démarrer
'to start up', French
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Matteo Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 5573 days ago 88 posts - 85 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: ItalianB1, German
| Message 1072 of 2529 19 October 2009 at 4:15am | IP Logged |
Eu -> I
Portuguese
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