JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6121 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian
| Message 1857 of 2491 22 March 2011 at 6:24pm | IP Logged |
Levi wrote:
ħolom
'to dream' - Maltese |
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Interesting, do you know if the etymology of that is from the Arabic?
חלם Chalam
to dream - Hebrew
ויחלם יוסף חלום
And Joseph dreamed a dream Genesis 37:5
Edited by JW on 22 March 2011 at 6:25pm
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1858 of 2491 25 March 2011 at 6:34pm | IP Logged |
Yes, Maltese is very closely related to Arabic. The main differences between it and the various dialects of Arabic is that it is written in the Roman alphabet, has lots of Italian (and more recently English) loanwords, its speakers are predominantly Roman Catholic, and they don't use Modern Standard Arabic as the language of prestige.
חלומען (kholemen)
'to dream' - Yiddish
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JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6121 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian
| Message 1859 of 2491 25 March 2011 at 7:06pm | IP Logged |
Levi wrote:
Yes, Maltese is very closely related to Arabic. The main differences between it and the various dialects of Arabic is that it is written in the Roman alphabet, has lots of Italian (and more recently English) loanwords, its speakers are predominantly Roman Catholic, and they don't use Modern Standard Arabic as the language of prestige.
חלומען (kholemen)
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Interesting info on Maltese--a very unique language.
Yiddish is a delight when you speak German and Hebrew.
הימל Himl
Heaven, Sky - Yiddish
אין אָנהײב האָט גאָט באַשאַפֿן דעם הימל און די ערד
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth Gen 1:1
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strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5172 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written)
| Message 1860 of 2491 26 March 2011 at 5:41pm | IP Logged |
JW wrote:
Levi wrote:
ħolom
'to dream' - Maltese |
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Interesting, do you know if the etymology of that is from the Arabic?
חלם Chalam
to dream - Hebrew
ויחלם יוסף חלום
And Joseph dreamed a dream Genesis 37:5 |
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Interesting, "dream" = "حلم" in Arabic.
mbingu
Sky - Kiswahili
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JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6121 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian
| Message 1861 of 2491 26 March 2011 at 6:49pm | IP Logged |
strikingstar wrote:
Interesting, "dream" = "حلم" in Arabic.
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Can you transliterate that?
de Hemel
Sky, Heaven - Dutch
Edited by JW on 26 March 2011 at 6:52pm
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| Message 1862 of 2491 26 March 2011 at 7:44pm | IP Logged |
Cielo
Sky- Italian
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| Message 1863 of 2491 26 March 2011 at 9:09pm | IP Logged |
Cielo
Sky - Spanish
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ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6141 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian
| Message 1864 of 2491 26 March 2011 at 9:18pm | IP Logged |
空 (sora)
sky - Japanese
JW wrote:
strikingstar wrote:
Interesting, "dream" = "حلم" in Arabic.
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Can you transliterate that? |
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حلم = ħulm
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