JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4453 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian)
| Message 65 of 145 17 December 2012 at 8:48pm | IP Logged |
What's afaiu? Nebunie was my 2nd choice, but Nebun is even better because it's shorter.
Or even Nebu which has to do with clouds and fog in Latin.
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Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6904 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French
| Message 66 of 145 17 December 2012 at 10:17pm | IP Logged |
JohannaNYC wrote:
Nebun is even better because it's shorter.
Or even Nebu which has to do with clouds and fog in Latin. |
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This seems like a nice idea... we're reaching for the stars after all, and this IS crazy
:).
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Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5172 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian
| Message 67 of 145 17 December 2012 at 10:36pm | IP Logged |
"Nebun" sounds fine to me (although I still prefer "prieteni").
I'm just wondering - what does "nebu" actually mean? In Latin there is the word "nebula" (cloud) but "nebu"
isn't a word on its own.
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 68 of 145 18 December 2012 at 6:36am | IP Logged |
There's nebü in Polabian, hehe.
afaiu=as far as i understand :)
OK I now created a new poll.
please don't pick choices that contradict each other:D if you have a preference for one of the options, please leave others blank (or choose "i hope it won't be" if you actively dislike them).
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DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian
| Message 69 of 145 18 December 2012 at 9:59am | IP Logged |
How about the Polish kolega ? It's like the French collègue, though the meanings don't quite match. We could cheat and go for a word that means multiple things in different languages. E.g.
Mar (Portuguese\Spanish) - Sea
Mar (Italian) - Tuesday
Mar (Polish\French\Romanian) - March
On the Michel Thomas Russian course they mention the origins of Bistro, and say it's probably just a folk story. I then read it wasn't in a cooking article. The French wikipedia article shows a picture of a plaque that propogates the common story.
Edited by DaraghM on 18 December 2012 at 10:12am
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mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5925 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
| Message 70 of 145 18 December 2012 at 11:24am | IP Logged |
I've started my new TAC log, you can read it here.
I hadn't thought about mar, I like it. I had already voted in the latest poll for Team Nebun, but I would also be fine with Team Mar.
Edited by mick33 on 18 December 2012 at 11:31am
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 71 of 145 18 December 2012 at 1:26pm | IP Logged |
the English wiktionary says it's folk etymology:P
and there are tons of words borrowed from French into Slavic languages, but they tend to be present in 3457643 unrelated languages :/
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Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5172 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian
| Message 72 of 145 18 December 2012 at 4:26pm | IP Logged |
I like Team Mar, although it doesn't mean "March" in Polish - March is "marzec". But I like the sea, so I think
Mar is a good option!
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