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TAC 2014 - Rare Languages Team Thread | ||
Tags: Nahuatl | Armenian | Team Thread | Sanskrit | Georgian | Indonesian | Rare Languages | Hebrew | Arabic | Total Annihilation Challenge (TAC) | ||
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| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6059 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 145 of 223 25 April 2014 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, of course. Credibility is important. I'm like that, too. The Arabic word in my post is from Wikipedia. I have a background in the language, yet I spent several minutes checking for different translations, hearing it pronounced, etc. Facts, not speculation. As a Portuguese native speaker, I knew I might add something. Sorry if it sounded like I was criticising you. It was not my intention. Edited by Luso on 25 April 2014 at 6:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6059 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 146 of 223 05 May 2014 at 9:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Just a small note to remind you that the challenge for May is equal to that of April: write about some interesting feature of your target language not yet covered in previous posts or use the "cultural presentation" wildcard, as Penelope already did.
With the arrival of nice weather and the existence of other activities (6WC, SC,...) also comes the time when posts become scarce. If you don't feel like making big updates, try to make shorter ones. Like that, we'll know you're still with us. Another alternative is to update your log with information regarding the challenges. TAC is all-encompassing. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 147 of 223 07 May 2014 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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A challenge the same as the one in April?
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| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6059 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 148 of 223 07 May 2014 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes. The same, but different. In April, you chose ejective consonants. That's a feature of the language. This month, you can: a) either choose another interesting and/or unique feature of the language; b) or you can make a cultural presentation of it: let us know a bit about its geography, history, demographics, etc. (whatever you feel is interesting). Edited by Luso on 07 May 2014 at 10:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4649 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 149 of 223 08 May 2014 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Uuuch, time to find some interesting stuff about Yemen, then.
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| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6059 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 150 of 223 08 May 2014 at 8:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
It's very easy to find something interesting about Yemen. It also happens to be #1 in my list of places to visit (there were others ahead of it, but I've visited them already). I see you're planning something out of the ordinary for us. Good. Let's keep this team in high spirits. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Penelope Diglot Senior Member Greece Joined 3867 days ago 110 posts - 155 votes Speaks: English, French Studies: Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 151 of 223 09 May 2014 at 3:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Another cultural post for Hebrew.
This may sound a bit silly, but actually eurovision was the first time I got to hear the language and like it. So, in the sprit, and since it's eurovision time, here are three winners and one that didn't win (but I love Ofra Haza anyway!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8IDx4Hmzho 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C33kO3fvjkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ5B6w-Baxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIuK7vCVM34 
I'm a newbie, I still can't link directly :( Anyway, these days it's mostly English, but Israel still has at least a few lines in hebrew. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6059 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 152 of 223 10 May 2014 at 10:00am | IP Logged | |||||
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I liked Ofra Haza a lot. She descended from Yemenite Jews. Her family was one of the many airlifted to Israel in what came to be known as Operation Magic Carpet, one of the biggest and most secretive operations of its kind in history.
Due to her roots, she also sang songs of Yemenite origin. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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