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| natia Newbie GeorgiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6052 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: Georgian* | Message 25 of 30 07 May 2008 at 3:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Georgian: გეთაყვა (getaḳva)
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| sweiki Diglot Newbie Lithuania Joined 6344 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Lithuanian*, Russian Studies: English | Message 26 of 30 09 May 2008 at 9:09am | IP Logged | ||
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Lithuanian:
Prašyti "to ask" Singular: (Aš) prašau ("I ask") (Tu) prašai ("You ask") (Jis/ji) prašo ("He/She asks") Plural: (Mes) prašome ("We ask") (Jūs) prašote ("You ask") (Jie, jos) prašo ("They ask") There is also a Lithuanian word "prašom". Please do not smoke = Prašom nerūkyti. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Evita Tetraglot Senior Member Latvia learnlatvian.info Joined 6552 days ago 734 posts - 1036 votes  Speaks: Latvian*, English, German, Russian Studies: Korean, Finnish | Message 27 of 30 09 May 2008 at 9:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Latvian: lūdzu (literally I ask)
The same word "lūdzu" also means "you're welcome". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dannet Newbie Indonesia Joined 6068 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Studies: English Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 28 of 30 10 May 2008 at 4:49am | IP Logged | ||
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fusha arabic:
as i know there are words which mean "please" if you search in arabic-english dictionary أرجوك ar-juk = onegaishimasu(japanese) من فضلك min fad-lik = kudasai(japanese) تفضّل tafad-dal = douzo(japanese)= silakan(bahasa indonesia) for example: help me please (hopeness) = ar-juk an tansuruni a cup of coffee please (order) = kub minal kahwa min fad-lik please sit down! = tafad-dal ij-lis ! sorry for my English... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| madass88 Diglot Groupie NorwayRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6068 days ago 83 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 29 of 30 10 May 2008 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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In norwegian its
Værsåsnill, but we often use plis, which is taken from the English please. i think its the same in swedish and danish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Noe12 Diglot Newbie Argentina noe12.com.ar Joined 6045 days ago 31 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Japanese, Latin, Italian | Message 30 of 30 13 May 2008 at 10:14am | IP Logged | ||
The same thing happens here in Buenos Aires. A lot of people uses the word "plis" ('please') to mean "por favor" ('please'), but usually is like a funny way of saying it. For serious reasons, you don't use "plis", you use "por favor". 1 person has voted this message useful |
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