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| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5397 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2305 of 3737 11 May 2012 at 1:13am | IP Logged | ||
I don't know about the Nook - I have a Kindle. Well, three of them, actually. But there are pdfs all over the internet, and I think the Nook reads pdfs, right? You can also download a PDF creator and print websites (news articles, wiki articles, fan fiction, almost anything) to a PDF file and put it on your reader. Edited by Kerrie on 11 May 2012 at 1:13am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ismeme Granger Newbie United States Joined 4584 days ago 26 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2306 of 3737 11 May 2012 at 1:15am | IP Logged | ||
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Okay, so the original word was the same for both turtle and tortoise, but because the
Galapagos islands have so many different and unique varieties of tortoises, there is a special word in Spanish for a Galapagos tortoise(galápago)? Do I have that right? When you don't find it at all weird that you are discussing the origins of the word for tortoise in Spanish with a native Russian speaker. Edit: Yes, I had to look it up, but Nooks do read PDFs. Great idea! *gets ready to get Spanish PDF files on to my Nook...and quite possibly things from other cool languages, even if I don't plan to study them...*whistles innocently* Edited by Ismeme Granger on 11 May 2012 at 1:18am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5053 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 2307 of 3737 11 May 2012 at 1:56am | IP Logged | ||
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The Spanish named the Galápagos Islands after the Spanish word for tortoise, which at the time was
'galápago'. Now they seem to use 'tortuga' regardless of whether the 'tortuga' in question dwells on land or in water, but I guess people still understand the distinction being made by the use of 'galápago'? I'm not exactly sure. Maybe someone who knows Spanish better can correct me. ...when you enjoy discussing things like this. Edited by espejismo on 11 May 2012 at 4:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ismeme Granger Newbie United States Joined 4584 days ago 26 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2308 of 3737 11 May 2012 at 2:08am | IP Logged | ||
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Ah. That explains why the correct spelling of Galapagos has an acute accent.
Actually, I have a question for you regarding the Russian alphabet. From what little I can tell, each letter has a 'normal' sound and a 'special' sound. How does the soft sign change the sound of each letter, and how do you know whether, for instance, Д is pronounced as a 'd' or a 't'? I can read the general basics(not knowing any words except loan words, of course), but the inconsistencies confuse me(as they would confuse an English learner, I suppose). When the fact that you're asking about Russian when you're not learning it does not surprise you. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Einarr Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom einarrslanguagelog.w Joined 4615 days ago 118 posts - 269 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian*, French, Russian Studies: Swedish | Message 2309 of 3737 12 May 2012 at 11:15am | IP Logged | ||
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When you realize that in the process of searching your mobile phone, you say to yourself: "Hvor er min mobiltelefon?" - and that's not your native language. :D
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4846 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2310 of 3737 12 May 2012 at 1:58pm | IP Logged | ||
The soft sign and the soft vowels indicate that the preceding consonant has to be spoken palatalized. This means pressing the tip of the tongue against the roof of your mouth, and it sounds a little bit like an added 'y'-sound. Д is always pronounced as a 'd', only at the end of words and before unvoiced consonants it's devoiced and becomes 't'. The same is true for other voiced consonants like в. This sounds very theoretical, but it soon becomes a habit when reading Russian. You know you're a language nerd when you give little lectures about the Russian alphabet after only a week of learning Russian. Edited by Josquin on 12 May 2012 at 1:59pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ismeme Granger Newbie United States Joined 4584 days ago 26 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2311 of 3737 12 May 2012 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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You know you're a language nerd when you didn't blink at the use of the word palatalized
in the previous post, and it actually made a lot of sense. You know you're a language nerd when you want to read your Spanish grammar book and start looking for examples of palatalization in Russian sentences that you don't even understand...at the same time. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LaughingChimp Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4701 days ago 346 posts - 594 votes Speaks: Czech* | Message 2312 of 3737 13 May 2012 at 12:24pm | IP Logged | ||
That will give you a retroflex consonant. You must raise the middle part of the tongue to get a palatalized conosnant. It's the same movement you do for the y sound in English, palatalized consonant is basically a y and the consonant pronounced at the same time. Edited by LaughingChimp on 13 May 2012 at 12:25pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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