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| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5620 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes  Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 57 of 124 02 March 2010 at 7:40am | IP Logged | ||
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I feel awesome to say.... AWESOME! Another English word I really like is “(un)fortunate”.
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| irrationale Tetraglot Senior Member China Joined 5861 days ago 669 posts - 1023 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog Studies: Ancient Greek, Japanese | Message 58 of 124 02 March 2010 at 7:53am | IP Logged | ||
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"Sin embargo" (Spanish, never-the-less)
It sounds really intelligent to my ears for some reason, very important things will come after this conjunction. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| vusalgustav Tetraglot Newbie Azerbaijan Joined 6087 days ago 23 posts - 56 votes Speaks: Azerbaijani*, English, Russian, Turkish Studies: German, Spanish | Message 59 of 124 02 March 2010 at 8:06am | IP Logged | ||
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zmrzlina - ice cream in Czech language
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| Hello Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5231 days ago 40 posts - 45 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 60 of 124 07 March 2010 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | ||
The French word ' Tohubohu' sounds similar and means the same thing. There are words like that who are amazing just by the fact they are very similar in many not-so-related languages! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sayumi Groupie Japan Joined 5229 days ago 51 posts - 75 votes Speaks: Japanese | Message 61 of 124 07 March 2010 at 10:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず - Nothing ventured, nothing gained, in Japanese.
It's interesting, because I hate "Quem não arrisca não petisca", which means the exact same thing, only in (European only?) Portuguese. Edited by Sayumi on 07 March 2010 at 10:28pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5488 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 62 of 124 07 March 2010 at 11:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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English: unequivocal, immutable, ice, and spice.
French: meridien Edited by Paskwc on 07 March 2010 at 11:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5666 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 63 of 124 08 March 2010 at 5:00am | IP Logged | ||
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Russian : достопримечательность - "sights" (especially when speaking fast and remembering where the stress accent is!)
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| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5666 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 64 of 124 08 March 2010 at 9:17am | IP Logged | ||
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For many Asian this Russian word may be difficult to pronounce and awesome to say:
встречаться : to meet Many people cannot pronounce the group of cluster, since most(non- Indian) Asian languages are vowel dominated (ie must pronounce a vowel between consonants) 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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