#apny2015

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APNY Language Practice!

Feliz año nuevo! Dos mil diecisiete. No celebro el año nuevo. Todo el mundo bebe demasiado y conduce. Canto y escucho la cancion “This Year” para la banda The Mountain Goats. Los fuegos artificiales trastornan al perro así que la consuelo.

———————— Bonne année! Deux mille dix-sept.

Je ne fête pas la nouvelle année. Toute le monde boit trop et conduit. Je chante et j'écoute la chanson “This Year” par le groupe The Mountain Goats. Les feux d'artifice bouleversent la chienne et je la réconforte.

————————– Gott nytt år! Tvåtusen och sjutton.

[spoonary]

Does anyone even check the APNY2015 tag any more?

GUYS! I miss you! Well, I actually miss 'A Polyglot New Year' and the structure it gave my internet time. Since it finished, I'm not getting my little bit of language practice in each day (I'm doing some things for uni but it's not the same).

What are you guys doing now? Is there any chance of us banding together and creating something like APNY for the rest of the year? Or even just getting together to discuss our language practice could maybe be motivational.

What do you say?

[konniglot]

#APNY2015

Mi bedaŭras ke mi ne finis APNY2015. Eble mi povas trovi tempo en ĉiu monato. ~~~

[sumerianlanguage]

#APNY2015 Day 28: False Friends

What are some false cognates/false friends between your languages?

Sumerian and English are totally unrelated, but that doesn't mean that false cognates don't exist between them. There aren't very many, because the sound systems are so different. A few examples are:

eshbarkingduga — despite containing the word barking, this word actually refers to an "officially declared decision" and not the noises of animals

mud — this word has several Sumerian meanings, including "children", "blood", "terror", "to give birth", "tree stump", "to sing" and "exultation", but not "mix of dirt and water"

sang — pronounced somewhere between English sang and song, this word actually means "head" or "leader"

shakira — not a Colombian singer, actually the word for "butter"

[misspepita]

#apny2015 - day 31

So, the final prompt is completely open-ended. You decide what you would like to share with the tumblr world today about your languages. so i decided to go back and visit the intermediate prompt for day 25, which was "try to translate your favorite song in your second language into your first or vice versa", and attempt to translate one of my favorite Portuguese songs into English. The song is "Corcovado" sung (originally) by Antonio Carlos Jobim. I know there is an English version, but I've never heard it... so....... yeah lmao. I tried to make it sound a little more poetic than literal, so some liberties were taken. (And suggestions to my shitty translation is also totally appreciated!) Also, a little background: "Corcovado" refers to the mountain that overlooks Rio and has the famous "Jesus status" aka Christ the Redeemer built atop it. The more you know! *:･ﾟ✧

Um cantinho e um violão - A corner and a guitar Este amor, uma canção - This love, a song Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama - Bringing happiness to the one you love Muita calma pra pensar - Calmly thinking E ter tempo pra sonhar - And taking the time to dream Da janela vê-se o Corcovado - Through the window we see the Corcovado O Redentor que lindo - The Redeemer looks so beautiful Quero a vida sempre assim com você perto de mim - Wanting a life where you are always next to me Até o apagar da velha chama - Erasing old flames [??] E eu que era triste - And I was so sad Descrente deste mundo - Not believing in this world Ao encontrar você eu conheci - Until I found and met you O que é felicidade meu amor - What happiness, my love O que é felicidade, o que é felicidade - What happiness, what happiness

[misspepita]

#apny2015 - day 30

Scan a new article of your choice in your target language(s) for a couple sentences that you can understand the gist of. Write a summary/approximate translation of those sentences in your target or native language. Página aleatória dá "Francisco Pereira Sodré"! Eu não sei o homem.

Francisco Pereira Sodré, primeiro e único barão de Alagoinhas, (Cachoeira da Bahia, 26 de abril de 1818 — Salvador, 28 de setembro de 1882) foi coronel da Guarda Nacional brasileira. Filho do coronel Francisco Maria Sodré Pereira e Maria Ana de Meneses, nasceu na feguesia de São Tiago do Iguape, no município de Cachoeira, Bahia. Casou-se, em 10 de fevereiro de 1834, com Cora César Coutinho, filha do conselheiro José Lino Coutinho e da poetisa Ildefonsa Laura César, nascida em Salvador, em 25 de janeiro de 1819, e falecida em São Tiago do Iguape, em 25 de abril de 1880. Eles tiveram onze filhos. Francisco Pereira Sodré the first and only Baron of Alagoinhas, (Cachoeira, Bahia, April 26th 1818 - Salvador, September 28th 1882) was a Colonel of the Brazilian National Guard. He was the son of Colonel Francisco Maria Sodré and Maria Ana de Meneses. He was born to the church(?) of St. Tiago of Iguape, in the city of Cachoeira, Bahia. He married in February 10th 1834, to Cora César Coutinho, the daughter of Counsellor José Lino Coutinho and the poet Ildefonsa Laura César. Cora was born in Salvador, on January 25th 1819, and died in St. Tiago of Iguape on April 25th 1880. They had eleven children.

[laperiphrase]

#APNY Day 27:

When is your birthday? What do you usually do on your birthday? How about when you were a child? If you could have one wish granted on your birthday, what would it be?

Spanish:

La día di mi cumpleaños es el 31 de marzo. Usualmente no hago mucho, como con mi amigos la comida o tailandés o china o india y jugo a videojuegos. Cuando era joven recibía regalos a veces. No es una día muy importante para mí. Si alguien me concediera cualquier regalo que quisiera, querría suficiente dinero para ir a Francia, Italia, Sudáfrica, a cualquier parte del mundo adónde quiero ir.

[spoonary]

A Polyglot New Year - Day 30

So, even though it's no longer January, I have every intention of completing APNY. Last two days - go!

Day 30 - Article Fun! (I'm all out of inventive titles, can you tell?)

Advanced: Read a news article of your choice in your language(s). Write a summary of the article in your language(s), and include your opinion on the issue and the history of it if you know some more background.

Éste es el artículo que he elegido para la tarea de hoy, porque ya sabía algo del tema.

El pasado viernes se hundió una embarcación ilegal (patera) cerca de la playa La Bocana en Melilla. La razón por el naufrágio fue las olas altas que habían en las aguas marroquíes causadas por un fuerte temporal, resultando en condiciones menos que favorables para la patera. Cuando la embarcación se echó a la mar en Nador, Marruecos, iban a bordo veinte 'sin papeles', intentando llegar a Melilla. Sin embargo, cuando la Guardia Civíl encontró la patera, lograron rescatar apenas diez inmigrantes. Cuatro habían desaparecido y seis habían fallecido.

El artículo también habla de la situación general que hay con respecto a la inmigración clandestina, entre Marruecos y Melilla sobre todo. Recalca la cantidad de gente que intenta llegar a España a través de las vallas 'insuperables' que le espera cuando llegue. Detalla que es el peligro que propone superar estas vallas que conduce a los inmigrantes a buscar otra forma de entrada al país europeo.

Me gustaría dar mi opinión sobre este tema pero me temo que podría ser demasiado polémica así que esto es todo por hoy.