#vocabs

[sayitaliano]

Piccoli animali marini

Il polpo, la piovra = octopus * La stella marina = starfish L'aragosta = lobster Il granchio = crab Il cavalluccio marino = seahorse La chiocciola di mare = sea snail La conchiglia = seashell Il pesce = fish (il pesciolino = the smallfish) La medusa = jellyfish

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* The correct zoological name for octopus in Italian is polpo or piovra (the sea mollusk with 8 tentacles); it may be occasionally confused with the word "polipo" = polyp, which actually refers to either the Cnidaria's vital stadium/invertebrates as corals, sea anemones and jellyfishes or the medical condition. The word "polipo", especially as "polipone", is also often used as a slang to indicate those people, especially guys, who tend to have wandering hands towards girls or tend to approach every girl they meet.

[sayitalianolearns]

Multilingual vocabulary about time

ENG - ITA - FRA - ESP - KOR

time - (il) tempo/(l')ora - (l')heure - (la) hora - 시간

morning - (il) mattino/(la) mattina - (le) matin - (la) mañana - 아침

afternoon - (il) pomeriggio - (l')après-midi - (la) tarde - 점심

evening - (la) sera - (le) soir - (la) tarde/(la) noche - 저녁

night - (la) notte - (la) nuit - (la) noche - 밤

noon/midday - (il) mezzogiorno - (le) midi - (el) mediodía - 정오

midnight - (la) mezzanotte - (le) minuit - (la) medianoche - 자정

early - presto - de bonne heure - temprano - 일찍

late - tardi - tard - tarde - 늦게

soon - presto - bientôt - pronto - 곧

later - dopo/più tardi - plus tard - más tarde - 나중에

now - adesso/ora - maintenant - ahora - 지금/이제

when...? - quando...? - quand...? - cuando...? - 언제…?

what time is it? - che ore sono? - quelle heure est-il? - qué hora es? - 몇 시예요?

hour - ora - heure - hora - 시

minute - minuto - minute - minuto - 분

second - secondo - seconde - segundo - 초

it's seven o'clock - sono le sette (in punto) - il est sept heures - son las siete (en punto) - 일곱시예요

it's seven fifteen/it's a quarter past seven - sono le sette e un quarto - il est sept heures et quart - son las siete y cuarto/y quince - 일곱시 십오분이에요

it's half past seven/it's seven thirty - sono le sette e mezza/sono le sette e trenta - il est sept heures trente/il est sept heures et demie - son las siete y media - 일곱시 반이에요 / 일곱시 삼십분이에요

it's a quarter to seven - manca un quarto alle sette/sono le sette meno un quarto - il est sept heures moins le quart - son las siete meno cuarto - 일곱시 십오분 전이에요

it's seven a.m. - sono le sette di mattina - il est sept heures du matin - son las siete de la mañana - 오전 일곱시에요

it's seven p.m. - sono le sette di sera - il est sept heures du soir - son las siete de la tarde/noche - 오후 일곱시에요

in 30 seconds - in 30 secondi - en/dans 30 secondes - en/dentro de treinta segundos - 삼십초 안에

in two minutes - in due minuti - en/dans deux minutes - en/dentro de dos minutos - 이분 안에

in one hour - in un'ora - en/dans une heure - en/dentro de una hora - 한시간 안에

in fifteen minutes/in a quarter of an hour - in quandici minuti/in un quarto d'ora - en/dans quinze minutes/dans un quart d'heure - en/dentro de quince minutos - 십오분 안에

in half an hour/in thirthy minutes - in mezz'ora/in trenta minuti - en/dans trente minutes/dans une demie-heure - en/dentro de treinta minutos - 삼십분 안에

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[averwonders]

One of my favourite discussions during school lunch time used to be on the topic of vocabs.... especially the names of Vegetables and Fruits! Even though small cities weren't that diverse in terms of people from different states but it was pretty diverse in terms of regions and dialects from within the state and it's so interesting to know how manyyyyy words are there for the same thing that too in the same language!! We'd have so much fun getting surprised like, *says vegetable name* "What's that?" "You know *explains the shape and size and colour of the vegetable*??" "Ohmygod it's called that in your home??? *surprised* It's called this in my household!!!" And then it's a discourse about what's it's best recipe.

[studyingaleks]

german dump (you can clearly see what site this is from)

antworten to reply, answer

antwort response (n.)

natürlich ofc

miteinander with each other

du hast recht you're right

übersetzen to translate

retweeten to retweet

tweet zitieren to quote tweet

abbrechen to cancel

anzeigen to show

stummschalten to mute

blockieren to block

melden to report

ausschalten to switch off

entwürfe drafts

nachrichten dms

[aral-tayo]

numbers

*in filipino, both the spanish and the native filipino number systems are used depending on the occasion

native filipino:

usually used with counting objects, things, people and money, and weights.

example:

dalawang tao - two people

apat na tao - four people

0~19

wala/sero - 0

isa - 1 

dalawa - 2

tatlo - 3

apat - 4

lima - 5

anim - 6

pito  - 7

walo - 8

siyam - 9

sampo - 10

labing-isa -11

dose -12

labintatlo - 13

labing-apat - 14

labinlima -15

labing-anim - 16

labimpito - 17 

labing-walo - 18

labinsiyam - 19

add ng at the end of the word if it ends with a vowel

add na with a space if it ends with a consonant

isang libo

sampung libo

20~90

dalawampu - 20 

tatlumpu - 30

apatnapu - 40

limampu - 50

animnapu - 60

pitumpu - 70

walumpu - 80

siyampu - 90

(number)'t (number)

dalawampu't isa - 21

limampu't dalawa - 52

100

(number)+ng daan if the number ends with a vowel 

(number) na daan if the number ends with a consonant 

isang daan - 100

dalawang daan

apat na daan

[spicymelona]

remember when bakugou called kaminari "mr. vocabulary"?

[blog-welcome-to-k-culture]

Today’s Korean class (7) : Here’s a Surprise Present for Your Birthday!

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A : 생일 축하해! 여기 깜짝 생일 선물이야!

B : 와, 진짜 고마워... 지금 열어봐도 돼?

A : 물론이지! 

B : *열어봄* 어... 사실 나 어제 이거랑 완전 똑같은 거 샀는데. 우리 사무실 바로 앞에 있는 백화점에서 샀어?

A : 뭐?! 이리 다시 내놔. 세상에!

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A : Happy birthday! Here’s a surprise present for your birthday!

B : Wow, Thank you so much... Can I open it now?

A : Of course! 

B : *open* Uh... Actually, I bought the exact same thing yesterday. Did you buy it at the department store right in front of our office?

A : What? Give it back to me. Holy Cow!

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* Words Explanations

생일 축하해! = Happy Birthday!

cf. 축하해! = congratulations!

Translating literally, “생일 축하해” is equal to “Congratulations, your birthday!” but in Korean, “생일 축하해” usually translated into “Happy birthday”. 

깜짝 선물 = surprise present

고마워 = Thank you

지금 = now

열 + 다 = open

사실 = actually

완전 똑같은 것 = the exact same thing

어제 = yesterday

백화점 = department store

~앞에 = in front of ~

사무실 = office