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Jul 01 2009

Where is the Chinese Alphabet?

Published by Jennifer under Culture, Languages, Where?

In any single month, more than 10,000 people search for the “Chinese alphabet” on the internet.
Question is:
Does the Chinese language have an alphabet?
If so, where is it?
Why don’t I “see” it?
To answer the above questions, let’s look at how Chinese writing evolved over the ages.
At the beginning, societies created symbols to refer to simple things. [...]

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Jul 07 2008

What Does K-6 Refer To?

Published by Sirena Van Schaik under Languages, What?

In today’s world with acronyms for just about everything from MP3’s to EOD (end of day) to PMB (personal mailbox), is it any wonder that half the conversations that we have are done with confused glints in our eye and a slight nod as we agree to the current FYI (for your information). 
Sometimes, acronyms seem [...]

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Nov 30 2007

What is the Meaning of “Amigos?”

Published by Jennifer under Languages, Spanish, What?

In Spanish and Portuguese, amigos translates to “friends.”  The feminine form of the word is amigas.
So, an amigo is a male friend and an amiga is a female friend.
Etymology: amigos is derived from the Latin amicus.

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Nov 30 2007

What is the Definition of “Más?”

Published by Jennifer under Languages, Spanish, What?

“Más” means more (or sometimes most) in Spanish.
Examples:
Más fina translates to “best” (”most fine”).
Una más means “one more.”
Más que nada means “more than anything” (literally, “more than nothing” but “more than anything” is a more accurate translation).
In Portuguese “mas” means “but.”

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