Select Verse Collections to memorize with this Group.
Berean
Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 11:37 PM
hey everyone. join my group called Riddles and Questions for lots of riddling fun, and JJ’s group called Truth be Told. see you there soon!
Um... why is everybody speaking in Español?
Daetric
Saturday, Feb 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM
😂
Daetric
Saturday, Feb 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM
😕
Henry
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 7:53 PM
hǎo de
Henry
Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 9:41 PM
Qué bueno verte de nuevo
Henry
Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 9:40 PM
ok. únete al grupo “Español con Amigos”
yo necesito ayuda. yo no estudio ese
Henry
Friday, May 6, 2022 at 9:20 PM
非常好
Lizard 🦎
Friday, May 6, 2022 at 11:04 AM
yo tengo un cómoda camiseta
Lizard 🦎
Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 9:49 AM
hola está jueves cómo está
Saturday, Apr 2, 2022 at 11:14 PM
FACT: Eagles are birds. Your welcome.
Henry
Sunday, Feb 13, 2022 at 7:29 PM
Merry belated Christmas
merry Christmas to everyone
I'm studying Latin and that word has thrown me off so many times. With it's stark contrast it can really messes up sentences.
for some reason Bella can mean either war or beautiful.
I'm back... life was busy so i took a break...
eLgWaNa
Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 at 7:04 PM
I haven't seen you in awhile 😆😆😆
eLgWaNa
Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 at 7:03 PM
Bible Quizzer.... is that you? I thought you were long gone 😂
Henry
Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 at 2:41 PM
dunno
what does Bella mean in Latin?
eLgWaNa
Monday, Sep 13, 2021 at 2:07 PM
Talking about different languages, bro. 😂
Elgwan
Friday, Sep 10, 2021 at 7:52 PM
?
Henry
Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 at 1:45 PM
oh 😆
Roger
Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 at 12:36 PM
Interesting! 😄 Henry, I don't know if he was able to clarify later on or not 😆
Lizard 🦎
Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 at 11:27 AM
nice 👍
Renée
Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 at 9:50 AM
Oh! 😂 That was actually one of my first guesses 😅
Henry
Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 at 12:32 AM
The full one is 美利坚合众国, or The United States (合众国) of beauty, profit, strong (美利坚）😂
Henry
Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 at 12:29 AM
beautiful country = 美国 (Meǐguó) = USA 😂
Henry
Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 at 12:27 AM
Japan is called Rìběn which literally translates as “sun origin” because you know, Japan is on the east and is known as the Rising Sun
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 11:52 PM
Ummm, beautiful country... maybe... Japan?? 🤷♀️
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 11:52 PM
😂
Henry
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 11:27 PM
What country is “beautiful country” in Chinese?
Henry
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 11:19 PM
bald mouse 😂 Yeah that’s why I like pinyin. Did you know if he was able to clarify after? 😂
Roger
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 9:35 PM
Oh! 😅 Eww, I hate bats 😬 Also, Henry, that's quite amazing about the intonation of the Chinese language! I would hate to end up messing up like that! 😯 I've heard about those kind of instances where a language is so complex that a foreigner trying to speak it ends up saying the wrong thing bc they didn't say it just right...one story I heard was that a missionary (I think they were in Africa) was preaching to the natives, and he found out at the end of his sermon that he had been preaching against cow manure instead of sin! 😂
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 9:17 PM
Ok, you ready? A bald mouse = chauve souris = bat
Henry
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 9:09 PM
nope
Lizard 🦎
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 8:54 PM
nope
eLgWaNa
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 8:22 PM
Uh... I have no idea 😂
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 5:21 PM
Can you all guess what a bald mouse is in French?
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 5:20 PM
Wow! 😅
Henry
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 2:30 PM
In Chinese you could end up saying something very inappropriate if you ask someone for a pen and say the wrong tone 😅
Henry
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 2:28 PM
Interesting way to put it Roger 🤣 Thats what it sounds like if we try to pronounce them with our English understanding, but with the 5 tones that English don’t have, as shown in pinyin, they sound quite different
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 2:02 PM
I don't know, Henry 😅 And jítā-- ohh! 😂
Roger
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 1:20 PM
😆 Speaking of Chinese, my dad was recently saying that it seems that the different towns/cities in China are named by dumping a drawer full of silverware on the floor, and then whatever sound it makes is what they name the place 🤣🤣
Lizard 🦎
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 1:10 PM
I once looked up weird phrases and I vaguely remember that
Henry
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:30 PM
jítā = guitar It sounds exactly how a person with a Chinese accent would say guitar 😂
Henry
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:29 PM
how does that make a kite 😅
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:57 AM
And Henry, I still have no clue 😂
Renée
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:56 AM
Lizard, yes! That is what it is! 😅 Flying deer= cerf-volant= kite
Lizard 🦎
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:02 AM
idk either of those but is a flying deer a kite?
Henry
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:36 PM
Hint: the pinyin is jítā
Roger
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:27 PM
Ummm... my mind is kinda drawing a blank here 😂
Henry
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:38 PM
rich is “have money” and famous is “have name” 😂 Yep, it’s something totally unexpected 😏
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:28 PM
Rich? um, Famous? 😅 I have no idea, if this is supposed to be something that wouldn't be expected 😂
Henry
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 8:59 PM
in Chinese
Henry
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 8:59 PM
Meanwhile I have another one. 😏 What does lucky he/him mean?
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 8:52 PM
I'll give Liz a chance to guess before I answer 😏
Roger
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 5:00 PM
I had guessed that, too 😂
Henry
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 4:11 PM
reindeer?
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 3:37 PM
This is one I just found for French. What does flying deer mean? You'll probably never guess 😏
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 3:36 PM
😂
Henry
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 3:23 PM
yeah I’ve heard of the cool as a cucumber 😂
Lizard 🦎
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 3:20 PM
it's like a subject no one likes to discuss but everyone knows about and needs addressed
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 3:08 PM
I've heard of all those 😂 Except I've never heard the one about the elephant. I'm guessing that means let's talk about the important matters? 😅
Lizard 🦎
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:52 PM
I've sort of got one for English have any of you ever there's more than one way to skin a cat or let's talk about the elephant in the room the best thing since sliced bread,cool as a cucumber 😂😂
Lizard 🦎
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:36 PM
interesting 😝
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:13 PM
Ok, so I have to preface this by saying I know that the English equivalent is not funny (bc it's not good to do), but I think the literal translation is very interesting considering the actual meaning. Casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu’un = breaking sugar on someone's back = talking badly behind another person’s back.
Henry
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:57 PM
what 😂
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 12:36 PM
Henry, I found an article on interesting French idioms. Some of them weren't so great, but I thought this one was interesting 😂 What does "breaking sugar on someone’s back" mean?
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 12:29 PM
I agree!
Roger
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 12:28 PM
Yeah, French sounds a lot better than Hungarian. 😊 Hungarian has a monotonous, robotic sound to it. Plus, Hungarian is WAY more difficult to learn than French 😅
eLgWaNa
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 12:05 PM
Hmmmmm, interesting 😂
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 11:05 AM
And, Elgwana, you need to be able to roll your R's in mid-word 😂 That's actually the opposite of French. Cause in French, you say your R's with the back of your tongue (which used to be really difficult for me, but now it's not 😅). But I think on whole, I like French better than Hungarian
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:29 AM
*goes off into a tangent* you know, you always called someone older than you básci or néni (aunt). One of the MOST common names for women was Erzsébet (Elizabeth) or Erzsé for short. You practically couldn't move without meeting another Erzsé néni (a bit of an exaggeration, but we knew quite a number of Erzsébets.) Two the most common men's names were Gábor (Gabriel) and András (Andrew).
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:29 AM
Elgwana, there are online Hungarian teachers. Or you could listen a thousand times to the CD we ALWAYS listened to (that got really old) 😌 Or I could (can't really do this) get you in contact with our Hungarian teacher András bácsi (uncle Andrew) 😜
Renée
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:14 AM
Henry, oh! I get your drift 😂 Yeah, that's why I was saying I don't think French has any interesting things like Chinese 😅
eLgWaNa
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:16 PM
@Vera: geez now it's even more of a a challenge And now ibwant to learn it even more 😂😂😂😂
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:08 PM
oh 😅 but I can understand that since Chinese has similar stuff. I was thinking if by He is God
Renée
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 10:53 PM
I think you meant HE makes it hot, right? 😅 but no, there's no "it", literally
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 10:52 PM
Something interesting about pronouns in Chinese is that “he” and “she” are both pronounced as “tā” but written it is 他 and 她, respectively 😅
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 10:49 PM
Does God makes it hot? 😅
Renée
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 10:25 PM
Hmm, if have to think about that... well, one that's not too interesting that I can think of off the top of my head is that, "Il fait chaud," literally means, "He makes hot." It's supposed to mean, "It is hot." But I guess all languages have something like that 😅 I'll have to think about this more
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 10:15 PM
Does Do you know if French have any interesting literal translations?
Renée
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 9:31 PM
Ohh! I should have thought of the owl! 😂 And the characters are interesting 😅
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 8:42 PM
Yeah, but the second one is just three copies of one 😅
Roger
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:55 PM
Wow! Those are some complex characters! 😅 Also, that's interesting about the cat head eagle 😆
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:29 PM
my eyes hurt looking at these characters: 齉, 麤
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:19 PM
🐱 🦅 = 🦉
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:17 PM
It’s your favorite bird 😏 cat head eagle/hawk = 猫头鹰（māotóuyīng) = owl! 🤣
Lizard 🦎
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:15 PM
is it an owl🦉?
Renée
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:04 PM
Ummm.....a cat head eagle?? 🤔 uhhh...a hawk? my mind's drawing a blank... what? 😅
Renée
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:04 PM
Snow cabinet 😅 That's interesting
Roger
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 6:18 PM
I haven't a clue 😂
Henry
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 6:11 PM
Any guesses?
Lizard 🦎
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 at 5:49 PM
????