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En inglés, hay que hacer las cosas con voluntad! - Page 2


CarmenCarmona February 10, 2010 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 71914)
Sí, pero bastante sólidas. (pl. Hypotheses):rolleyes:

Jolín! (I can't say swearwords, can I?) I learnt that about this type of plural this year.

I didn't know it because in Spanish those type of words don't vary: Crisis, tesis, etc. and I thought that applied to English as well..

laepelba February 10, 2010 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 71846)
By the way, the Indo-European proto-language is the origin of most languages in Europe and India (duh!) not the world. Nor is it the basis of Hungarian, Turkish, Finnish nor Basque. :)

Finnish? Really? Finnish isn't related to Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Icelandic?

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Originally Posted by CarmenCarmona (Post 71908)
However, they are mere hypothesis, ain't they?

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Originally Posted by CarmenCarmona (Post 71915)
I didn't know it because in Spanish those type of words don't vary: Crisis, tesis, etc. and I thought that applied to English as well..

Singular: hypothesis, parenthesis, crisis, thesis, etc.

Plural: hypotheses, parentheses, crises, theses

(P.S. I've been lurking in this thread. It's very interesting!)

Perikles February 10, 2010 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 71942)
Finnish? Really? Finnish isn't related to Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Icelandic?!)

Grammatically, no. It is related to Hungarian.

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Originally Posted by CarmenCarmona (Post 71915)
Jolín! (I can't say swearwords, can I?) I learnt that about this type of plural this year.

I didn't know it because in Spanish those type of words don't vary: Crisis, tesis, etc. and I thought that applied to English as well..

It's a standard Greek plural :):)

laepelba February 10, 2010 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 71949)
Grammatically, no. It is related to Hungarian.

Weird. How did that happen?

(P.S. Forum Police! He did "it" again!) :D

irmamar February 10, 2010 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 71954)
Weird. How did that happen?

(P.S. Forum Police! He did "it" again!) :D

:lol: :lol: :lol:

(I agree with you Lou Ann, this thread is very interesting :) )

AngelicaDeAlquezar February 10, 2010 02:05 PM

@Lou Ann: There is nothing like police. It's all about being considerate to other users and avoid confusion. But there's no need to keep in mind some forum rules, if there's someone else who will do it for you. :impatient:

laepelba February 10, 2010 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 71972)
@Lou Ann: There is nothing like police. It's all about being considerate to other users and avoid confusion. But there's no need to keep in mind some forum rules, if there's someone else who will do it for you. :impatient:

Sorry, Malila - not trying to offend you. Just playing with Perikles. :worried:

AngelicaDeAlquezar February 10, 2010 02:13 PM

I know... I wouldn't have replied otherwise. :)

Perikles February 10, 2010 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 71954)
Weird. How did that happen?

I have no idea. The really interesting thing is that they have demonstrated that Basque actually belongs to the Finnish-Hungarian-Turkish group. Now explain that.

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Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 71954)
(P.S. Forum Police! He did "it" again!) :D

Sneak! :D

laepelba February 10, 2010 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 71980)
I have no idea. The really interesting thing is that they have demonstrated that Basque actually belongs to the Finnish-Hungarian-Turkish group. Now explain that.

Maybe some Turkeys with wander lust roamed north and/or west and found places to settle in........ :whistling:

Perikles February 10, 2010 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 71983)
Maybe some Turkeys with wander lust roamed north and/or west and found places to settle in........ :whistling:

I thought Turkeys were an American invention :whistling:. Any, the Basque country, el País Vasco, is far away from Finland, Hungary and Turkey. It is very strange. :thinking:

laepelba February 10, 2010 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 71989)
I thought Turkeys were an American invention :whistling:. Anyway, (or "any-who" :)) the Basque country, el País Vasco, is far away from Finland, Hungary and Turkey. It is very strange. :thinking:

Oh, I know exactly where Basque country is. I have spent time (not much ... not nearly enough ... not demasiado....) in Southwest France. AND, my uncle in Carson City, Nevada has a favorite Basque restaurant that he loves to take us to. They eat WONDERFUL food!!!

irmamar February 11, 2010 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by laepelba (Post 71996)
Oh, I know exactly where Basque country is. I have spent time (not much ... not nearly enough ... not demasiado....) in Southwest France. AND, my uncle in Carson City, Nevada has a favorite Basque restaurant that he loves to take us to. They eat WONDERFUL food!!!

Well, some Basque people don't want to be Spanish, but I don't think they want to be French, either. Just a very small part from Basque country is in France. :)

laepelba February 11, 2010 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 72011)
Well, some Basque people don't want to be Spanish, but I don't think they want to be French, either. Just a very small part from Basque country is in France. :)

Oh, I know that only a small part of Basque country is in France. I just meant that in Southwest France, one hears a great deal about the Basque culture. That's all. :)

CarmenCarmona February 11, 2010 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 71980)
I have no idea. The really interesting thing is that they have demonstrated that Basque actually belongs to the Finnish-Hungarian-Turkish group. Now explain that.

When my Old English lecturer said that Basque's origin was unknown, someone in class suggested that ETA probably made it up as a secret language...:crazy:

irmamar February 11, 2010 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by CarmenCarmona (Post 72040)
When my Old English lecturer said that Basque's origin was unknown, someone in class suggested that ETA probably made it up as a secret language...:crazy:

ETA was born in 1959 , and Basque is much older (I guess :D). :)


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