It's a song ! Do not Go !
It sounds like the incomprehensible language on a Star Trek episode!
I would ask Data. As you know C3PO is fluent in over 6 million languages, surely he would know.
The 'x' is pronounced as a 'z', so it would sound like Zavier. Pronouncing it 'ex-ay-vier' sounds like another word which i can't think or right now, but it's not a name.
It's like Xander - you pronounce the 'x' as a 'z', so it's like Zander.
Not a lot.
I know that although chotomate kudasai is a very polite way to ask somebody to wait a moment, choto-bloody-mate works just as well. And it's faster.
I know that if you can't pronounce do itashimashite, "don't touch my ashtray" will get the message across. And "Monday night" is a fair substitute for mondai nai, … Read more
In my local supermarket a non English speaking person was asking me about a produce and how much it was, so we communicated by making signs with our arms and pointing (a language we have in common the world over).
I had a massive one when I first went to Vietnam. All the different dialects of the people there. Then when our unit went to Laos and Cambodia ! Then finally to Thailand. We all learned the basics of the language but could never quite get the sing song dialects down. After a couple of … Read more
It means that you've missed out on a joke because you didn't have the necessary knowledge to realise that it was funny.
One of my friends, a doctor at a Sydney hospital, saw that a patient had been re-admitted for the third time suffering the same life-threatening symptoms. Each previous time he had been treated and … Read more
L'arte non è una cosa, è un modo
"way" sounds a bit vague though, so you might want to say "modo di essere" which means "way of being" (the equivalent of the English phrase "way of life" I guess).
Kurehumaky echeh nooneve ei gothekeve(Maldives)
It's been a while but here it goes 01000001011100100111010000100000011010010111001100100000011011
Why sure I can !
Art is not a thing : It's a way ! English is my mother tongue.
Psychobabble could be applied to the " theories " of a great deal of psychology.
Just babbling non-explanations of phenomenon that are not supported by any evidence provided by a scientific method.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is considered psychobabble by scientists because Maslow just made this concept up out of his anecdotal observations.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/positively-media/201111/social-networks-what-maslow-misses-0
One of … Read more
From Merriam-Webster:
: Language that is used by people who talk about mental and emotional problems and that is seen as silly or meaningless : Psychological jargon.
This site has some definitions.
Urban Dictionary: Psychobabble
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...psychobabble
"Doko" means where. "Desu" is a state of being, for example: Is, am, are, ect. "Ka" turns it into a question. "Toire wa doko desu ka" would literally mean "toilet where is?" But is used to mean "where is the toilet?".
This is because Japanese sentence structure is subject object verb unlike in English where it's … Read more
You can say "excellent" by saying Yōuxiù (优秀) in standard mandarin (Chinese) and it sounds like 'yo sio' in English.
You can also just use the short form Yōu (优) to express excellent. Also, niú (牛) literally means "cow" but you can use it to mean "cool, awesome, excellent".
Another colloquial or informal way … Read more
"Good morning" in tagalog is "magandang umaga" and the phrase "aking mahal" means "my love", so you would say "magandang umaga, akin mahal".
You can take it a little further by adding "pag-ibig" at the end to further express your affection for the person you are saying it to. … Read more
I actually found several definitions for the word Pootsie. One, strangely, is a girl's name! I honestly have never heard that one used, and I would hope that mothers all over the world avoid that one!
Other meanings are as follows:
The translation of the English phrase 'God bless you', to Hawaiian, is as follows:
- God: Ke Akua
- Bless: Ho'omaika'i
- You: Oe
So altogether the passage would read 'Ke Akua Ho'omaika'i Oe'
Although this is the literal translation of the text, sometimes the shortening of 'ola' is used in a circumstance such as after someone sneezes. … Read more
Arabic is a difficult language to translate, as not only does the language have a male and female version, but it also now uses classic language and slang versions.
The slang version is what is mainly used in everyday conversation, such as if you were taking to a friend or someone that you know … Read more
