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What can we do to celebrate linguistic diversity? Give ideas!

What can we do to celebrate linguistic diversity? Give ideas!

by SP_Marina Martinez Aguilera -
Number of replies: 24

What can we do to celebrate linguistic diversity?

 Please, write a word in your language with the meaning in English. I will give you the first one:

¡HOLA! means HELLO!

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by RO_Student_Lucian Nita -
"Câți ani ai?" means "How old are you?"
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by RO_Student_Andreea Tanase -
De unde ești?- means: Where are you from?
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by SP_Marina Martinez Aguilera -
Well done Romanian and Spanish students! Romanian and Spanish have a common origin: Latin, so this is why some words may sound or look similar to you. Please continue exchanging words and ideas in this forum.
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by SP_Luis Salmeron Picon -
Hello, as right now I only see students from Spain and Romania around here (we hope the others will arrive soon), I am going to ask a question: Do you know any word that is written the same in Spanish and Romanian?
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by RO_Marina Vasile Mihai -
Hello!
I found one - casa in Romanian has the same meaning as casa in Spanish. Casa means "house".
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by IT_Ivo Zambello -
Hello!
In Italian too we say "casa" and this name stands for "house". There are many words with the same spelling in Spanish and Italian.
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by IT_Ivo Zambello -
In Italian we have some words that come from Spanish: For instance: tango, flamenco, corrida. This is very interesting!