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by gmads
Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:44 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Il carcere ha cambiato queste persone? (en → it)
Replies: 2
Views: 312
Mexico

Re: Il carcere ha cambiato queste persone? (en → it)

Impariamo la differenza tra galera, prigione, carcere e penitenziario. Galera . (marittimo) Galea, dove veniva scontata la pena del remo. Fino al XVIII secolo, i rei erano costretti a remare nelle galee o galere: navi medioevali spinte con la forza delle braccia sui remi. Una volta che la nave avess...
by gmads
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Ancora non c'era, quindi aspettai. (en → it)
Replies: 1
Views: 209
Mexico

Re: Ancora non c'era, quindi aspettai. (en → it)

"Dal verbo "aspettare":

  • indicativo, passato remoto

    • io aspettai ← prima persona, singolare
    • tu aspettasti
    • lui/lei aspettò
    • noi aspettammo
    • voi aspettaste
    • loro aspettarono
by gmads
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Lui visse con quattro diverse famiglie. (en → it)
Replies: 1
Views: 177
Mexico

Re: Lui visse con quattro diverse famiglie. (en → it)

"Dal verbo "vivere":

  • indicativo, passato remoto

    • io vissi
    • tu vivesti
    • lui/lei visse ← terza persona, singolare
    • noi vivemmo
    • voi viveste
    • loro vissero
by gmads
Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Mi ricordo la prima volta che ci tenemmo per mano. (en → it)
Replies: 2
Views: 240
Mexico

Re: Mi ricordo la prima volta che ci tenemmo per mano. (en → it)

Il verbo italiano “tenere” può avere molti significati, uno dei quali è: con un complemento formato con la preposizione "per, determinando la parte che si prende – tenere un bambino per { mano, il braccio } Nella frase del gufo verde, comunque, si ha utilizzato il verbo pronominale &q...
by gmads
Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: I speak English
Topic: How stories help you learn languages
Replies: 6
Views: 841
Mexico

Re: How stories help you learn languages

SweNedGuy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:57 am

The Duolingo podcasts are very useful as more extended stories in this respect.

Podcasts (in general terms) are great. After trying a few apps, I settled with Podcast Addict.

by gmads
Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: I speak English
Topic: How stories help you learn languages
Replies: 6
Views: 841
Mexico

Re: How stories help you learn languages

Gone with the wind…

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by gmads
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:33 am
Forum: Culture & Society
Topic: Korean astronomy
Replies: 5
Views: 456
Mexico

Re: Korean astronomy

Corinnebelle wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:11 pm

@gmads Interesting kind of astronomy watchtower. I didn't realize how it worked. I thought they must watch the stars out the window or something.

I thought so, too! :D

by gmads
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: Culture & Society
Topic: Korean astronomy
Replies: 5
Views: 456
Mexico

Re: Korean astronomy

The tower is 5.7 meters wide at the base and 9.4 meters high, it is filled with earth up to the level of the window. It has 27 levels of stones in a round shape, as Queen Seonduk was the 27th ruler of the Shilla Dynasty, and four sets of parallel bars to make a square-shaped structure on its top. Th...
by gmads
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: ¡Hay que hacer cola! (en → es)
Replies: 4
Views: 306
Mexico

Re: ¡Hay que hacer cola! (en → es)

As a brief cultural share… The Spanish word "cola" has many meanings, one of which is: viscous paste used for gluing (v. Cola de pezuña ). Thus, the sentence "hay que hacer cola!" could also mean "we have to make glue!" At least in Mexico, this meaning is not...
by gmads
Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Pensamos ir a pie. (en → es)
Replies: 6
Views: 385
Mexico

Re: Pensamos ir a pie. (en → es)

As already explained by Fer²… In duo's sentence, the action being done is "going" ("ir"), while in the answer you proposed it is "walking" ("caminar"). pensamos ir a pie → we're planning to go on foot pensamos caminar → we're plann...
by gmads
Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Culture & Society
Topic: German bread
Replies: 27
Views: 2180
Mexico

Re: German bread

Kvass is of Russian origin, and kvell comes from Yiddish. Good to know. Even better to know that Yiddish is an Indo European language. But even "betterer" :D to know that it is IE because of its main Germanic root, but that it also has a smaller Semitic component as it has many Hebraic an...
by gmads
Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:22 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: lascia che ci segua
Replies: 3
Views: 274
Mexico

Re: lascia che ci segua

Thanks. And can you tell me why it would not be Lasciamo che ci segua? You're welcome. Sure thing. If you check the conjugation table for the Italian verb, lasciare , you'll see that: lascia is the imperative for the second person singular (you) → you let ___! Therefore, the sentence, &quo...
by gmads
Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: Achievements
Topic: A Duome achievement!
Replies: 6
Views: 498
Mexico

Re: A Duome achievement!

Four thousand posts, according to the avatar stats…

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by gmads
Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: lascia che ci segua
Replies: 3
Views: 274
Mexico

Re: lascia che ci segua

Jazger wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:35 pm

Lascia che ci segua, translates to let him follow us. How do we know this is a him and not a her?

From the sentence itself, we cannot. In real life, only by context.

by gmads
Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: Culture & Society
Topic: German bread
Replies: 27
Views: 2180
Mexico

Re: German bread

Kvass is of Russian origin, and kvell comes from Yiddish. Good to know.

by gmads
Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: Achievements
Topic: 173 Nationalities using Duome
Replies: 22
Views: 1602
Mexico

Re: 180 Nationalities using Duome

Status 4 Dec 2023 most visited pages https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?t=6092 "the diamond tournament "(+1.42K) https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?t=5850 "más de 200 exp por minuto?" (+378) https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?t=3093 "3 ways to disable the Leagues"...
by gmads
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: Announcements by Duome
Topic: What's new
Replies: 28
Views: 24072
Mexico

Re: What's new

I don't use this feature, but I agree with dakanga, it's great to have it always at a one-click distance.

by gmads
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:27 am
Forum: Italienisch
Topic: Lui spera che io possa averne bisogno
Replies: 7
Views: 671
Mexico

Re: Lui spera che io possa averne bisogno

„Lui spera che io posso aberne bisogno“ auch richtig? Nein überhaupt nicht. Allerdings gibt es viele Italiener, die den Konjunktiv auch nicht richtig verwenden und (besonders in der gesprochenen Sprache) den Indikativ verwenden […] Dies geschieht auch auf Spanisch. Es gibt dazu ein schön...
by gmads
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: Discussions
Topic: Most difficult thing about your target language?
Replies: 25
Views: 2530
Mexico

Re: Most difficult thing about your target language?

🇮🇹 The infamous Italian particle triad: si, ne, ci (listed in order of complexity). The "si" particle is the least complex of the three, as this versatile particle can be used to form pronominal verbs and to depersonalize verbs, however, don't be deceived by its innocent looks because in b...
by gmads
Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:10 am
Forum: Italienisch
Topic: Lui spera che io possa averne bisogno
Replies: 7
Views: 671
Mexico

Re: Lui spera che io possa averne bisogno

Stefano59 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:33 pm

„Lui spera che io posso aberne bisogno“ auch richtig?

Nein überhaupt nicht.

by gmads
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:56 am
Forum: Achievements
Topic: 188881 XP
Replies: 74
Views: 11520
Mexico

Re: 777777 XP

@Saperlipopette!

777777… beautiful! Congratulations!! 8-)

by gmads
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:14 am
Forum: Discussions
Topic: How many dialects of languages do we have on here?
Replies: 10
Views: 887
Mexico

Re: How many dialects of languages do we have on here?

For anyone not familiar with the US… The Appalachia region is located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States, is made up of 420 counties spread across 13 states, from southern New York to northern Mississippi, and whose 206,000 squar...
by gmads
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:11 pm
Forum: Duome's How-to Guides
Topic: Flags for Languages
Replies: 45
Views: 9684
Mexico

Re: Flags for Languages

Image


Yes.

I think it would need to be added in here before it can be used.

by gmads
Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: Entrust Proofreading to Fluent Non-Natives
Replies: 8
Views: 713
Mexico

Re: Entrust Proofreading to Fluent Non-Natives

When writing a book one is proofreading it all the time, and so errors start to creep in. As SansEspoir mentioned, the more one reads a text, the more one becomes unable to "read" it :D Indeed, it is amazing how long a particular mistake can skip even our best attempts to detect it; only b...
by gmads
Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: Entrust Proofreading to Fluent Non-Natives
Replies: 8
Views: 713
Mexico

Re: Entrust Proofreading to Fluent Non-Natives

Proofreading is difficult, becuase in many ways, the more we do it the less skilled at it we become. I remember back in school, I had a dyslexic friend. She always asked me to proofread for her, and at first I caught all her mistakes. But as time moved on, my brain just started automatically correc...
by gmads
Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: La sua faccia è diventata rosa. (en → it)
Replies: 3
Views: 412
Mexico

Re: La sua faccia è diventata rosa. (en → it)

Meli578588 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:02 am

Le guance rosee sono carine.

Anche lei aveva un fiore rosa tra i capelli!🌺

E così appariva ancora più bella :D

by gmads
Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Troubleshooting Duome
Topic: Links opening in the same duome tab
Replies: 8
Views: 1024
Mexico

Re: Links opening in the same duome tab

The original behavior is back! It's now working as it used to! 🥳

Thank you!

by gmads
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:56 am
Forum: Troubleshooting Duome
Topic: BBCode "break" tag is being written in uppercase
Replies: 2
Views: 523
Mexico

Re: BBCode "break" tag is being written in uppercase

Great! :)

Thank you!

by gmads
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:50 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: Pizza Heresy
Replies: 21
Views: 2104
Mexico

Re: Pizza Heresy

Chrisinom wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:20 am

[…] as the word itself maybe has its origin in medieval High German.

"forse der. da un ant. alto-ted." → forse derivata da un antico alto-tedesco.

Wow! Who would have imagined it?!

by gmads
Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:41 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: Pizza Heresy
Replies: 21
Views: 2104
Mexico

Re: Pizza Heresy

Don't mess with an Italian's pizza! Le reazioni dei napoletani alla pizza all'ananas [CANDID CAMERA] --- One would say that people from countries with a long and ample culinary tradition can become… let's say, quite emotional :lol: when others start experimenting —or "messi...

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