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en Getting to know others   »   ro A face cunoştinţă

3 [three]

Getting to know others

Getting to know others

3 [trei]

A face cunoştinţă

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Hi! Ce-u! C____ C-a-! ----- Ceau! 0
Hello! Bună-z-ua! B___ z____ B-n- z-u-! ---------- Bună ziua! 0
How are you? C-m î-i---rge? C__ î__ m_____ C-m î-i m-r-e- -------------- Cum îţi merge? 0
Do you come from Europe? Ven--i -i- Eu-opa? V_____ d__ E______ V-n-ţ- d-n E-r-p-? ------------------ Veniţi din Europa? 0
Do you come from America? Ve-iţ--d-- Am-r---? V_____ d__ A_______ V-n-ţ- d-n A-e-i-a- ------------------- Veniţi din America? 0
Do you come from Asia? Ve------i- Asia? V_____ d__ A____ V-n-ţ- d-n A-i-? ---------------- Veniţi din Asia? 0
In which hotel are you staying? Î--ca-e hot-- l-cui-i? Î_ c___ h____ l_______ Î- c-r- h-t-l l-c-i-i- ---------------------- În care hotel locuiţi? 0
How long have you been here for? De -ând su--e-- a-c-? D_ c___ s______ a____ D- c-n- s-n-e-i a-c-? --------------------- De când sunteţi aici? 0
How long will you be staying? Cât ----n-ţi? C__ r________ C-t r-m-n-ţ-? ------------- Cât rămâneţi? 0
Do you like it here? Vă -lace-a-ci? V_ p____ a____ V- p-a-e a-c-? -------------- Vă place aici? 0
Are you here on vacation? V----tr------conc----l -ic-? V_ p________ c________ a____ V- p-t-e-e-i c-n-e-i-l a-c-? ---------------------------- Vă petreceţi concediul aici? 0
Please do visit me sometime! Să-m--v--i---i! S_ m_ v________ S- m- v-z-t-ţ-! --------------- Să mă vizitaţi! 0
Here is my address. A-ci---t- -d-e-a me-. A___ e___ a_____ m___ A-c- e-t- a-r-s- m-a- --------------------- Aici este adresa mea. 0
Shall we see each other tomorrow? N---e-e----ine? N_ v____ m_____ N- v-d-m m-i-e- --------------- Ne vedem mâine? 0
I am sorry, but I already have plans. Îmi--are ---,--a- d-j--am--la--ri. Î__ p___ r___ d__ d___ a_ p_______ Î-i p-r- r-u- d-r d-j- a- p-a-u-i- ---------------------------------- Îmi pare rău, dar deja am planuri. 0
Bye! Cea-! C____ C-a-! ----- Ceau! 0
Good bye! L-------er-! L_ r________ L- r-v-d-r-! ------------ La revedere! 0
See you soon! P- -u---d! P_ c______ P- c-r-n-! ---------- Pe curând! 0

Alphabets

We can communicate with languages. We tell others what we're thinking or feeling. Writing has this function as well. Most languages have a written form, or writing. Writing consists of characters. These characters can be diverse. Most writing is made up of letters. These letters make up alphabets. An alphabet is an organized set of graphic symbols. These characters are joined to form words according to certain rules. Each character has a fixed pronunciation. The term ‘alphabet’ comes from the Greek language. There, the first two letters were called ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’. There have been many different alphabets throughout history. People were using characters more than 3,000 years ago. Earlier, characters were magical symbols. Only a few people knew what they meant. Later, the characters lost their symbolic nature. Today, letters have no meaning. They only have a meaning when they are combined with other letters. Characters such as that of the Chinese function differently. They resemble pictures and often depict what they mean. When we write, we are encoding our thoughts. We use characters to record our knowledge. Our brain has learned how to decode the alphabet. Characters become words, words become ideas. In this way, a text can survive for thousands of years. And still be understood…
Did you know?
Bengali is one of the Indo-Iranian languages. It is the native language of about 200 million people. More than 140 million of those people live in Bangladesh. There are also approximately 75 million speakers in India. Additional speakers are found in Malaysia, Nepal and Saudi Arabia. Bengali is thus one of the most spoken languages of the world. The language has its own writing system. There are even distinct symbols for numbers. Nowadays, however, Arabic digits are used most of the time. Bengali syntax follows strict rules. The subject comes first, then the object, and finally the verb. There are no grammatical genders. Nouns and adjectives also vary only slightly. That is a good thing for everyone that wants to learn this important language. And as many as possible should do so!