Asira
09-19-2008, 01:37 AM
English has more words than any other language. That's far more thatn French, Russian, and German put together! When William Shakespeare was writing his famous plays about 400 years ago, there were fewer than 50 000 words in the English language. Now there are many, many times that. Where did all these words come from? They came from a lot of different sources.
One- OTHER LAGUAGES:
When you speak English, you speak words from at least a hundred different languages, probably more. Some authorities believe that practically every language of the world has contributed something to English.
Here are some Examples of everyday words that came from other languages.
from Greek:
Alphabet, Drama, Hippopotamus
from Latin:
Camera, Family, Umbrella
from French:
Bureau, Fiancee, Resume
from Native American languages:
Pecan, Skunk, Tomato
from Spanish:
Fiesta, Patio, Radeo
from German:
Pretzel, Sauerkraut, Wattz
from Italian:
Graffiti, Pasta, Solo
from African languages:
Banjo, Gumbo, Okra
In the following passage, there are words from 22 different languages. Can you spot them?
A robot in his pajamas was eating goulash and shish kebab and playing the piano, while a walrus looked out the window at a poodle strumming the ukulele under a bamboo tree. A dentist poured ketchup on his yogurt as a kid rode around on a unicorn. With his eight arms, an octopus on an iceberg was demonstrating karate chops, while an aardvark taught a moose algebra, and an alligator read his favorite magazine and shouted, "Hallelujah!"
How many did you find?
Here they are:
Robot: Czech
Pajamas: Persian
Goulash: Hungarian
Shish kebab: Turkish
Piano: Italian
Walrus: Dutch
Window: Old Norse
Poodle: German
Ukulele: Hawaiian
Bamboo: Malay
Dentist: French
Ketchup: China
Yogurt: Turkish
Kid: Scandinavian
Unicorn: Latin
Octopus: Greek
Iceberg: Danish/ Norwegian
Karate: Japanese
Aardvark: Afrikaans
Moose: Algonquin
Algebra: Arabic
Alligator: Spanish
Magazine: Arabic
Hallelujah: Hebrew
To be continued
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One- OTHER LAGUAGES:
When you speak English, you speak words from at least a hundred different languages, probably more. Some authorities believe that practically every language of the world has contributed something to English.
Here are some Examples of everyday words that came from other languages.
from Greek:
Alphabet, Drama, Hippopotamus
from Latin:
Camera, Family, Umbrella
from French:
Bureau, Fiancee, Resume
from Native American languages:
Pecan, Skunk, Tomato
from Spanish:
Fiesta, Patio, Radeo
from German:
Pretzel, Sauerkraut, Wattz
from Italian:
Graffiti, Pasta, Solo
from African languages:
Banjo, Gumbo, Okra
In the following passage, there are words from 22 different languages. Can you spot them?
A robot in his pajamas was eating goulash and shish kebab and playing the piano, while a walrus looked out the window at a poodle strumming the ukulele under a bamboo tree. A dentist poured ketchup on his yogurt as a kid rode around on a unicorn. With his eight arms, an octopus on an iceberg was demonstrating karate chops, while an aardvark taught a moose algebra, and an alligator read his favorite magazine and shouted, "Hallelujah!"
How many did you find?
Here they are:
Robot: Czech
Pajamas: Persian
Goulash: Hungarian
Shish kebab: Turkish
Piano: Italian
Walrus: Dutch
Window: Old Norse
Poodle: German
Ukulele: Hawaiian
Bamboo: Malay
Dentist: French
Ketchup: China
Yogurt: Turkish
Kid: Scandinavian
Unicorn: Latin
Octopus: Greek
Iceberg: Danish/ Norwegian
Karate: Japanese
Aardvark: Afrikaans
Moose: Algonquin
Algebra: Arabic
Alligator: Spanish
Magazine: Arabic
Hallelujah: Hebrew
To be continued
أســــــ ASIRA ـــــــيرة