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arabic speakers, help me please!!

Hi, I’ve been thinking about getting this tattooed for a while now, but I don’t know arabic and I’m afraid it might be gramatically incorrect and I don’t trust google translate.

I deeply respect and love the language and the culture, and I don’t want to be seen as ignorant and/or offensive so I want to make sure It’s right. Also, could you tell me what kind of arabic it’s written in? This doesn’t change my desire to get it tattoed, but I’d like to know.

Thank you !!

13 Comments
2024/11/14
22:29 UTC

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Castaña - gesztenye

Can anyone explain this similarity? Chestnut in Spanish and Hungarian. How? Or is it just me seeing the resonation between the two words both meaning chestnut??

4 Comments
2024/11/14
20:26 UTC

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just found that Earth meaning in arabic is very similar to Dutch , in arabic "Arad" in duth "aarde"

just found that Earth meaning in arabic is very similar to Dutch , in arabic "Arad" in duth "aarde"

why do you think this words is common ?

9 Comments
2024/11/14
19:00 UTC

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Please help

Who can help me to distinguish the sound?

0 Comments
2024/11/14
18:30 UTC

1

Please help

Who can help me to distinguish the sound?

0 Comments
2024/11/14
18:26 UTC

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Question about possibly arabic/ levantine/lebanese words ???

Hi!
I was wondering if there are some people around here from Lebanon who could help me out with something.
I'm wondering if the words "turfi" and "khassim" means anything to you ?

Thanks in advance!

0 Comments
2024/11/14
17:06 UTC

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Why are the indigenous languages ​​of China and berber(amazigh) languages not in Google Translate?

there is only uyghur, hmong and tibet except some chinese variants. i am talking about languages like manchu, zhuang, tujia, ong be, hlai, kam, sui, yi(nuosu or lolo), bai, hani, qiang, gelao, naxi, xibe and in addition to there is no most of mongolic languages, tungusic languages like evenki, some uralic languages karelian, mordvin, nenets, some common native american languages of whole america, some southeast asian languages like karen, bahnar, mon and some languages from indonesia, some south asian languages like brahui, nuristani, pashayi, pamiri, yaghnobi and some languages from india, some iranic languages like zaza, talysh, mazandaran, gilak, tat, some caucasian languages like lezgian, circassian, dargin, many languages from africa like toubou, beja, nubian, beti, umbundu, herero, nama, kikuyu, fur, zaghawa, some turkic languages like siberian tatar(seber), nogai, karachay balkar, khakas, kumyk, qashqai, khorasani, altai, some european languages like asturleonese, aragonese, arpitan, romansh, ladin, kashubian, sorbian(lusatian or wendish), gutnish, frisian, rusyn, neapolitan, sardinian, cornish. extra, i wish these languages ​​like phoenician, aramaic, akkadian, himyaritic, mehri were in google translate.

and lastly there is only one berber language in google translate with two different alphabets. is this central atlas tamazight language or most known atlas dialect? where is other berber languages like riffian, kabyle, nafusi, tuareg, shawiya, chenoua, mozabite, siwa, zouara?

if there are languages ​​spoken at a significant level among the languages i forgot to write about, write them here.

21 Comments
2024/11/14
10:37 UTC

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How does the given language sound to you.

I'm curious as I haven't seen too much feedback about it, so I figured I'll post a sound clip and ask.

Remainder: since every comment underneath is a potential spoiler, take care to listen to the audio first (it's spoken interviews with multiple speakers - it stars with introductory music, so perhaps set your sound volume on something medium prior listening).

— since I'm more curious about the external opinions, I have a little favor to ask from those whom recognize the language to hold back from commenting to avoid possible bias, say, for a ten days from posting (till 24th November). Discussions over what language it exactly is isn't really relevant for opinions about how it sounds.

7 Comments
2024/11/14
01:20 UTC

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Spanish is hilarious sometimes

8 Comments
2024/11/13
19:57 UTC

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Check out cool vid

0 Comments
2024/11/13
17:57 UTC

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Language? Found on toy first aid bag

3 Comments
2024/11/13
16:12 UTC

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How to say in Emirati Arabic “Talk to you later” 🇦🇪👋🏼

0 Comments
2024/11/13
13:13 UTC

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What does your language sound like to foreigners?

69 Comments
2024/11/13
06:54 UTC

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Help with a name (English to Japanese)

Hi! I’m not sure if this is the correct place to ask… I’m currently writing a story (set in America, realistic fiction) and one of my characters is half Japanese. I’m having trouble finding suitable Kanji for her name.

I’m not a Japanese speaker, but I’m trying to have the Japanese given name/English nickname situation line up.

The name she likes to go by/nickname would be Ivy, and her given name would be 葛葉 (Kuzuha)

葛 = Vine 葉 = leaf, blade of a plant

I just wanted to double check if the name correlation makes sense.

Thank you in advance! :)

1 Comment
2024/11/13
00:25 UTC

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Can someone tell me what this means? Written during night next to my place

5 Comments
2024/11/12
22:59 UTC

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What language is this? Collecting international versions, but this logo doesn't match any of the ones I've seen...

17 Comments
2024/11/12
22:33 UTC

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Why do so many people write ‘Loose’ when they mean ‘Lose’? 🥴

It’s an epidemic! I don’t understand.

Is it because (I don’t know the technical term) but the pronunciation of ‘Lose’ has an extended ‘o’ sound? So people think it’s spelt, ‘Loose’?

Lots of people write, ‘Women’ too when they mean ‘Woman’.

So, “I love having this beautiful women by my side”. Oh so there are multiple? 😂

194 Comments
2024/11/12
20:38 UTC

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I find the phrase "Goodbyes aren't forever" interesting.

I find the phrase "Goodbyes aren't forever" interesting, because it is supposed to be considered a happy phrase meaning "we'll be together again." Goodbye, coming from "God be with ye" means if you took the original and literal meaning of the word goodbye and applied it to that phrase it would mean "God will inevitably abandon you." So, as always, the changes of English overtime are quite funny.

7 Comments
2024/11/12
15:21 UTC

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And this is...

5 Comments
2024/11/12
15:08 UTC

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NEED HELP and feedback for my teammates first English teaching video (Comprehensible Input)

Hello all! My teammate shot his first ever english teaching video and we are looking for feedback to see how he did!

We shot a video together before, but this is his first time shooting a solo video all by himself. He also wrote the script himself so this is a big step for him!

We will take all the feedback good or bad. The video is targeted for beginners. (Comprehensible input) So he speaks slowly and clearly and there are many visual aids.

You can help us by letting us know about the audio, if the story was interesting, if you learned something new and etc.

If your first language is English or if it is not please specify. Thank you very much in advance!!

Here’s the video —> https://youtu.be/eDKJzo6XbYM?si=H5r_vOVSlJg11JmD

2 Comments
2024/11/11
16:53 UTC

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They have new languages on google translate!

They’ve probably had them for a while but they have all the gaelic languages! I’m feeling really happy because Manx, my native is finally on there too! Lots of little languages and dialects on there too :)

17 Comments
2024/11/10
20:07 UTC

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What language is this?

Found this is my friends bathroom it was left by the previous owners.

32 Comments
2024/11/10
19:04 UTC

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What language is this guy speaking?

Saw a guy start talking to a random couple today and it did not sound like any language I've heard so I discreetly took a video. I cut the people out but listen to the guy speaking.

23 Comments
2024/11/10
06:19 UTC

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Found script but confused

I know this calligraphy is between 36 and 40 years in age but utterly confused about what language it is.

I'm guessing it's the first name Christopher but would love any info anyone can give.

11 Comments
2024/11/09
20:08 UTC

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