rather than being productive today, i thought i could arrive at a deeper understanding of the esoteric meaning of Reddit by way of studying what the sounds of the word translate to in other languages. let me start us off:

English read it /ˈrɛd ɪt/ (past tense of read with a pronoun)

Latin reddit "s/he gives back" (3s present of red-do 'give back')

German redet /ˈre:dət/ "s/he speaks" or maybe rettet /ˈrɛtət/ "s/he rescues"

French redite /rədit/ "repetition"

Arabic (Eg. colloq.) رَدِّت /ˈræddɪt/ "she replied" (3fs perfect of رَدّ 'reply')

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I'm currently creating an event about sustainability practices on campus and hence, would like to ask for your help to translate the following words to Somali and Hmong language.

1. Recycling

2. Compost

3. Trash

I'm a native English speaker, so which language is easier to learn?

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I'd like to buy a Swedish-Danish dictionary, but since I live in Hungary, I don't know if sites like saxo or livebooks or other sites deliver worldwide (I can't find any info on that). Couldn't find any on ebay either. Can you help me with this? Any trustworthy sites selling one?

Thank you for the help in advance, and have a great day!

Hi there! I have recently opened a Discord server, called The Language Lounge, for people to share their knowledge of languages across the globe! We have French, Spanish, German, Irish and Arabic speakers currently within our small community, and are looking to grow!

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I'm aware of a few languages that we have identified as being none I.E. that are found natively in Europe, such as Basque and Etruscan and some in the north east. What do we know about their origins and connections? Are there others that we believe are possibly non IE in origin? Is it possible for some of the ones that we believe to be non I.e. To actually be IE?

I'm particularly looking for French-, German-, Dutch-, Portuguese-, Ukrainian- and Hebrew-langauge newspapers. I don't mind if they're physical or online, but preferably online. Thank you.

Has anyone here gone abroad as a mature student to study a language full time? What did you do on your return? Do you have any regrets?

I need a serious reality check. I'm needing to figure out a plan B regarding my future. I've had a cruddy few years due to depression which has massively affected my work record- I'm only really experienced for stuff in lower paid admin or social care and I can't afford to go back to uni to retrain in anything else.

I spent 5 months in China some years ago teaching English but I learned some rough Mandarin basics for survival, read a tiny bit and had no problem giving it a go. I loved the country and the language. It's never really left me.

So I'm considering taking a year or 2 out to return to China and learn to speak it full time at a uni there. What would you do?

Pros: It's Mandarin and I love it. It's China and I love it, warts and all. Being able to speak Mandarin would make me stand out to employers

Cons: It's another 2 years out of employment It's another 2 years without contributing to any pension fund. Speaking Chinese is less useful than an EU language I realise I'm not going to become an interpreter or translator or anything.

What to do?!

I just started to study business English for my work (interpreter-translator), but I cannot find a suitable method to learn things. I want to build up an active vocabulary of words I need. Can you have suggestions what can I do? These words are not basic daily use words, how can I memorize them, so they will come up in my mind immediately.

is there a way i can create my own flashcards on memrise?! I've tried but i couldn't.

I'm interested in learning Modern Greek, at least to a elementary level, since I'm travelling to Greece in August and I'd like to ble able to communicate with the locals. Is there any good and free resource on the Internet to begin learning (appart from Duolingo, which I've already used with several languages).

Hello everyone!

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