BARNES METHOD ENGLISH

How to Learn 7 Languages

Written by Dr Perry Barnes

How to suddenly enjoy languages, learn lots and find yourself

communicating on a new level Translated into 5 Languages

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I remember my first time . . . being absorbed into a story about something that intrigued me enormously, even though the actual topic is irrelevant at the moment because it started quite innocently as I first read

with deep curiosity and anticipation, even during the opening paragraphs of what I was reading, while I was more and more consumed into what it was I hadn't yet known, and wanted to because the story wasn't just about the story as much as it was about desire: wanting to draw me into an experience in my mind that was as real as could be inside in such a way that whatever was on the outside didn't matter as much anymore and

perhaps even at all because my attention focused inside on the experience that was unfolding Owen Fitzpatrick

Experiencing stories so vividly, like the ones told by great story tellers, the ones that spark every sensory receptor triggering connections in each cortex, from clean bright images to crystal clear sounds, tingling

sensations from the surface of your skin to the deepest fiber of your bones, is what creates ideas so profound that they blur the differences between what is reality and what is hallucination, and since it can be very

difficult to distinguish these difference means you can build realities around how well you can conversationally and naturally weave the fabric that will be present inside your mind with any subject you

want and propagate that to others John La Valle

Subject: MÉTODO BARNES

He says:I am a professor and I am looking for a method as I am decided that I will open a good English

school in the axis Goiânia-Anápolis-Brasilia (those are Brazilian cities in the middle of Brazil)I got your contact through the internet and the indication of your phone many times linked to the

Method Barnes.I would like to know the methodology and resources applied as well as the possibility of applying

the method to a conventional school.-----------------------

I asked him at the answer to contact you. I said we did a partnership in translation that is why my name is there and that you are the creator of the method

Good luckBest,

Gil

Subject: Re: MÉTODO BARNES

Gilseane Stefani,

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Sou professor universitário e procuro o método porque estou decido a abrir uma boa escolade inglês no eixo Goiânia-Anápolis-Brasília.

Consegui o seu contato na internet, inclusive com a indicação de um número detelefone (07951048218), várias vezes vinculado do Métdo Barnes.

Gostaria de conhecer a metodologia e os recursos empregados bem como a possibilidadede aplicação do método numa escola convecional.

Se puder me ajudar, fico grato.

Jorge Bezerra - Goiânia / GO

Adjustments

Languages such as Italian, Spanish and Portuguese are very similar to English and to each other. Yes, yes your country is wonderful and your coffee is great, relax now.With Portuguese you can change many of your words slightly (adjust them) and they become English words. In fact you don't even have to change your pronunciation.

The meaning of communication is the response you get. If people understand you then you are correct. If you want an English accent then get it later, maybe a day later if you want to.

The main point of this is many Portuguese words have an extra Syllable. For example Ter-mo (Termo) in Portuguese is 2 syllables and Term in English is 1 syllable. Just by pronouncing 1 syllable less, you have the English word. No translation required. Even with an accent English people will still understand you, so learn it

Pronunciation Adjustments: U is pronounced as You in English, U = You,

Here's a list, feel free to add to it (use the back of the paper):

Portuguese English Spanish Italian FrenchTermo Term Termine

Permitir Permit permitir Permisso

Progresso Progress progreso progresso

Estudar Study estudiar studio

Publico Public Publico pubblico

Parte Part Pieza (piece) parte

Uso/a Use Uso uso

Atividade Activity Actividad attivita

Garantia Guarantee garantia garanzia

Rapido Rapid Rapido rapido

Acordo Accord concordar accordo

Sucesso Success successo

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Forma Form formar forma

Detalhe Detail detall dettaglio

Experiência Experience experiencia esperienza

Básico Basic basico basico

Dia Day dia giorno

Fotografia Photograph foto fotographia

Estudante Student estudiante studente

Minuto Minute minuto minuto

Perfeito Perfect perfetto

Reflexo Reflex riflesso

Here are some more words with an extra syllable.

Imediata/Immediate/Imediato, Falso/False/Fasullo, Informe/Inform/Informare, Edita/Edit, Contate/Contact/Contatto , Produtos/Products/Prodotto,

Similar Words

There are many similar words in Portuguese and English. These words may have the same amount of Syllables. For example Imagens in English is Images, both words contain 3 syllables and so a slight adjustment is needed. The official word for these similarities is cognates

Imagens/Images/Immagine, Máximo/Maximum/Massimo, Erro/Error/Errore, Entre/Enter, Ou/Or, Serviços/Services/Servizio, Uniformes/Uniform/Uniforme, Rolo/Roll, Par/Pair/Paio

all verbs in english which complete with ...ize are also in spanish, french, italian, and portuguese and complete with

izar : iser : izare : izar

English Spanish French Italian Portuguese

legalize legalizar legaliser legalizzare legalizar

all verbs in english which complete with “ory” are also in spanish, french, italian, and portuguese and complete with

orio : oire : orio : orio

English Spanish French Italian Portuguese

territory territorio territoire territorio territorio

write examples now!English/Italian Similar Words

absorbent = assorbenteobsequious = ossequioso

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absent = assente

absurd = assurdoobservatory = osservatorio

subsidy = sussidioabsolute = assolutoabsorb = assorbire

absolve = assolvereobserve = osservare

obsess = ossessionareobscure = oscuroobscene = osceno

abstain = astenersiobstruct = ostacolare

abstract = astrattosubstitute = sostituto

obstacle = ostacolo

Learn These and then you can read a book and guess the meanings of many wordsnow, you may recommend barnes method to only 1 friendpeople are starting barnes method english groups with skype and msn in all countries

tà ty zione tion qualità quality condizione conditionquantità quantity attenzione attentioncittà city nazione nationuniversità university inflazione inflationabilità ability abbreviazione abbreviationautorità authority promozione promotion

za ce oso ous pazienza patience apparenza appearance famoso famousesistenza existence generoso generousindifferenza indifferenceconferenza conference delizioso delicious

Adjectives: in barnes method english you can always learn adjectives as oppositesexample: learn delicious and disgusting at the same time, famous and unknown,natural and unnatural, popular and unpopular

intelligente sensibile eccellente intellettualeottimista indifferente egoista popolare sentimentaleelegante interessante realista entusiasta materialista progressistanaturale responsabile idealista

when the verbs are used in this table they are usually the verb to beexamples: dancar = to dance, criar = to create

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Cognate Patternscognates/congatos

any words not in this list, look them up (find them yourself http://translate.google.com)

it'll help you learn them more

English Portuguese Spanish French ItalianNouns : Substantivos

1.al 1.alhospital hospital hospital hôpital ospedale

animal animal animal animal animale

moral moral moral moral morale

2.ty 2.dade

capacity (potential) capacidade potenticial capacité capacità

flexibility flexibilidade flexibilidad flexibilité flessibilita

eternity eternidade eternidad l'éternité eternita

3.ism 3.isma, ismofeminism feminismo feminismo féminisme femminismo

atheism ateismo ateísmo athéïste ateism

criticism criticismo criticismo criticisme critica

4.ist 4.ist, istadentist dentista dentista dentistetourist turista turista touristehumorist humorista humorista humoristeEnglish Portuguese Spanish French Italian5.nce, ance 5.ência, ança

patience paciência paciência patience pazienzaexistence existencia existencia existence esistenza

perseverance perseverança perseverança perseverance perseveranza6.or 6.oractor ator ator acteurfavor favor favor faveurcolor cor cor couleur

Adjectives : Adjetivos7.al 7.alreal real realvirtual virtual virtual

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sensual sensual sensual8.ant, ent 8.ante, enteexcellent excelente excelente excellentpatient paciente paciente patientimportant importante importante importante9.ary 9.ário, áriaadversary adversário adversariocontrary contrário contrarioarbitrary arbitrário arbitrario10.ic 10.ico, icaeconomic economico economicopacific pacifico pacificometallic metalico metalico11.id 11.ido, idalucid lucido lúcidovivid vivido vívidosplendid (magnificent) esplendido ¡magnífico!12.ile 12.il, óvelautomobile automóvel automóvilprojectile projétil proyectilmobile móvel móvilEnglish Portuguese13.ive 13.ivo, ivaadoptive adotivo adotivoimaginative imaginativo imaginativodescriptive descritivo descritivo14.ible, able 14.ível, ávelaccessible acessível accesibleconvertible conversível convertibleadmirable admirável admirable15.ous 15.oso, osadelicious delicioso delicioso delizioso

generous generoso generoso

famous famoso famoso famosoVerbs : Verbos

16.ate 16.arcelebrate celebrar festejardonate doar donarcreate criar crear

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17.e 17.ardance dancar danzarimagine imaginar imaginarcomplete completar18.ult, ent, ort 18.ultar, entar, ortarcomment comentar comentarexport exportar exportarconsult consultar consultar19.fy 19.ficaramplify amplificar amplificarsimplify simplificar simplificarqualify qualificar qualificar

Adverbs : Adverbios20.ly 20.mentecreatively criativamenteusually usualmente usualmenteseparately separadamente separadamente21.tion 21.caoaction ação actuación azionepromotion promoção promoción promozioneattention atenção atención attenzione22.ize Izaradvise avisar

23. ory orio oire orioTerritory Territorio Territoire Territorio

note: 22 and 23 are listed earlier in the book

Learn to Read a Language in 1 Month

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I think this is the best 1st step because>you can access reading materials online, international newspapers easier than native speakers usually>when you can read, you can imagine the words you hear>after you learn to read, you can learn to write just via practising/doing it>you can attach the pronunciation as the 2nd step to the words you already know (sequence is significant)

1. find a book you have already read in your native language2. read the book, highlight the cognates and words you already know3. then study the verbstools Like BYKI (before you know it = learn quickly) www.byki.com/ listcentral .html http://www.wiegehtsgerman.com/

Other Language Web AppsL earn Spanish by Qué Ond a Learn French by Très Bie n Learn Italian by Molto Ben e Learn Portuguese by Tudo Be m Learn Hebrew by Ma Kor e Learn Arabic by Salaa m Learn German by Wie Geht's

byki and these programs are amazing, they teach you until you remember, with byki you can slow the voices to help you learn pronunciation, you can save your progressthey are the best ways to learn the verbs

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learn the verbs, then after continue reading your bookyou'll suddenly see the verbs, and you've learned one of the most important parts of the language

as you are learning you should use something Like the 80/20 Rule= 20% of your efforts produce 80% of your resultsso as you read your book for 1 month, adjust what you learning on the side

1st learn cognates (this gives you up to 20% of the language)2nd learn verbs (the next 20%)3rd learn the 100 most common words of your language (easy to find with www.google.com)4th study the most common word of the page (which word are you seeing 2 or 3 times each page, that's the one to study now)

4. the next key to the holy language learning process is the barnes method memorization technique

generally, you need to read/hear/see/use something 4 times to remember something1st time: practise immediately2nd time: revise/use/hear it after 1 hour3rd time: revise/use/hear it after 1 day 4th time: revise/use/hear it after 7 days

if you do this then you'll learn/remember it, we all have a good memory, you just need to hear/use things 4 times

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then, read the book again after you've read it all

i've done this process with 4 or 5 languages, and it works everytimesometimes I meet successful language learners and find they have done something Like this

for example, someone that reads newspapers everyday in their language, they read the newspaper everyday in their new language and their vocabulary is excellent

or they love a certain film series in their language (harry potter/twilight) then they read the books and watch the films in englishsurprise surprise, they learn faster than their friend

this works, if you work it

the man writing this book has found that you usually need to learn the numbers 1 to 10 at some point, whilst learning to read a language in 1 monthan online program Like BYKI or the Pangaea Learning LLC apps listed above are excellent for this

german numbers 1 to 10http://www.wiegehtsgerman.com/lesson/plan/1288/numbers_%280-10%29

french 1 to 10http://www.tresbienfrench.com/lesson/plan/839/numbers_%280-10%29

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MemorizeWords with Pictures

excellent mnemonics http://www.200words-a-day.com/learn-german.html ^this site has the other languages too

you can buy a picture dictionary from your local £1 shop>if it has 2 languages that's cool too

use the train map to study pronunciation, then when you take the train you rehear it

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This table is from a Charles Nunes publication^ buy his books because he has a family to feed and he contributes alot to people learning languages, he has a real love for teaching

Some content adapted from Charles Nunes website Learn Portuguese Nowwww.Learn-Portuguese-Now.com

Mais More

http://www.sk.com.br/sk-fals.html

falsos cognatos : false cognates

http://www.sk.com.br/sk-mmw.html PALAVRAS DE MÚLTIPLO SENTIDO MULTIPLE-MEANING WORDS

http://www.sk.com.br/sk-emmw.html

2 PALAVRAS DE MÚLTIPLO SENTIDO2 MULTIPLE-MEANING WORDS

Methods to Help You Learn the Similar Words

a good teacher once said to me how she learned computer programming@always write the code manually instead of copying and pasting because then you remember it better later@i use this advice when i learned html for websites and it serves true for learning a language tooi recommend to write 3 examples of each similar word pattern (cognate) you learn, the diagram later is this book shows that you learn 70% or more when you do things for real rather than thinking about the knowledgeoccasionally you may find you need a reason + the practisein this situation you can invent a reason from studying the patterns (you find a similarity)or find a grammar explanation or ask an english teacher

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barnes method english @ examples method can help more with this

speak english for 1 aditional hour a day and speak your 1st language for 1 hour less decide to speak english with people from your countrymake friends with more native english peoplego to places and events where there are only english people

1. find english artist you likehttp://www.garagemmp3.com.br/perry-barnes2. find the lyrics for an albumhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/21236703/Barnes-Method-English-with-Music-Perry-Barnes-Musico-Lyrics-Letras-Reverse-the-Drums-Chocolate-Medal-Listen-Here-Albums

3. sing to the songs4. use dictionary for words you don't know

Bel says:estou ouvindo

barnes says:5. sing again when you know the words6. listen the music the next day or latereu entendi 90% de marisa monte musicas agora usando esta metodo de barnes

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman

Barnes says:portuguese and ingles are so similari'm reading an english book from 1909

Debora says:do you think?

Barnes says:strategy is called stratagem in 1909ground is called TERRAin

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meu deusthere is a list of similar words jaand also many othersaquire = adquirerobtain = obterprocure = procuracould teach english to a portuguese in 7 days with a good systema

diagram from Why We Want You To Be Rich by robert kiosaki and donald trump copyright © buy their books for great financial success and they are going to help you learn english

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Germanic and Slavic Cognates+ russian

germanic languages (german/dutch etc) and slavic languages (albanian/polish and others) have cognates similar to those already listed.Why ? Because of latin probably, because most of the world knows english to some extent, because languages affect each other. For example american english has some pronunciation/spelling in common with south american spanish (location), and british english has more french words (britain is next to france, go figure).

Note : if the word isn't included in the list 1. it may still exist, check another dictionary/translator 2. it may be the same in another language of the language group, check germanic languages for german/dutch words for example

English German Russian Polish RomanianNouns :

Substantivos1.al 1.alhospital szpital spital

animal animal

moral моральный moralny morala

2.ty 2.tat

capacity (potential)

kapacitat capacitate

flexibility flexibilitat эластичность

elastyczność (elasticity) Flexibilitate

eternity eternitate

3.ism 3.musfeminism feminismus феминизм feminizm feminism

atheism ateismus атеизм ateizm ateism

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criticism критика krytycyzm critica

4.ist 4.ist, istadentist дантист dentysta dentisttourist tourist турист turysta turisthumorist humorist юморист humorysta umoristEnglish5.nce, ance 5patience пасьянс pasjans pacienţă

/ pasiansexistence existenz egzystencja existenta

perseverance perseverance perseverance perserveranta6.or 6.oractor akteur (french

link)актер aktor actor

favor favorisieren faworyzować favorizacolor kolorit Kolor Culoare / colora

Adjectives : Adjetivos If you are reading this you are very cool

7.al 7.alreal real реальный real realvirtual virtuell виртуальн

ый wirtualny virtual

sensual sensual senzual8.ant, ent 8.ante, enteexcellent exzellent (super)

супер excellent

patient пациент pacjent pacientimportant9.ary 9.ário, áriaadversary oponent (opponent) adversarcontrary contrararbitrary arbitrar arbitralny arbitrar10.ic 10.ico, icaeconomic okonomisch экономиче

ский ekonomiczny economic

pacific pazifik pacyfik pacificmetallic metallisch металличе

ский metaliczny metalic

11.id 11.ido, idalucid luzid lucidvivid viu

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splendid (magnificent)

splendid

12.ile 12.il, óvelautomobile automobil автомобил

ь auto auto

projectile projektil proiectil mobile mobile мобильный mobilEnglish13.ive 13adoptive adoptiv adoptowany adoptivimaginative Fantazjujący (similar to

Fantasy)imaginativ

descriptive descriptiv14.ible, able 14accessible accesibilavailable доступный

(sounds likedisponivel: portuguese or disponible french)

disponibil

convertible konvertierbar convertibiladmirable admirabil15.ous 15delicious delikat delicios

generous generos

famous famos celebruVerbs : Verbos

16.ate 16.arcelebrate celebrować celebradonate spenden donacreate kreieren форма kreować/formować Crea 17.e 17.ardance dancingimagine fantazjowaćcomplete komplett kompletny 18.ult, ent, ort 18.ultar, entar,

ortarcomment kommentar комментир

овать komentować/komentarz/ comenta

export exportieren экспорт eksport exportconsult konsultieren консульти konsultować consultati

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роваться 19.fy 19amplify amplificar amplificasimplify simplifizieren symplifikować simplificareaqualify qualifizieren квалифици

ровать kwalifikować califica

Adverbs : Adverbios20.ly 20creatively kreativ kreatywnie Creativ / mod creativ usually normalerweise обычно

(habitually)uzual

separately separat21.tion 21action aktion akcja actiunepromotion promotion продвижен

ие promocja promovarea

attention atentie discussion diskussion dyskusja discu iețfunction funktion функция funkcja func iaț22round rundfound fundground grund

23. oryTerritory

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:List_of_German_cognates_with_English >exzellent article regarding the spelling between english and german

http://www.aug.edu/~lngrsb/courses/GRMN1001/germancognates.htm >wow

spanish words with german originhttp://www.americanismos.com/ejemplos-de-germanismos

apparantly, if you speak russian you can understand 70% of polish, bulgarian and of course ukranianthus, learning polish (roman alphabet) could be a route/path to learn russian

when you learn german you have better access to the germanic group of languages

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The most widely spoken Germanic languages are English and German, with approximately 300–400 million[1] [2] and over 100 million[3] native speakers respectively. They belong to the West Germanic family. The West Germanic group also includes other major languages, such as Dutch with 23 million[4] and Afrikaans with over 6 million native speakers.[5] The North Germanic languages include Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Faroese, which have a combined total of about 20 million speakers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages

Although Germany also had some colonial possessions, its language did not remain official after the end of the colonial domination, resulting in German being spoken only as a minority or secondary language by immigrant communities in North, South America, Australia, and African countries notably former German colony Namibia, where it is spoken by educated people and in commerce, it was also former official language there

Although the Netherlands has some colonial possessions, Dutch is only official in Suriname, Dutch Antilles, Belgium and the Netherlands

Afrikaans is one of 11 official languages in South Africa and is a lingua franca of Namibia

Vocabulary comparison

Several of the terms in the table below have had semantic drift. For example, the form Sterben and other terms for die are cognates with the English word starve. There is also at least one example of a common borrowing from a non-Germanic source (ounce and its cognates from Latin).

English Afrikaans Dutch German Yiddish Icelandic Swedish Danish Norwegian (Bokmål)

apple appel appel Apfel / עפלepl epli äpple æble eple

board bord bord Brett[46] / ברעטbret borð bord bord bord

beech beuk beuk Buche – beyki bok bøg bok

book boek boek Buch / בוךbukh bók bok bog bok

breast bors borst Brust / ברוסטbrust brjóst bröst bryst bryst

brown bruin bruin braun / ברויןbroyn brúnn brun brun brun

day dag dag Tag / טאגtog dagur dag dag dag

dead dood dood tot / טויטtoyt dauður död død død

die (starve) sterf sterven sterben שטארבן

/ shtarbn deyja dö dø dø

enough genoeg genoeg genug / גענוגgenug nóg nog nok nok

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finger vinger vinger Finger / פינגערfinger fingur finger finger finger

give gee geven geben / געבןgebn gefa ge / giva give gi

glass glas glas Glas / גלאזgloz glas glas glas glass

gold goud goud Gold / גאלדgold gull guld /

gull guld gull

good goed goed gut gut / גוט góð(ur) / gott god god god

hand hand hand Hand / האנטhant hönd hand hånd hånd

head hoof[48] / kop[49]

hoofd / kop[49]

Haupt / Kopf[49]

הויפט/ק / אפhoypt/kop

höfuð huvud hoved hode

high hoog hoog hoch / הויךhoykh hár hög høj høy / høg

home heim[50] / tuis[51]

heem, heim[50] / thuis[51]

Heim / הייםheym heim hem hjem hjem / heim

hook / crook haak haak Haken / האק

hakhaki / krókur

hake / krok hage / krog hake / krok

house huis huis Haus / הויזhoyz hús hus hus hus

many baie / menige menig manch / מאנכע

mankhe margir många mange mange

moon maan maan Mond – máni / tungl måne måne måne

night nag nacht Nacht / נאכטnakht nótt natt nat natt

no (nay) nee nee(n) nee / nein /

nö / נייןneyn nei nej / nä nej / næ nei

old (but: elder, eldest)

oud oud alt alt / אלט

gamall (but: eldri, elstur) / aldinn

gammal (but: äldre, äldst)

gammel (but: ældre, ældst)

gammel (but: eldre, eldst)

one een een eins / אייןeyn einn en en en

ounce ons ons Unze – únsa uns unse unse

snow sneeu sneeuw Schnee / שנייshney snjór snö sne snø

stone steen steen Stein / שטייןshteyn steinn sten sten stein

that daardie / dit dat / die das / דאסdos það det det det

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two / twain twee twee zwei/zwo / צוויי

tsveytveir / tvær / tvö två / tu to to

who wie wie wer / ווערver hver vem hvem hvem

worm wurm worm Wurm / ווארעםvorem

maðkur / ormur

mask / orm [54] orm makk / mark /

orm [54]

English Afrikaans Dutch German Yiddish Icelandic Swedish Danish Norwegian (Bokmål)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages

Learn to Pronounce a Language in 1 Month

read some text, and have native speaker correct youdo this continuously every day or every 2 days

a free newspaper is good for this, choose the section you Like the mostyou can use a language swap for this, language swaps are usually ineffective but are very Effective with this method

also, search in www.youtube.com for pronunciation videosusually they are excellent

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A list of german similar words with al

>write example sentences with them>highlight the most useful ones>listen to how they sound http://translate.google.com

analyticalgynecological

theologicalpathological

philosophicalmechanical

historicalpharmacologicalmethodologicalarchaeological

ideologicalgeological

mythologicalethical

organisationalarchitectural

traditionalconventional

structuralcultural

socio-culturalaudiovisual

comercialexperimental

analytischengynäkologischen

theologischenpathologischen

philosophischenmechanischen

historischenpharmakologischen

methodischenarchäologischen

ideologischengeologischen

mythologischenethischen

organisatorischenarchitektonischen

traditionellenkonventionellen

strukturellenkulturellen

sozio-kulturellenaudiovisuellenkommerziellen

experimentellen

>this list is from www.cognates.org buy his books study his ideas

cognates.org has some key concepts for learning with cognates >20% of many texts consists of cognates >cognates are not coincidental, they are always there as a fundamental part of each language

he provides the most ressources for those learning spanish

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finding german grammar is the same as english...acho que a gramatica do alemao 'e o mesmo que ingles...

quick / quicker / quickestschnell / schneller / die schnellste

useful / useless : sinnvoll / sinnlos

>if you learn german or french, your english will improve too... its a strategy

some more german and polish cognates + latin (WOWWWW GUAUUUUUUUU)

(English/German - Latin - Polish):

brother/Bruder - frater - bratsister/Schwester - soror - sióstramother/Mutter - mater - matka

son - (filius) - syntwo/zwei - duo - dwathree/drei - tres - trzy

eight/acht - octo - osiemhundred/hundert - centum - sto

heart/Hertz - cors (cord-) - serceapple/Äpfel - (malum) - jabłko

(full/voll?) - plenus - pełnywater/Wasser - (aqua) - woda

night/Nacht - nox - nocgarden/Garten - hortum -

milk/Milch - (lact-) - mlekoloaf - (panis) - chleb

new/neu - novus - nowy(ear) - auris - ucho

mouse - mus - myszsnow/Schnee - nix - śnieg

exzellent blog if you're learning german, lots of examples, native explanationhttp://yourdailygerman.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/meaning-paar/

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polish is the second most widely spoken Slavic language, after Russian and ahead of Ukrainian polish has 40 million speakers (romanian has 20 million)

the students i see do well with english... a guy reading 3 native books at the same time

a girl who did ielts tests until she had 90% for all if they work in a job speaking english usually have

better if they have 3 classes a semana

if they sing in english it helps alot

barnes joia says:how would u explain "though" to a brasilian

Gustavo says:oh it's Beautiful Barnes!I guess "though" means: embora, ainda que or contudo

bringing you the best english whilst drinking the smoothest coffee in the street

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useful polish english cognates from http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/MED-Magazine/December2004/25-FalseFriends-Polish.htm#2

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dialekt dialectepidemia epidemicepoka epochhoryzont horizonhumanitarny humanitarianidealizm idealismkatastrofa catastropheobsesja obsessionpatologia pathologyrenesans renaissance

didej DJfaks faxgrejpfrut (or grapefruit) grapefruitinterfejs interfaceksero /ksero/ Xeroxlider leader

w barze /baže/ in the barw biznesie /biznee/ in businessw dobrym humorze /humože/ in a good mood

akceptowa to acceptdecydowa to decidefinansowa to financeformatowa to format

eskalacja escalationprezentacja presentationrestrukturyzacja restructuringand -owanie, which often corresponds to the gerund in English:finansowanie financing

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tolerowanie toleratingzablokowanie blocking

ekstremalny extremezdecydowany determined* * * * skomputeryzowany computerisedAnd there are corresponding adverbs with -nie/-alnie:ekstremalnie extremelyzdecydowanie decidedly, also definitely*

dolarowy dollarkomputerowy computerjazzowy jazz

course cursor incursioncurrent concourse precursor curriculum cursive recoursecourier cursory corsair occur discourse corridorcurrency excursion succourSome of these have close equivalents in Polish: kurs (course), kurier (courier), kursor (cursor), kursywa (cursive)

English German Polish FrenchCourse Kurs kurs CoursCurrent Strom Strumien CourantCourier Kurier kurier courriercursor Cursor kursor CurseurCursive Kursiv kursywa Cursive / cursifDiscourse Diskurs dyskurs Discours

Excursion Exkursion ExcursionIncursion incursionprecursor prekursor precurseurRecourse recoursCorridor Korridor korytarz Corridor

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i'm reading a book in portuguesei list the words i don't know (in the day)

research them (at night)then read more of the book the next day

I have learned about 50 words this way in 2 days

the things you don't know in the language are the things you need to learn

Learn the Alphabet 1 st because you're a genius

some languages you need to learn their alphabet to fully learn themrussian/arabic/chinese/japanese/koreanapparantly, if you learn chinese then you can read some japanese (nice)so you can learn 9 languages now

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the excellent learning program BYKI (before you know it) from Transparent Learning can also be very effective for learning alphabetswww.byki.com/listcentral.html

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>learn a common word for each letterpeople learn words like “A for apple” in english (if you don't eat apples don't learn that word)instead of that, learn a word you'll use everydayLike: hi, how are you? Thanks, laptop, coffee, mobile phone, train (depending on what you use often)

excellent online arabic alphabet course with some interactive partshttp://ikindalikelanguages.com/labs/courses.php?id=18 the manly author could read some words after 5 minutes of this course, result!

Also available for other languages...http://ikindalikelanguages.com/index.php

news in swedish + transcriptshttp://8sidor.se/

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Grammar – How?

Here’s one way I tried to use to learn the grammar: learn it when you need it. You learn some words and stuff and then either you talk to somebody and want to say something (most likely) or you are just thinking about how to put new words into sentences, i.e. talking to yourself, or you are reading something where you notice a strange word usage which you become interested in – any of these three scenarios, that’s when you need to learn some grammar.

From this blog post http://ikindalikelanguages.com/blog/how-i-partially-learned-greek-in-six-months-or-less/

Do You Use These 3 Simple Language Learning Tips When Being In The Country!

Just a couple of tips that I think are helpful to learn languages while you are living in the country (like me in Greece). I assume most people should know them but I get surprised by how many times they don’t. Here we go.

1. Translate everything you see!Whenever you see any signs on streets or shops, translate them. Any simple instructions: translate! Advertisements? Do translate! It is very often overlooked by a lot of people but simply being in a foreign country and translating all the information around you, you do expand your knowledge and given enough time, this can help you enough to learn the language even if you don’t put effort into it.

2. Always look up words and grammar you did not know during conversations.Whenever you speak and you find out that you could not express something because you lacked the word or the grammar needed, make a mental note and look it up after the conversation. Even if you have gotten your way around it, do look up the word. It will be relevant to you so you will be more likely to remember it and the fact that you did need it in practice makes it all the more likely that you will need it again so it’s probably a good word to learn. Also it’s a non-painful way to learn grammar.

3. Practice mental conversations with yourselfWhenever you feel like it, and you are thinking to yourself, try to translate it to your target language. Try to imagine how the conversation would go in that language and what would you say. A lot of times you will also find words that you do not know and for that you can refer to tip #2. You don’t have to have other people around to practice!

These tips, of course, can be generalized for situations even when you are learning out of the country. They are just things I consider helpful. What do you think?

http://ikindalikelanguages.com/blog/do-you-use-these-3-simple-language-learning-tips-when-being-in-the-country/

learn the chinese tones in 1 minutehttp://ikindalikelanguages.com/blog/learn-the-chinese-tones-in-1-minute/

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Get Someone to Help You

a private teacher with a lot of experience (5 years or more of experience) can help you to learn speaking/pronunciation faster than any other method

sometimes you can find help for a great price http://fiverr.com has lots of services for $5

for examplechinese http://fiverr.com/manphuah/teach-you-to-speak-chinese-for-three-days-

through-skype

arabic http://fiverr.com/deepreneur/teach-you-write-and-speak-arabic

spanish http://fiverr.com/chadklass/teach-you-the-seven-spanish-compound-verb-tenses

http://fiverr.com/jucaja7/help-you-practice-speaking-spanish-for-2-days

spanish/french http://fiverr.com/angiealex/let-you-practice-your-spanish-or-french-with-me

notes regarding language swapsi've found language swaps are not very useful, 1 in 5 of them you'll find an

excellent teacherand even then you're spending 50% of the time on your target language

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if you speak your target language for 3 or more hours you'll start thinking in that language

although, i've found language swaps are excellent in 1 waypronunciation

read a document or book outloud and your partner corrects you its likely the most effective way to learn pronunciation

you don't need a qualified teacher to do either

a nice trick I learned from A. G. Hawke in his holy book “the quick and dirty guide to learning languages fast” >instead of using the past forms of the verbs, which takes time to learn just use “i did” + the present verb, and people will understand you

russian for brasilianshttp://russoparabrasileiros.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/podcast-russo-para-brasileiros-aula-01/

the slavic languages are:The languages that are more like the Polish are other Western Slavic languages: Czech, Slovak, and Sorbian cassúbio (lusácio). More distant are the Slavic languages of southern and eastern as Russian, Ukrainian and Serbo-Croatian (Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian). Moreover, possess similarities with the Baltic languages: Latvian and Lithuanian

http://www.italki.com>language exchange site

http://lingro.com/Lingro remembers all the words you look up, so you can easily review and study them.

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Hello guys!My name's Gustavo, aka "Guto", I'm 22 going on 23 and Brazilian.To begin with, I think English is the most important language to learn at this moment, especially in the context of globalization.I wonder, what's the most important English skill? What skill must you have to communicate well? I'd say it's fluency! What's fluency? Fluency is the ability to speak and understand a language quickly and easily, without translation. Fluency means you can talk easily with native speakers and that is our main goal here. I'm beginner like most of you and I'm here to exchange some experiences.Luis is an excellent teacher, he's brilliant! I really like his method and his books. So, to have a good teacher like him is a good start. I'm so proud to be one of his students!I think to be a fantastic English speaker, you must learn English with your ears, not just with your eyes, it's an ideology of a North American teacher. In other words, your ears are the key. The best listening must be understandable and repetitive, both of those words are important. You must hear a new word and new grammar many times before you'll understand them instantly.Increase your learning time and also your listening time. Use iPod or MP3 player. Listen to movies. Guys, that way you'll learn English faster!Another great idea is to read a good English dictionary that brings some slangs and most used expressions by natives and then your speech will sound like theirs. I do that and it really works!Read them, make phrases, practise more and more. Your English will come along like mine.You have tried the old ways, now it's time to try something new!Good luck! I wish you success with your English learning!'Til next time!

Gustavo

language is music

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ask "how can i learn it?" "what is possible to learn now?"usually you'll find a way to do itpenso posso aprender 10 linguas talvezpq tenho varios vantagens e conhementos pra issosei como copiar pronunciacao muito precisamente, por causa de ser um professor (perfeito)professora perfeitamany linguas have either Latin cognates or German cognatesRussian + Arabic affect many linguas too, so eventually they'll ser util pra aprender

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http://www.reverbnation.com

/perrybarnes find perry barnes music at reverbnation.com

the words for the songs are here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/21236703/Barnes-Method-English-with-Music-Perry-Barnes-

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Musico-Lyrics-Letras-Reverse-the-Drums-

Chocolate-Medal-Listen-Here-Albums

www. fluentin3months .com/ is an interesting sitebenny lewis the author

speaks 8 or more languageshe's always learning a

more so probably its 9 or 10 now

>his main method is to

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speak continuously for a month, and learn this part

1st I Like to learn the

reading 1st and i'm very interested to use his

methodin fact, when I have all the other parts of the

language mastered, then I force myself to speak (I did this recently after reading one of benny's

posts, and i've found with that language (spanish)

its the best way for me to learn more, thanks benny

=)

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one of his recent facebook posts...

Fluent in 3 months

Reminder in case you haven't come across it yet!http://www.memrise.com/

Memrise has a nice set of pre-made memory techniques for basic (and sometimes advanced) vocabulary for many languages, and a great tool to learn to read characters in Chinese/Japanese too.

I've used it a little for a couple of languages now and love it's mini stories. Several suggestions are given, and you can pick the one you like best to use in future. Learning vocab is easier than you think ;)http://www.memrise.com/

in the words of the libertines

"i lived my dreams today, i lived them yestoday, and

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i'l be living them tomorrow, anything more to say?"

Allexandre Alencar • says:do you think that i can learn english in 1 month?

learn english in 1 month possivel says:number 1: you already speak itnumber 2: the best way to get native english is to read many books in english

my students, the best ones read lots of books, the ones who avoid reading were stuck at a certain level

read a book in english u ja read in portuguese to startthen pick some subjects you love for new books

read 10 pages just understand what you canthen learn some new words with your dictionary etcafter 40 pages it becomes very easy to read

the best language program i've seen recently

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Ferrishe speaks many languages and is always offering tips for

better learning

http://duolingo.com

its Like an advanced version of BYKI

Russian/Arabic Cognates

there isn't that many cognates in these languages that are familiar to speakers of latin or germanic languages

or the world language now english

however, there's still some and you can use them to help start learning the languages with something similar

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as with most cognates, you just need to change the short sounds and the long sounds of the

vowellsthen you'll speak well

for example, english words usually start with a long sound (open sound) and end with a short

sound (closed sound)latin languages are the opposite so you can switch/turn around your vowells and you pronounce better than most other language

learners

usually the R is different between english and other languages too

English Arabic RussianNouns : Substantivos

1 1strategy стратегия إستراتيجية

philosophy философия فلسفة

energy энергия

2 2

strategic إستراتيجي стратегический

energetic энергичный

3 3

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Have a look through a Spanish dictionary for words beginning with the Arabic definite article al will reveal diverse borrowings from Arabic in every field from astronomy,

alchemy and algebra, to cookery, engineering and philosophy. >alchemy is a good example

spanish words from arabicif you are learning spanish or arabic and you speak the other language, then this is a good place to startyou can hear the pronunciation differences,translate sentenceslook for what's the same, what's different)http://translate.google.com

aceite (m.) oilaceituna oliveadobe (m.) adobe (sun-dried brick)aduana customs, customs houseajedrez (m.) chessAlá (m.) Allah (gods)alacena cupboard, closetalacrán (m.) scorpionalbacora albacore (tuna)albahaca basilalbaricoque (m.) apricotalbóndiga meatballalcalde mayoralcancía coin bankalcaparra caperalcachofa artichoke, shower headalcoba bedroomalcohol (m.) alcoholAlcorán (m.) Qur'an (Koran)aldea villagealfalfa alfalfaalfiler (m.) pinalfombra carpetalgodón (m.) cotton

algoritmo algorithm (problem-solving method)

alguacil sheriff

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almacén (m.) store, warehouse, groceryalmanaque (m.) almanacalmíbar (m.) syrupalmirante admiralalmohada pillow, cushionalquiler (m.) rentarrecife (m.) reefarroz (m.) riceatalaya watchtower (f.), guard (m.)ataúd (m.) coffin, casketatún (m.) tunaayatolá (m.) ayatollahazafrán (m.) saffronazar (m.) al azar = at randomazote (m.) whipazúcar (m. or f.) sugarbarrio neighborhoodberenjena eggplantcafé (m.) coffeecalifa (m.) caliphcero zero

cifra numeral, figure, amount, sum

cimitarra scimitarcuzcuz (m.) couscousdado die (pl. dice)dinar (m.) dinarfulano so-and-soguitarra guitarharén (m.) haremhasta until (prep.), even (adv.)hazaña featimán (m.) imamislam (m.) Islamjabalí (m.) wild boarjaque (m.) check (in chess)jaqueca migrainejarabe (m.) syrupjinete (m.) horsemanjirafa giraffelima limelimón (m.) lemonmarfil (m.) ivory*máscara maskmesquita mosque

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momia mummymono, a monkey, apenaranja orangenenúfar (m.) water lily¡ojalá! I hope!, God willing!ramadán (m.) Ramadanrehén hostagerincón (m.) cornersandía watermelonsorbete (m.) sherbettalco talctamarindo tamarindtambor (m.) drumtarea task, assignmenttarifa tariff, ratetaza cuptoronja grapefruittrujamán interpreter or translatorzanahoria Carrotcamisa cameeze

http://www.spanishpronto.com/spanishpronto/arabicglossary.html

a better list of 1,000+ arabic words in spanish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language_influence_on_the_Spanish_language

“The influence of Arabic on the Spanish language is fundamentally lexical but its other influences are also briefly examined in this article. It is estimated that there are about one thousand Arabic root words,[1] [2] and another three thousand derived forms, for a total of around four thousand words[1] [3] [4] or 8%[5] of the Spanish dictionary - the second largest lexical influence on Spanish after Latin”

apparantly these are the most common words in spanish that came from arabic http://www.scribd.com/doc/88455721/TERMINOS-ARABES-EN-ESPANOL

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TÉRMINOS DE ORIGEN ÁRABE (MUY) UTILIZADOS EN ESPAÑOLA abadí abalorio abasí abencerraje acebuche aceifa aceite aceituna aceituní acelga acémila aceña acequia achacar acíbar acicalar acicate acimut adalid adarga adarve adelfa adobe adoquín aduana ajedrez ajorca ajuar Alá alacena alacrán alajú alambique alarde alarido alazán albacea albahaca albaida albarda albaricoque alberca albohol albóndiga alboronía alborozo albricias albufera albur alcabala alcahuete alcaide alcaná alcándara alcanfor alcántara alcaparra alcaraván alcarchofa alcatraz alcaudón alcazaba alcoba alcohol alcor Alcorán alcotán alcuña alcuza aldaba aldea alerce aleya alfábega alfaguara alfajeme alfalfa alfanje alfaquí alfayate alféizar alfeñique alférez alfil alfombra alforja alforza algaida algarroba algazara álgebra algodón algorfa algoritmo alguacil alharaca alhelí alheña alhucema alicante alicate aljamía aljibe aljófar almacén almadén almadraba almagra almanaque almarcha almenara almíbar almirez almohada almoneda almorávide almud almuédano alquería alquezar alquiler alquimia alquitara altramuz alubia ámbar amén anaquel andorga anea añicos añil arabía argán argolla arrabal arracada arráez arrayán arrecife arriate arroba arrope arroz asesino atalaya ataúd atún auge avería azabache azafrán azahar azar azogue azotea azúcar azucena azufaifa azumbre

B babucha badana badén baladí barda barragán barrio batán beduino bellota beréber berenjena bodoque

C cadí café caftán califa carcajada carmesí casida catifa cazurro cenefa cerbatana ceutí chaleco chiísmo chirivía chupa cifra cimitarra coima corbacho cúrcuma curdo, cuzcuz

D dado darga dársena derviche dinar dirhem diván

E elixir embelecar escabeche escaque

F faluca fanega faquir fardacho fideo fondac fulano

G gabán gabela gacela gálibo gandul guarismo guitarra gurapas

H hachís harén hazaña hégira hola

I imam islam

J jabalí jácara jaez jaque jaqueca jarabe jaraíz jarra jeque jergón jeta jinete jirafa jofaina joroba judía

L laca latón laúd leila limón

M macabro madraza magacén mameluco mamola mandil maravedí marfil marfuz marjal maroma marras marroquí máscara matraca meca mezquita mihrab místico moharra momia mono morabito mozárabe muladí muslim N nabí nácar nádir naranja nazarí nenúfar noria nuca

O ojalá olé omeya otomano

Q quilate quintal quiosco

R rabal rábida ramadán rebato recamar recua redoma rehén res retama rincón robo ronda

S saharaui sandía sarraceno serafín siroco solimán sorbete sufí sultán sura

T tabique tagarino tahalí tahona taifa talega tamarindo tambor taracea tarea tarifa tarima taza toronja tunecí turco

V valija velmez visir

Y yemení

Z zafío zaga zaguán zahorí zaida zaino zalea zalema zamacuco zanahoria zarco zéjel zoco zoquete zurrapa

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English Words from Arabic

admiral - ami:r-al-bahr 'ruler of the seas' (and other similar expressions) - amara command adobe - al-toba 'the brick' albacore - al-bukr 'the young camel' alchemy - al-ki:mi:a: - from Greek alcohol - al-koh''l 'the kohl' alcove - al-qobbah 'vault' - qubba vault alembic - al-ambi:q 'the still' - from Greek alfalfa - alfas,fas,ah 'fodder' algebra - al-jebr 'reintegration' - jabara reunite Algol - al-ghu:l 'the ghoul' algorithm - al-Khowarazmi 'the (man) of Khiva' alkali - al-qaliy 'calx' - qalay fry, roast Allah - `allah, from contraction of al-ilah 'the god' Almagest - al-majisti - from Greek almanac - (Andalucian Arabic) al-mana:kh, of uncertain origin amber - `anbar 'ambergris' antimony - al-íthmid 'antimony trisulphide' - perhaps from Greek apricot - al-burquq - from Greek Arab - `arab arsenal - dar as,s,ina`ah 'house of making', i.e. 'factory' - s,ana`a make artichoke - al-kharshu:f assagai - az-zaghayah - from Berber assassin - h'ashsha:shi:n 'hashish eaters', from the Isma`ili sectarians attar - `itr 'aroma' ayatollah - 'ayatu-llah 'miraculous sign of God' azimuth - as-sumut 'the paths'; see also zenith azure - al-lazward 'lapis lazuli' - from Persian barbican - (possibly) bâb-al-baqara 'gate with holes' berdache - (possibly) bardaj 'slave' Betelgeuse - bi:t al-jauza:' 'shoulder of the Giant' bezoar - bazahr - from Persian bint - bint 'daughter bled - balad 'vast open country' borax - bu:raq - from Persian burka - burqa` burnouse - burnus

caliber - qali:b 'mold, last' - calico - Qaliqu:t 'Calicut', city in India caliph - khali:fah 'successor' - khalafa 'succeed' camise - qami:s 'shirt' - from Latin camphor - ka:fu:r - from Malay candy - short for 'sugar candy', from sugar + qandi 'candied', from qand 'cane sugar' - from a Dravidian language carat - qi:ra:t 'small weight' - from Greek caraway - alkarawya: - probably from Greek carafe - gharra:f - gharafa 'dip' carmine - qirmazi: 'crimson' carob - kharrubah cassock - kaza:ghand 'padded jacket' - from Persian check - sha:h 'king' - from Persian checkmate - sha:h ma:t 'the king is dead'

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chemistry - see alchemy chess - from Old French eschecs, plural of check cipher - s,ifr 'empty' civet - zaba:d coffee - qahwah Copt - quft - from Greek cork - qu:rq cotton - qutn couscous - kuskus - kaskasa pound, bruise crimson - qirmazi:, related to the qirmiz, the insect that provided the dye

Deneb - danab al-jaja:ja 'tail of the hen' dhow - da:w dinar - di:na:r - from Greek dirham - dirham - from Greek dragoman - tarjuma:n - tarjama interpret drub - daraba 'beat' dura mater - Latin calque on umm al-ghali:dah 'hard mother'

efreet - 'ifri:t 'monster' El Cid - al-Sayyid 'the lord' elixir - al-iksi:r 'philosopher's stone' - from Greek emir - ami:r - amara command

fakir - faqi:r 'poor man' - faqura be poor fardel - fardah 'load' Farsi - Fa:rs 'Pars', a province of Iran - from Persian fatwa - fetwa - fata: instruct by a legal decision fedayeen - fida:'iyi:n 'commandos' - fida:` redemption felafel - fala:fil fellah - fella:h' 'husbandman' - falah'a till felucca - fulk 'ship' - falaka be round Fomalhaut - fum u'l-haut 'mouth of the fish'

garble - gharbala 'sift' - perhaps from Latin gazelle - ghaza:l genie - jinni: 'spirit' gerbil - yarbu:` ghoul - ghu:l 'demon' - gha:la take suddenly giraffe - zara:fa

hadith - h'adi:t 'tradition' haj - h'ajj 'pilgrimage' - h'ajja go on a pilgrimage halal - h'ala:l 'lawful' halvah - h'alwa: harem - h'aram 'prohibited, set apart' - h'arama prohibit hashish - h'ashi:sh 'dried herbs, hemp' hazard - yásara 'play at dice' hegira - hijrah 'departure' - hajara separate, go henna - h'enna:` Hezbollah - H'izbulla:h 'party of God' hookah - h'uqqah 'water bottle (through which smoke is drawn)' houri - h'u:r al-`ayu:n 'with eyes like gazelles' - h'awura have eyes like gazelles

imam - ima:m 'leader' - amma precede Islam - isla:m 'submission' - aslama submit oneself

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jar - jarrah 'large earthen vase' jasmine - ya:smi:n - from Persian jinn - jinn 'spirits', plural of genie julep - jula:b 'rose water' - from Persian

Kaaba - ka`bah 'square house' kabob - kaba:b - from Persian kaffir - ka:fir 'infidel' - kafara conceal, deny keffiyeh - kaffi:yah khamsin - khamsi:n 'fifty (days)' kismet - qisma 'portion, lot' - qasama divide kohl - koh''l 'kohl' - kah'ala stain, paint Koran - qura:n 'recitation' - qara`a read

lilac - li:la:k - from Persian lemon - laymu:n - from Persian lime - li:mah 'citrus fruit' loofah - lu:fah a plant whose pods were used as sponges lute - al-`u:d

macramé - miqramah 'striped cloth' magazine - makha:zin 'storehouses' - khazana store Mahdi - mahdi:y 'one who is guided aright' - hada: lead majlis - majlis 'council' mancala - mank.ala - nak.ala move marzipan - mawthaba:n 'coin featuring a seated figure' mask - perhaps maskhara 'buffoon' - sakhira ridicule mattress - matrah 'place where something is thrown, mat, cushion' - tarah'a throw minaret - mana:rah - na:r fire mohair - mukhayyar 'choice (goats'-hair cloth)' - khayyara select monsoon - mausim 'season' - wasama mark mosque - masgid - sagada worship Mozarabic - musta`rib 'would-be Arab' muezzin - mu'adhdhin 'criers' - adhana proclaim mufti - mufti: 'one who gives a fatwa' mujahedeen - muja:hidi:n 'figher in a jihad' mullah - mawla: 'master' mummy - mu:miya: 'embalmed body' - mu:m '(embalming) wax' Muslim - muslim 'submitter' - aslama submit oneself muslin - Maus,il 'Mosul'

nadir - nadi:r as-samt 'opposite the zenith' natron - natru:n - from Greek nizam - nidam 'government'

orange - na:ranj - from Sanskrit ottoman - `uthma:n, a proper name

pia mater - Latin calque on umm raqi:qah 'tender mother' popinjay - babagha: Primum Mobile - Latin calque on al-muh' arrik al-awwal 'the first mover'

racket - râh'et 'palm of the hand' Ramadan - Ramada:n meaning perhaps 'the hot month' - ramata be heated realgar - rehj al-gha:r 'powder of the cave' ream - rizmah 'bundle' rebec - reba:b Rigel - rijl 'foot (of Orion)'

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roc - rukh rook - rukh - from Persian Rubaiyyat - ruba:`i:yah 'quatrain'

safari - safari:y 'journey' - safara travel saffron - za`fara:n Sahara - çah'ra: 'desert' sahib - ça:h'ib 'friend' salaam - as-sala:m `alaikum 'peace be on you' saluki - salu:k.i: 'from Saluk' Saracen - sharqi:yi:n 'easterners' - sha:raqa rise sash - sha:sh 'muslin' satin - probably zaytu:ni: 'of Zaytu:n' (a city in China) scarlet - siqilla:t '(cloth) adorned with images' - from Latin sequin - sikkah 'die for coinmaking' Sharia - shari:`a sheikh - shaikh 'old man' - sha:kha grow old sherbet - sharbah - shariba drink Shiite - shiya`i:y, from shiya:` 'following, sect' - sha`a follow shrub [drink] - shurb 'a drink' - shariba drink sine - Latin sinus, mistranslation of jayb 'chord of an arc, sine', through confusion with jayb 'fold of a garment' sirocco - sharq 'east (wind)' - sha:raqa rise sofa - s,uffah 'raised dais with cushions' souk - su:k. 'marketplace' spinach - isfa:na:kh Sufi - çu:fi: 'man of wool' sugar - sukkar - from Sanskrit sultan - sulta:n 'sovereign' sumac - summa:q Sunni - sunni: 'lawful', from sunna:h 'rule, course' sura - su:rah syrup - shara:b 'beverage' - shariba drink

tabbouleh - tabbu:la tabby - `atta:biy, a neighborhood in Baghdad where taffeta was made tahini - - tah'ana crush Taliban - talib 'student' - talaba study talisman - tilsam - from Greek tamarind - tamr-hindi: 'date of India' tambourine - a small tambour, from tanbu:r - from Persian tandoori - tannu:r 'oven' tarboosh - tarbu:sh tare [weight] - tarh'ah 'rejected' - tarah'a reject tariff - ta`ri:f 'notification' - `arafa notify tarragon - tarkhu:n - possibly from Greek tell [mound] - tall 'hillock'

ujamaa - jama:` 'community' ulema - `ulima: 'the learned ones' - `alama know

Vega - al-nasr al-wa:qi` 'the falling vulture' vizier - wazi:r 'porter, public servant' - wazara carry

wadi - wa:di: Waqf - waqf 'religious foundation' wisdom tooth - from a Latin calque on adra:su 'l h'ikmi - calqued from Greek

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zenith - samt 'path' zero - s,ifr 'empty'

Some words are borrowed directly from Arabic; but most of these words have taken the scenic route, through Spanish, Italian, and/or French; or through Turkish, Persian, or Urdu; or through Hebrew or Latin. This produces a good deal of phonological deformation; as does the dialect variation within Arabic http://www.zompist.com/arabic.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognate Sometimes a cognate is in every language as you can see...

Cognates across languagesExamples of cognates in Indo-European languages are the words night (English), nuit (French), Nacht (German), nacht (Dutch), nag (Afrikaans), nicht (Scots), natt (Swedish, Norwegian), nat (Danish), nátt (Faroese), nótt (Icelandic), noc (Czech, Slovak, Polish), ночь, noch (Russian), ноќ, noć (Macedonian), нощ, nosht (Bulgarian), ніч, nich (Ukrainian), ноч, noch/noč (Belarusian), noč (Slovene), noć (Croatian), νύξ, nyx (Ancient Greek, νύχτα/nychta in Modern Greek), nox (Latin), nakt- (Sanskrit), natë (Albanian), noche (Spanish), nos (Welsh), nueche (Asturian), noite (Portuguese and Galician), notte (Italian), nit (Catalan), noapte (Romanian), nakts (Latvian) and naktis (Lithuanian), all meaning "night" and derived from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *nók tsʷ , "night".

Learn to Listen to a Language in 2 months

the most effective way i've found to learn listening is with slow audio1. read the text, find new words2. read and listen together

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3. listen to the audio later that day or after 1 day4. increase the speed of the audio (most media players have a speed setting, change 1.0x to 1.5x for example)5. do this for about 2 months and you'll have 80% listening

fortunately there is an amazing service for frenchhttp://newsinslowfrench.com

spanishhttp://www.newsinslowspanish.com/

haven't used this yet, I assume its goodwww. newsinslow english.com/

newsinslowgermanhttp://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/nachrichten/s-8030

Slow German iTunes Free - Feed - Web Site • Annik Rubens reads slowly and clearly from parts of her popular program, Sleepless in Munich

(Schaflos in Munchen).

News in Slow Chinese iTunes Free – Web Site • Designed for intermediate Mandarin speakers. Improve your language skills by listening to world

news delivered in slowly spoken words.

I'm looking for a “news in slow polish” website, send it to perry7770@hotmail.co.uk if you find it, i'll credit you in the next editionthanks

parallel textsfor excellent vocabulary

one of the ways I use to build vocubulary: read parallel texts also known as dual language books

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you can find them at websites Like this http://www.lonweb.org/

most book shops have parallel text books in the uk they are made by “penguin” and have names Like“parallel text: french, short stories : nouvelles francaises”these are available for the most popular languages in every book shop http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=parallel+texts

brian tracy once said “i learned 4 or 5 languages, because I just learned 2 or 3 words everyday, that's it”365 days x 3 words = this is a good way to learn a language =)

Romanian: The Latin and Slavic Language

certain languages are key languages, that can lead to you knowing many others, and easier learning later

for example, german can lead to you knowing 70% of dutch30% of 3 other languages

and knowing at least 1,000 words in english

>thus german may be worth learning even if you know no germans

romanian has words and structure from latin languages (french/spanish/italian)

and from slavic languages

this article gives a more detailshttp://www.internetpolyglot.com/blog/romanian-a-strange-presence-

among-eastern-european-languages/

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“The strongest influence on the Romanian language was that of Slavic languages, due to the Slavic tribes migrating through the country

during the Middle Ages. Almost 20% of all the words in Romanian are of Slavic origins”

“Such basic words as a iubi (to love), nevoie (need), prieten (friend) and glas (voice) are of Slavic origins.”

“This brought in a series of German words, which later extended to the whole country. Such words include şuncă (ham), maistru (master),

turn (tower), and many others. German has had an influence on the Romanian language later on too, with the borrowing of many scientific

terms into everyday vocabulary”

from answers.yahoo.com http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?

qid=20090712181622AAs4jR6

good answer =)

Would learning Romanian be a good start for the Slavic languages?I know it isn't Slavic.

• 4 years ago

Additional DetailsLet me clarify: since I know French, Spanish, and Italian, would learning Romanian ease me into the Slavic languages? Thanks.

4 years ago

ssss

Best Answer - Chosen by AskerIf you know English, easing into Slavic, as far as words isn't complicated. Many Slavic words are similar to English or German, but sound a little different, and when forming sentences, its the same way, but thats where similarities stop.

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In some outside languages (Asian) you would say.In my car, blue, later for a drive go we.Not so in Slavic, it follows the same rule as English (same sequence)

English.

I have a brother and a sister.My brother is seven, and my sister is two years oldDay is sunny.Night is clear.Lets go eat.

Slavic:Ya imam brata i sestru.Moy brat je sedam, a moya sestra ima dwe godine.Dan ye suncan.Noch ye vedra.Idemo esti.

I=Ya,Brat=Brother, My=Moy, Sestra=sister, Night-Noch, Eat-Est, Two=Dwe, years-godine, sunny-suncan, clear-vedar, Day=Dan

So the answer is no. You would be better off learning maybe German, and then go to Polish. Russian and Serb would come last due to cyrilic writing.

Language sampleEnglish text:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

(Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Romanian - highlighted words were directly derived from Latin:

Toate fiin eleț umane se nasc libere iș egale în demnitate iș în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrate cu ra iune ț iș con tiin ă ș ț iș trebuie să se comporte unele fa ăț de altele în spiritul fraternită ii. ț

Contemporary Romanian - highlighted words are French or Italian loanwords:

Toate fiin ele ț umane se nasc libere i ș egale în demnitate i în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrate cuș ra iuneț i ș con tiin ăș ț i trebuie să se ș comporte unele fa ă de altele în ț spiritul fraternită iiț .

Romanian, excluding French and Italian loanwords - highlighted words are Slavic loanwords:

Toate fiin ele omene ti se nasc ț ș slobode i ș deopotrivă în destoinicie i în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrateș cu în elegere i cuget i ț ș ș trebuie să se poarte unele fa ă de altele în ț duh de fră ietate. ț

Romanian, excluding loanwords:

Toate fiin ele omene ti se nasc nesupuse i asemenea în pre uire i în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrate cuț ș ș ț ș în elegere i cuget i se cuvine să se poarte unele fa ă de altele după firea fră iei. ț ș ș ț ț

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language#Language_sample

german words in romanian: source wikipedia

German: cartof < Kartoffel "potato", bere < Bier "beer", urubș < Schraube "screw", turn < Turm "tower", ramă < Rahmen "frame", mu tiucș < Mundstück

"mouth piece", borma inăș < Bohrmaschine "drilling machine", crem nitș < Kremschnitte "cream slice", vai erș ț < Schweizer "Swiss cheese", lepș < Schleppkahn "barge", priș ț < Spritzer "wine with soda water", ab ibildț <

Abziehbild "decal picture", ni elș ț < Schnitzel "cutlet", uncăș < dialectal Schunke (Schinken) "ham", punct < Punkt "point", maistru < Meister "master", rundă <

Runde "round". During the Austrian administration in Banat, Transylvania, and Bukovina, a large number of words were borrowed from Austrian German, in

particular in fields such as the military, administration, social welfare, economy, etc.[62] Later on German terms have been taken out of science and

technics, like: inăș < Schiene "rail", tiftș < Stift "peg", li ăț < Litze "braid", indrilăș < Schindel "shingle", tan ăș ț < Stanze "punch", aibăș < Scheibe "washer",

tangăș < Stange "crossbar", iglăț < Ziegel "tile", mirghelș < Schmirgelpapier "emery paper" et al.

Romanian Newspapers Online

www.diasporaro.com

http://www.romani.co.uk

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/romania.htma good site for newspapers

all languages

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language maps

learn the languages in these sequences and you may learn more languages, probably easier, with more vocubulary

> spanish/french/italian1st romanian

>slavic languages

>arabic1st french

>italian

>arabic1st spanish

>portuguese

>dutch1st german

>english

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http://mylanguages.org >materials for many

languages

some links in portuguese to language learning

courses

russian learning in portuguesehttp://aprender-russo-online.blogspot.com.br/

italian onlinehttp://www.italianonaweb.com.br/

basic chinesehttp://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-101-chinese-i-regular-spring-

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2006/

videos

swahilihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=7M9f_Fx4paI

italian videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/marco

nisida/videos

podcasts

http://www.learn-romanian-magazine.net/lessons/podcast

very interestinghttp://ikindalikelanguages.com/blog/how-i-learned-portuguese-in-5-

months/

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I figured I needed to go and find some Portuguese. So I did. Here is a tip for you: try parks. I would just go to calm

places like parks and attempt to strike up conversations with people to be able to

practice

Talking about reading, that wasn’t the only reading I would do. I also read newspapers.

I tried to. I would always try to get myself of copy of these free newspapers and read at least some of it. I wouldn’t read everything but I would read small articles that I found interesting and that I could at least partially understand. I never used

a dictionary. Almost never.

speaking helps (native speakers don’t usually correct

pronunciation as long as they understand it: I find that to be extremely true)

http://ikindalikelanguages.com/index.php>introductory courses

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from the book “how I learn languages Kato Lomb”

Humans became giants because, among other things, they learned how to work with their hands. Therefore, it is

no wonder that the richest group of words in all languages

comes from the word hand . According to a German scholar, each and every variant of human activity can be expressed

with the derivations of this single word. I haven’t checked to see if this is so, but in French at least, a bunch can be

collected from it (Fr: main ).abolition (manumission)

affected (maniéré)begging (manche)crank (manivelle)cuff (manchette)

demonstration (manifestation)demonstrator (manifestant)to emancipate (émanciper)

handcuffs (menottes)handle (manche)

to handle (manier)handling (manutention)horse training (manège)to maintain (maintenir)

mandate (mandat)manifesto (manifeste)

manipulation (manipulation)manual (manuel)

manual labor/er (main-d’œuvre)manufacture (manufacture)manuscript (manuscrit)

muff (manchon)now (maintenant)

one-armed man (manchot)operator (manipulant)to rework (remanier)

sleeve (manche)slovenly (démanché)

to transfer (mandater)way, manner (manière)

etc

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Greek Cognatesfor practically every language

Greek words are in many languages, so its a good list to help you learn 7 languages, develop your vocabulary, impress your friends

(they'll say “do you speak my language?!?!”

the list is in english, I don't speak greekor the book would be called Learn 7 languages + greek

polish and french are 2 unrelated languages and thus make a good study

Aacademy

polish

Akademia

french

Academie

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achronousacoustic

acropolisaerodynamicagamicagamogenesisagapeaclinicaestheticsaesthetitionaerospaceagnostic

agora

allegoryallergyalphaaluminum

amphictyonyamphoraanachronismanalysisanalyzeangel

angioplastyanomyanorexia

anthropology

apocalypseapocalypticapogeeapologeticapologizeapologyapoplexyapostateapostolicapostropheapothecariesapothegmapotheosis

akustyczny...wole na gitarze akustycznej

estetyka

alegoria

alfaaluminium nadaje sie do recyklingu

analiza

anioljestem aniolem

anoreksja jestes anorektyczka

antropologia lubie antropologie

acoustique...je prefere une guitare acoustique

esthetique

allegorie

alphal'aluminum est recyclable

analyse

angeje suis un ange

anorexievous etes anorexique

anthropologiej'aime anthropologie

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archaeologyarchangelarchitect

archonargonaristocracyarithmeticaromaaromatherapyaromaticarsenicarthritisasbestosasceticasteroidasthmaastigmatismastrology

astronautastronomerasylumatheismatheosatherosclerosisathleteathleticathleticatomatomicauthenticautoautomatic

autonomousautopsyaxiom

Bbacteriabariumbasicbetabiblicalbibliography

architektuczylem sie w college 'u, architekt

arystokracja

asteroida

astrologiaczy wierzysz w astrologie?

ateizm

atleta

atom

autentyczny

automatyczny chce wiecej automatyczne dochodow

archietectej'ai etudie pour devenir architecte au college

aristocratie

asteroide

astrolgiecroyez vous en l'astrologie?

athéisme

athlète

atome

authentique

automatiqueje veux revenu plus automatique

de base

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bibliothecabiologybios

Ccacophonycadmiumcardiaccatalysiscatastrophechaoscharactercharacteristicchichlorinechromiumchronicchronogramchronologychrysostomousclinicalcomedy

cosmonautcosmopoliscosmopolitancritical

DdecagondecameterdeltademocracyI love democracydemondiagnosisdiagramdialectdialoguedialysisdiameterdiaphanousdidymousdilemmaits a dilemmadiabolicdiachronicdiachonaldiagonal

i'mtherealman

kocham demokracje

jego dylemat

j'aime la democratie

c'est un dilemme

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diakinisisdialectdialysisdiamond

diaphonydiaphonosdiastasisdiathesisdogma

dogmaticdoxologydramawhat drama!dramaticdynamicdyslexia

Eeccentricecclesiaecclesiasticeclipseeclipseseconomiceconomicaleconomy

ecumenicalelasticelectricelectrolysiselectronelephantelephantiasisellipsesellipsisemphasisemphasizeencephalicencephalonendocarditisendocardiumendodermisendometriosisenergyenthusiasmephemeralepidermis

co dramat!

ekonomia jest bardzo interesujace

quel drame!

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epigramepilepticepilogepiphany

episode

epitomeepocheponymepsilonergonergonomicsesophagusethnicethoseugeniceulogizeeuphoriceuroEuropeeurozoneevangelicexelixis

Ffantastic

fantasy

Ggammagastronomicgeographygeometrygeopoliticsgrammaticalgrammar I don't like grammar

gymnasiumgymnastics

Hharmonizationharmonizeharmony the song has beautiful harmoniesheliumHellenic

jestem fantastyczna

nie lubie gramatyki

piosenka ma piekne harmonie?

Je n'aime le grammaire

La chanson a de belles harmonies

Mon heros!

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heptagonheptathlonherniahero

heroicheterogeneousheterosexualhexagonhierarchyhistoryhomeopathyhomohomogeneoushomologoushomonymhomosexualhorizonhormonehorologehoroscopedo you read the horoscopes?horticulturehyacinthhydranthydraulichydrocephalushydrogenhydrolysishydroplanehydropowerhydrotherapyhyenahymnhyperbolahyperbolic

hypnosishave you done hypnosis before?

hypnotizehypnotizehypochondriahypocrisyhypocritehypocriticalhypodermichypotenuse

czytasz horoskopy?

zrobiles hipnozy wczesniej?

Lisez vous les horoscopes?

Avez-vous fait l'hypnose avant?

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hypothecatehypothecationhypothesishypotheticalhysteriahystericalhysterics

Iideaidiomidiosyncrasyidiotiota

Kkappakaryoplasmkaryotypekenoskilometerkinetickrypton

Llamdalexiconlithiumlithographylithologylogiclogicallogionlogistics

Mmacroeconomicsmagicmagnesiummathematicsmechanicmechanicalmedaldo you want a medal?

Mega

megaphonemelancholicmelancholy

magia

chcesz medal?

Moja nowa praca

magie

voulez vous une medaille?

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melanomamelodicmelodymetabolicmetalmetallicmetastasismetathesismetempsychosismeteormeteorologymetermethod

metropolismicromicrobemicrobiologymicroeconomicsmicrosurgerymisanthropymolybdenummonarchmonogrammonologuemoronmysteriousmystery

Nnecrophilianecropolisnecropsyneuroneuropsychiatryneuroticnitrogennomadicnumismatic

OoctagonoligarchyOlympicomegaomicrononomasticopticorganizationortho

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orgasmorgyornithologyorthodontistorthodoxosmiumosmosisoxygen

Ppalestrapantheonpancreasparadoxparallelparalysispatheticpathologypathospatriarchpatriotpentagonpentathlonperimeterperiodperiodicalperipheryperiscopeperitonitispessimismpessimisticpharmacistpharmacyphasephenomenalphenomenonphiphilanthropyphilatelicphilosopherphilosophyphobiaphonicphonographphosphorusphotophotographphotographyphotometerphoton

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photophobiaphotosynthesisphysicsplasmaplasticplatonicpleonasmplethorapleurapleurisypneumaticpneumoniapneumonicpodiatrypoempoeticpolemicpolicepolicypolispoliticpoliticalpoliticianpolyandrypolygamypolygonpolygraphpolyhedronpolymorphouspolyppolytechnicpolytheismpolytheistPotassiumpracticalpracticepractitionerpraxisproblemprognosticprogramprologueprolongprophesyprophylacticprophylaxisproselyteproselyteproselytizeprosthesis

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protagonistsprothesisprototypepsipsychepsychiatrypsychiatrypsychoanalysispsychopathpulmonarypulmonicpyramidpyreticpyromaniapyrotechnicpythonpyx

Rrhapsodistrhapsodyrhinitisrhodium

Ssatansatanicsatirescenescenicschematicschemeschismschoolseismicseismologyseleniumsigmaskepticsophiasophisticatedsophomorestomastomachstrategicsycophantsymmetricsympatricsymposiasymptom

jestem bardzo strategiczne

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synagoguesynagonisesynchronoussynergysynodsynopsissynthesissynthesizeTtalent you are very talented

taxistechniquetechnologytelegraphtelepathytelephonetelephonictelephonytelephotographytelescopetelevisiontelictheatertheatricstheocracytheocratictheologiantheologytheophanytheoristtheorizetheorytheostherapeutictherapythermalthermometerthermosthermostatthesaurusthesisthetatitanium

trigonometrytrophy

U

jestes bardzo utalentowany

jestes bardzo utalentowany

to moja teoria

kocham kamizelki I skarpetki termiczne

Vous etes tres talentueux

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http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/IE_Main4_Sanskrit.html

The Sanskrit Connection: Keeping Up With the JonesesThe discovery of Indo-European first started with a British judge named Jones who was stationed in India in 1780. Jones, a bright fellow with classical training in Greek and Latin, had determined to master the ancient Sanskrit tongue. He wanted to brush up on native Indian law codes--many of which were written in Sanskrit script--before administering British law in the region. Jones was shocked to discover a regular pattern of similarities between ancient Sanskrit words and ancient words in classical Western languages. Here are some examples:

Meaning: Sanskrit Latin:"three" trayas tres"seven" sapta septem"eight" ashta octo"nine" nava novem

"snake" sarpa serpens

"king" raja regem"god" devas divus ("divine")

Other Sanskrit words were similar to Greek terms. For instance, the Greek word trias ("three") is close to trayas and tres in the chart above. The Greek word pente ("five") is close to Sanskrit panca ("five"), and so on. Jones began systematically charting the similarities, finding literally thousands of such parallels between Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin. He presented his findings on February 2nd, 1786, to the "Asiatick Society in Calcutta." He declared boldly that Sanskrit had

. . . a stronger affinity than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists.§

What Jones had uncovered, without realizing it initially, was the existence of a lost mother tongue, what scholars call proto-Indo-European--a single, ancient, prehistoric language that led to the development of many languages in Europe, India, Russia, and the Middle East. It required nearly ninety years of comparative linguistics to fill in all the gaps.Before Jones, earlier scholars had long ago noted that many languages shared such similarities. It was no news, for instance, that Romance Copyright © Perry Barnes 08/30/07 sponsored by http://readlang.com/ learn languages via reading

languages shared cognates with each other. Spanish caballo (horse) was a cognate for Portuguese cabalo (horse), Italian caballo (horse), Provençal caval (horse), French cheval (horse), and English cavalry (horse-riding troops). Scholars had long known that all these words ultimately came from the vulgar Latin term caballus (horse), and that French and Spanish and other Romance languages had developed from Roman provincial speech--with some voiced /v/'s changing to unvoiced /b/'s, or some hard velar stops (/k/ sounds) changing to aspirated <ch>'s. Likewise, Germanic languages like Low and High German, Frisian, Dutch, Swedish, and Norse shared many cognates with each other in much the same way, tracing their origins back to a proto-Germanic tongue in prehistoric times.What astonished linguists was that Sanskrit had cognates to more than just Latin and Greek words. Philologists found that Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic, Old Slavic, and Old Irish had similar patterns of words with Sanskrit. These cognates had a related meaning and they also sounded similar to each other either in terms of vowels or consonants (or both!). For instance, consider the words for "father" and "brother" in a variety of Indo-European languages:

"father" "brother"• pitar (Sanskrit)• pater (Latin)• pater (Greek)• padre (Spanish)• pere (French)• father (English)• fadar (Gothic)• fa∂ir (Old Norse)• vader (German)• athir (Old Irish--with loss of original

consonant)

• bhratar (Sanskrit) • frater (Latin) • phrater (Greek) • frere (French) • brother (Modern English) • brothor (Saxon) • bruder (German) • broeder (Dutch) • bratu (Old Slavic) • brathair (Old Irish)

It's hard to escape the conclusion that these words must have come from a common source--especially if you chart the words out on a map of where each language is spoken. In the case of the words for father, a linguist can almost visually see the unvoiced /t/ sounds changing to voiced /d/ sounds as people migrated westward across the map, and then these letters changing to <th> as they moved north through Europe along the Germanic branch. In the case of the words for brother, the same sort of linguistic change is occurring with unvoiced /t/ and voiced /d/ sounds, but another pattern is happening simultaneously with voiced /b/ and unvoiced /p/ sounds. Multiply the examples above for a few thousand other words, and the evidence looks fairly air-tight.

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All that remained for scholars to do was (1) to trace what rules governed these changes linguistically--a task taken up by Jakob Grimm and later Karl Verner, and (2) to reconstruct as far as possible what this original language must have sounded like and how it functioned. This is tricky, given that proto-Indo-European is a prehistoric language existing before the written word, but not impossible given the wealth of linguistic information we can garner from surviving languages today. (To be continued...)

§ qtd. page 27 of Robert Claiborne's Our Marvelous English Tongue: The Life and Times of the English Language. New York: Times Books, 1983.

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