Thursday, May 5, 2011

Chinese - Expressing Possession - 我的大学 My School

我的大学 (wǒ de dàxué) - my university

你的大学 (nǐ de dàxué) - your university

他的大学 (tā de dàxué) - his university

我们的大学 (wǒmen de dàxué) - our university

你们的大学 (nǐmen de dàxué) - your university

他们的大学 (tāmen de dàxué) - their university

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Farsi Personal Pronouns

Grammatical number and person
Singular
(one)
Plural
(more than one)[2]
First person
(the speaker)
منما
‹man›‹mâ›
“I”“we”
Second person
(the addressee)
توشما
‹to›‹šomâ›
“you”“you”
Third person
(someone else)
اوآنها
‹u›‹ânhâ›
“he/she/it”

Chinese Personal Pronouns

The chinese personal pronouns are very straightforward and have the same form regardless of being subject, object, indirect object, etc...
  • First person singular: 我 (wǒ) - I, me
  • Second person singular: 你 (nĭ) - you
  • Third person singular, masculine: 他 (tā) - he, him
  • Third person singular, feminine: 她 (tā) - she, her
The plural forms are derived from the singular forms by adding the plural marker 们 (men).
  • First person plural: 我们 (wǒmen) - we, us
  • Second person plural: 你们 (nĭmen) - you(-all)
  • Third person plural, masculine or mixed: 他们 (tāmen) - they, them
  • Third person plural, feminine: 她们 (tāmen) - they, them

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

English word of the day "Bootstrap"

PRONUNCIATION:
(BOOT-strap)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To help oneself with one's own initiative and no outside help.

noun: Unaided efforts.
adjective: Reliant on one's own efforts.

English word of the day "Jonah"

Jonah



PRONUNCIATION:
(JOH-nuh)

MEANING:
noun One believed to bring bad luck.

English word of the day "pantywaist"

pantywaist


PRONUNCIATION:
(PAN-tee-wayst)
MEANING:
noun: An weak or effeminate man.
adjective: Weak; cowardly; effeminate.

English word of the day "Jezebel"

Jezebel


PRONUNCIATION:
(JEZ-uh-bel)
MEANING:
noun: A shameless, wicked, or immoral woman.