Ileana Calotescu
Our friend Alibb has started an interesting challenge – The Alphabet Crazy .
Rule number 5 allows us to post non-English words but we have to explain its meaning, so that we can learn from each other!I find this rule very fun. I don’t know how many “languages” are present on Virily, but, at the end of the challenge it would be fun to learn at least one word in several languages.
The Romanian alphabet currently contains 31 letters and uses the 26 characters of the Latin alphabet to which is added a series of 5 additional characters formed by applying diacritical signs: Ăă, Ââ, Îî, Șș, Țț
Let’s start with the simplest word that starts with the letter A in romanian language:
Avion = plane in english
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Will you tell me in a comment how to say “plane” in your language?
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In the Philippines, we say ‘Eroplano’. I believe it’s borrowed from the Spanish word ‘Aeroplano’
Airplane here in the US, but since I live on the border of Mexico, they say Avion as well. El Avion or El Areoplano.
The Swahili language is spoken in East and Central Africa as the national language. English is the official language. Then, we have got other tribes but in order to understand each other we have to speak Kiswahili or English.
My mother tongue (native language) is Gikuyu.
In Kiswahili, it is ndege. You pronounce the word as it is (n-de-ge). In my native language it is (ndîgî). It is pronounced (de-ge). N is silent.
Thank you very much for taking part in this game and that you taught me how to say plane in your language!
I do not know if Cyrillic is supported here (for Bulgarian) and will write in transcription – SAMOLET. It can also be written AEROPLAN.
In both cases it is an airplane, but we have 2 words for this machine.
Thank you, Georgi! Cамолет is the same in Russian, am I right?
Absolutely right! We are neighbors and we have many common words 🙂
In Russian is pronounced SAMALIOT…
In Hindi it is called viman
Thank you, Grace for taking part in this game! I learned my first word in Hindi! ?Thank you again!
Eroplano is how we call the airplane and it has a similarity, right?
Thank you, Alex! Are you from Philippines? Eroplano is how the plane is called in Philippines, is it?
Since I speak both English and Latvian fluently I will tell you the word in Latvian. It is lidmasina. the problem with Latvian is that its letters require symbols to make the sounds long or short or sh or ch sounds but anyway I did my best but to pronounce it it would sound like lid-ma-sh-ii-na and it is a combination of two words lid from lidot or flying and masina from car so in translation flying machine. The Internet does it better and this is what I got from them
airplane/airline: lidmašīna (LIHD-mah-shee-nah) you can see the symbols used in Latvian to write the word.
Thank you for the excellent explanation. You are a great teacher!!! You made me read about the Latvian alphabet and language. Now I know three Latvian words – “lidmašīna, lidot and masina”! ? The word “masina”? also exists in Romanian and means the same thing as in Latvian.
In Slovenian we call the plane – letalo.
Thank you, vidocka for taking part in this game! Now I know the Romanian “avion” is called “letalo” in Slovenian.
There is a plane in Slovenian – letalo
Great! I learned my first word in Slovenian!? Thank you, Lado!
And how the plane is in Romanian? dear Ileana
As I said in the title of the post: Avion. I also wrote in bold letters above the question how the plane is called in Romanian. letalo = avion
Also, there’s nothing wrong with us saying the avion …. everyone will understand
Plane or airplane is what we say in the US. Great idea for the challenge.
Thank you, Carol! English is the most “spoken” language on Virily!?