Hi, Same in Turkish: "Dil".
Dil means language or tongue according to context. But there is another word "lisan" which is not used frequently, is from Ottoman Turkish and roots Arabic or Persian. I'm not sure which is exactly. -- Ali > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:53:04 -0700 > Subject: [english_learners ] Re: Why learn Portuguese > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > > > Hi everyone! > > Learning other languages can be very fun and an interesting way of > getting to know about other cultures and making new friends! > > As romanic languages' sonority is similar we tend to associate the > meanings and we can experience some funny situations. For example: > "embaraçada" in portuguese means embarassed; "embarazada" in spanish > means pregnant. > > By the way, the word " língua" in Portuguese can be translated as > tongue or language, according to context. > > Nice weekend! > > Lil > > On Aug 29, 9:03 am, Tino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi J.R.! > > > > We are here to learn to write and think in English, and I cannot not correct > > your mistake... > > > > When you are talking about language, native language and so on, you never > > use tongue. Tongue is as well in my country translated the same as language, > > but tongue is part of a human´s body, the thing which helps you to speak, to > > eat, to drink and so... It is in your mouth. > > > > S, the correct sentence should be: Spanish isn't my native language but... > > etc. > > > > Ok? > > I do not wanna offend you, only help you understand that difference between > > language and tongue, alright? > > > > Have a nice daaaaay :) > > Tino > > _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
