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British Sign Language
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Upper Sorbian
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“Błysk woslěpi nas na sekundu.”
The lightning blinded us for a second.
- lightning (electrical discharge that appears between two clouds during storms, accompanied by light and a bang)
- lightning
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Dypk nad e wšak woznamjenja fonem ě, mjechkosć konsonanta před e wostanje – nimo mjechkeho n – njewoznamjenjena.”
However, a dot above e means the phoneme ě, the softness of the consonant before e remains unmarked - apart from the soft n.
- phoneme (smallest unit of the phonological system of a language, with distinctive value)
- phoneme
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Howrtej, dwojej wosobje!”
Make noise, you two people!
- second-person dual animate/inanimate imperative of howrić
- command two non-men to make a noise
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Wóz wostaji hłuboku koliju.”
The cart left a deep wheel track.
- wheel track
- railway track
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“To je najněmiši čłowjek, kotrehož sym wosobinsce spóznał.”
That is the most mute person I have personally met.
- superlative degree of němy
- most mute
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“"ja" je pronomen prěnjeje wosoby singulara w hornjoserbskej rěči”
“ja” is the first person singular pronoun in the Upper Sorbian language
- pronoun (word that is used instead of a nominal group or that directly refers to the participants in the speech)
- pronoun
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Woš w hłowje bydli.”
The louse lives in the head.
- louse
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Wosa při jědźi njekulomna je.”
The wasp is annoying during the meal.
- wasp
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Pčołki wuhotuja wósk za swoje pčołowe płaty.”
Bees produce wax for their honeycombs.
- wax (fatty substance secreted by bees and with which they build honeycombs)
- wax
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“To je wosmy raz, zo tu sym.”
This is the eighth time I am here.
- eighth
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Dźěćo ma wosom lět.”
The child is eight years old.
- eight
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“To je wósom.”
That is eight.
- alternative form of wosom
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“Dźěćo ma wósomnaće knihow.”
The child has eighteen books.
- eighteen
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
“pos je wot doma ćeknył, dokelž je něchtó wrota wotewrjene wostajił”
the dog ran away from home because someone left the gate open
- gate
- goal, net
Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.
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