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Fala

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Fala

con[kon]

prep

Used to show accompaniment or being in the presence of someone or something.

“Cumu to é custión de proporciós, sin que sirva de argumentu por nun fel falta, poemus vel que en a misma Europa hai Estaus Soberarius con menus territoriu que os tres lugaris nossus, cumu:”

As everything is a matter of proportions, without its presence being an argument, we can see that even in Europe there are Sovereign States with less territory than our three places, such as:

Also means

with

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

asAppears in an example

article

The definite article used before feminine plural nouns.

“As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.”

The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, our Fala is another treasure among them.

Also means

Feminine plural definite article; the
the

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

enAppears in an example

prep

A preposition used to indicate location or inclusion within something.

“Cumu to é custión de proporciós, sin que sirva de argumentu por nun fel falta, poemus vel que en a misma Europa hai Estaus Soberarius con menus territoriu que os tres lugaris nossus, cumu: […]”

As everything is a matter of proportions, without its presence being an argument, we can see that even in Europe there are Sovereign States with less territory than our three places, such as: […]

Also means

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

seAppears in an example

pron

A pronoun used for passive constructions or to show that an action is directed back at the subject.

“Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.”

We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned [by someone].

Also means

Used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent; one
Reflexive and reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself; each other, one another
oneself

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

unAppears in an example

article

Used before a noun to indicate a single, non-specific person or thing.

Also means

Masculine singular indefinite article; a
a

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

dosAppears in an example

contraction

A contraction used to show possession or origin, meaning 'of the' or 'from the'.

“Esti términu Mañegu, o mais pequenu dos tres, formaba parti, con términus de Vilamel i Trevellu, da pruvincia de Salamanca hasta o anu 1833 …”

This San Martinese locality, the smallest of the three, formed, along with the Vilamen and Trevejo localities, the Salamanca province until the year 1833 …

Also means

of the

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

non[ˈnon]Appears in an example

adv

Used to negate the meaning of the verb it modifies.

“Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.”

We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.

Also means

not (negates the meaning of the modified verb)
not

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

nosAppears in an example

pronoun

A word used to refer to oneself and others as a group. It can function as the subject or object of a sentence.

“I nos, inda hoxii, con autonomía i tó siguimus idendu: “Vo pa Castilla”, […]”

And to this day we, with autonomy and everything, keep on saying: “I’ll go to Castille”, […]

Also means

First person plural nominative pronoun; we
First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
we

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Fala

sobre[ˈsobɾe]Appears in an example

prep

Used to indicate the subject matter of something, or to describe a position above or on top of something.

“Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.”

We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.

Also means

about; concerning (on the subject of)
above; on; over
about

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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