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31. What does the Spanish phrase "como esta?" mean?

From Quiz International Words and Phrases 2

Answer: How are you?

A common greeting among Spanish speakers, this phrase can be modified as "como esta usted?" (formal) or "como estas?" (informal). This is also the basis of the Filipino word "kumusta?" which is usually in the form of a question and also means "how are you?"

From Quiz A World of Medical Emergencies

Answer: Spanish

I would be asking the receptionist in Spanish if he could call me a doctor, the word "doctor", can also be used instead of medico.

From Quiz Racing Through World Languages

Answer: Spanish

Spanish belongs to the Ibero-Romance group and is the official language in 21 countries around the world, mostly in the Americas. Although it is not an official language in the United States, it is spoken throughout the nation, especially in the Southwest. Spanish came to the Americas through the Spanish conquest during the Age of Exploration.

From Quiz Dog Will Have His Day

Answer: German

Dog is thrilled to find that Germany is home to some of the world's top guard dog breeds, such as the Doberman, the Rottweiler, and of course the German Shepherd. Besides being the official language of Germany, German is also an official language in the neighboring countries of Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

From Quiz It's Harder in Other Languages

Answer: Italian

Italian is Romance language and has many similarities to other Romance languages such as Spanish and French; numbers is one example where Italian is quite close. "One, two, three" in Spanish is "Uno, dos, tres" and in French is "Un, deux, trois". In addition to Italy, Italian is an official language in Switzerland and San Marino, and a native language for many people in other nearby countries.

From Quiz What Color am I?

Answer: Yellow

Geel is Dutch, gelb is German, and jaune is French.

From Quiz 'Good Evening, Ruritania!'

Answer: Eikoku

Igirisu actually means 'Great Britain' in Japanese. 'Anh' is Vietnamese, and 'Inggris' is Indonesian.

From Quiz Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

Answer: Scotland

This roughly translates to mean 'it's a lovely moonlight night tonight'. Another Scottish tongue twister is 'mony a mickle maks a muckle' meaning 'many a penny makes a pound'.

From Quiz Body Parts in Romance Languages

Answer: Nose

The nose is one of the parts of your body through which air comes into your lungs. This is done in conjunction with the mouth. In English the etymology of the word 'nose' is derived from the Proto-Germanic root 'nusus', comparable to the origin of the term for all Romance languages from the Latin root 'nasus'.

From Quiz Basic Thai Phrases

Answer: Sawasdii

When you say hello, you would also wai the person (put your hands palms together by your mouth.) "Sabai dii" means "I am well", "Mai ow" means "don't want", and "bai leuy" means "go away".

From Quiz Words Around the Globe

Answer: A list of languages around the world

The Ethnologue is a list of languages around the world. In 2008, the list contained an astonishing 6.900 registered languages.

From Quiz Languages of the World

Answer: Romance

All languages derived from Latin are Romance or Italic. Other Romance languages are Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, French, Italian, Sardinian, Romansh and Romanian.

From Quiz A Cat by any Other Name...

Answer: Mou

One wonders if the word for cat in Egyptian derives from the sound cats make - miaow? The 'ou' in 'mou' is pronounced like the 'ou' in 'couch'. Bast or Pasht was the Egyptian cat god. Mush is just a friendly term for a chum - feline or human.

From Quiz Q without U (Oriental Penchant)

Answer: qabbalah

This may also be spelled cabbalah, kabbalah or numerous other variations, and was originally ancient Talmudic teaching.

From Quiz In Any Language

Answer: Good Day

Japanese is a bit more formal than the other two.

From Quiz Where Do They Speak THAT?

Answer: Iran

Luristan is in South West Iran, and the Luri language is part of the Iranian branch of the vast Indo-European family.

From Quiz Official Languages II

Answer: Mandarin Chinese

Although Mandarin Chinese is the official language of the Republic of China many local languages are spoken in the country. The local dialect, known as Minnan (Taiwanese), is related to the Minbei dialect of mainland China's Fujian province and is widely spoken across Taiwan. Taiwanese aboriginals speak their own indigenous tongues though many can now speak Mandarin. Since the island was once a Japanese colony many older Taiwanese can speak Japanese.

From Quiz Official Languages

Answer: English & French

Due to its diversity and large immigrant population, many other non-official languages are spoken in Canada. They include Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Vietnamese, Arabic, and Urdu. Though the number of speakers is in decline, Native American languages, such as Cree, Blackfoot, and Inuktitut; are still spoken by the indigenous 1.5 % of Canada's population.

From Quiz A Word of Manx

Answer: Ny h-Ellanyn Goaldagh

'Ny h-Ellanyn' means 'The Island'. The other three choices mean 'The Azores' ('Asoar'), 'The Canaries' ('Canaaragh'), and 'The Summer Isles' ('Souree'). 'Innys' is also a Manx word for 'island'.

From Quiz Sesotho Sa Leboa - Seisimane

Answer: Cattle

Cattle are one of the most popular livestock in the country. There are many words for cattle: 'bokgômo', 'bogômo', and 'dikgômo'. 'Dikgômong' is the term for being 'with the cattle'.

From Quiz Maltese for the Tourist

Answer: Ale

'Birra bajda', pronounced 'bee-ra bay-da', is a combination of the word 'birra', which means 'beer', and 'bajda', which means 'egg'.

From Quiz Thai Words for Travellers

Answer: soda water

"Soda" is the same in Thai as it is in English, a "no brainer" to start with, but the questions get harder.

From Quiz Country Names in Croatian

Answer: Juzna Korea

'Sjeverna Korea' means 'North Korea', 'Zapadna' would mean West and 'Istocna' would mean 'East Korea'.

From Quiz Languages and Language Origins

Answer: Hebrew and German

Yiddish came about with the migration of Hebrews into Central Europe, and the assimilation of German into their own language.

From Quiz Strange Languages

Answer: Maldives

The Maldives have been independent since 1968. A population of 278,000 lives on the islands with an area of 115 sq miles and the capital is Male.

From Quiz Languages and their Families

Answer: India

They are also spoken in Sri Lanka. The Dravidian languages include Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. They have alphabets with rounded letters. One fascinating fact about India is that these languages of the south are as baffling for the northerners (who speak Indo-European languages) as they are for Europeans.

From Quiz All about the Dalmatian Language

Answer: Romance

Dalmatia is a region of Slavic Croatia but the language was a Romance language.

From Quiz Romanian Anatomy

Answer: finger

Like "digit" (from the Latin).

From Quiz Accessible Swahili

Answer: The coast

It makes sense that the Arabs would entitle this language 'the coast' when one realizes that the Arabs rarely moved inland in their trade relations with the people of Africa. The language was simply a coastal language to the traders, and thus acquired this apt moniker. By the way, the Swahili language owes much of its vocabulary to Arabic, from which it has borrowed profusely.

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