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French has a T-V distinction in the second person singular. That is, it uses two different sets of pronouns: tu and vous and their various forms. The usage of tu and vous depends on the kind of relationship (formal or informal) that exists between the speaker and the person with whom they are speaking and the age differences between these subjects. [1]
pour encourager les autres lit. "to encourage others"; said of an excessive punishment meted out as an example, to deter others. The original is from Voltaire's Candide and referred to the execution of Admiral John Byng. [45] pourboire lit. "for drink"; gratuity, tip; donner un pourboire: to tip. prairie
Mu is a lost continent introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), who identified the "Land of Mu" with Atlantis.The name was subsequently identified with the hypothetical land of Lemuria by James Churchward (1851–1936), who asserted that it was located in the Pacific Ocean before its destruction. [1]
Français langue étrangère (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sɛ lɑ̃ɡ etʁɑ̃ʒɛʁ]; French for French as a foreign language, FLE) is the use of French by non-native speakers in a country where French is not normally spoken, similar to English as a foreign language.
In colloquial speech, the combination of the preposition sur + definite article is often abbreviated: sur + le = su'l; sur + la = su'a or sa; sur + les = ses. Sometimes dans + un and dans + les is abbreviated to just dun and dins.
In traditional Chinese character classification, the uncommon class of phonetic loan characters involved borrowing the character for one word to write another near-homophone.
Flor Sheiza Quispe Sucapura (18 December 2000 – 3 April 2024), known by her stage name Muñequita Milly, was a Peruvian singer. [1] Spanning from 2005 until her death, she had consolidated her artistic career in vernacular Andean music, in which she enjoyed popularity during the 2010s and 2020s.
Munequita pulchra is a species of harvestmen in a monotypic genus in the family Sclerosomatidae from Brazil. [1] References This page was last edited on 20 April ...