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Nice?

late 13c., "foolish, stupid, senseless," from Old French nice (12c.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish," from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing," from ne- "not" (see un-) + stem of scire "to know" (see science). "The sense development has been extraordinary, even for an adj." [Weekley] -- from "timid" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (late 14c.); to "dainty, delicate" (c.1400); to "precise, careful" (1500s, preserved in such terms as a nice distinction and nice and early); to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).

The Turkish alphabet is pretty similar to the English/Latin one, with some unused letters and some with added diacritics. So if there was a full multi-word inscriptions it would look like it even to an English speaker. I think at most there are one or two letters on here, maybe someone's initials. Hard to tell what the left one is, but the right hand side looks a little like a Medieval uppercase N.

> all the words seem to slur together [...] the (very short) break between words

There are no breaks between words unless a speaker deliberately inserts pauses - the words actually do slur together. The English word "adder" comes from Old English "næddre" - "a næddre" was reparsed as "an adder" because the break between the words was not audible. Rather than detecting actual breaks, what a learner will gradually pick up is the words themselves and hence where they begin and end, so that, for example, once "casa" has been recognised as a complete word, the continuous string of sounds "micasatucasa" can be mentally parsed as "mi / casa / tu / casa".

One single word in Italian: Allora

Translations: anyhow - at that time - in those days - so - then - at the time - anyway - between now and then - by that time - by then - consequently - even then - ever since - from then on - hence - knock yourself out - OK - since - since then - so what - so what else is new - so what? - then-president - thenceforth - thenceforward - theretofore - till then - until then - up to this time - Well, then - whereat

http://www.wordreference.com/iten/allora

It looks like a copy of this icon—“Christ Pantocrator with Open Book”. I’m not familiar enough with this version of the Greek alphabet to transcribe the whole passage, but the first two words are “ΕΓω ΕΙΜΙ”—a phrase that apparently occurs so often in the Gospel of John it has its own article.

/r/linguistics is another subreddit you may want to ask in.

>Our language is a “secret language” or cant or argot/jargon.

Are there speakers who are ok with outsiders hearing, recording, or publishing samples of this secret language? People publishing linguistic classifications would need examples of the language to work off of.

Wikitongues accepts video samples of languages (not sure if this submission link is permanent), though Wikitongues is not involved in classifying languages.

In the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil these names do exist and are not translations from English. They are called "coletivos" (collectives) and are the subject of children's studies in basic education. They are words used with a certain rarity and, for most Brazilians, have absolutely no meaning. For example, the goat collective is "fato" (fact). But go to a rural place in the country and you'll find it hard to find anyone who knows this meaning.

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You probably want the phrase &quot;Herrgott nochmal&quot; I assume? It does mean something like "For God's sake" - I've linked an en<>de dictionary page.

u/mitchew:

• Download and install AutoHotkey.

• Open up a new file in Notepad and type the following:

  !+x::send X̣

  !x::send x̣

• Save the file with the extension .ahk (e.g. dotted_x.ahk) in some place where you'll remember it.

• Launch the newly created AutoHotkey file whenever you need to type the dotted x.

Those commands mean when alt (!) and x are pressed, create x̣ and when alt (!), shift (+), and x are pressed, create X̣. Mess around and add other commands as you see fit!

Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.raytechnos.punjabidictionary

Look for apps on the playstore, there are plenty of Punjabi dictionaries. (NOTE: I am familiar with the language for I live in India but I am NOT a native Punjabi speaker so this may not be fool proof)

I'd recommend Fluent Forever (the app and website). Personally I've found it's the most natural way to learn a new language. If you're interested in the techniques used, there's also a book written by the creator: https://www.amazon.com/Fluent-Forever-Learn-Language-Forget/dp/0385348118

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Hope this helps :)

You could try using the Beginner Irish app to learn on your own some basic Irish words and phrases from scratch at your own convenience.

Whichever language you choose, you could try free tools like Beginner Polish app and the Beginner Russian app to easily begin learning on your own some of the basic words and phrases to both languages from scratch.

As far as the Russian vocabulary is concerned, you could learn on your own some of the basic Russian words and phrases from scratch with apps like the Beginner Russian app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerrussian

As an added tools, you might also want to consider vocabulary apps like the JLPT Locker and Cantonese Locker to practice and learn on your own

JLPT Locker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.jlptlocker

Cantonese Locker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.cantoneselocker

This is a pretty great book that outlines how to use free internet resources to learn a language of your choosing. It relies heavily on google images and the spaced repetition program called Anki.

I think the book Complete German (from the Teach Yourself series) is a good, and popular, book. As far as language books go, it is reasonably priced. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-German-Two-Audio-CDs/dp/0071663827

Duolingo is a good app for Smart phones, also I recommend Barron's 501 verb dictionary (https://www.amazon.com/501-Italian-Verbs-Barrons-English/dp/0764179829). Nouns and adjectives are important, but verbs will help you understand context. Also, the book includes some examples and basic terminology.

I haven't tried out a lot of books, but I own this one and it's quite good:

http://www.amazon.com/The-German-Handbook-Speaking-Cambridge/dp/0521648602

Nicely designed without too much heavy reading.