List of French qualifiers?
Autant (as much/many as) Assez (quite, enough), beaucoup (much, many), trop (too much, too many), très (very), peu (little), plutôt (rather), (Le) plus (de) (Le) moins (de) Presque (almost) Suffisament (quite, enough) Quelque peu (somewhat), aussi (too) Si=tellement=tant=aussi (so) Vraiment (indeed), [it is not a qualifier in French but indeed is so...) La plupart (most of) La majorité (most of).
How come Spanish gets an ethnic qualifier and Italians do not?
After the Conquista of America, the Spaniards mixed with the natives. In fact, the Spanish Empire was the first modern multicultural society.So, Hispanic is applied to those whose ancestors came from that society.The term “Latino”, was an attemp of the French, during the XIX, to delete the Spanish heritage in America. They tried to substitute the Spaniards as a colonial power in the region, after the independence of its former colonies.The French failed (in Mexico), but the term “Latino” (which is a nonsense), remained.
What language would be easier? Japanese or Italian?
I'm attending University of Nebraska at Omaha and considering taking a foreign language course. I'm majoring in History and currently working for a Bachelors of Science, which requires no foreign language. My advisors are telling me that i need to consider a Bachelors of Art, which requires 4 semesters of a foreign language cause it looks MUCH better if and when i apply for graduate school. Their advice is sinking in and I’m considering starting on a foreign language. I took French I when i was a freshman, but after a 3 year break from school, i forgot everything and would have to start all over again. I struggled with all the grammar rules of the language, but found speaking it and learning the basic words was fairly easy. My advisors told me i should consider a language, in which that culture interest me cause that would help me stay focused learning the language and it will be greatly beneficial when I start learn a certain area in history down the road (Japanese history or Greek history.) I'm very interested in the Greek and Japanese culture, but my college doesn't offer Greek, but does offer Italian (which i heard is very closely related to Greek since it's a romance language, but so is French, so I’m worried about all the grammar rules.) I also heard the Japanese has very few grammar rules, but worried about learning Kanji or whatever form they teach in basic language courses. I tried to goggle my answer and got equally mixed views on how Japanese is easier than Italian and vice versa. So... What language would be the easiest to learn, Japanese or Italian??
Some nouns don't make sense if counted. For example, "traffic", i.e., "three traffics" is nonsensical even though "traffic" is a noun. What are these types of nouns called?
There are what are called “Mass nouns” and “ Countables” You can simply use a number with a “Countable” noun. So you can have 2, 10, or 60 books, 2,4, or whatever number of pens, pencils, etc.To use “Mass nouns” you normally must use a qualifier: so you cannot usually say “ 2, 4, or 10 wines” you must say ‘2, 4, or 10 BOTTLES ( or glasses) of wine” If you use a number DIRECTLY with a Mass noun you are referring to the TYPES of that Mass noun- i.e. the Wines of France, the beers of Germany ,etc.OK before anybody gets their linguistic panties in a knot, let me say that these examples in English are not that good, since you CAN say, “I need 3 beers, two coffees, etc” English has gotten pretty good at blurring the distinction, and often enough Mass nouns ARE used directly with numbers, but the use to indicate “Types” still holds. So you would have “two Lines of traffic, “ A lot of traffic” etc. However it appears that modern English has mostly disposed with the need for qualifiers with mass nouns. So one hears “ I need two more waters for the table” rather than I need two more glasses of water for the table”The concept of Mass nouns, however , is not limited to English. In Japanese ALL nouns are Mass nouns… The word for Samurai is 侍 Samurai, but to say 7 samurai you must say 7人の侍 7 Sitchi jin no samurai. The Jin 人 is the qualifer…( So you are saying something like “ 7 People of Samurai “ To make things MORE fun in Japanese there are lots and lots of different qualifiers depending on the mass noun. We have this a bit in English when we use Bottles of, glasses of , containers of, etc. We also have lots of words for groups “ Heards of elk, flocks of geese, etc.
Why United Statians self titled American?
I'm sorry that people of the USA call themselves "Americans", as if to say they're the only ones here, but it's mostly because they are conceited. And, Yes, I'm sorry to say, I Am One of Them, to a degree. Personally, I've always tried to consider myself something more.