sg - czytaj / przeczytaj
pl - czytajcie / przeczytajcie
Russian
sg - читай / прочитай
pl - читайтe / прочитайтe
Finnish
sg - lue
pl - lukekaa
word translation => "read"
Moderators: kokoyaya, Beaumont
In Romanian we have the same situation as in French: the plural is used for more politness, even when talking to a single person. The singular is more informal.Olivier wrote:Oh yes, do you mean imperative as
- singular (adressing one person) or plural (several people) ?
- familiar (relatives or friends like French "tu") or more polite ?
It makes a difference in many languages.
-- Olivier
However, in Brazilian Portuguese, the plural form is only used when addressing several people. The singular form is already the "polite" form. The traditional "informal" second person has disappeared from Brazilian Portuguese long time ago.
Sorry but I will correct your Hebrew...zcalin wrote: Hebrew:
to read: לקרוא [liqro'] (infinitive); root: קרא [Q-R-']
read!: ! קרא [qra'] (sg. masc.) ! קראי [qr'i] (sg. fem.) / ! קראו [qr'u] (pl.)
The imperative forms for "read" are the ones you gave, but the pronounciation is not good !
קרא => q'ra (with the quote pronounced like a very short French [eu])
קראי => qiri
קראו => qiru
The appears under the Qof because you have a Shwa under the Resh.
Geroa ezta gurea...
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greenfieldlibrary
- Guest
form of read
What we are looking for is mainly the singular imperative for read, but we do want to be polite about it. I appreciate all the responses so far. Thank you all very much.
Re: form of read
Olivier wrote:In Hungarian: Read (this/it) = Olvasd! / Read (a book/indefinite) = Olvass!greenfieldlibrary wrote:Read, as in "read this, you'll like it."
OK, so in Hungarian: "Olvasson!"greenfieldlibrary wrote:What we are looking for is mainly the singular imperative for read, but we do want to be polite about it.
("Olvassa!" with a definite object, eg. showing the book to be read, as in "Read this")
In French: "Lisez"
-- Olivier
Se nem kicsi, se nem nagy: Ni trop petit(e), ni trop grand(e):
Éppen hozzám való vagy! Tu es juste fait(e) pour moi!
Éppen hozzám való vagy! Tu es juste fait(e) pour moi!
Re: word translation => "read"
Norvégien (bokmål):
Lire: å lese
Lis ! (à une ou plusieurs personnes): Les !
Féroïen:
Lire: Lesa
Lis ! : Les !
Lisez ! : Lesið !
Lire: å lese
Lis ! (à une ou plusieurs personnes): Les !
Féroïen:
Lire: Lesa
Lis ! : Les !
Lisez ! : Lesið !
Heyrði þú í Hafrsfirði,
hvé hizug barðisk.
Knerrir kómu austan,
kapps of lystir,
með gínöndum höfðum
ok gröfnum tinglum...
hvé hizug barðisk.
Knerrir kómu austan,
kapps of lystir,
með gínöndum höfðum
ok gröfnum tinglum...
Re: word translation => "read"
in Brazilian Portuguese:
leia! (to one person).
leiam! (to more than one person).
in Sanskrit:
पठ। paṭha! (to one person) पठतम्। paṭhatam! (to two people) पठत। paṭhata! (to three or more people).
or
पठतु। paṭhatu! (to one person) पठताम्। paṭhatām! (to two people) पठन्तु। paṭhantu! (to three or more people).
leia! (to one person).
leiam! (to more than one person).
in Sanskrit:
पठ। paṭha! (to one person) पठतम्। paṭhatam! (to two people) पठत। paṭhata! (to three or more people).
or
पठतु। paṭhatu! (to one person) पठताम्। paṭhatām! (to two people) पठन्तु। paṭhantu! (to three or more people).
Merci de corriger notre français si nécessaire.
Paulo Marcos -- & -- Claudio Marcos
Brasil/Brazil/Brésil
Paulo Marcos -- & -- Claudio Marcos
Brasil/Brazil/Brésil
Re: word translation => "read"
En breton :
Lire = lenn.
Lis ! / lisez ! = lennit !
Lire = lenn.
Lis ! / lisez ! = lennit !
Re: word translation => "read"
Hello,
In north sami :
sing. : loga
dual : lohkki
plur. : lohkkit
In north sami :
sing. : loga
dual : lohkki
plur. : lohkkit