Sunday, July 31, 2011

آنقدر خسته / aneqder khesth / So Tired (Far/Eng)

فارسی / faresa / Farsi 

تمیز کردن
 
انگلیسی / anegulasa / English
temaz keredn. (Romanization)
More cleaning...

Saturday, July 30, 2011

सुशी! / Suśī! / Sushi! (हिंदी/Hindi)

हिंदी / Hindī / Hindi

कामों के भाग गया और एक फिल्म देखी थी.

ध्वन्यात्मक / Dhvan'yātmaka / Phonetic

Kāmōṁ kē bhāga gayā aura ēka philma dēkhī thī.

अंग्रेजी / Aṅgrējī / English

Ran errands and saw a movie.

Friday, July 29, 2011

七月热 / Qī yuè rè / July Heat (汉词/Pīnyīn/Eng)

汉词 / Hàn cí / Chinese Characters  

它是伏天。这是烤热两个月,然后10个月的雨水和雪的严寒。

拼音 / Pīnyīn / Phonetic

Tā shì fútiān. Zhè shì kǎo rè liǎng gè yuè, ránhòu 10 gè yuè de yǔshuǐ hé xuě de yánhán.

英文 / Yīngwén / English

It is the dog days of summer. It is broiling hot for two months and then freezing cold with rain and snow for 10 months.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Ooh La La (Fr/Eng)

Français / French

Nettoyé la plupart des tapis à l'autre maison. Continué enlever papier peint des murs. Longue journée!

Anglais / English

Cleaned most carpet at the other house. Continued removing wallpaper from walls. Long day!

Массивная очистка / Massive cleaning (Рус/Eng)

Русский / Russian

Ковер, убирающий в нашем доме. Более измельчения бумаги.


Английский / English

Carpet cleaning at our house. More paper shredding.

Dienstag / Tuesday (De/Eng)


Deutsch / German

Machte einen Termin mit meinem Mann. Er muss eine Reise sobald machen und braucht viele Terminen bevor er reist.


Englisch / English

Went to an appointment with my husband. He has a trip upcoming and requires many appointments before he travels.

Hushållsarbete / Housework (Sv/Eng)

Svenska / Swedish

Min man och jag körde massor av pappor genom dokumentförstörareköra. Också rengjorde huset.


Engelska / English

My husband and I shredded masses of paper in a shredder. Also cleaned the house.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

سه شنبه ، یکشنبه / sh shenbh , akeshenbh / Sunday, Sunday (Far/Eng)

فارسی / faresa / Farsi 

رفتن به تمرکز صرفا بر فارسی و اضافه کردن دری بعد
 
انگلیسی / anegulasa / English
reften bh temrekez serfa ber faresa w adafh keredn dera b'ed. (Romanization)
Going to focus solely on Farsi and add Dari later.

Notes

Remember, right to left for Persian script...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

सैन जोस / Saina jōsa / San Jose (हिंदी/Hindi)

हिंदी / Hindī / Hindi

मैं प्यार संस्कृत और हिंदी की आवाज.

ध्वन्यात्मक / Dhvan'yātmaka / Phonetic

Maiṁ pyāra sanskr̥ta aura hindī kī āvāja.

अंग्रेजी / Aṅgrējī / English

I love Sanskrit, and the sound of Hindi.

Notes

Hindi is written in Devanāgarī script, based on Sanskrit, and mutually intelligible with Urdu. Urdu is written in Perso-Arabic script, spoken in Pakistan, and bases new words in the sci-tech sector on Arabic/Persian.

一天的工作 / Yītiān de gōngzuò / Work Day (汉词/Pīnyīn/Eng)

汉词 / Hàn cí / Chinese Characters  

星期五擦洗墙壁和踢脚板水洗窗户纱窗

拼音 / Pīnyīn / Phonetic

Xīngqí wǔ wǒ cāxǐ qiángbì hé tījiǎobǎn, hé shuǐxǐ de chuānghù hé shāchuāng.

英文 / Yīngwén / English

Friday I scrubbed walls and baseboards, and washed windows and window screens.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Très fatigué / Very Tired (Fr/Eng)

Français / French

Les murs et les plinthes à nettoyer. Papier peint pour être supprimé. Tapis d'être un shampooing et enlevé.

Anglais / English

Walls and baseboards to be cleaned. Wallpaper to be stripped. Carpet to be shampooed and removed.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Сегодня / Today (Pyc/Eng)

Русский / Russian

Сегодня - о зданиях снова. Краска, ковер, очистка, и так далее.


Английский / English

Today is about the houses again. Paint, carpet, cleaning, etc.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Igitt! / Ugh! (De/Eng)

Deutsch / German

Neulich ist es sehr feucht und heiß Wetter. Es erinnert mich an mittlerer Westen oder Nordosten der USA zur Sommerzeit.


Englisch / English

Lately it is really humid and hot weather. It reminds me of the Midwest or Northeast of the U.S. in summertime.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Måndagen den 18:e / Monday the 18th (Sv/Eng)

Svenska / Swedish

I dag skulle vara allt om de husen som vi sköter. ~ Har huvudvärk.

Engelska / English

Today should be all about the houses for which we are responsible. ~ Have a headache.

เหนื่อย / H̄enụ̄̀xy / Tired (ไทย/S̄ạthṣ̄ās̄tr̒/Thai)

ไทย / Thai 

ความอ่อนเพลีย 

S̄ạthṣ̄ās̄tr̒ / Phonetics

Khwām x̀xnphelīy

ภาษาอังกฤษ / English

Exhaustion.

روز شنبه / روز شنبه / Saturday (Far/Dar/Eng)

فارسی / Farsi

شنبه فروش املاک بود. بسیار شلوغ
 
دری / Dari

شنبه فروش املاک بود. بسیار شلوغ
 انگلیسی / English
shenbh ferwesh amelak bewd. besaar shelwegh! (Romanization)
Saturday was the estate sale. Very busy!

预演 / Yùyǎn / Preview (汉词/Pīnyīn/Eng)

汉词 / Hàn cí / Chinese Characters  

星期五商品房预售预演. 

拼音 / Pīnyīn / Phonetic

Xīngqí wǔ shì shāngpǐnfáng yù shòu yùyǎn.

英文 / Yīngwén / English

Friday was the estate sale preview.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Vieux livres / Old books (Fr/Eng)

Français / French

J'ai une pile de vieux livres français du début des années 1900 que j'ai trouvé dans une boîte. Ils ont beau cuir recouvre. Livres étaient certainement plus cher de faire à l'époque

Anglais / English

I have a stack of old French books from the early 1900s that I found in a box. They have beautiful leather covers. Books certainly were more expensive to make back then.  

Прежние времена / Old Times (Pус/Eng)

Русский / Russian

Я нашелa большую коробку книг, которые были сохранены много лет. Это была забава, чтобы видеть вещи, которые я убралa в течение всех тех лет.

Английский / English

I found a big box of books that had been stored for many years. It was fun to see the things that I had put away for all those years.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Dienstag / Tuesday (De/Eng)

Deutsch / German

Heute ist alles über das Haus.

Englisch / English

Today is all about the house.

Måndag / Monday (Sv/Eng)

Svenska / Swedish

I dag var hemsk! Verkligen. Många konstiga känslor för hela familjen. Hoppas att få fram positiva känslor för alla.

Engelska / English

Today was terrible! Really. Many strange emotions for the whole family. I hope to pull out positive feelings for everyone.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

วันภาษาไทย! / Wạn p̣hās̄ʹā thịy! / Thai Day! (ไทย/S̄ạthṣ̄ās̄tr̒/Thai)

ไทย / Thai

วันนี้ผมเขียนเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของบทความของฉัน

S̄ạthṣ̄ās̄tr̒ / Phonetics

Wạn nī̂ p̄hm k̄heīyn pĕn s̄̀wn h̄nụ̀ng k̄hxng bthkhwām k̄hxng c̄hạn

ภาษาอังกฤษ / English

Today I wrote part of my article.

روز شنبه / روز شنبه / Saturday (Far/Dar/Eng)

فارسی / Farsi
  
به پایان رسیده خواندن کتاب فرشته.اما در هر حال برخی از لحظات خوب است ، اما من به خواندن نا امید شد که آن را یک رمان و خاطرات بود.پایان دادن به غمگین

دری / Dari

به پایان رسیده خواندن کتاب فرشته. اما در هر حال برخی از لحظات خوب است ، اما من به خواندن نا امید شد که آن را یک رمان و خاطرات بود. پایان دادن به غمگین

 انگلیسی / English
bh peaaan resadh khewanedn ketab fersheth.ama der her hal berkha az lhezat khewb aset, ama men bh khewanedn na amad shed keh an ra ak reman w khaterat bewd.peaaan daden bh ghemguan (Romanization)
Finished reading the book, Farishta. It had some good moments, but I was disappointed to read that it was a novel and not a memoir. Sad ending...

Notes

Farsi and Dari so far seem identical in written form. Need to hear them spoken...

Friday, July 8, 2011

星期五 / Xīngqí wǔ / Friday (汉词/Pīnyīn/Eng)

汉词 / Hàn cí / Chinese Characters


今天忙碌的一天我们做了很多房子周围工作会见了一些我们没有看到很长一段时间

周末快乐

拼音 / Pīnyīn / Phonetic
 
Jīntiān shì mánglù de yītiān. Wǒmen zuò le hěnduō fáng zǐ zhōuwéi de gōngzuò, bìng huìjiàn le yīxiē wǒmen méiyǒu kàn dào hěn zhǎng yīduàn shíjiān de rén.

Zhōumò kuàilè !

英文 / Yīngwén / English

Today was a busy day. We did a lot of work around the house and met some people we had not seen for a long time. 

Happy weekend!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Français Jeudi / French Thursday (Fr/Eng)

Français / French

Je me sens prêt pour un repos soir après une longue journée de projets ménagers.

Un peu plus d'une semaine, jusqu'à la vente. J'espère qu'il va aller bien et de nombreuses personnes.

J'ai pensé à une chose que je vais revenir de la vente ~ un ensemble de lampes de style marocain. J'ai oublié pourquoi je ont obtenu, mais se rappeler aujourd'hui. Lampes sur le balcon ... Lampes pendus sur des crochets ... De nombreuses utilisations!

Anglais / English

I feel ready for a restful evening after a long day of household projects.

A little more than a week until the sale. I'm hoping it will go well and many people will show up.

I've thought of one thing that I will fetch back from the sale ~ a set of Moroccan style lamps. I forgot why I got them, but remembered today. Lamps on the balcony... Lamps hanging from hooks... Many uses!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

В среду / On Wednesday (Рус/Eng)

Русский / Russian 

Я прочиталa почти половину книги, Фаришта. То, что является самым незабываемым, - то, как никто не знает то, что должно быть сделано в Афганистане. Каждый имеет мнение и расстроен, но проблемы кажутся непреодолимыми. Вероятно подобный всюду еще...  

Рассказчик, кажется, жалуется на ее пищу и условия жизни довольно много, однако по сравнению с военной жизнью, ее ситуация кажется весьма роскошной. Она - весьма неприятный характер и даже неприятный.

Она также кажется мысленно непостоянной. Она - действительно пример дипломатического корпуса Соединенных Штатов?  

Тем не менее, она все еще может иметь немного интересных пониманий.


Английский / English

I've read almost half the book, Farishta. What is most memorable is how no one knows what should be done in Afghanistan. Everyone has an opinion and is frustrated, but the problems seem insurmountable. Probably similar to everywhere else...

The narrator seems to complain about her food and living conditions quite a lot, however compared with military life, her situation seems fairly luxurious. She is rather an unsympathetic character and even unlikable. She also seems mentally unstable. Is she really an example of the United States diplomatic corps? 

Nonetheless, she still may have some interesting insights. 

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Baum Dienstag / Tree Tuesday (De/Eng)

Deutsch / German

Heute arbeitete mein Mann an einem gigantischem Baumstumpf. Er versucht die Baumwurzeln herauszunehmen. Es war sehr schwer! Er muß in das großes Loch sitzen und durchsägen die Wurzeln. Nicht so bequeme eine Lage zu haben. :)

Unter diesen Blogeintrag siehst Du ein Foto von dem Baumstumpf. Ziemlich groß, oder?

Englisch / English

Today my husband worked on a huge tree stump. He is trying to remove the tree roots. It was really difficult! He has to sit in the big hole and saw through the roots. Not so comfortable a position to have. :)

Under this blog entry you can see a photo of the tree stump. Pretty big, isn't it?

Der Stumpf / The Stump

Monday, July 4, 2011

Den Fjärde / The Fourth (Sv/Eng)

Svenska / Swedish

I dag var den fjärde juli. I USA är den en stor helgdag med fyrverkerier och parader. Jag var i dag på en parad i en liten stad och tittade på allt. Jag tror att paraderna är roligaste för barnen för att de ta upp godiserna som folk som står i de öppna flakvagner kastar mot dem. :)

Engelska / English

Today was the Fourth of July. In the United States it's a big holiday with fireworks displays and parades. I was at a parade today in a little city and watched everything. I think that the parades are most fun for the children because they grab up all the candy that people standing in open trucks throw towards them. :)

Sunday, July 3, 2011

อาทิตย์ไทย / Xāthity̒ thịy / Thai Sunday (ไทย/S̄ạthṣ̄ās̄tr̒/Thai)

ไทย / Thai

แนะนำโดยสามีของฉันก็ไทยอาทิตย์!

S̄ạthṣ̄ās̄tr̒ / Phonetics

Næanả doy s̄āmī k̄hxng c̄hạn k̆ thịy xāthity̒!

ภาษาอังกฤษ / English

As suggested by my husband, it's Thai Sunday!

Notes

According to what I've read, a person who can read Thai can learn to read Lao in a few hours (the reverse does not hold true). The languages share about 70 percent of vocabulary, with high-level words in both languages deriving from Sanskrit/Pali.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

فارسی / دری / Farsi / Dari (Far/Dar/Eng)

فارسی / Farsi

!آموزش زبان دری است ، که یک نسبی فارسی. دو یک  

دری / Dari 

!آموزش از ، شمالی یکی از بستگان از ایران است. دو یک
 
انگلیسی / English
amewzesh zeban dera aset , keh ak nesba faresa. dew ak  (Romanization) 
Learning Dari, which is a relative of Farsi. Two for one!

Notes

Farsi provides a linguistic/grammatical structure for Dari, while Pashto/Pakhto, sometimes called a "stand-alone" language, is once removed from Dari. It seems logical to begin with Farsi and add Dari vocabulary lists. 

I've seen Farsi's and Dari's linguistic relationship compared to learning British English to work in a certain area of the United States. The written languages are similar, but the pronunciation and vocabulary differ.

Friday, July 1, 2011

回家 / Huí jiā / Home Again (汉词/Pīnyīn/Eng)

汉词 / Hàn cí / Chinese Characters
 
我很高兴,因为我丈夫已经回到了一会儿回家。我们正在看电影战役:洛杉矶。我喜欢洛杉矶的场景和陆战队。当然,我也很喜欢军队,但我永远有一个偏爱的陆战队。:)

拼音 / Pīnyīn / Phonetic

Wǒ hěn gāoxìng, yīnwèi wǒ zhàngfū yǐjīng huí dàole yīhuǐer huí jiā. Wǒmen zhèngzài kàn diànyǐng Zhànyì: Luòshānjī. Wǒ xǐhuan luòshānjī de chǎngjǐng hé lù zhàn duì. Dāngrán, wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan jūnduì, dàn wǒ yǒngyuǎn yǒu yīgè piānài de lù zhàn duì. :)

英文 / Yīngwén / English

I'm happy because my husband has returned home for a while. We're watching the movie Battle: Los Angeles. I like the Los Angeles scenes and the Marines. Of course, I also like the Army, but I will always have a soft spot for the Marines. :)