Vocabulary 1
What is the vocabulary term that means appear or occur suddenly and unexpectedly.
What is the vocabulary term that means a fee you pay when you break the rules?
What is the original English word for te le fung?
Telephone
What is a verb complement?
It's a grammatical structure required by a verb to make a valid sentence.
About how many languages are there in the world?
About 3000 languages.
What is the vocabulary term that means take and use (something that belongs to someone else) with the intention of returning it.
(To) Borrow
What is the vocabulary term that means to completely remove or get rid of?
(To) Eliminate
What is the original English word for sueter?
Sweater
What is an intransitive verb?
It's a verb that takes no complement.
English is the official language in how many countries?
Over 40 countries.
What is the vocabulary term that means worry (someone); make anxious?
Concern(ing)
What is the vocabulary term that means to send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey? (From Chapter 11)
(To) Transmit
What is the original English word for herkot?
Haircut
What are the two kinds of verbs that take only a single complement?
Action verbs and linking verbs.
What is the name of the native Irish language?
Gaelic.
What is the vocabulary term that means certain to happen; unavoidable?
Inevitable
What is the vocabulary term meaning to maintain (something) in its original or existing state?
(to) Preserve (preserving).
What is the original English word for rushawa?
Rush hour
What is an action verb?
It's a verb that typically expresses an actor-action-recipient of action relationship among the subject, verb, and object.
True or false. In 1975, the French started a commission to try to stop, and even, give fines, for the use of English words.
True
What is the vocabulary term that means to give signs or warning of; portend?
Threatening
What is the vocabulary term that means to not able to be read or understand? (From Chapter 11)
Undecipherable.
What is the English word for ensalada?
Salad
What is a linking verb?
It's a verb that typically describes the nature of the subject.
True or false. Some Swedish schoolgirls have started making the plural forms of words by adding -s, as in English, instead of the Swedish way of adding -ar, -or, or -er.
True.