chupacabra? And @ helen you are commenting 4 years later, I am pretty sure the question has been altered since then, cause non of them are talking about bigger as in volume, but as longer.
Actually in Dutch, an inhabitant of South Africa would be an Afrikaner, or Afrikaanse. Inhabitants of other African countries would be identified by their country, no? (i. e., Liberian, Moroccan, Ugandan, Ethiopian,Egyptian, etc.)
Ehm Sonko is right... an Afrikaan is someone from africa. And someone from south-africa (zuid-afrika) you call a zuid-afrikaan.
I wanted to say the the word afrikaner does not exist, but I looked it up and it seems that it does. But it actually only refers the white south-african people, that speak afrikaans (a part of the white south-africans speak english, so it does not refer to All white south-africans) Though I myself have only heard people from south africa being called Zuid-Afrikaan, whatever their background was. I dont think the term is really known here (anymore) unless you are studying linguistics or the local history.
And the word afrikaanse is just the female version of afrikaan. So a female from africa.
And people would only be mentioned by their country of origin if it was relevant for the story just like you have europeans and italians. Asians and japanese.
That is quite correct. It amazes me in these quizzes how many people use the word "boers" to describe descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa. That usage is archaic and "boer" is either used to describe a farmer or is used as a derogatory term to describe Afrikaners.
The "s" is vital, there is no such language as "Afrikaan". There are some changes from Dutch, there is no Afrikaans word "Afrikaan", an African would be referred to as "Afrikaanse". The letter "z" in Dutch is generally replaced with an "s" in Afrikaans ("Suid Afrika" as opposed to "Zuid Afrika"). As long as Dutch people speak slowly an Afrikaner can understand them, but I've personally always found Afrikaans to be closer to Flemish.
no idea about alexandria, and tho i knew the chain of islands, could i spell arcipelego, or archipelego, or archpelego, or archapeligo . . . . you get the idea . .
Nile=Longest. Amazon=Biggest. Similar conflict between Everest vs Mauna Kea - Highest vs Tallest. For the rivers, the Nile isn't very deep. Meanwhile, the Amazon is VERY deep. Biggest is 3-dimensional, and therefore includes depth. Longest only cares about length, hence the name, and therefore is 1 dimensional - Length (MIND COMPLETELY BLOWN). As for the mountains, tallest means bottom to top. Highest mean the tippy top top point. Everest is much higher, but since Mauna Kea's base is underwater, it is taller. Similar conflicts for you to look at.
Length and volume are different ways to measure, but I never heard there is a difference between height and tallness. The difference in the mountains is the starting point at which they are measured. Everest is measured from sea level while Mauna Kea is measured from its base under the ocean. I'm no expert but it seems to me for your analogy to work it would have to compare something else such as the circumference or total acreage of Everest vs. Mauna Kea for example, instead of height.
Maybe look at it this way. A ten mile long hair strand is much longer than a 50 foot metal pole with a radius of 10 feet, but the metal pole would be bigger
I doubt if Athens can be considered the world's first democracy. Many tribal societies that pre-date Athens practised direct or participatory democracy e.g. the Iroquois, among many others.
hmmm... 'αrchipelago' is a bit misleading - it also refers to the sea surrounding the group of islands especially in the Greek term αρχιπέλαγος that the word was derived from.
Wow, I missed one, but I still beat 88% ! average is 15 I thought the average would be 20 or something.
And darn paraguay... I reallly should learn the capitals one of these days, I know about 75% of europe (linking them to the right country.. otherwise more like 90%) And a handfull of others outside of that. I dont think I get much further than about 50 capitals..
I am sad to learn that only 50% of people learned to answer the capital of Paraguay as I learned it before I learned by state capitals for the USA (I'm pathetic that way).
I wanted to say the the word afrikaner does not exist, but I looked it up and it seems that it does. But it actually only refers the white south-african people, that speak afrikaans (a part of the white south-africans speak english, so it does not refer to All white south-africans) Though I myself have only heard people from south africa being called Zuid-Afrikaan, whatever their background was. I dont think the term is really known here (anymore) unless you are studying linguistics or the local history.
And the word afrikaanse is just the female version of afrikaan. So a female from africa.
And people would only be mentioned by their country of origin if it was relevant for the story just like you have europeans and italians. Asians and japanese.
The "s" is vital, there is no such language as "Afrikaan". There are some changes from Dutch, there is no Afrikaans word "Afrikaan", an African would be referred to as "Afrikaanse". The letter "z" in Dutch is generally replaced with an "s" in Afrikaans ("Suid Afrika" as opposed to "Zuid Afrika"). As long as Dutch people speak slowly an Afrikaner can understand them, but I've personally always found Afrikaans to be closer to Flemish.
i'm 13
And darn paraguay... I reallly should learn the capitals one of these days, I know about 75% of europe (linking them to the right country.. otherwise more like 90%) And a handfull of others outside of that. I dont think I get much further than about 50 capitals..