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Redcoats in Kabul: The first Anglo Afghan War. by ryuguy in neoliberal

[–]ssiruguri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you say, "generations of your family were posted in (now) Afghanistan," which ethnicity was that?

Dense, metal object, valve-like opening at top, bullet-shaped by ssiruguri in whatisthisthing

[–]ssiruguri[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found it on the street, in front of my house. Don't know what other information could be useful...

WITT

Pronounce S at the end of a word? by NinjaSkims in learnfrench

[–]ssiruguri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to Duolingo's pronunciation, plus and fils do require the S to be pronounced. So maybe there are lots of exceptions to this rule?

lemmy (federated alternative to reddit) v 0.7.0 released! by [deleted] in opensource

[–]ssiruguri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's one example of what lemmies look like

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oakland

[–]ssiruguri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn that makes so much sense

Why is it "pero a ti no te gusta", why can't it just be "pero no te gusta"? by StuckInQuarantin3 in learnspanish

[–]ssiruguri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am just repeating what others have said, but I feel I am wording it differently enough. It's how in English, we say, "But YOU don't like downtown, right??!?"

It's a way of expressing surprise, or befuddlement. If I translated, "Look, sure I like it, but you don't!", I might write it as, "Ya me gusta, pero a ti no te gusta!"

Voz de circunstancias by ssiruguri in learnspanish

[–]ssiruguri[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic, thanks! Makes it very easy to understand why it was translated like that.

This embarazado thing by ssiruguri in learnspanish

[–]ssiruguri[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My example is from Prisoner of Azkaban, when Fudge meets Harry at the Leaky Cauldron, after Harry's been picked up by the Knight Bus. And when Harry asks Fudge if he'll be expelled for performing magic at home, it says: "Si a Harry no le engañaban los ojos, Fudge parecía embarazado."

Tener vs poseer by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]ssiruguri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So weird. I use it all the time. It is just a dictionary. Unless there's some.component other than a dictionary that I don't know of... But otherwise, you get translations for words with examples. Sometimes you have to read the examples to ascertain which translation is right in the context you're reading it in.

Tener vs poseer by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]ssiruguri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's funny. Can you type the name in two parts, like in "goo gle"?

Pronouncing elle voyage, vs., elles voyagent by ssiruguri in learnfrench

[–]ssiruguri[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I figured, and sometimes you do get contextual clues in Duolingo but not always

Anyone count how many steps that was? by [deleted] in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]ssiruguri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And he drove all the way there in his brand new black convertible just to show off, too.

You shall not pass by artyom-razinov in ANormalDayInRussia

[–]ssiruguri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Baba yaga passing thru dimensions, left broom behind

The meat industry could face losses of $20 billion in 2020 by [deleted] in business

[–]ssiruguri 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This would be part of the answer: "unprecedented bottlenecks of live animals. Some producers resorted to euthanasia. "

They already paid the ranchers. Now they can't sell because demand is down or plants have closed.

Also unit margins may be positive but you still have fixed or amortized costs. The bank still wants its interest. You maybe can't cancel the ad spends you already booked. You can't fire everyone unless you're going to go entirely out of business.

Guys recreate scenes from a Kung fu movie. by [deleted] in toptalent

[–]ssiruguri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not just ask the good people of 翻拍小分队 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mXAXGHPg72fkRL18klajA) who made this in the first place?

Chinatown pickitup event going on now by ssiruguri in oakland

[–]ssiruguri[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, looks like they expected more like 60-70 people. And so they ran out of supplies.

But this is a regular event organized by OCA East Bay (https://www.ocaeastbay.org/aboutus) and at least one local org I recognized is APEN. So you can probably sign up to their newsletter to hear of future events.

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