Feb 14, 2019
625 in 2019 Challenge, 13 и 14 Февраля
потолок -- die Zimmerdecke -- Kìsame -- Ceiling
Мобильный телефон -- das Handy -- Cell phone -- Cell phone
Сантиметр -- der Zentimeter -- Sentimetro -- Centimeter
Стул -- der Stuhl -- Silya -- Chair
What easy words I’ve had for the last two days! Only the words for “ceiling” show some real cultural originality.
Several years ago, working as an after-school tutor, I had to help a little boy learn the Tagalog words for the different parts of a house. The mnemonic I taught him for “kìsame” was to imagine kissing the ceiling. I’ve also come up with a fun mnemonic for the Russian “потолок”: Imagine having an upside-down potluck dinner on the ceiling!
