False Friends - False Cognates http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/forums/92 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:18:44 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/forums/92 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Dutch False Friends ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/8540/t/Dutch-False-Friends.html a photo in Flickr.

Dutch - knikkers - English - marbles or balls
English - knickers - Dutch - korte broek ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/8540 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:30:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Italian false friends ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/8343/t/Italian-false-friends.html ...)

The word 'PRETEND' is like 'feign' in english and is a false friend of 'PRETENDERE'
'PRETENDERE' means 'EXPECT' in italian.

I hope that I explain well..image... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (susi) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/8343 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:50:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Indonesian False Friends ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/7655/t/Indonesian-False-Friends.html
I have a few Indonesian - English false cognates. I'll post them here, I can't create a new thread.

Indonesian | I = Bahasa Indonesia - E = English

I - air | E - water
E - air = I - udara (air)

I - ember | E - bucket
E - ember = I - bara api (ember)

I - babi | E - pig
E - baby = I - bayi (baby)

I - bait | E - couplet
E - bait = I - umpan (bait)

I - cat | E - paint
E- cat = I -... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (masim man) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/7655 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:43:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Prsian false friend ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/7139/t/Prsian-false-friend.html P: did = saw

E: did = the past time of do/does

]]> feeds@yuku.com (marjan) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/7139 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:28:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Romanian false friends ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/5044/t/Romanian-false-friends.html
1. E MAGAZINE- R revista

E shop- R MAGAZIN


2. E LIBRARY - R biblioteca

E bookshop - R LIBRARIE


3. E NERVOUS - R emotionat

E angry -R NERVOS


4. E NOVEL - R roman

E short story - R NUVELA


]]> feeds@yuku.com (hekner) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/5044 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:55:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Portuguese false friends ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2055/t/Portuguese-false-friends.html
Here some portuguese- br/english false friends.
www.sk.com.br/sk-fals.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mateus Tavares) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2055 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:34:45 GMT <![CDATA[ Administration ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2059/t/Administration.html administration nor Polish administracja don't mean government. I understand this is simply... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (poetria1) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2059 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:24:43 GMT <![CDATA[ Spanish false friends - S = Espana - E = English ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2056/t/Spanish-false-friends-S-Espana-E-English.html
E - carpet = S - alfombra
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2056 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:23:41 GMT <![CDATA[ French false friends - F = Francais E = English ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2057/t/French-false-friends-F-Francais-E-English.html
E - affluence = F - richesse
Lynne Hand
Learn English Network
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2057 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:19:23 GMT <![CDATA[ German false friends - D = Deutsch - E = English ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2058/t/German-false-friends-D-Deutsch-E-English.html
E - handy = D - handlich

Lynne Hand
Learn English Network
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2058 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:12:19 GMT <![CDATA[ What are false friends? ]]> http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2054/t/What-are-false-friends-.html
They can prove very frustrating for ESL learners and so I thought I would put up this forum so that we can share our experiences.

If you know of a false friend then post it here saying what the different meanings are in the first language and in English.

Please try to post in the correct forums - ie German, French, Spanish, Italian.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/2054 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:10:56 GMT