My first eBook "6 Pieces Of Time" is published!

Dear blog friends.

I am thrilled to tell you that my first eBook “6 Pieces Of Time” is now available on iBooks.

This is a video of a sample book.



The book took me two years after conception,
and I am glad that it has left me for an adventure, at last.

You can download a free sample or buy the whole book on iBooks.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/6-pieces-of-time/id923172407?mt=11&uo=4

A Japanese version is also available.

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/book/liutsuno-shi-jiannokakera/id925249589?mt=11&uo=4

Many thanks,

Pora

Railroad, reli, and ferrovia

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Let's go where the railroad runs.

Portuguese: ferrovia (ferro=iron)

Italian: ferrovia (ferro=iron)

Spanish: ferrocarril (hierro=iron)

German: Eisenbahn  (Eisen=iron)

English: railway

Swahili: reli

Hindi: रेलवे[rēlavē]

Dutch: spoorweg
 
Arabic: سكة حديدية [sikka(tun) hadiidiya(tun)]
                 (حديد = iron)

French: chemin de fer (fer=iron)

Russian: железная дорога (железо=iron)

Chinese: 铁路/鐵路[tiělù] (铁/鐵=iron)
 
Korean: 철도 [cheoldo] (철=iron)

Japanese: 鉄道(てつどう) [tetsudou] (鉄=iron)
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Summary "Teatime, hora do chá, and Teezeit"

Here is a summary of words meaning "tea time."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- t --

English: teatime

Dutch: theetijd

Esperanto: teotempo

German: Teezeit

Swedish: tedags

Hungarian: teaidő

Armenian:  թեյի ժամը [tey jamë]

Spanish: hora del té

Italian: l'ora del the

French: l'heure du thé

Irish: Am tae

Malay: minum teh

Indonesia: saat minum teh, (waktunya minum) teh́,  waktunay)a nge-thé

Khmer: ពេលផឹកតែ

Usik (conlang): Tamja

-- ch/ts --

Portuguese: hora do chá

Zamboangueño: hora de chá

Russian: время чая

Thai: เวลาดื่มชา

Chinese: 下午茶时间/下午茶時間[xiàwǔ chá shíjiān]/喝茶时间

Cantonese: 下午茶 [ha6 ng5 tsa4]
       
Korean: 차 시간       [cha sigan]

Vietnamese: Giờ uống trà (𣇞㕵茶)

Japanese: お茶の時間（おちゃのじかん）[ocha no jikan]

Swahili: wakati chai

Uzbek: Choy vaqti

Hindi:  चाय के समय[cāya kē samaya]

Turkish: cay zamani/çay saati

Azerbaijani: cay zamani

-- sh --

Arabic:　وقت الشاي [waktalshaai]

Amharic: Yeshay Se'at

-- h --

Polish: czas na herbatę

-- a --

Lithuanian: Arbatos valandėlė

-- f --

Swedish: Fika

-- m --

Kapampangan: merienda, minindal

Tagalog: merienda

Ilocano: merienda (snack time)

Zamboangueño Language: merienda (break time)

-- p --

Ilocano: panagkakafe (coffee break), panagiitsa, panagtsatsaa, panagtsatsa (tea break)

Teatime, hora do chá, and Teezeit

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

If you feel like you are bogged down, perhaps it is time for a cup of tea.

English: teatime

Dutch: theetijd

German: Teezeit

Spanish: hora del té

Italian: ora del tè 

Portuguese: hora do chá

French: l'heure du thé

Russian: время чая

Chinese: 下午茶时间/下午茶時間[xiàwǔ chá shíjiān]

   

Korean: 차 시간 [cha sigan]

Japanese: お茶の時間（おちゃのじかん）[ocha no jikan]

Hindi:  चाय के समय[cāya kē samaya]

Arabic:　وقت الشاي [waktalshaai]

Swahili: wakati chai

Summary "ivy, lierre, and 常春藤"

Here is a summary of words meaning "ivy."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- a --

English: ivy

Hindi: आइवी लता [ā'ivī latā]

Thai: ไม้เลื้อยชื่อต้นไอวี่

-- i --

German: Efeu

Danish: efeu

Norwegian: eføy

Romanian: iederă

Spanish: hiedra

-- e --

Italian: edera

Portuguese: hera

Donegal Irish: eidheann

Usik (conlang): Efir

-- h --

Esperanto: hedero

-- u --

Arabic: عُلَّيْق    ['ullaik(un)]

-- k --

Dutch: klimop

Greek: κισσός

Vietnamese: cây thường xuân

-- l --

French: lierre

Arabic: لَبْلاَب[lublaab(un)]

-- ch --

Chinese: 常春藤 [cháng chūnténg]

-- d/t --

Korean: 담쟁이 덩굴 [damjaeng-i deong-gul]

Vannetais Breton: dehial, dehiaù

-- ts --

Japanese: 蔦（つた）[tsuta]

-- s --

Turkish: sarmaşık

-- p --

Russian: плющ

Ukrainian: плющ

-- b --

Czech: břečťan

Croatian: bršljan

Polish: bluszcz

Hungarian: borostyán

-- m --

Finnish: muratti

Swedish: murgröna