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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context

Postby Kraut » Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:05 pm

If the target language is Lithuanian, like in this case. you don't have all the resources that are available in other languages: there's is no fixed word order, no articles, 7 cases, even numerals like "two" have declensions, they started norming the language after WWI, then they were muzzled between 1945 and 1900, they have dialects, only about three million speakers .... I started Lithuanian once , because it's some kind of heritage language, then gave up.
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context

Postby leosmith » Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:52 am

Kraut wrote:If the target language is Lithuanian, like in this case. you don't have all the resources that are available in other languages
Interestingly enough, my website users have been adding lots of Lithuanian passages lately, so I imagine there are a decent number of sample sentences for a selected word.
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context

Postby Querneus » Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:01 am

For French, Linguee and Reverso.

For Mandarin, I tend to use the LINE dictionary's database bilingual Chinese-English sentences. But beware the website has been getting worse over time, as it is also now littered with typos involving 的/得/地 de, and for some reason got rid of a lot of examples it used to have and replaced them with worse ones, and it also got rid of its clickable word parsing... Still usable and useful though. I also use the Pleco mobile app's examples, collected from the multiple dictionaries you have installed, which you can look at after selecting a Chinese or English word.

For Classical Latin, PHI Latin Texts. Late, Medieval and New Latin can be searched via Corpus Corporum even if imperfectly (the search gives lots of false positives unfortunately). I sometimes search through Bibliotheca Augustana or TheLatinLibrary.com by googling terms with "site:www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch" or "site:thelatinlibrary.com".

For Old Spanish, I use the RAE's CORDE and CNDHE corpora.

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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context

Postby Kraut » Sun Mar 26, 2023 7:45 pm

This is from HuggingFace's ChatGPT 4:

Please explain in detail the words in the following sentence (translation of the sentence into English, other meanings of the words, which cases are they in, etymology of the words in Indo-European).

Gaukite naujausią situacijos Vokietijoje apžvalgą ir bendrą informaciją apie atvykimą ir viešnagę.


The sentence in English is: “Get the latest overview of the situation in Germany and general information about arrival and stay.”

1. Gaukite - It is an imperative verb form from the verb “gauti” which means “to get” or “to receive” in English. In this sentence, it is used to instruct someone to get or receive something. The etymology of the word “gauti” is from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰewH- which means “to give” or “to receive”.

2. naujausią - It is an adjective in the accusative case, singular form of “naujausias”, which means “the latest” or “the most recent” in English. It is derived from the word “naujas” (new) with the suffix -iausias to indicate the superlative degree. The etymology of the word “naujas” is from the Proto-Indo-European root *neu- which means “new”.

3. situacijos - It is a noun in the genitive case, singular form of “situacija”, which means “situation” in English. The word “situacija” is borrowed from Latin “situatio”, which is derived from “situs” meaning “position” or “situation”.

4. Vokietijoje - It is a noun in the locative case, singular form of “Vokietija”, which means “Germany” in English. The etymology of the word “Vokietija” is uncertain but possibly derived from the Old Prussian word “Vākīt” meaning “to speak”, referring to the German language.

5. apžvalgą - It is a noun in the accusative case, singular form of “apžvalga”, which means “overview” or “review” in English. The word “apžvalga” is derived from the prefix “ap-” meaning “around” and the verb “žvelgti” meaning “to look”, so it literally means “to look around” or “to survey”.

6. ir - It is a conjunction that means “and” in English, used to connect words or phrases of the same type.

7. bendrą - It is an adjective in the accusative case, singular form of “bendras”, which means “general” or “common” in English. The etymology of the word “bendras” is from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰm-on-dʰro- which means “together” or “with each other”.

8. informaciją - It is a noun in the accusative case, singular form of “informacija”, which means “information” in English. The word “informacija” is borrowed from Latin “informatio”, which is derived from “informare” meaning “to inform” or “to shape”.

9. apie - It is a preposition that means “about” or “concerning” in English, used to introduce the topic or subject of the information.

10. atvykimą - It is a noun in the accusative case, singular form of “atvykimas”, which means “arrival” in English. The word “atvykimas” is derived from the prefix “at-” meaning “to” and the verb “vykti” meaning “to go” or “to travel”, so it literally means “the act of coming” or “the act of arriving”.

11. ir - It is a conjunction that means “and” in English, used to connect words or phrases of the same type.

12. viešnagę - It is a noun in the accusative case, singular form of “viešnagė”, which means “stay” or “visit” in English. The word “viešnagė” is derived from the noun “viešnias” meaning “guest” and the suffix -agė to indicate the action, so it literally means “the act of being a guest” or “the act of staying”.
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