Hi there. I'm not actually learning learning Luxemburgisch, but I'm writing a fiction novel, where a character who is from Luxembourg says just one phrase in his mother tongue, and that phrase is (in English) "functional literacy". And he says that in resonse to the question "What do you expect from them?", so it's like: Character A: "What do you expect from them?" Character B: "Functional literacy." Google Translate translates this phrase as: Funktionell Alphabetiséierung Is this translation correct? Is this how you would express this concept in this context? In case you wonder what functional literacy means, here is a definition: http://uis.unesco.org/en/glossary-term/functional-literacy Thanks a lot for your answers!

Particle čak/чак in Bosian / Croatian / Serbian Dear italkians, I am a linguist fascinated with Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian languages, and right now my colleague and I are conducting a study on the particle "čak/чак" in these languages. If you are a native speaker of Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian, you could help us a lot with our study if you would fill in a short online questionnaire at http://goo.gl/forms/pTYW7lTeWf It asks you to translate seven sentences from English into your language and asks you some questions about the possibility of using the particle "čak" in these sentences. It should not take longer than 15 minutes (please complain if it does take longer!). I will post a summary of the results once we get some responses. It would be really so great if you found a few minutes to help us! Many many thanks in advance! Hvala lijepo unaprijed! And I wish you a very merry Christmas! Sretan Božić! M.

Komplet za preživljavanje u Hrvatskoj Kako molim? (njemački Wie bitte?) - to kažem ako nešto nisam čula ili nisam razumjela, i samo želim, da osoba ponovi što je upravo rekla. Čekaj(te) malo! / Samo malo! / Samo trenutak! - to kažem ako želim prekinuti osobu koja vrlo mnogo i brzo govori, da mogu pitati o nečemu, što je ta osoba rekla ranije i što nisam razumjela. Što znači "..."? / Što je "..."? - to pitam da mi prevedu neku hrvatsku riječ na njemački/engelski/... ili da mi ju objasne drugim riječima. Govorite sporije, molim Vas. - to kažem da osoba govori sporije. Kako se kaže na hrvatskom "..."? - to pitam da mi osoba prevede neku riječ sa njemačkog/engelskog/... na hrvatski. Kako se to zove/kaže na hrvatskom? - to mogu pitati kada mogu pokazati prstom na neku stvar, da mi kažu kako se ta zove. Još jedna fraza nedostaje u mojem kompletu za preživljavanje: Kako se kaže na hrvatskom "What do you mean (by ...)?" / "Was meinen Sie (mit ...)?" - to bih pitala kada znam što doslovno znači neka riječ ali ne razumjem što znači u tom konkretnom kontekstu, ili možda ako riječ je upotrjebljena u nekom značenju, koje mi nije poznato. Hvala lijepo na ispravcima i komentarima.