User talk:Mattrogers

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Invitation to help
There is a specific cleanup category for Interlingua here:


 * Category:Translations to be checked (Interlingua)

If you could help clear these ambiguities, it would be great! --Connel MacKenzie 02:16, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Interlingua WT
I checked the Interlingua Wiktionary and they only have 414 articles. I think you were misled by the higher figures given in the tables further down the main page. These higher figures don't list the number of article pages, but rather the number of words appearing on index pages. So, the Interlingua wiktionary is correctly listed at under 1000. --EncycloPetey 02:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. You're right, the larger dictionaries are on index pages. It looks like they'll be transferred to the Interlingua Wiktionary when they're finished. – Matt 00:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Interlingua
I looked at my edit, and I just added the tone information, which I probably got from the individual hanzi articles. Anyway. You said you have "인터링구아" (inteoringgua)... this is the form used by brittanica.co.kr, and the Korean Wiktionary. The Korean Wikipedia, however, has "인테르링구아" (intereuringgua), and this form has many more Google hits (though how much of this is due to Wikipedia and its mirrors I can't be certain). The Korean-English dictionary I use gives "인터링궈" (inteoringgwo) but apparently it is one of the only pages on the web to do so. —Muke Tever 00:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * 인 in + 테 te + 르 reu (or rŭ) + 링 ring + 구 gu + 아 a — the extra syllable appears to be an attempt to represent both the r and the l (which have the same Hangul glyph—think of it as Intereulinggua if you like). The Romanization is very rough, as I don't have my good charts on hand. —Muke Tever 02:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Interlingua assistance
Since you seem rather familiar with Interlingua, could I ask that you add the appropriate Interlingua terms to Appendix:Units of time? Thanks for any help you can provide. --EncycloPetey 02:49, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Note that I've added Category:ia:Time (and categorized the entries you did for septimana and mense). You can play around in this new category at your leisure.  The English version of that category is well populated, if you want ideas for words to add. --EncycloPetey 03:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * What are you trying to edit? The category won't need to be edited; you just add the category to the bottom of any entry that belongs in the category.  Open up septimana in an edit window to see how it was added to the category.  As long as the category link is there, the entry will show up in the named category.  No need to ever edit the category itself.  If you mean the navigation window for categories, then yes, that should only be edited occasionally by experienced people, since it is a general template for many categories. --EncycloPetey 00:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I notice you added a link to ia:anno on the anno page, but there is no entry for anno in the ia Wiktionary. We only add external interwiki links if the target exists. However, it is appropriate to create internal red links. --EncycloPetey 01:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Hindi-Urdru
I'm really sorry, I do not know the Hindi or Urdu words for Interlingua. Usually for "new" words like this, both languages borrow from English, but I do not know the right spelling. Sorry, but free to ask me if you need assistance. Thanks -- Basawala 21:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi. I've added the translations for "Interlingua" in Hindi and Urdu.  Basawala is right, both use the English versions of some modern words.  --Dijan 04:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)