Today we have a word that I first heard while playing a memory game with my son. The theme of the game is animals, many of which are quite obscure!
hummingbird
hummingbird
hummingbird It is an unchanging masculine noun. Invariant is just a fancy way of saying that its singular and plural forms are the same. Here are the definite and indefinite articles it requires:
- hummingbird = hummingbird
- hummingbird = hummingbird
- a hummingbird = a hummingbird
- hummingbird = (some) hummingbirds
I saw a hummingbird flying close to the window.
I saw a hummingbird fly by the window.
The word entered Italian through Spanish, which also means hummingbird. hummingbird.according to National Text and Lexicon Resource Center (CNRTL)which may have originated from Occitan Kolobro or snake, meaning “snake,” because of the hummingbird’s sudden outburst of rage. Other sources, such as Devoto-Oli, indicate a Caribbean origin.
a word hummingbird, with stress on the last syllable (i.e. pronounced co-li-BRI rather than co-LI-bri).Therefore, the final vowel I Must have an accent.Some other examples of stressed vowels at the end of words include free (free), coffee (coffee) and City (City).
notes: according to Trecani, hummingbird It may also be pronounced with stress on the first syllable (CO-li-bri), but this variation is less common.
The smallest bird in the world is bee hummingbirdcalled Elena’s Hummingbird or bee hummingbird in Italian.
Here are some interesting facts hummingbird:
- it is the only one that can fly backward (fly backward)
- them they migrate (migrate) alone, flying thousands of miles per year
- them they flap their wings (flap their wings)1000 times per minute
- they do not sense of smell (sense of smell)
do you know…?
hummingbird also informally known as flying birds. Mosca method fly (such as insects) and birds method birds.
Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world.
Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world.
In English, there is a moth we call Hummingbird Hawk Moth, due to its striking resemblance to its avian counterpart.In Italian it is often called Gallian Sphinxbut can also be called sphinx hummingbirdliterally meaning “hummingbird sphinx”.
The latest song to hit the Italian music charts is Cesare Cremonini’s latest song, hummingbird. Soak up the lyrics below and sing along!
The second moon in your eyes
Maybe it’s your hometown
Experience a crash landing
to avoid falling
Hummingbird, you are following a hummingbird.
It takes you from the jungle to the metropolis
Hummingbird, you are following a hummingbird.
You know, falling scares me too
but we are here
The second moon in your eyes
Maybe it’s your hometown
Attempt an emergency landing
to avoid falling
Hummingbird, you are following a hummingbird.
It takes you from the jungle to the metropolis
Hummingbird, you are following a hummingbird.
You know, falling scares me too
but we are here
You know, like the sun, I’ll follow you
Towards clearer skies
What do you imagine now
If I told you I wanted you to fly through the trees
among beautiful flowers
able to be free
like a hummingbird
You’re tracking a hummingbird
It takes you from the jungle to the metropolis
You know I’ll follow you like the sun
Towards clearer skies
What do you imagine now
If I told you I wanted you to fly through the trees
among beautiful flowers
for freedom
like a hummingbird
You’re tracking a hummingbird
It takes you from the jungle to the metropolis
There’s a traffic jam tonight
I rolled down the window and looked up
A comet passes through the center of the sky
Okay, I know it’s you
Hummingbird (hummingbird), you follow hummingbird (hummingbird)
It takes you from the jungle to the metropolis
Trust me, you’re tracking a hummingbird
You know I’ll follow you like a river
Towards a clearer ocean
What do you imagine now
If I told you I wanted you to fly through the trees
among beautiful flowers
to be free, to be free
There’s a traffic jam tonight
I rolled down the window and looked up
A comet flies across the sky, okay, I know it’s you
Hummingbird (hummingbird), you follow hummingbird (hummingbird)
It takes you from the jungle to the metropolis
Trust me, you’re tracking a hummingbird
You know I’ll follow you like a river
Towards a clearer ocean
What do you imagine now
If I told you I wanted you to fly through the trees
among beautiful flowers
for freedom, freedom
Hold my hand in the dark
Take me to a distant place you know
when i imagine the future
you there
(You will see another city)
run ahead of you
(You will be confused but)
everything will become possible
You seem to be born with a smile
You know I also want to fly among the trees
among beautiful flowers
like a hummingbird (hummingbird)
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You’re tracking a hummingbird
(be able to be free)
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free
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Hold my hand in the dark
Take me to a distant place you know
when i imagine the future
you there
(You will see another city)
run ahead of you
(You will be confused but)
everything will become possible
You seem to be born with a smile
You know I also want to fly among the trees
among beautiful flowers
Like a hummingbird (hummingbird) hummingbird
You’re tracking a hummingbird
(be free)
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Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.
