Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:39:15 03/06/04
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On March 06, 2004 at 14:37:54, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On March 06, 2004 at 12:33:20, Uri Blass wrote: >>I can add that I checked in hebrew-english dictionary to be sure that I have no >>mistake in the meaning of ignorant and moron. >> >>When I try to translate it to english-english translation based on my >>understanding of the word then I get that ignorant is somebody who did not >>learn. > >? > >IMO it is somebody who ignores things. This is not the meaning of ignorant based on my knowledge and based on the translation that I have in english-hebrew dictionary. Maybe you should look at english-german dictionary. >if she ignores that ssdf made strange decisions, if she ignores that >i posted the game score (ok - she did not saw it), she is IMO ingnorant. >this is not a noun, it is an adjective. > >i am not sure if the word ignorant as a noun in english is ok, maybe they don't >use it as a noun (e.g. maybe they prefer : somebody who is ingorant). in german >we do. Ignorant is not a noun but adjective. > > >>For example an adult who never learned to read or write is ignorant > >i would not say so. maybe the guy is analphabet, but not ignorant. I think that analphabet is a private case of ignorant. one of the translation of ignorant is does not know and the other translations are words that in hebrew say that the person does not know relative to other humans. if somebody does not know a lot of details of general knowledge that most of the public know then you can say that he is ignorant. Some extreme examples: If an adult does not know who is the prime minister of his country or what is the moon you can say that he is ignorant. I do not use the word in english so if I am wrong maybe somebody can correct me. Uri
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