--- title: Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate a… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» of the language course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Told you a hundred times: how other la… # Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down The 14 questions of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t1/) — «so Ukrainian mums only say a hundred times, English mums say a million, so English mums are way crosser lol» What is right? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t2/) — Your friend hears Mei's aunt say «lèi sǐ le» and gasps «who died??». What do you tell her? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t3/) — ★ «xiào sǐ wǒ le» and English «I'm dead 💀» are both about laughing. What do they show about many languages? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t4/) — ★ A tourist hears «Il fait un froid de canard!» and goes looking for cold ducks. What has he done? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t5/) — ★ Olena cries because Grandma only said «Непогано!» about her very good mark. What should Olena know? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t6/) — Lucy's neighbour in Japan gives her a beautiful scarf: «it's just a boring little thing». Lucy says «oh, okay» and puts it away. What would have been better? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t7/) — «Marco's nonna loves him a sackful?? that's so weird» What is the best answer? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t8/) — ★★ Léa's «wolf's hunger», Grandad's «I could eat a horse», and Mei's cousin's «hungry to death». What do all three mean? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t9/) — ★★★ English «a million times», Spanish «mil veces» (a thousand), Ukrainian «сто разів» (a hundred). A mum told you off 12 real times. Which saying gives the real number? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t10/) — ★★★ Which pair is one hyperbole and one understatement? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/e1/) — Identify the meaning of the Mandarin expression «lèi sǐ le», uttered by a person who has returned from work. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Spanish «mil veces», the Ukrainian «сто разів» and the English «a million times»? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/e3/) — Ascertain the reason for which a giver in Japan may describe a costly gift as «a boring little thing». — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established principles of translation in respect of the French «J'ai une faim de loup». — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [52. Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side/) - next →: [54. Off with her head and the finest house on the ri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)