Mille grazie.

Ho avuto la impressione che “ma”=”tuttavia” ma non sono stato securo.

“Penso di fare qualcosa bene” mi suona strane, perchè in ingles “thinking of” = “considerare”. Questo sarà dificile a ricordarsi! :)

In Russian, there is снова — basically the same as de nuevo and di nuovo, and the French de nouveau, all of which mean “anew”.

Then, Russian also has ещё раз, with is similar to the German noch einmal, and the Spanish otra vez, all of which work like “one more time.” Here, French sorta fits in with encore, but Italian is absent.

And finally Russian has опять, like the English again, also finding a German counterpart in wieder. But this time, all of the Romance languages are notably missing an equivalent.

These kinds of mental exercises have proven rather interesting and useful to me, because I actually use what I find to sort of re-shape the way I use English. Following this example, I try to phase out my use of the word “again” from my English speech. Not completely, of course, but enough so that the first thought in my head is “one more time” or “anew”, rather than “again”. In this way, I train my brain to think in a more universal way, which provides easier prompts for me to remember the words in other languages.

It’s also more accurate, and sounds a bit more intelligent. Modern spoken English is a horribly dumbed down language… but the more accurate words and phrases do still exist. And using them is fun!