Gargantua

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Jan 20, 2017 07:25
Gargantua

I talked about English with my friends in English, and he told me an interesting word, gargantua.
It means 'very big', and rooted from a funny Nobel in the 16th century.
The word sounds interesting for me and I want to use it in the future.
I was disappointed when another friend told me that the word is an ancient one, and native people don't use it so often these days,
Dave
Jan 20, 2017 08:20
  • Gargantua

  • Gargantuan

 
  • I talked about English with my friends in English, and he told me an interesting word, gargantua.

  • I was talking about English in English with my friends, and one of them told me about an interesting word, gargantuan.

    Progressive tense is needed to sound natural here.

 
  • It means 'very big', and rooted from a funny Nobel in the 16th century.

  • It means 'very big', and is rooted in a funny novel from the 16th century.

 
  • The word sounds interesting for me and I want to use it in the future.

  • The word sounded interesting to me and I wanted to use it in the future.

    Based on the next sentence, this one should be in the past tense.

 
  • I was disappointed when another friend told me that the word is an ancient one, and native people don't use it so often these days,

  • I was disappointed when another friend told me that the word is an archaic one, and native speakers don't use it very often these days,

    Archaic is the word we use to describe a word that has fallen out of use.

 

Should mention that “gargantuan” isn’t actually all that archaic, it’s definitely still used.

Thank you for your correction!

 
Jan 21, 2017 07:03 YOYO
  • Oh, is it real?
    Thanks!
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