Language Trivia

Did you know that “Xin Chao” means hello in Vietnamese? Or that the Vietnamese alphabet is made up of 29 letters and uses Latin script? That “Annyeong” can be used as an informal way of saying both hello and goodbye in Korean? Or that most Korean sentences end in verbs?

Visit our Facebook and Instagram stories on Fri, Apr 30 to answer more language trivia questions like these. Every trivia question you answer correctly will get you an extra entry into a prize draw for a chance to win Lingo Playing cards to help you learn a language (German, French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin or Spanish). This contest is open to all current Winter term NorQuest students.

Find out how many languages are spoken at NorQuest, challenge your linguistic skills to see if you can tell what language some words come from and learn some interesting facts. See you there.