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Fortiter  #188377  Tue, 24 Jan 06 11:07 PM
I'd like to learn how you say that "you have received an SMS on your cellular/mobile phone". How do you translate that sentence?
What I'm most interested in is the preposition you use to introduce "the phone"?
For instance, in Italian we say: "Ho (I have) ricevuto (received) un SMS (an SMS) sul mio cellulare (ON my cellular)".
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MrPedantic  #188383  Tue, 24 Jan 06 11:16 PM

Hello Fortiter

I'd say: "I've just received/got a text on my mobile". Or "someone's just texted me".

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Nader75  #188412  Wed, 25 Jan 06 12:58 AM
dose the word " Texted " using in english !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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MrPedantic  #188803  Thu, 26 Jan 06 12:21 AM

Hello Nader

Yes, "texted" is very common – in British English, at least.

(And sometimes people say "text" as the past tense.)

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Fortiter  #189011  Thu, 26 Jan 06 03:51 PM
Thank you for your answer, Mr. Pedantic.
  
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