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Postby Hermione » Friday 19 September 2003 2:53:33am

Gower, that's Spanish :)

It's kind of pathetic that a Chinese girl can speak Spanish almost fluently and can read Don Quixote in Spanish but can barely speak Chinese and is illiterate in Chinese too . . . *sigh*
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Postby Devinci » Friday 19 September 2003 3:01:12am

I took two years of Japanese...I could always, fly to Japan and tell people "They boy is under the table" and count for them... :-?

I took a good four years of spanish though....Me gusta tu pantalones cortos in mi madres calcetines.......

You...don't have to comment :grin:
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Postby pinky p » Friday 19 September 2003 3:02:50am

erm
gracias- tus pantalones son muy interesante, tambien. son anaranjado!

hehe thats almost all i know
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 19 September 2003 9:46:56am

Marcus Baker wrote:joto was speaking in portuguese, hehe hes the only one other than me who can speek portuguese :-)


Sorry if I'll seem arrogant to you, but I think you don't speak portuguese very well... ( :oops: Sorry, sorry, sorry :oops: )

Marcus Baker wrote:É ai cara? Beleza? Está falando em português. (Hey people. Sup? I am talking in portuguese)


I'd say you should have written: E ai cara? Beleza? Estou falando em português. (Hey people. Sup? I am talking in portuguese)

(I know, for an American, it sure is strange that thing about verbs, but that's the way it is... you must conjugate them...)

Sorry again... :grin:
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Postby Broccoli » Friday 19 September 2003 9:57:43am

Привет! Меня зовут Брокколи!
(Hello! My name is Broccoli. It is Russian, hope you can see the correct letters)
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 19 September 2003 10:00:50am

How can we read that??? Is it something like:

Privet! Me.. .ovut Broccoli!

(points stand for unknown letters for me)
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Postby Broccoli » Friday 19 September 2003 10:03:00am

Haha! Sorry :-)
Ok, it like this:
Privet! Menia zovut Broccoli!
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 19 September 2003 10:07:29am

So... I was almost there, huh? :razz:
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Postby Gower » Friday 19 September 2003 10:07:58am

dastidanje! Does that mean goodbye in russian?
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Postby Broccoli » Friday 19 September 2003 10:11:11am

Jotomicron wrote:So... I was almost there, huh? :razz:

Yeah, you are great! How come you know some letters?

Gower wrote:dastidanje! Does that mean goodbye in russian?

do svidania
But one is supposed to read "do" like "da", so you were almost there, too :grin:
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 19 September 2003 10:20:51am

Broccoli wrote:How come you know some letters?


Ok, don't think I'm crazy (I am, but DON'T think that, ok? :lol: ). I'll tell you:

I know the greek alphabet. and I found some letters way too similar. I thought: they must be read equaly (like the П, Г, Р, Л and Д). Then, I was seeing TV (Euronews) and I saw the forecast weather. Then I saw words like Ст. Петербург (or something similar). Cause I know it would mean St. Petersburg, And I knew the sounds of some letters, I foudn the sounds of the others. I also see other city's names and I found out more sounds...
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Postby Gower » Friday 19 September 2003 10:20:56am

Gower wrote:dastidanje! Does that mean goodbye in russian?

do svidania
But one is supposed to read "do" like "da", so you were almost there, too :grin:[/quote]

great! I don't know any other words though...
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Postby Broccoli » Friday 19 September 2003 10:32:58am

Jotomicron, I totally like your approach to languages! And yes, you are right, Greek letters are very similar, that's why when some-one tells me that Russian letters are so difficult I say: Don't you know Greek letters? Didn't you have Maths or Physics at school? :grin:

Gower, do you want me to teach you some more words? For example, "spasibo" should be an easy one, it means "thank you"
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 19 September 2003 10:35:38am

Спасибо?? (I hope that's the way to write it)
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Postby Broccoli » Friday 19 September 2003 10:37:37am

Right you are!!
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