Languages Thread

[Hermione]

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*

[Devinci]

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

[pinky p]

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

hehe thats almost all i know

[Jotomicron]

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... ( Sorry, sorry, sorry )

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...

[Broccoli]

Привет! Меня зовут Брокколи!
(Hello! My name is Broccoli. It is Russian, hope you can see the correct letters)

[Jotomicron]

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

Privet! Me.. .ovut Broccoli!

(points stand for unknown letters for me)

[Broccoli]

Haha! Sorry
Ok, it like this:
Privet! Menia zovut Broccoli!

[Jotomicron]

So... I was almost there, huh?

[Gower]

dastidanje! Does that mean goodbye in russian?

[Broccoli]

So... I was almost there, huh?

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

dastidanje! Does that mean goodbye in russian?

do svidania
But one is supposed to read "do" like "da", so you were almost there, too

[Jotomicron]

How come you know some letters?

Ok, don't think I'm crazy (I am, but DON'T think that, ok? ). 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...

[Gower]

dastidanje! Does that mean goodbye in russian?

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

great! I don't know any other words though...

[Broccoli]

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?

Gower, do you want me to teach you some more words? For example, "spasibo" should be an easy one, it means "thank you"

[Jotomicron]

Спасибо?? (I hope that's the way to write it)

[Broccoli]

Right you are!!