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Postby choki » Friday 19 September 2003 2:36:26pm

你好吗? (pronouce as ni hao ma)
How are you (in chinese)
Hope you can see the words, if you can't...perhaps you can try to encode this page in Chinese Traditional Big 5
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Postby Holly Golightly » Friday 19 September 2003 2:45:30pm

geez! All you people who can speak and type in different languages! I am Italian, and learnt it for like all 7yrs of primary school (I live in Australia) but can't speak much at all! Little less write in the language!

Anyways, just wanted o say, awesome job to people who can!
(use other languages that is!!! :grin: )

Holly ;)
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 19 September 2003 3:04:31pm

I just love Italian lnguage. It's just so balanced... so beautiful.
however, i don't speak italian and just know one phrase:
Ma che cosa belissima

(I have a CD with Laura Pausini... Ijust can't be tired of that CD... belissimo)
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Postby Gower » Friday 19 September 2003 5:55:22pm

All i know in italian is Gelato which i think means ice cream. My sister learns it at school though.
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 19 September 2003 6:01:03pm

Oh! And, by the way. I just know that phase, but i do know how to read italian... That's why I know it sound beautifully...

Gelato - djeh-LAH-toh
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Postby Marcus Baker » Saturday 20 September 2003 4:48:47pm

Ahh, sry man. Im not too good with the conjugations of verbs…I still have to work on it.
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Postby Marcus Baker » Saturday 20 September 2003 4:55:33pm

Hola todos. Yo ahora hablo español, y yo me pregunto si cualquiera me puede entender. Tomo AP spanish, aunque yo no soy demasiado bueno en lo. Estoy en una clase con todo estos mexicanos...jejeje
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Postby Mistress Siana » Sunday 21 September 2003 3:34:40am

I wish I could speak Spanish or Italian...they're so beautiful...

Mon aptitude à parler francais est très limitée, je pense, mais je veux l'ameliorer...
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At least I understand what Gecko wrote...which makes me quite proud of myself, for I've just started to learn dutch. I can't say much more than
Mijn naam is Janna. Prettig met u kennis te maken!
hehe

I think we have some finnish people here, don't we? In my opinion, finnish is the most fascinating language I've ever seen...I tried to teach it myself, but that's almost impossible...well, I can count and say my name (nimeni on Janna, if I'm right), or ask how something is called in finnish (mitä se on suomeksi?), but that's it. Wish I could speak more...

Anyway, if anyone's interested in a little german:

Ich heisse X = my name is X
Ich komme aus Deutschland = I come from Germany
Wie geht es Dir? = How are you?
Mir geht es gut = I am fine
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Postby Gower » Sunday 21 September 2003 2:37:58pm

Mein Vater ist Deutschlehrer
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Postby Ju-DedoH » Sunday 21 September 2003 2:41:56pm

I've been learning german for 8 years, and I still don't like the language (personal)
I had the chance to do 2 years of Russian, that was really interesting
I speak English and French fluently
And I will be learning Japanese from October ! (I love different alphabets)
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Postby Ju-DedoH » Sunday 21 September 2003 2:50:49pm

sorry for the double post, but anyone who want's to train his french is welcome here
And Broccoli, are you fluent in Russian ? I would love to be, I love the language (and the alphabet)
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Postby Gower » Sunday 21 September 2003 2:52:54pm

Ju-DedoH wrote:sorry for the double post, but anyone who want's to train his french is welcome here
And Broccoli, are you fluent in Russian ? I would love to be, I love the language (and the alphabet)


Broccoli is indeed fluent in russian. And i am indeed fluent in french
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Postby Ju-DedoH » Sunday 21 September 2003 2:56:44pm

Mistress Siana wrote:Mijn naam is Janna. Prettig met u kennis te maken!

could that be "my name is Jane, I am glad to meet you ?
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Postby Gower » Sunday 21 September 2003 2:58:25pm

i think so
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Postby Broccoli » Sunday 21 September 2003 4:01:57pm

Gower wrote:
Ju-DedoH wrote:sorry for the double post, but anyone who want's to train his french is welcome here
And Broccoli, are you fluent in Russian ? I would love to be, I love the language (and the alphabet)


Broccoli is indeed fluent in russian. And i am indeed fluent in french


Yes, yes, I am! :grin: It's my mother tongue actually.

I like different languages. I speak English and German fluently and I have also started French and Italian. And I used to have Japanese at school. 8)
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