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Postby Selenia » Tuesday 24 February 2004 1:34:07am

Jotomicron wrote:No, you're not!!! I'd like to count up till 10 at least in as many languages as you can! Can you tell me how to do it in Greek??? Please!

I 'm not quite sure about what you mean. Do you want us to count to 10 in our languages? well I'm the person you actually need because I'm greek!

anywayz, here some greek:
(Joto, if there's anything you want to ask me, don't hesitate)

Me lene Irine (Με λένε Ειρήνη) --->My name is Irene (did you know that Hermione is a greek name?)
Ime 18 xronon (Είμαι 18 χρονών) ---> I'm 18 years old
Sagapo (Σ'αγαπώ)---> I love you

Athina (Αθήνα)---> Athens (the capital of Greece)
Olybiaki Agones (Ολυμπιακοί αγώνες) ---> Olympic Games

Diagonios Alea (Διαγώνιος Αλέα) ---> Diagon Alley
Ragismeno Tsoukali (Ραγισμένο Τσουκάλι) ---> Leaky Cauldron


--is there anyone who's coming to Athens this summer to watch the Olympic Games?
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Postby Morningstar » Tuesday 24 February 2004 2:18:28am

Je parle mauvais francais. J'aime bien ca, mais mon prof est horrible.
Translation: I speak bad french. I really like it, but my teaher is horrible.
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Postby choki » Tuesday 24 February 2004 8:07:06am

Ah Joto, you're right!
Guess I have typed wrongly...haha
Japanese vowels:
A (ah) I (ee) U (oo) E (air) O (or)
for example,

Yuugi is pronounced as YU (you) U (oo) GI (gee)
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Postby Jotomicron » Tuesday 24 February 2004 12:05:21pm

Hey, Selenia! Thanx for the words...Actually, I was asking for the first numbers in greek! But I already know them.

ένα
δύο
τρία
τέσσερα
πέντε
έξι
επτά
οχτώ
εννέα
δέκα

Is that correct? And How do you say the next numbers? Are there simple rules to read the numbers??
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Postby Selenia » Tuesday 24 February 2004 2:43:53pm

Jotomicron wrote:Hey, Selenia! Thanx for the words...Actually, I was asking for the first numbers in greek! But I already know them.

ένα
δύο
τρία
τέσσερα
πέντε
έξι
επτά
οχτώ
εννέα
δέκα

Is that correct? And How do you say the next numbers? Are there simple rules to read the numbers??


yes it is!! :D well, it's a bit difficult to read some numbers. actually, greek is one of the most difficult languages in the world! god we're geniuses! :lol: :lol:
but I'll try to explain and if you want I will send you a pm with the numbers 1-100. do you want me to do this?
for example:
11 έντεκα (this number is -how can I say that- irregular)
12 δώδεκα (-"-)
13 δεκατρία
14 δεκατέσσερα
15 δεκαπέντε
16 δεκαέξι
17 δεκαεπτά
18 δεκαοκτώ
19 δεκαεννιά
20 είκοσι
(then if you want to caunt from 20-29 is easy cause the only thing you need to do is to say : "εικοσι" and the next number : "ένα, δύο, ect" for example : εικοσι-ένα, εικοσι-δύο, εικοσι-τρία etc. The same thing happens for 30: τριαντα-, 40:σαραντα-, 50:πενηντα-, 60:εξηντα-, 70: εβδομηντα-, 80:ογδοντα-, 90: ενενηντα-)

[100: εκατό]

also you need to know these:
ν+τ= d
γ+κ= gh
and many many other things that I can't remember now :lol: but if you need to know sth or have any questions you can ask me freely!
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Postby L'Oeil de Râ » Tuesday 24 February 2004 8:11:38pm

Morningstar wrote:Je parle mauvais francais. J'aime bien ca, mais mon prof est horrible.
Translation: I speak bad french. I really like it, but my teaher is horrible.


I really like to read posts written by english people who writte in french :grin:

Salut tout le monde! Je m'appelle Lucille (c'est mon vrai prénom), j'ai 17ans (18 en juin :jump: ). J'adore parler anglais, même si je ne suis pas très bonne. Donc, je m'excuse pour toutes mes fautes :rolleyes: )

Hi! My name is Lucille (it's my real name), I'm 17 (18 in june :jump: ). I really like to speak english, even if I don't speak very good it. So, I apologyze for all my mistakes :rolleyes: )

(I'll improve my english if you tell me my mistakes :D )
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Postby Phinea Rogue » Tuesday 24 February 2004 8:58:35pm

Jotomicron wrote:
Phinea wrote:Tiez mam rada jazyky, studujem slovencinu a anglictinu na univerzite, ale nie som velmi dobra v jazykovede.
You have a word that is only a 'v'? weird!!!! I always thought words would need at least one vowel!


It's only a preposition. Anyway, try to pronounce these words:

zmrzlina (ice-cream)
stvrtok (Thursday) :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Postby Jotomicron » Tuesday 24 February 2004 10:15:41pm

Wow... in portuguese, every syllabale has, at least, a vowel. And 4 consonants following each other are rare: monstro is the only one I can remeber right now... (it means, as you might guess, monster...)[/b]
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Postby AngelicS_89 » Wednesday 25 February 2004 8:03:44pm

If you want to know this is how we count to ten in Serbia

0-nula
1-jedan
2-dva
3-tri
4-četiri
5-pet
6-šest
7-sedam
8-osam
9-devet
10-deset

I know to count on French too

0-zero
1-un
2-deux
3-trois
4-quatre
5-cinq
6-six
7-sept
8-huit
9-neuf
10-dix
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Postby L'Oeil de Râ » Thursday 26 February 2004 12:23:11pm

Fluffy bear wrote:I know to count on French too

0-zero
1-un
2-deux
3-trois
4-quatre
5-cinq
6-six
7-sept
8-huit
9-neuf
10-dix


Bravo, that's right! :D
Do you speak a bit french?
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Postby Jotomicron » Thursday 26 February 2004 7:01:01pm

Fluffy bear wrote:0-nula
1-jedan
2-dva
3-tri
4-četiri
5-pet
6-šest
7-sedam
8-osam
9-devet
10-deset

How do you read č? like tch?
And š? like sh?

In portuguese, it would go as follows:
0 - zero
1 - um
2 - dois
3 - três
4 - quatro
5 - cinco
6 - seis
7 - sete
8 - oito
9 - nove
10 - dez
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Postby Won Wheezy » Thursday 26 February 2004 8:25:20pm

In German:

eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn

In Austrian: :grin:

ans, zwa, drei, viere, fünfe, sechse, siewane, ochte, neine, zehne :lol:
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Postby AngelicS_89 » Thursday 26 February 2004 9:14:49pm

Won wrote:In German:

eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn


That's great Won,cause I only knew how to say them and now I know to write them to

Joto wrote:How do you read č? like tch?
And š? like sh?


č is something like tch.We have č (tch) and ć (ch) and š(sh-like in Stasha) ž(I think there is no similar voice in English :???: ) đ(it is like first letter of the name John) and dž (like fist letter of the name George)


L'Oeil de Râ wrote:Bravo, that's right!
Do you speak a bit french?


Yeah,I learn it in school

Je m'appelle Stasja.Je suis 15 ans et je parle un peu francais.

Just I don't know how to accentuate the words :oops: Never was to good in accents
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Postby Jotomicron » Friday 27 February 2004 2:13:20pm

Fluffy bear wrote:č is something like tch.We have č (tch) and ć (ch) and š(sh-like in Stasha) ž(I think there is no similar voice in English :???: ) đ(it is like first letter of the name John) and dž (like fist letter of the name George)


And there's a difference between đ and dž? I'd say John and Goerge both begin with the same sound...

Anyway, Portuguese alphabet is very similar to the english: we don't have k, w and y and we have ç (just like the freanch one, sounds like s in sunday...) and have three accents: ´, `, ^... they are used in a very peculiar way and are used for both stress and height of the vowel...
finally, we have the ~, which is used to nasalize (sp) the vowel, which means that irmã sounds like irman and João (me me me) sounds like Joo - an - oo...[/i]
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Postby Beluka » Friday 27 February 2004 5:03:56pm

Hi there! :D
Wow! I love this thread! Muito obrigada, Jotomicron, gosto de aprender coisas noutras linguas.
Maybe I messed it up a bit... it may be more Galician than Portuguese.

I have a question for the French: do you have any trouble understanding English stuff about Harry Potter? (in case you read the French versions, that are so different in names and stuff like that)

Now, some kisses in the languages I know:
Moitos bicos! ¡Muchos besos! Plein de bisous! Many kisses!

I'll learn a bit more... just for you ;)
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