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So what languages do people here speak? English & Italian right here...
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I took German in high school, but remember almost nothing. Das tut mir leid. I also took French, in college, but remember almost nothing of that. Apparently, I hardly went to class. 
I can understand written French to some degree, but spoken French is Greek to me. Just like when the Brits speak. 
When I graduate, I'd like to continue learning Italian (I'm at intermediate level now), and pick up French again. Maybe German after that. I would learn Spanish, because it's useful here, but it's too close to Italian, and I'd just get confused. 
AgentWood wrote: english and high school russian (i can read it better than i can speak it...).
I taught myself cyrillic when i was in Serbia; it's mostly the same as Russian cyrillic, but has some differences. I also picked up some basic Serbian while was there. Before I returned, I stopped in Italy, but kept responding to questions in Italian with Serbian. It took me a week to get used to responding in Italian.
Oh, I forgot, I apparently took Spanish in Junior high school, but the only Spanish I really know is from growing up in California.
cyrillic is pretty much the same wherever you go, with one or two letter differences (i.e. the 'i' is different in russian and ukrainian cyrillic). it's very easy to learn and as russian is basically a phonetic language, easy to pronounce, as well!
German, English and a bit French (2 years crash course in school). I had Latin for 4 1/2 years in school - but I can't speak that...
bLuE oRdEr wrote: I took German in high school, but remember almost nothing. Das tut mir leid.
Ist ja nicht so schlimm...
I'm going to study french at uni :(
I was speaking to the guitarist of Millionaire in french after their gig, I wanted their drumsticks, all because of Digital giving me theirs so I'm going to make a collection. I was completely drunk so my french was awful then. ;/
bLuE oRdEr wrote: I taught myself cyrillic when i was in Serbia
Both Cyrillic and Latin letters are used here with Cyrillic being official, but I've totally forgotten to write in Cyrillic. Probably because I use English a lot while surfing the net. :D
english spanish- need to start praticing taking spanish again. Can understand when spoken to me. polish- I can feel the abilty to speak complete sentences totally deserting me. Learned it from my grandparents as they were from poland.
;)Ben wrote: French (mother tongue) Dutch (second working language) English (former working language)
Dutch ou flamand? c'est la même langue?
English French, grade A O Level but mostly forgotten German, more on instinct than anything else because when you have German blood, you already know the language. Die katze ist tot.
Croatian is a work in progress.
Hmmm...I speak our version of English, as well as just enough espanol to to give work instructions to my employees....
Since a couple of years ago, the children in Sweden learn english from age 9, and then another language from age 12.
Hopefully my kids will learn more than I did. 
I had english from age 10, and german from age 13.
leeharveyoswald1963 wrote: english spanish- need to start praticing taking spanish again. Can understand when spoken to me. polish- I can feel the abilty to speak complete sentences totally deserting me. Learned it from my grandparents as they were from poland.
My best friend was born in Gdansk, and came here as a child. Her husband was also born in Gdansk, and came here as an adult. They both live in New York, upstate. Maybe next time I'm in New York we can all get together at a cafe in NYC or something and you can speak with them...
bLuE oRdEr wrote:
leeharveyoswald1963 wrote: english spanish- need to start praticing taking spanish again. Can understand when spoken to me. polish- I can feel the abilty to speak complete sentences totally deserting me. Learned it from my grandparents as they were from poland.
My best friend was born in Gdansk, and came here as a child. Her husband was also born in Gdansk, and came here as an adult. They both live in New York, upstate. Maybe next time I'm in New York we can all get together at a cafe in NYC or something and you can speak with them...
that sounds like fun, and then we could pick up hot polish girls in greenpoint, brooklyn.:sex:
wow, real friends.
German (or Austrian because people from the North of Germany have problems to understand my dialect), English, Italian and I'm starting to learn Polish in September.
Rob wrote: German (or Austrian because people from the North of Germany have problems to understand my dialect), English, Italian and I'm starting to learn Polish in September.
...multilingual, wie ? - na, mir langt deutsch und englisch... ...multilingual, ehh ? - well, german and english are enough for me...
...und ein verspaetetes Wilkommen hier !... 
Wieviele Sprachen sprichst du, sooftmal bist du Mensch. Dont remember who said that, but you guys can translate if interesting. What about my german spelling?:)
arek przybyl wrote: Wieviele Sprachen sprichst du, sooftmal bist du Mensch. Dont remember who said that, but you guys can translate if interesting. What about my german spelling?:)
...good spelling, arek, seems to be time to trip to Warschau - it isn't too far from Wien, is it?... 
The Saviour wrote:
arek przybyl wrote: Wieviele Sprachen sprichst du, sooftmal bist du Mensch. Dont remember who said that, but you guys can translate if interesting. What about my german spelling?:)
...good spelling, arek, seems to be time to trip to Warschau - it isn't too far from Wien, is it?...
choose some germanwings or ryanair - trip will take a few minutes, dont drive - there is too many stupidos on polish roads 
Noel Breaks wrote: i'm ignorant enough only to know the queens english......shame on me!
Me too..plus Pig Latin ofcourse
arek was writing: choose some germanwings or ryanair - trip will take a few minutes, dont drive - there is too many stupidos on polish roads
...I knew that, 'cause I've a female colleague, who is from Poznan, and she's driving to her former hometown (12 hours ! 
) every six weeks for a weekend, so I were told some stories...
Spotnick wrote:
Ben wrote: French (mother tongue) Dutch (second working language) English (former working language)
Dutch ou flamand? c'est la même langue?
Flemish is the Belgian version of Dutch. Theoretically it's the same language and they fully understand each other. The difference comes from some particular expression, vocabulary words and, of course, the accent. Compare your Canadian French language with French as spoken in Marseille, and you'll get it.
Ben wrote:
Spotnick wrote:
Ben wrote: French (mother tongue) Dutch (second working language) English (former working language)
Dutch ou flamand? c'est la même langue?
Flemish is the Belgian version of Dutch. Theoretically it's the same language and they fully understand each other. The difference comes from some particular expression, vocabulary words and, of course, the accent. Compare your Canadian French language with French as spoken in Marseille, and you'll get it.
Actually, what is spoken in Marseille is very close to what's spoken in the Gaspésie peninsula over here... trust me!!
But thanks, answering something I never dared to ask ;)
Russian English German Ukranian Spanish Latin Danish & Ancient Greek (forgot already, it was in school)
I won't disclose which of the languages I know better or worse ;) But I neither speak nor understand French, Italian and Portugese whatsoever...
English (about as well as Elias' )
Irish - but not a lot
I learned German for 5 years, but can't remember any now:(
english, pushto, urdu (understand it, can't really speak it), & a little spanish.
one of my best friends is a german teacher. she's been wanting to teach me for 7 years now. i think i'll take her up on the offer soon enough.
i also wasted two years in high school trying to learn latin.
choose some germanwings or ryanair - trip will take a few minutes, dont drive - there is too many stupidos on polish roads
There's no Germanwings or Ryanair if you want to go from Warsaw to Vienna. The only cheap airline is Skyeurope and they fly from Bratislava to Warsawa. From Vienna Airport there's only AUA, LOT and some other expensive Airlines going there...
kamar wrote: one of my best friends is a german teacher. she's been wanting to teach me for 7 years now. i think i'll take her up on the offer soon enough.
The cool thing about that offer is that, because she's a friend, you'll have somebody to practice with, and because she's a teacher, she'll be speaking correctly, unlike your classmates in a regular language class. I would SO take her up on that offer if I were you.
besides dutch, english, german, bit of french, bit of greek, native language is freesian. Weening hy syn tsjil krekt een bytjse earder oer de Finish yn de 8-ste etappe fan de tour de france.
yes; freesian is still spoken in the north of the netherlands, germany and denmark. Actually last week a new bumper sticker action was pronounced for the FRL initials (FRiesLand). This is one of those desparate actions to try and keep the language alive. For me it's not a big issue but it is fun to be able to speak a "small" language.
PCLike wrote: besides dutch, english, german, bit of french, bit of greek, native language is freesian. Weening hy syn tsjil krekt een bytjse earder oer de Finish yn de 8-ste etappe fan de tour de france.
Yoa, het-ie goed gedoan, die Pieter, joamme vor die gast vannu Kloden, heh?
Harkema!
Portuguese, English, Spanish and a little bit of Japanese....but this last one is only to have dinner at Japanese restaurants with my boss, as he is Japanese.
bLuE oRdEr wrote: Isn't Frisian Germanic, like Dutch and German?
and english. actually, frisian is more closely related to english than it is to either dutch or german.
bLuE oRdEr wrote: I did some checking; according to Wikipedia, Frisian is the closest language to English. My Dictionary of European languages, however, says Scots is the closest language to English.
scots or scots gaelic? scots would be what robert burns wrote in so in that case, yes. but gaelic isn't a germanic language so in that case, no.
Scots (not to be confused with Gaelic) is closely related to English, according to the Encyclopedia of European Languages.**
The difference betwen the two accounts may lie in which language was most closely related (i.e., Scots) and which language is most closely related (i.e., Frisian).
**I called it a Dictionary in the previous post; it's an Encyclopedia.
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Can we talk about Slavic languages here?
i don't have access to the cyrillic font (as far as i know), so it would look stupid for me to write in russian.
AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Can we talk about Slavic languages here?
i don't have access to the cyrillic font (as far as i know), so it would look stupid for me to write in russian.
Well it didn't work here for some reason.
But let me try now (since the cyrillic is included in every Windows system):
ТЕСТ. ТЕСТ. Тест.
Атмосфера.
Looks like it works now 
AgentWood wrote: how did you get that? i can only figure out how to change my font on MS word.
If you've got Windows XP/2000/SE/etc., go to Control Panel > Date, Time, Language Options > Add other language > Lanugage: Details > Add (choose any language you want)...
If you choose any Slavic language, it will appear in the bar at the bottom of the screen (where time, icq, msn etc. are). Since you've got already US English - you'll get two options now: English (by default) and the other language - that you can type using your keyboard once you switch to the other language. The only trick is to know under which Latin letter a slavic letter stands :)
хорошо!
but i'm having a hell of a time figuring out where the letters are on the keyboard! when i was in high school and we wrote papers in cyrillic, i got to know the keyboard setting really well, but i've forgotten completely and don't even know if it's the same.
AgentWood wrote: хорошо!
but i'm having a hell of a time figuring out where the letters are on the keyboard! when i was in high school and we wrote papers in cyrillic, i got to know the keyboard setting really well, but i've forgotten completely and don't even know if it's the same.
Should be the same. Since the keyboard was designed after a typewriter.
`=Ё Q=Й W=Ц E=У R=К T=Е Y=Н U=Г I=Ш O=Щ P=З [=Х ]=Ъ
A=Ф S=Ы D=В F=А G=П H=Р J=О K=Л L=Д ;=Ж '=Э
Z=Я X=Ч C=С V=М B=И N=Т M=Ь ,=Б .=Ю
Good! :)
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AgentWood wrote: хорошо!
but i'm having a hell of a time figuring out where the letters are on the keyboard! when i was in high school and we wrote papers in cyrillic, i got to know the keyboard setting really well, but i've forgotten completely and don't even know if it's the same.
Should be the same. Since the keyboard was designed after a typewriter.
`=Ё Q=Й W=Ц E=У R=К T=Е Y=Н U=Г I=Ш O=Щ P=З [=Х ]=Ъ
A=Ф S=Ы D=В F=А G=П H=Р J=О K=Л L=Д ;=Ж '=Э
Z=Я X=Ч C=С V=М B=И N=Т M=Ь ,=Б .=Ю
Good! :)
all i know is my qwerty.
it's kind of weird that 'o' isn't, well, 'o'.
I'm a native bilingual (Spanish and Catalan). I also speak English, Japanese, French and some Galician.
AgentWood wrote:
all i know is my qwerty.
it's kind of weird that 'o' isn't, well, 'o'.
I know :) I think it has something to do with the frequency of letter use.... I think it may well have been designed that way by Sigmund Freud or Franz von Kraft-Ebing
King of Nothing wrote: Елена Исинбаева
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AgentWood wrote:
King of Nothing wrote: Елена Исинбаева
Кто она?
She's that Russian pole vaulter babe.
King of Nothing wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
King of Nothing wrote: Елена Исинбаева
Кто она?
She's that Russian pole vaulter babe.
Oops, I thought it was your name! I don't any Elena Isinbaeva, to tell the truth.
NObabe wrote: ЛОЛ!!! :D
Nobabe can verify that I'm not a female athlete.
Too much sun in Texas today?
King of Nothing wrote:
NObabe wrote: ЛОЛ!!! :D
Too much sun in Texas today?
Juha is certainly not a bird! He's all man, very charming one as well.
no wonder, I was mistaken: I can't open King of Nothing's profile, so you must excuse me.
Маja или Мая?
Хорошо, что можно писать на кириллице. Ура! :)
Хвала, Мая. Приятно познакомиться!
Мое имя - Ян Шмидт (Jан Шмидт). Моj српски речник не велики, увы!
Кстати, Мая, хвала за книгу, True Faith: An Armchair Guide To New Order! I got it finally. Ordered thru amazon.com
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Кстати, Мая, хвала за книгу, True Faith: An Armchair Guide To New Order! I got it finally. Ordered thru amazon.com
Enjoy it!
poznaję bardzo mały niewielka ilość; trochę polerują te dni. Nasza moja rodzina od Polski umierał.
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Хвала, Мая. Приятно познакомиться!
Мое имя - Ян Шмидт (Jан Шмидт). Моj српски речник не велики, увы!
Почему ты говоришь по русский, Ян? Ты были рождены в России, да? Но Ян Шмидт не будет русским именем!
AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Хвала, Мая. Приятно познакомиться!
Мое имя - Ян Шмидт (Jан Шмидт). Моj српски речник не велики, увы!
Почему ты говоришь по русский, Ян? Ты были рождены в России, да? Но Ян Шмидт не будет русским именем!
Да, я родился в Санкт-Петербурге, но мои предки - немцы. А с Майей я попробовал говорить на сербском, но я плохо знаю сербский, хотя понимаю словенский (Slovenia)
I'm impressed actually you can express yourself in the language. Very nice
ok seeing that last bit in Russian-I feel inferior. I speak English usually with a bit of a drawl y'all
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AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Хвала, Мая. Приятно познакомиться!
Мое имя - Ян Шмидт (Jан Шмидт). Моj српски речник не велики, увы!
Почему ты говоришь по русский, Ян? Ты были рождены в России, да? Но Ян Шмидт не будет русским именем!
Да, я родился в Санкт-Петербурге, но мои предки - немцы. А с Майей я попробовал говорить на сербском, но я плохо знаю сербский, хотя понимаю словенский (Slovenia)
I'm impressed actually you can express yourself in the language. Very nice
forget it--i really need to print out that russian keyboard page. until then, i'm doing it in english. so, do you speak german at all? how did your family end up in st. petersburg?
it's pretty easy to converse with someone who speaks another slavic language (even if it is south slavic, like serbian). i used to live with 2 croatians and i could understand a lot of what they were saying and could read their books and understand a lot of the text (although it looked strange in the latin alphabet!). i managed to get by in the czech republic and slovakia even though people were hesitant to speak russian with me since they were forced to learn it in school. again, i could pick up a lot of the words, but written it looked strange not being in cyrillic!
Yes I speak German, but not very well. As for my ancestors - in 18th-19th cc a great deal of German emigrants moved to Russia and German communities were spread around the entire empire. And in St. Petersburg there was a considerable number of Germans. Of course those were cruelly oppressed under the soviet rule (WW2 also "helped" a lot).
As for the Slavic languages, I can understand mostly Slovenian and Belorussian. A little harder to understand Serbian, Czech, Bulgarian and Ukranian. I can't get Polish at all, though, naturally, I can distinguish some words easy.
But as far as Cyrillic concerned, it is used in so many non-Slavic laguages, too: Mongolian, Kirghiz, Kazakh, Komi, Siberian languages.
