Speak another language?

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:48 am

Does anyone speak another language?

I was just curious...

I speak a little German and Spanish...

Sprechen Sie eine andere Sprache?

Or perhaps,

Usted habla otra lengua?

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:50 am

K.Snyder;569469 wrote: Does anyone speak another language?

Yes, millions and millions of people do.

;)

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:54 am

K.Snyder;569469 wrote: Does anyone speak another language?

I was just curious...

I speak a little German and Spanish...

Sprechen Sie eine andere Sprache?

Or perhaps,

Usted habla otra lengua?

Ya, ich cann ein bischen Deutsch specht, aber ich hast alles meine deustch vergessen , ich bin eine dumbkophf!

Cain't tu as gaelige? Aussie Pam can, she is better than me!

Un parlez vous Francais? je ne Parle francais, en peu, merde!

I can mutter a little czech as well, but thats it, German, Irish, and a tiny bit of French, hopefully I will master English one day as well.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:02 am

Galbally;569478 wrote:

Ya, ich cann ein bischen Deutsch specht, aber ich hast alles meine deustch vergessen , ich bin eine dumbkophf!

Cain't tu as gaelige? Aussie Pam can, she is better than me!

Un parlez vous Francais? je ne Parle francais, en peu, merde!

I can mutter a little czech as well, but thats it, German, Irish, and a tiny bit of French, hopefully I will master English one day as well.

Ok, I can't lie...I can't speak anything other than English...

I was going to get someone and see if I could keep up with Babelfish, but after puting all that into it I still couldn't make heads or tails of it. :wah:

But I am interested to know who all speaks a different language...

I was using Babelfish BTW...

And BTW, Gal, What exactly did you say?

I typed the first one in and it said this

Ya, I cann a bischen German woodpecker, but I forgot everything my deustch, is I one dumbkophf!

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:05 am

My mother used to tell me that her grandmother used to cuss in German I think is what she said...

But it never went down the line in my family.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:09 am

K.Snyder;569490 wrote: Ok, I can't lie...I can't speak anything other than English...

I was going to get someone and see if I could keep up with Babelfish, but after puting all that into it I still couldn't make heads or tails of it. :wah:

But I am interested to know who all speaks a different language...

I was using Babelfish BTW...

And BTW, Gal, What exactly did you say?

I said, (in German) "I can speak German, but I have forgotten it all, as I am an idiot", then I asked (in Irish) "do you speak Irish", then I asked (in French) "can you speak French, I can't, a little, sh*t,", then the rest was in English. I am not very good at languages to be honest, but there are some people here who are very good, or are just bilingual or whatever, it seems that in America the main language that people would know other than English is Spanish, (though this seems to be a touchy subject sometimes), in England its French (also a bit touchy), in Ireland its Irish of course, though to be honest we are kinda slack at speaking our own language and its only really coming back now as a live language, but it definetly is, which is great. In the rest of Europe, (which obviously has an enormous amount of different languages) English is the Lingua Franca generally, though in Eastern Europe German is also common (Russian also, but they don't like speaking it because of what happened with the Russians), in general it seems that English speaking countries in particular tend to not be very bilingual, and people don't tend to know many other languages unless they have lived abroad, interesting alright.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:10 am

I know Sprechen sie Englisch.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:14 am

ah speak southern ya'll!

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:16 am

K.Snyder;569497 wrote: I know Sprechen sie Englisch.

And your reply would be "ya, ich cann Enlgisch sprecht, ich bin Amerikaner" (p.s. my German spelling is not great, I am better at just speaking it). Of course if you were saying this in 1944 your sentence would be finished using a burst of machine gun fire. :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:16 am

Galbally;569496 wrote: I said, (in German) "I can speak German, but I have forgotten it all, as I am an idiot", then I asked (in Irish) "do you speak Irish", then I asked (in French) "can you speak French, I can't, a little, sh*t,", then the rest was in English. I am not very good at languages to be honest, but there are some people here who are very good, or are just bilingual or whatever, it seems that in America the main language that people would know other than English is Spanish, (though this seems to be a touchy subject sometimes), in England its French (also a bit touchy), in Ireland its Irish of course, though to be honest we are kinda slack at speaking our own language and its only really coming back now as a live language, but it definetly is, which is great. In the rest of Europe, (which obviously has an enormous amount of different languages) English is the Lingua Franca generally, though in Eastern Europe German is also common (Russian also, but they don't like speaking it because of what happened with the Russians), in general it seems that English speaking countries in particular tend to not be very bilingual, and people don't tend to know many other languages unless they have lived abroad, interesting alright.

Yeah, Spanish I believe is the most popular second language for people to take up...I believe it's because it's not as overly difficult to learn...

I thought I seen that Chonsigirl is quite bilingual...

I think that most people don't speak multiple languages in English speaking countries because the language in which they speak is the lingua franca as you've said...

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:18 am

FYI

If anyone wishes to translate anything, you can go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

You will be able to translate alot of languages...

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:21 am

Galbally;569502 wrote: And your reply would be "ya, ich cann Enlgisch sprecht, ich bin Amerikaner" (p.s. my German spelling is not great, I am better at just speaking it). Of course if you were saying this in 1944 your sentence would be finished using a burst of machine gun fire. :wah:

Wouldn't that be

"Ya, ich cann sprecht Englisch, ich bin Amerikana"?

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:23 am

K.Snyder;569507 wrote: Wouldn't that be

"Ya, ich cann sprecht Englisch, ich bin Amerikana"?

No, I don't think so, the word-order is different in German than in English, meine kleine Amerikaner. :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:24 am

Wait no it's "Amerikaner".

I think I'm thinking of Spanish...

I've learned that "ich" is "I" in English.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:26 am

Galbally;569510 wrote: No, I don't think so, the word-order is different in German than in English, meine kleine Amerikaner. :wah:

I think that's where it may get difficult...

I don't think it would be overly difficult for me to learn alot of the words, but with the different word order it may prove to be pretty strenuous for me.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:27 am

K.Snyder;569511 wrote: Wait no it's "Amerikaner".

I think I'm thinking of Spanish...

I've learned that "ich" is "I" in English.

Yes, and I have learned that Amerikana, is American in Spanish, (it is isn't it? I don't have a clue about Spanish, even though I have a few Spanish friends here in Ireland). Actually, Italian, that would be a nice language to learn, nice country, Italy, must learn a few words of the old Italiano. :-6

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:29 am

K.Snyder;569515 wrote: I think that's where it may get difficult...

I don't think it would be overly difficult for me to learn alot of the words, but with the different word order it may prove to be pretty strenuous for me.

I think that when using American as an adjective (as in an "American" car), you would use Amerikanish? Though the spelling is wrong there, I can't remember, I have forgotten a lot of German and need to brush up on it.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:31 am

Galbally;569517 wrote: Yes, and I have learned that Amerikana, is American in Spanish, (it is isn't it? I don't have a clue about Spanish, even though I have a few Spanish friends here in Ireland). Actually, Italian, that would be a nice language to learn, nice country, Italy, must learn a few words of the old Italiano. :-6

I believe the Spanish use American as "Americana" without the "K"...but I'm not exactly sure on that...I know it's Americana as in how it's pronounced...

I know that Succhia is sucks in Italian I think...and Italia is Italian for Italy.

Elvira · Post by **Elvira** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:44 am

English, French, Spanish and italian for me....

Je parle franÃ§ais couramment, comme j'ai étudié pour un nombre d'années. ..I've a visité France et a trouvé beaucoup fois que les gens franÃ§ais sont plus amical si vous faites l'effort pour parler leur langue.

Hablo también algÃºn espaÃ±ol como yo aprendÃ este al colegio. Puedo conversar en un nivel bÃ¡sico y utilizar esto cuando estoy de vacaciones.

Parlo un ammontare molto piccolo di italiano. Sono in grado di dire ciao ed arrivederci e chiede le indicazioni

I can also speak welsh, but can't write it (mother is welsh)

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:55 am

Elvira;569552 wrote: English, French, Spanish and italian for me....

Je parle franÃ§ais couramment, comme j'ai étudié pour un nombre d'années. ..I've a visité France et a trouvé beaucoup fois que les gens franÃ§ais sont plus amical si vous faites l'effort pour parler leur langue.

Hablo también algÃºn espaÃ±ol como yo aprendÃ este al colegio. Puedo conversar en un nivel bÃ¡sico y utilizar esto cuando estoy de vacaciones.

Parlo un ammontare molto piccolo di italiano. Sono in grado di dire ciao ed arrivederci e chiede le indicazioni

I can also speak welsh, but can't write it (mother is welsh)

Wow

I think you get the award for most linguistically gifted...I'm impressed.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:57 am

I speak jimbo on occasion. I often times have to be PM'ed a translation though.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:04 am

sunny104;569501 wrote: ah speak southern ya'll!

Now that I can wing...

Ya'll getne rain down yonder?

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:06 am

Elvira;569552 wrote: English, French, Spanish and italian for me....

I know French is a romance language much like Italian but can they be compared to each other much like English can sort of be compared to German?

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:08 am

Wendybird;569570 wrote: I speak Jockanese!

I thought you said Jackonese...

Elvira · Post by **Elvira** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:31 am

K.Snyder;569575 wrote: I know French is a romance language much like Italian but can they be compared to each other much like English can sort of be compared to German?

French and Spanish are structually very similar... I would not say that English and German are similar. They are very different gramatically...

Elvira · Post by **Elvira** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:34 am

K.Snyder;569561 wrote: Wow

I think you get the award for most linguistically gifted...I'm impressed.

Why thank you! When do I get my prize???

Actually, my dad recognised the benefit of being a 'polyglot' (means speak many languages) and taught me to speak French from the age of 5. he used to pay me to cross reference a french dictionary which put me way ahead of my peers.

I've found it very useful so far - particularly with my career. It's not essential for me to speak other languages, but as my job is pan-european, it means that I can speak to them in their own languages and it goes a long way!

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:59 am

Elvira;569595 wrote: French and Spanish are structually very similar... I would not say that English and German are similar. They are very different gramatically...

Yeah, I didn't really know what to use for a comparison...I was going to say Spanish but wasn't really sure...

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:55 am

Brann Teppe is Norwegian for fire blanket if that helps :-3

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:58 am

Pinky;569719 wrote: here Krammy! What's Spanish for 'Where's the bog?':D

Well, it's always handy innit?
Donde estan los servicios? is the more polite version, I don't know what bog is :wah:

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:58 am

Pinky;569719 wrote: here Krammy! What's Spanish for 'Where's the bog?':D

Well, it's always handy innit?

You could always use sign language.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:00 am

Chookie;569721 wrote: You could always use sign language.
For Pinky that means dropping her trousers and pointing at her bits

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:01 am

Pinky;569723 wrote: Thanks!!

How's the Italian going? Go on say summat in Italian!

As long as it's not 'Shut your stupid head Pinky', hehe!!:wah:
Ciao

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:57 am

I'm with you Elvira!! It's great to be able to talk to people in their own language, and even if you only have a bit, showing the willingness goes a long way. I've noticed that while a lot of Europeans do have some English, they consider it a foreign arrogance that English speaking visitors EXPECT to be understood - as a kind of right.

Also it's a heap of fun entering a different culture, and hard to do without the language...

You're too kind, as always, Gally.

"Ich bin Amerikaner" is correct German. The adjective is indeed amerikanisch, but you use the noun in the expression you want. Ich bin Australienerin.

Australia is an English speaking country but most children have at least one year of a European language in high school, and one year of an Asian language. Even for those children who don't continue with a foreign language, this is considered a mind-broadening experience which gives them an appreciation that the world is big and there are other places, other ways of thinking and living. It also helps them get a feel for English and its place in linguistic history.

Where I live in Canberra, many grade schools also have a language program. My kids went to a school where French is taught from kindergarten (just an hour or two a week). There's Chinese, Italian, German, Japanese and Indonesian also taught in other grade schools. And we also have a number of completely bilingual schools from kindergarten up.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:57 am

I think "Jedno Pivo Prosim", means "Can I have two beers please" in Czech, OK its a bit esoteric, but it might come in useful one day, you may need to buy Eva Hertzegovina a Budvar in Prague or something like that?

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:00 pm

Pinky;569729 wrote: Hey!!!!

No, I'd probably try my own particular style of esperanto...

'Excusi Dude-os, Vo ist la shiesse-haus? Chop-chop Garcon!':wah:

PURE GENIUS!

But what do you want madam, a pork chop with fries, on the toilet, while being waited upon??? Cool! :wah:

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:00 pm

AussiePam;569792 wrote: "Ich bin Amerikaner" is correct German.

But, on the other hand, "Ich bin Berliner." is not.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:05 pm

Chookie;569917 wrote: But, on the other hand, "Ich bin Berliner." is not.

No, that is alright, its "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" that means "I am a Donut" as the American President JFK famously remarked in Berlin at a speech in 1961, what the West Germans who were depending on his protection from the Soviets made of that is anyones guess, though he came through for them in the end, despite his worrying desire to be a round pastry.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:53 pm

Pinky;570210 wrote: Hehe!!! See? I could get by if I went travelling!

If in doubt, talk louder!!:wah:

I dunno pinks, that "If I speak very loud and very slow in the Queens English they will understand me" thing is not as successful as people believe. :wah:

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:54 pm

I speak a little polish, german and french.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:09 pm

Pinky;570224 wrote: I know, I was taking the juice out of the majority of English people you see abroad:rolleyes:

'Sprechen zie normallo silver-plate' sometimes works!:wah:

I know, I was consolidating the material! :wah:

I quite like the gibberish approach, like "Canny me haben die biggus chipolata senor madam sextext bada bing?".

Or "hows abiddy do und me getten the grossen liebe sticken diese alvo, and maka die largen bang bang in vous kliene bedschen, libefraumilch maidchen?"

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:13 pm

I forgot the most important, sign language. To me this is important.