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Most of it is dialect I think. "Ik ga even de geit verzetten." "I'm going to move the goat." We hear this sentence once in a language game on TV. Apparantly 'moving the goat' in Dutch is an old way of saying 'going to the toilet'. We thought this so hilarious that we used that certain sentence at home ever since. But it loses a bit of charm in the translation. And the 'even' doesn't quite have a english counterpart as far as I now, it means as much as 'for a second, for a while' but not quite IMO. I'll see if I can come up with more intranslatable Flemish.
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At least I think so. According to a pronunciations site: SK wird zu (deutsch: "SCH") wenn es vor einem dieser Buchstaben steht: e, i, y, ä, ö. wich means .... Sk gets a german sch when it is before the letters: e, i, y, ä, ö So I think it is like the german Schule. But I am not quite shure, as I think you have mentioned that pronunciation before. Quote:
Vi blev som dom andra Lin, I didn't steal anything. Plus: you can still come here and anticipate my wedding.
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I was only kidding about you translating those things, by the way, just to frustrate you. I love those untranslatable things of languages. In Chinese, a way of expressing disbelief is by saying 'your head!'. As in 'Big, you head!' for 'It's big, my a**!'. Ok, let's do a Kent poll. I would have much more Kent if a) I had a faster connection or b) if those who had Kent on their computer were even online for me to download it off them. |
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I have - Utan Dina Andetag 747 December Pärlor (my favorite) If You Were Here (english) Avtryck De Andra Kärleken Väntar Sverige Socker Om du Var Här (If you were here - Swedish version) Kräm Istället för Ljud
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Well, I only have Dom Andra and Pärlor. Too sad. Too sad. Should start WinMX now.
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Ack, du har fler sånger än jag, JD.
Jag har: Om du var har Kärleken väntar Bianca Vad två öron klarar En himmelsk drog Sverige I've put it roughly in order from favourite to least here. I hate Sverige, it's so slow and unlike the rest of their music I have. Hur mycket förstår du? (of the lyrics, jag menar) Jag ska få 'Pärlor' och 'Dom Andra' nu. [Edit] And now I have 'Dom Andra' too. Wow, it's very easy to understand compared to some other songs. ...and now also Pärlör. Last edited by Linaewen : 11-23-2003 at 05:45 AM. |
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Jon, could you please help me with something?
Du sa som det var och det kändes så bra så nu kan jag göra nånting själv, göra nå’t själv. I think the first part means You say how it was and that sounds so good .... (at least I understand it that way) but could you please tell me what the rest means? Tack.
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And Lai, send me some German essay of yours too, will you dear? *Awaits to see if her own translation matches that of the Swede* |
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(I don't have the talent to learn sentences online as well as Lin, but I know some ... ) Yah, I can try .... let me think. I have one about asylum. I'll send it to you later.
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Ben je gereed om koningin van het oerwoud te zijn tot de dag waarop wij onze tocht gaan maken?
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I thought once more about the /sk/ pronunciation you are searching. The one pronounced like the spanish /j/. I think that would be a german /ch/ like in the word ICH.
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Anyway, what does "I am ill" mean in Swedish?
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