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Hmm, but something that is always good is quite the same as in English (is it an interjection? ... not really): Oh mein Gott! Ja, ich habe es gelesen. Ich liebe lange Mails. Und es war sehr gut. I am trying to download that song.
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01-24-2004, 08:51 AM | #922 |
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That's ok. I've just gotten sick of using the same ones over and over. I can't even use 'Ack' because Ruinel will claim I've stolen it from her.
War es sehr gut? Gut! Ich liebe Deutsch, es ist sehr schön! (I love the language, especially when sung). Und, wenn ich deine Deutsch verstehen kann, freue ich mich! Das macht Spaß! I wonder how bad the word order was there? I think I'm mixing up word order from different languages. Heute esse ich zu viel. *Pats stomach* Last edited by Linaewen : 01-24-2004 at 08:52 AM. |
01-24-2004, 09:26 AM | #923 |
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Jan Johansen competed with the song 'Se på mig' in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995. It is a nice song.
Songs in German have a special charm. Grey Wolf, who sung "som en boll kommer jag tillbax till dej"? Never heard of it before.
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Ja, es war sehr gut. Ich werde noch ein paar gute Lieder für dich suchen. Your word order was perfectly fine. It's only "dein Deutsch". But that has nothing to do with word order. Hmm, actually nobody here would say "Heute esse ich zu viel." It sounds a little bit weird. You know, we don't have all these present tenses, only one. And if you are talking about this day you would say: "Heute habe ich zu viel gegessen." I guess it's because we don't have a progressive form.
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Damit musstest du rechnen, nicht nur ich hab es geahnt Denn du hast nicht den deinen Taten entsprechenden Weg für dich gebahnt Wie doch alle an dich glaubten, alle strömten zu dir Thanks for that, Laai! Though I must blame you & some others for getting me too interested in your languages, if my grades in Indonesian and English drop or something. A question: does anyone else have a native language that differs from their first language? I've recently seen these terms defined thus: Native speaker => a person who speaks a language as their first language and has not learned it as a foreign language First language => the language that you learn to speak first as a child; the language that you speak best |
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Honey, it's not my fault that you get to interested. Get yourself an indonesian boy. I know some people who speak two languages and it is something between first langauge and native speaker. But that definitions confuse me.
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Oh, yeah, sorry about those definitions. I quoted the wrong one. I meant this one:
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01-24-2004, 08:53 PM | #929 |
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Could someone translate these for me? The first is Deutsch and the second Nederlands. Ta.
Gmäeß eneir Sutide eneir elgnihcesn Uvinisterät, ist es nchit witihcg in wlecehr Rneflogheie die Bstachuebn in eneim Wrot snid, das ezniige was wcthiig ist, ist daß der estre und der leztte Bstabchue an der ritihcegn Pstoiion snid. Der Rset knan ein ttoaelr Bsinöldn sien, tedztorm knan man ihn onhe Pemoblre lseen. Das ist so, wiel wir nciht jeedn Bstachuebn enzelin leesn, snderon das Wrot als gseatems. ---- Vlgones een oznrdeeok op een Eglnese uvinretsiet mkaat het neit uit in wlkee vloogdre de ltteers in een wrood saatn, het einge wat blegnaijrk is is dat de eretse en de ltaatse ltteer op de jiutse patals saatn. De rset van de ltteers mgoen wllikueirg gpletaast wdoren en je knut vrelvogens gwoeon lzeen wat er saatt. Dit kmot odmat we neit ekle ltteer op zcih lzeen maar het wrood als gheeel. Last edited by Linaewen : 01-24-2004 at 08:54 PM. |
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Good on you! I only get a bit of it. I've tried to find the Norwegian version, with no luck.
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Lin, do you really want it translated or are you trying to pul my leg?
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Yes, I'd be rather disturbed if you couldn't tell there was something wrong there, Laai.
Are tehre any Sediswh or Nworeiagn veirsnos? I wulod lkie to see how wlel I culod raed it. Oh, Enäreil, I am jsut plulnig yuor leg. Han'vet you seen taht bfoere? Last edited by Linaewen : 01-25-2004 at 08:18 AM. |
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According to a study of an english university it is not important in which order the letters of a word are, the only thing that matter is that hte first and the last letter are in the right position (order). The rest can be totally stupid, you can read it nevertheless without any problems. That is because we don't read every single letter but the word as a whole.
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Lalaith, you should mangle the text in English as well, it conveys the meaning so well.
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Why dn'dit you mgnale it, Niel?
Hey, Nerdanel, just had a brief look at Finnish grammar. It's mind-boggling, no wonder it's difficult. 15 cases, moods, consonant degradations...that would take a while to learn! And I thought Polish's 19 verb groups (or whatever) was tough! What's the difference between 'viro' and 'eesti'? Leipäläpi umpeen! Kita kiinni! Kita kii! Naama kiinni! Turpa rullalle I like these. (Words for 'Shut up!') There are lots more, too. What is it with you Finns and your peace and quiet? Last edited by Linaewen : 01-26-2004 at 09:49 AM. |
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I don't think the difference is big; eesti is more like Swedish, maybe a loan word. We use Viro more. turpa kiinni is the most common expression for shut up. Where do you find all that? There's no peace and quiet here when we're drunk; that's when we say everything we've always wanted to say.
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