The Official Languages Thread

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Twista
Warum Sie veranschlagend vom guten Buch? Sie wissen, i havent schriftlicher Deutscher in einiger Zeit jetzt, also, wenn dort einige gramatical Störungen, bitte mich nicht schießen.

lol

Hmmm, ich verstehe den ersten Satz nicht. Kannst du ihn vielleicht auf Englisch wiederholen?
So viele grammatikalische Fehler hast du gar nicht gemacht. Ich werde nicht schießen.

[Twista]

Brunnen I sprach über die Bibel. Veranschlugen Sie nicht von ihm? sind so Sie acually deutsch?

[Nerdanel]

Morgen muss ich die Hörverstädnisprüfung machen. Ich bin ganz nervös! (the rolleyes are for my knowledge of German..)

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Twista
Brunnen I sprach über die Bibel. Veranschlugen Sie nicht von ihm? sind so Sie acually deutsch?

Ich verstehe das wort "veranschlugen" nicht. Tut mir leid.

Ich komme aus Österreich. Ja, ich spreche Deutsch.

[Linaewen]

Die deutschen Dialekte

Listening to the Mosel-fränkisch one nearly had me in tears of laughter.

[Lalaith]

Uh, according to that map I should be talking Mittelalemanisch. Hmmm. Hehehe.

[Linaewen]

That one is very good compared to the other dialects in that area. Schwäbisch and Nordbairisch are just too funny!

Is the Norwegian version of this the same as the Danish one? Øvelse gør mester

The Russian works! It works! Повторение - мать учения.

[Jonathan]

Originally posted by Linaewen
Is the Norwegian version of this the same as the Danish one? Øvelse gør mester

Practice makes perfect, eh? I believe the Norwegians say Øvelse gjør mester (an additional letter /j/ in gør).
In Swedish we say Övning ger färdighet.

[Grey_Wolf]

Time for another list of words or sentences in different languages:

Practice makes perfect
Övning ger färdighet.
Øvelse gjør mester
Øvelse gør mester

[Jonathan]

I found a nice article in Newscientist. It's an interview with a linguist at the La Trobe University in Melbourne (so now I know the names of two language freaks in that city ).
In the interview they talk about dying languages and how it would be a shame if they were to become extinct. Unique ways of thinking are lost if a language dies out. Like in the Indo European langauges, we think of for example time as something linear. You think back to things in the past, you think forward when you think about the future. I think it is in Chinese dialects where time isn't linear, but something which sort of 'grows' upwards. That's a cool way to look at the concept of time
The article mentions a language in which it is a grammatical error to report something without saying how you found it out. Another very interesting way of thinking which would be lost if the language disappeared.

Please, read the interview here - For want of a word

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
Time for another list of words or sentences in different languages:

Practice makes perfect
Övning ger färdighet.
Øvelse gjør mester
Øvelse gør mester

Edit: Someone nicely sorted the list into the languages for me. (Though I already knew what they were, förstås)

BAHASA MELAYU / INDONESIA: Sempurna karena berlatih.
BULGARIAN: Пoвтopeниeтo e мaйкa нa знaниeтo. / Пpaктикaтa вoди към cъвъpшeнcтвo.
DANISH: Øvelse gør mester.
DUTCH: Oefenen baart kunst. / Oefening baart kunst.
ENGLISH: Practice makes perfect. / Perseverence pays.
FAROESE: Venjing ger ein meistara.
FRENCH: L'exercice mène Ã* la perfection. / C'est un forgeant que l'on devient forgeron.
GERMAN: Ãœbung macht den Meister. / Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen.
LATIN: Fabricando fit faber.
POLISH: Praktyka czyni mistrza. / Ćwiczenia czynią mistrza.
PORTUGUESE (Brazilian): A prática leva Ã* perfeição. / A repetição é a mãe do aprendizado.
RUSSIAN: Пoвтopeниe – мaть yчeния. / Пpaктикa вeдëт к coвepшeнcтвy.
SERBIAN: Пoнaвљaњe je мajкa. / Beжбa(њe) вoди кa caвpшeнcтвy. / Бeз мyкe нeмa нayкe.
SLOVENE: Vaja dela mojstra.
SWEDISH: Övning ger färdighet.
WELSH: Dyfal donc a dyr y garreg.

There are a few versions from the same languages; but I didn't include these. Most of them can be translated to either 'Practice makes the Master' or 'Practice gives birth to all learning'

-Copied from my sig. (Haven't added the Norwegian one yet, but thanks Jon!)

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Jonathan
The article mentions a language in which it is a grammatical error to report something without saying how you found it out. Another very interesting way of thinking which would be lost if the language disappeared.

Please, read the interview here - For want of a word

Was that first article from the most recent edition of the magazine?

That's a great article! Tack så mycket! What you say is very true; the thought of all those languages & those aspects that make them unique and special saddens me greatly.

Jon! I've got something for you!
Wszystkich
Polish word, meaning 'everyone's'. 10 letters, one vowel. Not quite 8 consonants in a row, but good enough.

[Grey_Wolf]

That's a neat list you got there, Lin.

[Grey_Wolf]

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[Earniel]

Originally posted by Linaewen
DUTCH: Oefenen baart kunst. / Oefening baart kunst.
ENGLISH: Practice makes perfect. / Perseverence pays.
FRENCH: L'exercice mène Ã* la perfection. / C'est un forgeant que l'on devient forgeron.
GERMAN: Ãœbung macht den Meister. / Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen.

Ah, I've been made obsolete, I see.

[Grey_Wolf]

I was young there was this English course on tv where the teacher kept saying "and now we'll have some "snabbisar" (really meaning quick reruns). But in Swedish it means "having a quicky", so it was quite an amusing program.

[Grey_Wolf]

At a restaurant, a visiting panda is eating his dinner, afterwards he pulls up a pistol, fires off a shot and then leaves. The waiter runs after him and asks: Why did you do that?

The panda hauls up a dictionairy and hands it to the waiter.
Look up "Panda!", it says.

The waiter does this and under panda it says:
eats shoots and leaves.

[Nurvingiel]

Qui veut practiquer parler en Francais? Est-ce qu'il y a des autres gens qui peuved parler Francais? J'ai vraiment besoin du pratique! Aussi, ne hésitez pas do corriger ma grammaire terrible, si tu es expert.
A demain (est-ce que ca c'est une expression?)
Nurv

[Earniel]

Je sais parler en Français et je suis sure il y a des autres ici qui la parlent aussi. Je ne suis pas une experte mais je pense que votre grammaire est bien.

A demain est en effet une expression française, en Anglais ce signifie quelque chose comme 'See you tomorrow'.

[Nurvingiel]

Ah. Merci mon ami, tu es chique. J'ai vraiment besoin d'aller étudier les sciences, mais je veux practiquer un plus en premier. Ma grammaire est assez bien, mais quand j'étais en école secondaire, c'était très bien. En douzième année, j'avais un professeur excéllente que je suis encore en contacte (correct mot?) avec.
^
Je n'aime pas ce phrase. Suggestions?