The Official Languages Thread

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Yes that's true, but my keyboard is well equiped with most symbols needed in French and Dutch and those I can't immediatly get on my keyboard are usually after ALT + 100.

I noticed that there are numbers that doesn't have any symbols and other numbers that have the same symbols (redundants).

As you see above I've begun making a list in Excel of all codes.

[Valandil]

Whew... it's been a long time! I'm trying to remember the rules for when you use each of the following forms of 'where':

woher
wohin
worauf
wovon
wozu

Also... let me know if I forgot any. Ich habe so viel vergisst!

[Beren3000]

Here are some of the useful letters I know, Grey wolf. They're input in the same way as ALT + three digits that you used above:

130 é
131 â
132 ä
133 Ã*
134 å
135 ç
136 ê
137 ë
138 è
139 ï
140 î
141 ì
142 Ä
143 Ã…
144 É
145 æ
146 Æ
147 ô
148 ö
149 ò
150 û
151 ù
152 ÿ
153 Ö
154 Ü

You probably would've found them out on your own, but I thought I'd save you the time

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally Posted by Beren3000

Here are some of the useful letters I know, Grey wolf. They're input in the same way as ALT + three digits that you used above:

130 é
131 â
132 ä
133 Ã*
134 å
135 ç
136 ê
137 ë
138 è
139 ï
140 î
141 ì
142 Ä
143 Ã…
144 É
145 æ
146 Æ
147 ô
148 ö
149 ò
150 û
151 ù
152 ÿ
153 Ö
154 Ü

You probably would've found them out on your own, but I thought I'd save you the time

Thanks a lot. If you want to I could mail you the list I've made so far, when I get back to my parents computor where it is now.

[Beren3000]

That'd be great, thank you. You'll find my e-mail in my profile.

[Mercutio]

Val-

Wo- Compounds: this is the interrogative form of the da- compound. It usually corresponds with English's with what or for what and so on:
It is also formed by simply adding a prefix, which is wo- to the beginning of the preposition:
wobei, wodurch, wofür, wogegen, wohinter, womit, wonach, wovon, wovor, and wozu
Again when the preposition begins with a vowel then an r is inserted between the prefix and preposition:
woran, worauf, woraus, worin, worüber, worum, and worunter
Only those listed above can combine with wo-.

Once again, this may only be used when referring to inattimate objects, not people:
Mit wem bist du gekommen? - Who did you come with?
Womit schreibst du? - What are you writing with?
When durch, nach, von, and zu are used with the wo- compound they do not express motion, which would be recongnized as, durch was, woher, wohin:
Wodurch ist er so reich geworden? - How did he become so rich?
Wonach fragt sie? - What is she asking about?
Wovon lebt er? - What does he live on?
Wozu kann man das brauchen? - What can one use that for?
BUT
Woher kommst du? - Where do you come from?
Wohin fliegen wir? - Where are we flying to?

[Lalaith]

Hehehe, my new favourite Swedish quote has to be: Nästa T-Centralen
I also love the sentence after it, but I can't remember it correctly.

I even recall the words "Nästa T-Centralen" when I'm in the Tunnelbana in Vienna.

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally Posted by Lalaith

Hehehe, my new favourite Swedish quote has to be: Nästa T-Centralen
I also love the sentence after it, but I can't remember it correctly.

I even recall the words "Nästa T-Centralen" when I'm in the Tunnelbana in Vienna.

You must have been going by the Tunnelbana quite a lot, eh?
It has been quite a while since I've been to Stockholm, so unfortunately I can't remember what they say afterwards either.

[Jonathan]

"Nästa T-Centralen. Byte till övriga tunnelbanelinjer samt till pendeltåg."
If I had a Swedish krona for everytime I've heard that...

[Nerdanel]

Originally Posted by Jonathan

"Nästa T-Centralen. Byte till övriga tunnelbanelinjer samt till pendeltåg."
If I had a Swedish krona for everytime I've heard that...

you'd be rich?

you liked your time in sweden, lalaith?

[Linaewen]

Yeah, tell us about it Lai, på svenska.

We should start those foreign language conversations again. They were so much fun.

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally Posted by Linaewen

Yeah, tell us about it Lai, på svenska.

We should start those foreign language conversations again. They were so much fun.

Itil wouldil beil funil toil speakil Swedishil, wouldn'til?

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

you'd be rich?

you liked your time in sweden, lalaith?

I'd be frigging Scrooge McDuck! Btw

Yes Lai, please tell us all about your stay in Sweden! Did you like Stockholm? Did you like the people? The language? And tell us the truth, I won't get mad

Btw, Nerdanel? What's Uncle Scrooge's name in Finnish? What's Donald Duck's and Mickey Mouse's names?

[Nerdanel]

ok;
Uncle Scrooge = Roope Ankka
Donald Duck = Aku Ankka
Mickey Mouse = Mikki Hiiri

try to pronounce and learn that!

[Linaewen]

Ner, that questionaire you sent has the question

38. ÄR DU ROMANTISK?? ÄR DU EN FISK??

What do they mean by 'fisk'? I assume it's not usual meaning of 'fish'?

(Förresten, ja ska svara snart )

[Nurvingiel]

Are you romantic, do you like fish?

[Linaewen]

Are you romantic, are you a fish?

I think 'fisk' here has something to do with being a romantic person, like ' en ful fisk' is meant to mean something like 'an ugly customer' or a 'dishonest person'.

Hey, nice work there though Nurv.

[Nurvingiel]

Thanks Lin! Interesting about the fish thing. You know your Svenska!

[Linaewen]

No, I got that 'en ful fisk' (an ugly fish) thing from a dictionary. People mistake my dictionary skills for language profiency. (Ner, don't you DARE try complimenting me again as a result of me saying this! )

How's your svenska going? I'm dying of envy.

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally Posted by Linaewen

No, I got that 'en ful fisk' (an ugly fish) thing from a dictionary. People mistake my dictionary skills for language profiency. (Ner, don't you DARE try complimenting me again as a result of me saying this! )

How's your svenska going? I'm dying of envy.

I thought you meant "Fiskarna" as Piscis of the Zodiac. I'm a "Kräfta" (born in July) that is Cancer (horrid name for a starsign, don't you think? Crayfish would sounded better).