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Ian
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Post subject: The Language Thread Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:52 pm |
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"Of course, of all members of this forum, Ian makes the thread about language."
Discuss languages you are learning, will be learning, or want to learn. I can help suggest books or online sources if you are new to learning languages. I am currently learning Icelandic. I am very familiar with the grammar except for weak and strong nouns. I am going to review conjugation and declensions tonight.
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:24 pm |
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Guten Tag Edit: First XD
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Brad
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:18 pm |
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Guten morgan. (I think that's how you spell it.  ) Currently I know English, a little bit of German and Spanish, and some insults in Bulgarian.  I can also sing Mary Had a Little Lamb in Japanese. I want to continue learning all the languages mentioned here.
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Batman
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:58 pm |
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I know English, and alittle Spanish.
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:17 pm |
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I know Estonian, English, flawed Russian and a bit of Finnish. I want to improve on the last two and I plan on learning Italian in the near future, because I have some distant roots leading to Italy.
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Kyon
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:26 pm |
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Bro's, I know english , I know some spanish, am learning french and russian. Brah's
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:29 pm |
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Ssrathi wrote: I know English, and alittle Spanish. This. I want to learn Russian and Japanese. (don't bother posting resources for them for me, I have many at my disposal already)
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Ian
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:16 am |
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Brad wrote: Guten morgan. (I think that's how you spell it.  ) Morgen. that guy wrote: I know Estonian, My grandmother's parents were Estonian. I have a book, but I'm not too compelled to learn the language. I believe Finnish and Estonian are in the same language family? If not, then similar? (Finno-Ugric)
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Jek Jek Roo
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:21 am |
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Dzień dobry, koledzy!  Heh, My native language is polish, I know english pretty well, but not perfectly. I learn german in school but I used to suck at it (after being a Medic in TF2 I think I'll change it quickly bucause I actually like that lignuage :p) and I know a little japaneese. EDIT: And I know the Australian slang! x)
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Arby
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:41 am |
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BTGbullseye wrote: Ssrathi wrote: I know English, and alittle Spanish. This. Me too. Precisely, I've forgotten enough Spanish to basically be entirely non-functional with it, but retained enough to recognize it when I see it and try to see if the other people speak English. I would enjoy learning German, or maybe Russian, Latin would be cool too.
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:50 am |
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Ian wrote: I believe Finnish and Estonian are in the same language family? If not, then similar? (Finno-Ugric) Estonian is like a newer and simplified version of Finnish. Compare the numbers (1,2,3,4,5) : yksi, kaksi, kolme, neljä, viisi vs: üks, kaks, kolm, neli, viis. See what I mean 
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Axeldeath
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:53 am |
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Know English, and I know a little bit of Spanish. It's the only other language that interests me.
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Doom Shepherd
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:05 pm |
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I know a little Spanish because I didn't have a choice.
If I were to learn another language at this late date, it would probably be Scots Gaelic.
Or Klingon.
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Ian
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:17 pm |
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Gàidhlig? 'S mise Ian. Ciamar a tha thu? I have a book, and I've memorized some basic phrases. My full name is a completely Anglicized Scottish name. My full name is so Scottish, that it was an example in my book! 
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Brad
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:58 pm |
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Do you know of any good English to Japanese books? I'm very interested in learning this language.
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Ian
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:01 pm |
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I actually purchased one for my friend's birthday a few weeks ago. It had a great introduction to the language's grammar and offered kanji/hiragana/katakana sentence with romaji under it. I will ask my friend for the title of the book. Here is the book on Amazon: Basic Japanese Grammar
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BTGBullseye
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:37 pm |
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Doom Shepherd wrote: Or Klingon. The best language ever! Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:29 pm |
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Mein gott, es ist voll von sterne! I got Google translate on my IPod Touch. It works pretty well. Quote: I actually purchased one for my friend's birthday a few weeks ago. It had a great introduction to the language's grammar and offered kanji/hiragana/katakana sentence with romaji under it. I will ask my friend for the title of the book.
Here is the book on Amazon: Basic Japanese Grammar Thanks!  I'm sure it'll help.
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:53 pm |
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Ihres Deutsch ist nicht so gut Ich muss sagen.....
Aber kein problem, hier ist ThatSmartGuy fur die antwort auf alle probleme :p
German, English, Russian, Ukrainian et un peu de la lingue francais...
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Song
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Post subject: Re: The Language Thread Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:46 pm |
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ThatSmartGuy wrote: Ihres Deutsch ist nicht so gut Ich muss sagen.....
Aber kein problem, hier ist ThatSmartGuy fur die antwort auf alle probleme :p
German, English, Russian, Ukrainian et un peu de la lingue francais... 'Ich muss sagen Ihr Deutsch ist nicht so gut..... Aber kein Sorge, hier ist ThatSmartGuy mit der Antwort auf alle Probleme.' But might not be right too, I always was bad in any language anyway. Well, I only speak german and english, both pretty much equally bad and good. I would like to learn japanese, just to read raw manga or to understand animes. But I never got around to do it and so far only learned the few words you can pick up watching subbed anime. So, to all of you: BAKA! 
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