What other languages do we speak

Weronika · 16th July 2006, 06:09 PM

"FireEater: Magores, here is some more, For saying hallo, in these languages you do the following:
Hungarian - Servus..."

It's not Servus, it's Szervusz (but we don't use it so often) the most often is: SZIA!

FireEater · 18th July 2006, 06:34 PM

Hi Zozo,

You are so right. For the sound of 's' as in 'situation', Hungarian writes 'sz', which I find to be a charming oddity indeed. And when you lot settle for a single 's', it should, unless my memory is altogether gone, come on the air like 'sh' as in 'shingles'.

Charming oddity or acme of sense, why do Hungarians use 's' and 'sz' like that?

I don't mind, not one little bit, I'm just curious.

Tataa!

Weronika · 20th July 2006, 01:41 PM

hi!

We use sz because if we write s it's another sound, like "shame". and sz is "separate". this isn't the only strange thing in my language

Nipponman says my head is too big. But still, I smile!

.

HashiriKata · 20th July 2006, 06:32 PM

I don't understand why the use of s and sz in Hungarian is considered strange. Because it's not like English, French?

(And I wonder if FireEater realises that to consider this use a charming oddity is clearly condescending.)

???

Weronika · 22nd July 2006, 03:47 AM

Hi Kata,

I think Hungarian (and chinese!) is stranger than other language, english, france, italian, because not too many european knows it.
I think FireEater didn't thought any negative and so I am (of course because I'm hungarian!!!)

girlwonder · 28th July 2006, 03:39 AM

Korean (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent), Spanish (basic), Mandarin (basic/intermediate), Italian (basic)

FireEater · 28th July 2006, 04:10 AM

If I have given ANYONE the impression that I'm taking the mickey out of your language, I hereby apologise: Such was NEVER my intention, and if I have offended, well, I can only say I am sorry.

My native language is very odd, and I don't mean that as an insult to anyone.

What little I know about other languages, I know for having been answered, by people who from time to time thought little of my language. Tough trip! They set me right, and with every invoice that elicits a benevolent response, I know they were right.

You all be fine now...

Tataa!

HashiriKata · 28th July 2006, 05:37 AM

No need to apologise to anyone, FireEater. I simply drew your attention to your use of "charming oddity" in relation to other people's language, which can sound condescending in the right context.
(If you live in the UK, you'd understand why I dislike "handing-down-kindness-to-others" sort of attitude

).

carlo · 28th July 2006, 11:50 AM

Hungarians also put the surname before the given name, like the Chinese, iirc. I'm sure this must be very confusing for Hungarians in China. One thing I remember from a trip to Hungary was that we used to drink 'tej' for breakfast every morning, and that this was actually milk rather than 'tea'.

Weronika · 31st July 2006, 12:48 PM

Quote:

this was actually milk rather than 'tea'.

What do you mean? Tej = milk. Tea= tea. I don't understand your writing.

LoudSilence · 16th August 2006, 03:56 AM

Time for a post revival.

I can speak English, Arabic, Urdu (basic), Chinese (learning), and I knew some Spanish once upon a time. I'm aiming to learn Korean, Japanese, Malaysian, and Indonesian, but...er, that'll take awhile.

Annyung haseyo!...But that would be hello. So, er, zai jian!

carlo · 17th August 2006, 08:00 PM

Quote:

What do you mean? Tej = milk. Tea= tea.

Yeah, but I didn't know that back then, so I assumed tej was tea. They also sound much the same

kwengirl · 26th August 2006, 04:06 AM

russian - native
kazakh - state
english - international
korean - i'm korean
turkish - 1.5 years
chinese - studying 中

Gulao · 8th September 2006, 06:52 AM

English - native
Mandarin - learned 8 years, not as good as I'd like
Japanese - 2nd year formal study, 3rd year if you include self-taught stuff.

Someday, I'd like to go for languages like German, Portuguese, Arabic, maybe Urdu. Spanish，French and Russian give me twinges every so often.

Strawberries513 · 13th September 2006, 09:09 AM

ah well here goes:

English- native

Mandarin- beginner (800 characters)

Japanese- just "flirting" I know a teeny bit

Swedish- used to study but never learned listening/speaking so I have forgotten everything

Korean- Can read Hangul and I can say "hello" and "I love you" but thats it.

nyotamalaika · 19th October 2006, 01:03 AM

Les langues c est ma passion:

- French : native
- Swahili : native (spoken in some countries in Africa like Kenya, Tanzania, DR Congo)
- Lingala : fluent ( nationale language in Congo --- both Congos )
- English : fluent (nowadays it is a standard to speak this language,....)
- Polish : fluent ( i did my master in polish language in Cracow and i spent almost 8 years in Poland)
-Spanish: fluent (almost 6years speaking)
- Russian: elementary and basic
- Italian : elementary and basic
-mandarin : starting next week.

Et voila !!!!
Learning chinese it is a big challenge for me, but i will make it. It s just a matter of time.
In fact my favorite languages are russian and italian. I learn spanish by mistake thinking it was italian, but i dont regret that. So my dream is to be fluent in russian and italian, an also my father tongue language" Bemba" (spoken in DR Congo and Zambia). After that BASTA !!!! i will take a break and disfrutar los resultados de mi trabajo.

Pozdrawiam serdecznie!!!

IndhuRen · 20th October 2006, 02:20 AM

English (fluent),
Tamil (Indian Language, fluent)
Hindi (can understand),
Mandarin (Pimsleur Level 1)

muchacha · 17th November 2006, 10:29 AM

hmm
chinese
english
espanol
french
japanese

well,most of the time i just can use english n chinese to communicate ,tho?lol

germifask · 22nd November 2006, 07:38 AM

chinese(native)
german(live in germany for 6 years)
english(learned for many years, used it very seldom)

Master O · 7th January 2007, 09:38 PM

English (Native, USA)
Spanish (2nd Language)
a little Brazilian Portuguese

and Mandarin (been learning for 2 years)

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16th July 2006, 06:09 PM	#121
Weronika	Hello Hungary "FireEater: Magores, here is some more, For saying hallo, in these languages you do the following: Hungarian - Servus..." It's not Servus, it's Szervusz (but we don't use it so often) the most often is: SZIA!

18th July 2006, 06:34 PM	#122
FireEater	I Stand Corrected Hi Zozo, You are so right. For the sound of 's' as in 'situation', Hungarian writes 'sz', which I find to be a charming oddity indeed. And when you lot settle for a single 's', it should, unless my memory is altogether gone, come on the air like 'sh' as in 'shingles'. Charming oddity or acme of sense, why do Hungarians use 's' and 'sz' like that? I don't mind, not one little bit, I'm just curious. Tataa!

20th July 2006, 01:41 PM	#123
Weronika	hi! We use sz because if we write s it's another sound, like "shame". and sz is "separate". this isn't the only strange thing in my language .

20th July 2006, 06:32 PM	#124
HashiriKata	I don't understand why the use of s and sz in Hungarian is considered strange. Because it's not like English, French? (And I wonder if FireEater realises that to consider this use a charming oddity is clearly condescending.) ???

22nd July 2006, 03:47 AM	#125
Weronika	Hi Kata, I think Hungarian (and chinese!) is stranger than other language, english, france, italian, because not too many european knows it. I think FireEater didn't thought any negative and so I am (of course because I'm hungarian!!!)

28th July 2006, 03:39 AM	#126
girlwonder	Korean (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent), Spanish (basic), Mandarin (basic/intermediate), Italian (basic)

28th July 2006, 04:10 AM	#127
FireEater	Apologies in order If I have given ANYONE the impression that I'm taking the mickey out of your language, I hereby apologise: Such was NEVER my intention, and if I have offended, well, I can only say I am sorry. My native language is very odd, and I don't mean that as an insult to anyone. What little I know about other languages, I know for having been answered, by people who from time to time thought little of my language. Tough trip! They set me right, and with every invoice that elicits a benevolent response, I know they were right. You all be fine now... Tataa!

28th July 2006, 05:37 AM	#128
HashiriKata	No need to apologise to anyone, FireEater. I simply drew your attention to your use of "charming oddity" in relation to other people's language, which can sound condescending in the right context. (If you live in the UK, you'd understand why I dislike "handing-down-kindness-to-others" sort of attitude ).

28th July 2006, 11:50 AM	#129
carlo	Hungarians also put the surname before the given name, like the Chinese, iirc. I'm sure this must be very confusing for Hungarians in China. One thing I remember from a trip to Hungary was that we used to drink 'tej' for breakfast every morning, and that this was actually milk rather than 'tea'.

31st July 2006, 12:48 PM	#130
Weronika	Quote: this was actually milk rather than 'tea'. What do you mean? Tej = milk. Tea= tea. I don't understand your writing.

16th August 2006, 03:56 AM	#131
LoudSilence	Time for a post revival. I can speak English, Arabic, Urdu (basic), Chinese (learning), and I knew some Spanish once upon a time. I'm aiming to learn Korean, Japanese, Malaysian, and Indonesian, but...er, that'll take awhile. Annyung haseyo!...But that would be hello. So, er, zai jian!

17th August 2006, 08:00 PM	#132
carlo	Quote: What do you mean? Tej = milk. Tea= tea. Yeah, but I didn't know that back then, so I assumed tej was tea. They also sound much the same

26th August 2006, 04:06 AM	#133
kwengirl	russian - native kazakh - state english - international korean - i'm korean turkish - 1.5 years chinese - studying 中

8th September 2006, 06:52 AM	#134
Gulao	English - native Mandarin - learned 8 years, not as good as I'd like Japanese - 2nd year formal study, 3rd year if you include self-taught stuff. Someday, I'd like to go for languages like German, Portuguese, Arabic, maybe Urdu. Spanish，French and Russian give me twinges every so often.

13th September 2006, 09:09 AM	#135
Strawberries513	ah well here goes: English- native Mandarin- beginner (800 characters) Japanese- just "flirting" I know a teeny bit Swedish- used to study but never learned listening/speaking so I have forgotten everything Korean- Can read Hangul and I can say "hello" and "I love you" but thats it.

19th October 2006, 01:03 AM	#136
nyotamalaika	Les langues c est ma passion: - French : native - Swahili : native (spoken in some countries in Africa like Kenya, Tanzania, DR Congo) - Lingala : fluent ( nationale language in Congo --- both Congos ) - English : fluent (nowadays it is a standard to speak this language,....) - Polish : fluent ( i did my master in polish language in Cracow and i spent almost 8 years in Poland) -Spanish: fluent (almost 6years speaking) - Russian: elementary and basic - Italian : elementary and basic -mandarin : starting next week. Et voila !!!! Learning chinese it is a big challenge for me, but i will make it. It s just a matter of time. In fact my favorite languages are russian and italian. I learn spanish by mistake thinking it was italian, but i dont regret that. So my dream is to be fluent in russian and italian, an also my father tongue language" Bemba" (spoken in DR Congo and Zambia). After that BASTA !!!! i will take a break and disfrutar los resultados de mi trabajo. Pozdrawiam serdecznie!!!

20th October 2006, 02:20 AM	#137
IndhuRen	English (fluent), Tamil (Indian Language, fluent) Hindi (can understand), Mandarin (Pimsleur Level 1)

17th November 2006, 10:29 AM	#138
muchacha	hmm chinese english espanol french japanese well,most of the time i just can use english n chinese to communicate ,tho?lol

22nd November 2006, 07:38 AM	#139
germifask	chinese(native) german(live in germany for 6 years) english(learned for many years, used it very seldom)

7th January 2007, 09:38 PM	#140
Master O	Re: What other languages do we speak English (Native, USA) Spanish (2nd Language) a little Brazilian Portuguese and Mandarin (been learning for 2 years)