Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Making an educated guess with my Spanish, without giving too much away, does that insult tell you to go er... back somewhere you originally came from?(Original post by Mequa)
Oh the subject of less common languages, Arubans have a nice insult in Papiamento:
"Bai den conjo di bo mama."
You may have to search Google for the translation though as it's a bit on the rude side.
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Spot on. That's exactly what it implies.(Original post by Ronove)
Making an educated guess with my Spanish, without giving too much away, does that insult tell you to go er... back somewhere you originally came from?
I also found out recently that Romanians have an insult with identical meaning and implication: "Dute-n pizda matii!"
Edit: There is also an extremely similar one in Afrikaans: "Gaan klim terug in jou ma se poes" (actually saying "climb back in" rather than "go into", but otherwise identical)...Last edited by Mequa; 05-04-2012 at 18:34. -
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?I agree, at gcse welsh have a novel to read, 5 extra pieces of coursework and a written paper, compared to french which has about 2 pieces of c/w and a short reading and listening, which welsh has too. But they're still recognised as the same difficulty.seeing as the french as oral was 10 minutes, and the welsh was 45 mins at as, this seems to be a reccuring matter.(Original post by Dusty12)
Well, I suppose Welsh counts. I got an A at AS, but I find that the papers are simply more difficult than my other subjects. I think subjects that few people choose are often more challenging.
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?I plan to one day teach myself French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Ibo (my parents' language).
Then maybe Japanese (I nearly studied it but had to move schools) and Korean. -
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?I'm just completely jel now. I've just done my A2 Dutch exam and that was anything but piss...Though what you described seems to be my experience of AS Dutch two weeks ago!(Original post by Dominicque)
Russian exams were easier then I though, especially reading. PISS. EASY. One question was even in English, you didn't even have needed to know Russian, just make an educated guess! Surely you're on about the AS exam right!?
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Now that's just plainly unfair! The welsh qualification seems more like the equivalent of English lit than a foreign language! Oh w8, are you on about the 'Welsh as a First language' qualification? That would explain the greater demand...(Original post by indigoheart)
I agree, at gcse welsh have a novel to read, 5 extra pieces of coursework and a written paper, compared to french which has about 2 pieces of c/w and a short reading and listening, which welsh has too. But they're still recognised as the same difficulty.seeing as the french as oral was 10 minutes, and the welsh was 45 mins at as, this seems to be a reccuring matter. -
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Now & where you be going school' !?(Original post by Dee Leigh)
My school offered Urdu, Arabic, Turkish, Greek and Punjabi, Polish and Portuguese.
My previous school offered Greek (for a short time) and Japanese.
Or better even...where these people in your school be coming from?
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Much of a language fanatic?(Original post by Dee Leigh)
I plan to one day teach myself French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Ibo (my parents' language).
Then maybe Japanese (I nearly studied it but had to move schools) and Korean. Didn't you do French for GCSE?
Igbo?
Are you on about the language spoken in some parts of Nigeria?
It seems like a hard language to get resources for, but i suppose you've got 2 live resources available to you..in your case
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Yes, there's been a few references as to why it should..earlier on in the thread(Original post by Sui-Kinxtar_kitty)
Would latin be included as a language??
So i'm guessing you're studying it for A-level? 
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Welsh seems like an interesting language to me too(Original post by constantmeowage)
I really want to take a GCSE in Welsh, but here in England I'm not sure if that can be done without having to actually go to Wales to do the speaking exam.
This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App I kind of like the peculiarity of the Celtic languages...I sometimes wonder what the language of modern day England would sound like...if it hadn't been linguistically raped so many times...:P
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?Did you only just sit it? How did you find the exam & what grade did you (hope) to get?(Original post by Calllu-m)
I did AS Arabic
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Re: Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?no there isn't(Original post by thatitootoo)
There is an English as a foreign language A-level available?
WHY HAVN'T I BEEN MADE AWARE OF THISSSSSSSSSS?
I just said Eglish as I do no "other" language. 
