Multilingual and Polyglot Wannabe Thread MK II

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Reply 380

thatitootoo

Original post by L'Evil Fish

I'm okay thanks :wink:

German though... I'd take you up on that!

Hahahahahah this Fish :tongue:

Reply 381

boumavilla

Original post by thatitootoo

It's fun to see Dutch from "an English perspective!" You sure like those commas! :wink:

It's not like I especially like commas! :lol:

It helps get away with using various words dat weet ik niet! :cute:

Wat doe jij vandaag?

Original post by thatitootoo

It's because I missed zee accent in 'Sí' isn't it?

Zonder het accent, dat betekent "als" en niet "ja". :yep:

Reply 382

L'Evil Fish

Original post by boumavilla

Zonder het accent, dat betekent "als" en niet "ja". :yep:

Exactement :biggrin:

Ça va?

Reply 383

Ronove

Only just noticed this thread. :rofl2:

Reply 384

boumavilla

Original post by L'Evil Fish

Exactement :biggrin:

Ça va?

Utilises-tu le Google Translate alors? :ahee:

Ça va bien, je suis plus heureux que normale car il fait beau en plein air! Et toi?

Comment est ton français au collège en ce moment? :beard:

Aussi, en ce qui concerne l'universitaire de Cardiff, je ne suis pas sûr maintenant parce que je suis allé à Exeter la semaine dernière et j'ai aimé l'universitaire beaucoup. :mmm:

As-tu décidé quelle universitaire à laquelle tu appliqueras?

Reply 385

thatitootoo

Original post by boumavilla

It's not like I especially like commas! :lol:

It helps get away with using various words die ik niet ken! :cute:

Wat doe jij vandaag?

Zonder het accent, dat betekent "als" en niet "ja". :yep:

I know

Remember 'dat' sends the verb to the end! I'm assuming you used English to start the sentence, and then Dutch to finish!

so it's: ...verschillende woorden die ik niet ken.

I think 'ken' isa better fit, because you're talking about "familiarity" here, rather than "factual knowledge" :wink:

Reply 386

thatitootoo

Original post by Ronove

Only just noticed this thread. :rofl2:

RONOVE IST WIEDER DABEI!!! :woo:

Reply 387

L'Evil Fish

Original post by Ronove

Only just noticed this thread. :rofl2:

Wie geht's? (No idea what that is meant to say) how are you?

Original post by boumavilla

Utilises-tu le Google Translate alors? :ahee:

Ça va bien, je suis plus heureux que normale car il fait beau en plein air! Et toi?

Comment est ton français au collège en ce moment? :beard:

Aussi, en ce qui concerne l'universitaire de Cardiff, je ne suis pas sûr maintenant parce que je suis allé à Exeter la semaine dernière et j'ai aimé l'universitaire beaucoup. :mmm:

As-tu décidé quelle universitaire à laquelle tu appliqueras?

Moi?! Jamais!

Aaaah oui, il fait beau ici :wink:

... C'est nul! Je déteste mes cours... Et oui, les autres étudiants améliorent pas depuis qu'on a parlé :frown:

mais oui, j'aime les sessions dans lesquelles nous parlons avec l'assistante native parce que nous parlons à mes profs :mmm:

J'ai entendu! :colonhash:

Steven m'a dit que tu y aimes... Mais j'espère que Cardiff sera une assurance (mais tu n'en auras pas besoin)

Oui. Cambridge, Imperial, Bath, Warwick, Cardiff... Mais ils peuvent changer!

Reply 388

Ronove

Original post by L'Evil Fish

Wie geht's? (No idea what that is meant to say) how are you?

Sick as a dog! Was supposed to fly back to Denmark yesterday but I've had to reschedule my flight for tomorrow. Birthday on Monday! :awesome:

Reply 389

L'Evil Fish

Original post by Ronove

Sick as a dog! Was supposed to fly back to Denmark yesterday but I've had to reschedule my flight for tomorrow. Birthday on Monday! :awesome:

3rd March? Great birthday :wink:

¿Estás aquí? When I say here I mean Britain :tongue:

Reply 390

GoldGhost

After my GCSE exams in May and June I will have 3 months before sixth form starts, so I will have a lot of free time. Can anyone recommend any tools for learning Spanish, please? At the moment I have Spanish with Ease by Assimil but would appreciate if anyone could give me a list of some other useful material.

Thanks!

Reply 391

L'Evil Fish

Original post by GoldGhost

About.com is probably pretty good. I have this textbook called 'A Spanish learning grammar'

Reply 392

GoldGhost

Original post by L'Evil Fish

About.com is probably pretty good. I have this textbook called 'A Spanish learning grammar'

Thankyou! Also, I am not too sure if this has been asked in this thread, but how do you go about obtaining vocabulary and making it part of your active vocabulary?

Reply 393

L'Evil Fish

Original post by GoldGhost

Thankyou! Also, I am not too sure if this has been asked in this thread, but how do you go about obtaining vocabulary and making it part of your active vocabulary?

The way I do it, just translate in your head from English to Spanish, if you don't know the word, look it up!

Reply 394

GingerGoat

Could someone please recommend a book for Arabic? :smile:

Könnte man mir ein Kursbuch fürs Arabisch empfehlen? Persönlich finde ich, dass es eine schöne Sprache ist. Leider ist meine (deutsche) Freundin nicht der gleichen Meinung :tongue:

Aber sie liebt Franzözisch und ich hasse's trotz meiner franzözischen Verwandten :tongue:

Wir (meine Freundin und ich) reisen zusammen im April nach Morokko, daraus können wir beiden üben :biggrin:

Reply 395

L'Evil Fish

Original post by GingerGoat

Could someone please recommend a book for Arabic? :smile:

Könnte man mir ein Kursbuch fürs Arabisch empfehlen? Persönlich finde ich, dass es eine schöne Sprache ist. Leider ist meine (deutsche) Freundin nicht der gleichen Meinung :tongue:

Aber sie liebt Franzözisch und ich hasse's trotz meiner franzözischen Verwandten :tongue:

Wir (meine Freundin und ich) reisen zusammen im April nach Morokko, daraus können wir beiden üben :biggrin:

I want a book for Arabic too!

Reply 396

GingerGoat

Original post by L'Evil Fish

I want a book for Arabic too!

It's such a cool language! :biggrin:

I did a foundation course when I was on exchange in Singapore but the teacher didn't teach much grammar so I found it a bit frustrating. And my girlfriend and I are going to Morocco in April so seems like a good time to find the enthusiasm again!

I found this website, which seems pretty good though :smile:

http://www.madinaharabic.com/start_learning.html

Which languages are you aiming to be a polyglot in then? :smile:

Reply 397

L'Evil Fish

Original post by GingerGoat

It's such a cool language! :biggrin:

http://www.madinaharabic.com/start_learning.html

Which languages are you aiming to be a polyglot in then? :smile:

It is!

woaaaah, exchange in Singapore haha

I've seen that website but I didn't get into it :tongue:

French, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Russian and English before I grow old.

Before uni though, just the first 4 :tongue:

German will be my issue

You?

Reply 398

GingerGoat

Original post by L'Evil Fish

It is!

woaaaah, exchange in Singapore haha

I've seen that website but I didn't get into it :tongue:

French, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Russian and English before I grow old.

Before uni though, just the first 4 :tongue:

German will be my issue

You?

Ah I'd like to know German, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Hindi/Urdu, maybe Portuguese.
Do you self teach too? :smile:

I must admit that I despised languages at school! Despite my aunt being French and being a French teacher!

I don't understand why you want to learn Mandarin. Personally, I find it to be a really ugly language. And inefficient. Maybe that's just what living in Singapore did to me... I also hate rice now something awful :tongue: