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Original post by MangoFreak
"Ich möchte Niederländisch lernen, weil die Sprache mir Spaß macht"? There might be some way of saying it that would sound more natural, but otherwise that's right.

"Ich möchte Niederländisch lernen, weil sie eine lustige Sprache ist" for funny?


Aha! It's the second one I was after...
Octopus_Garden gave me that exact translation! But I was not sure whether 'sie' should be an 'es' because as you know...'das Niederlaendisch' is neuter...but I guess you're certain that the noun 'Sprache' is the determiner here?

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Original post by thatitootoo
Aha! It's the second one I was after...
Octopus_Garden gave me that exact translation! But I was not sure whether 'sie' should be an 'es' because as you know...'das Niederlaendisch' is neuter...but I guess you're certain that the noun 'Sprache' is the determiner here?

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Didn't consider the gender of "Niederländisch" :tongue: I'm actually not too sure on that particular grammatical facet.
Ronove reveal yourself! :wink:
Original post by MangoFreak
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Didn't consider the gender of "Niederländisch" :tongue: I'm actually not too sure on that particular grammatical facet.


Grammatical facet! :lol:
Blond genug! :smile:
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Original post by thatitootoo
Ronove reveal yourself! :wink:

There is a particular tendency to use the pronoun that matches the clause, so 'weil sie eine komische Sprache ist'... I think. It's eluding me right now. Just finished my first five day stretch at Subway. :smile:
Original post by Ronove
There is a particular tendency to use the pronoun that matches the clause, so 'weil sie eine komische Sprache ist'... I think. It's eluding me right now. Just finished my first five day stretch at Subway. :smile:


Good enough for me, danke!
Ooh Maedchen! Du bist eine fleissige Frau hehe
Gefaellt es Ihnen bei Subway zu arbeiten? Sind die Leute freundlich da? :smile:
Bonne idée. Je voudrais parler français et italien couramment * but I won't start learning them until * je finirai mon licence à l'université. Et je préfère cette langue. En revanche, d'être bilingue ou trilingue * is a very useful prospect for an aspiring journalist :tongue:
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Original post by paradoxicalme
Bonne idée. Je voudrais parler français et italien couramment * but I won't start learning them until * je finirai mon licence à l'université. Et je préfère cette langue. En revanche, d'être bilingue ou trilingue * is a very useful prospect for an aspiring journalist :tongue:


Aah! I think more than two will be polyglot or multilingual :tongue: not trlingual :mmm:

J'adore le français aussi, c'est mon meilleur langue :smile: j'apprends aussi l'Italien, et je voudrais parler avec toi quand tu l'apprend!:biggrin:
Original post by L'Evil Fish
Aah! I think more than two will be polyglot or multilingual :tongue: not trlingual :mmm:

J'adore le français aussi, c'est mon meilleur langue :smile: j'apprends aussi l'Italien, et je voudrais parler avec toi quand tu l'apprend!:biggrin:


Trilingual's definitely a word :tongue:

J'ai hâte de commencer d'apprendre l'italien, car ma mère est née en Italie et j'y ai des oncles et des cousins :biggrin:
Reply 2149
Original post by thatitootoo
Good enough for me, danke!
Ooh Maedchen! Du bist eine fleissige Frau hehe
Gefaellt es Ihnen bei Subway zu arbeiten? Sind die Leute freundlich da? :smile:

De første to dage var rimeligt hårde, men jeg kan godt lide det nu. Det er rigtigt stressende når vi har for travlt i butikken, men ellers går det fint. Mine fødder er nu også i gang med at vænne sig til arbejdet.

Someone I was serving today looked at me in open admiration and said 'your English is really amazing, have you lived abroad?'. :biggrin:
Warten Sie!
Since it's clearly an opinion...
Shouldn't it be: ...weil ICH sie eine komische Sprache FINDE.
Am I right? :wink:
Original post by Ronove
De første to dage var rimeligt hårde, men jeg kan godt lide det nu. Det er rigtigt stressende når vi har for travlt i butikken, men ellers går det fint. Mine fødder er nu også i gang med at vænne sig til arbejdet.

Someone I was serving today looked at me in open admiration and said 'your English is really amazing, have you lived abroad?'. :biggrin:


Wauw! I want to translate that but that's such effort on my super slow android phone :tongue:

You know you're a local when random people start complimenting your English!:wink:

Why were you speaking English anyway? lol
Reply 2152
Original post by thatitootoo
Wauw! I want to translate that but that's such effort on my super slow android phone :tongue:

You know you're a local when random people start complimenting your English!:wink:

Why were you speaking English anyway? lol

I work in Copenhagen. Have a guess.
Original post by thatitootoo
Warten Sie!
Since it's clearly an opinion...
Shouldn't it be: ...weil ICH sie eine komische Sprache FINDE.
Am I right? :wink:


You might be a religious nut whose religion asserts that Dutch is a funny language :pierre: :mmm:

Is that a rule though? Would a German think you were making an objective statement if you said "ist" rather than "finde"?
Original post by paradoxicalme
Trilingual's definitely a word :tongue:

J'ai hâte de commencer d'apprendre l'italien, car ma mère est née en Italie et j'y ai des oncles et des cousins :biggrin:


Hmmm didn't come up on my dictionary :lol:

Aah, tu es chanceux! Je souhaite que j'eusse(j'aie?) famille qui parlent un autre langue :frown:
Original post by L'Evil Fish
Hmmm didn't come up on my dictionary :lol:

Aah, tu es chanceux! Je souhaite que j'eusse(j'aie?) famille qui parlent un autre langue :frown:


Which dictionary? :eyeball: Irrelevant regardless :tongue: It's semantically valid :lol:
Original post by MangoFreak
Which dictionary? :eyeball: Irrelevant regardless :tongue: It's semantically valid :lol:


My phone didn't predict it :teehee:

So how about pentalingual?
http://boardreader.com/fp/The_Student_Room_18499/Arts_and_Humanities_Academic_Help_Foreig_9279067.html

We have no lives. Look at the chart of most regular posters in this sub-forum!
Original post by MangoFreak
You might be a religious nut whose religion asserts that Dutch is a funny language :pierre: :mmm:

Is that a rule though? Would a German think you were making an objective statement if you said "ist" rather than "finde"?


Wie bitte? / You woot?

Why do you answer my questions with questions? :tongue:

But yes, you do indeed differentiate between fact and opinion in German, Pierre. :biggrin:
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Original post by L'Evil Fish
My phone didn't predict it :teehee:

So how about pentalingual?
J'ai *pentalingual dictionaries* vu.

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