Multi-Lingual Conversations

[DragonGirl]

I've seen threads asking the french Lyoko fans questions and talking about learning a second language (well that depends on how many languages you know) but no thread for just actually useing the lauguage.

(I'm not sure exactally how to explain this) there are things that can't be learned in a calss room or from a language disk like slang. (And profanity but I don't think that belongs here ether)

well I hope there's more languages used then just French and English otherwise this will only be a bi-lingual thread. (sorry for my spelling I've been trying to fix that since second grade)


Salut! Je m'apelle DragonGirl. (Yeah it's obvious I know)
Hola (By the way.. Je ne Parle pas l'espanol)

[ccbtimewiz]

Guten Tag, Frauline. (Hello miss)

[Snape]

* Fraulein...

That seems like a good idea...

[The Gee Man]

Salve! Linguam latinam possum scibere, sed eam non possum dicere.

[Snape]

Unfortunately, I don't know any Latin...

[DragonGirl]

Guten Tag, Frauline. (Hello miss)

That's German right? (Just makeing sure)

(ok I hope I say this right {And spell it right since I don't have my french notes with me}) Je ne parles pas beaucoup alamand ou francais.

(In case I said it wrong I wasn't understood)
I don't speak alot of german or french.

Well this thread seems to be sucessful so far.

[DragonGirl]

Ok I still don't have my french notes with me my everytime I go to get them my mom tries to kick me off the working computer. (yay for teacher work days) I'll get them later.

(Question for everyone)
Je suis de Etats Unis. Tu es d'ou? (I think there's sapposed to be ether an accending or decending accent somewhere in ther but I don't know how to make those yet.)

(For the englich speakers who don't undrstand french I said I'm from the United States. Where are you from?

[Snape]

Dat ist Zehr Komisch !

It is german but she spelled "fraulein" wrongly. Well For starters I understand german without speaking it, therefore I'm not the person to confirm if it is right or wrong.

But from the little I know, it is was spelled erroneously.

NB: For some people at least; Spelling ain't their forte...

[DragonGirl]

Dat ist Zehr Komisch !

It is german but she spelled "fraulein" wrongly. Well For starters I understand german without speaking it, therefore I'm not the person to confirm if it is right or wrong.

But from the little I know, it is was spelled erroneously.

NB: For some people at least; Spelling ain't their forte...

I didn't understand that first line.

[Snape]

In German Little Miss = Fraulein not frauline.

Dat is zehr komisch = it is very funny (in german) as far as I know.

[Olivier]

Je suis de Etats Unis. Tu es d'ou? (I think there's supposed to be either an accending or decending accent somewhere in there but I don't know how to make those yet.)

The correct spelling is:

"Je suis des Etats-Unis. Tu es d'où ?"

Or "Vous êtes d'où ?" if you're asking everyone.

Dat is zehr komisch

Correct spelling:

"Das ist sehr komisch"

[Snape]

Oops, sorry! I don't pretend being an expert in German, in fact I am not even a novice...

[DragonGirl]

Je suis de Etats Unis. Tu es d'ou? (I think there's supposed to be either an accending or decending accent somewhere in there but I don't know how to make those yet.)

The correct spelling is:

"Je suis des Etats-Unis. Tu es d'où ?"

Or "Vous êtes d'où ?" if you're asking everyone.

Well I'm only in first year french so I expected to make mystakes. (Thanks for telling me what I did wrong)

[Snape]

For 1st year friench, you dis quite well, mistakes included.

I spotted some errors you have made in English, but hey, if we don't do mistakes, then there really something wrong; as perfect doesn't exist, so there you have it:

Good luck and keep it up!

NB: Firefox (Mozilla) has an automated (and integrated) spell checker. It is a very powerful tool! (especially to correct my mistakes before posting the message on the web.

[DragonGirl]

For 1st year friench, you dis quite well, mistakes included.

I spotted some errors you have made in English, but hey, if we don't do mistakes, then there really something wrong; as perfect doesn't exist, so there you have it:

Good luck and keep it up!

Well I'm also useing 2 different "learn to speak french" Disks so that might explain it (3 if you count le CD) {Maybe typeing in French and English at the same time is a bad idea.} Oh and Merci.

As for the English I already warned everyone about my spelling but if you mean grammer errors.... well I don't care about those.

Ok with that done I repeat my questin from earlier (Only the correct way this time (I never got any ansers. all you have to say is the contry{Or even the continent I ust want to beable to use the little french I currently know and maybe pick up afew other languages from this thread})

Vous êtes d'où

[The Gee Man]

Latin is an interesting language, after taking classes in it I can actually read some Spanish, French, and especially Italian, since they are all based on Latin and even share words. Latin itself takes somewhere like 8 years to learn how to speak and understand spoken Latin.

[DragonGirl]

Latin is an interesting language, after taking classes in it I can actually read some Spanish, French, and especially Italian, since they are all based on Latin and even share words. Latin itself takes somewhere like 8 years to learn how to speak and understand spoken Latin.

Wow that's long? And I thought learning french was hard (I was just saying that because it fit the situation I'm makeing a 100 in the class Im takeing but then again I'm also useing learn to speak french disks and it's only beginning french)

[The Gee Man]

Wow that's long? And I thought learning french was hard (I was just saying that because it fit the situation I'm makeing a 100 in the class Im takeing but then again I'm also useing learn to speak french disks and it's only beginning french)

It's a very cumbersome language, as you essentially have to hear the whole sentence to make sense of it, since verbs come at the end of sentences and word order doesn't matter. Plus, it's grammar structure has lots of weird rules to remember and can have ambiguous construction.
Despite this, reading ancient Latin passages occasionally turns up some interesting gems. The famous poet Ovid's Ars Amatoria is essentially an instruction manual (in poetry of course) on how to seduce married women.

[Snape]

Like Yoda's Speeches, Latin sounds.

NB: Now to reply DragonGirl's question:

Vous êtes d'où

Hogwarts [spoil](but in fact Lebanon)[/spoil]

[The Gee Man]

(but in fact Lebanon)

I'm assuming that since you speak fluent French you live in Beirut? Have you picked up any Arabic or Syriac?

[Snape]

Arabic, Yes. But unfortunately, not Syriac.

NB: Syriac is considered an old language spoken in some parts of Northern or Western Syria (by a group of people form Christian decent), if I am not mistaken.

[The Gee Man]

NB: Syriac is considered an old language spoken in some parts of Northern or Western Syria (by a group of people form Christian decent), if I am not mistaken.

Yes, it's the language of the Maronites, who are Christians converted after the Crusades by the French. There's an area near where I live where a large number Lebanese Maronites immigrated to, it's pretty interesting.

[Snape]

Brazil? As there is quite a large community there.

NB: Aramean is also among the old languages spoken in the Levantine region. Today, if memory doesn't fail me a few people stil speak it.

[Volfor Death poil]

Hello !

I play World of Warcraft, but I'm on holidays. Can you tell my when the 3.2 patch will come out please ?
Thank dude !

Volfy.

[julyan]

pour ta question sur le patch de wow, le patch est deja sorti depuis mercredi dernier^^