Weronika Posted July 16, 2006 at 09:09 AM Report Posted July 16, 2006 at 09:09 AM "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! Quote
FireEater Posted July 18, 2006 at 09:34 AM Report Posted July 18, 2006 at 09:34 AM 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! Quote
Weronika Posted July 20, 2006 at 04:41 AM Report Posted July 20, 2006 at 04:41 AM 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 . Quote
HashiriKata Posted July 20, 2006 at 09:32 AM Report Posted July 20, 2006 at 09:32 AM 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.) ??? Quote
Weronika Posted July 21, 2006 at 06:47 PM Report Posted July 21, 2006 at 06:47 PM 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!!!) Quote
girlwonder Posted July 27, 2006 at 06:39 PM Report Posted July 27, 2006 at 06:39 PM Korean (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent), Spanish (basic), Mandarin (basic/intermediate), Italian (basic) Quote
FireEater Posted July 27, 2006 at 07:10 PM Report Posted July 27, 2006 at 07:10 PM 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! Quote
HashiriKata Posted July 27, 2006 at 08:37 PM Report Posted July 27, 2006 at 08:37 PM 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 ). Quote
carlo Posted July 28, 2006 at 02:50 AM Report Posted July 28, 2006 at 02:50 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'. Quote
Weronika Posted July 31, 2006 at 03:48 AM Report Posted July 31, 2006 at 03:48 AM this was actually milk rather than 'tea'. What do you mean? Tej = milk. Tea= tea. I don't understand your writing. Quote
LoudSilence Posted August 15, 2006 at 06:56 PM Report Posted August 15, 2006 at 06:56 PM 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! Quote
carlo Posted August 17, 2006 at 11:00 AM Report Posted August 17, 2006 at 11:00 AM 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 Quote
kwengirl Posted August 25, 2006 at 07:06 PM Report Posted August 25, 2006 at 07:06 PM russian - native kazakh - state english - international korean - i'm korean turkish - 1.5 years chinese - studying 中 Quote
Gulao Posted September 7, 2006 at 09:52 PM Report Posted September 7, 2006 at 09:52 PM 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. Quote
Strawberries513 Posted September 13, 2006 at 12:09 AM Report Posted September 13, 2006 at 12:09 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. Quote
nyotamalaika Posted October 18, 2006 at 04:03 PM Report Posted October 18, 2006 at 04:03 PM 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!!! Quote
IndhuRen Posted October 19, 2006 at 05:20 PM Report Posted October 19, 2006 at 05:20 PM English (fluent), Tamil (Indian Language, fluent) Hindi (can understand), Mandarin (Pimsleur Level 1) Quote
muchacha Posted November 17, 2006 at 02:29 AM Report Posted November 17, 2006 at 02:29 AM hmm chinese english espanol french japanese well,most of the time i just can use english n chinese to communicate ,tho?lol(sh) Quote
germifask Posted November 21, 2006 at 11:38 PM Report Posted November 21, 2006 at 11:38 PM chinese(native) german(live in germany for 6 years) english(learned for many years, used it very seldom) Quote
Master O Posted January 7, 2007 at 01:38 PM Report Posted January 7, 2007 at 01:38 PM English (Native, USA) Spanish (2nd Language) a little Brazilian Portuguese and Mandarin (been learning for 2 years) Quote
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