Как дела?

Меня зовут Патрик. Я из Канады. Вы откуда? Вы говорите по-английски?

Пожалуйста, где туалет?

Ikep zeau waaaaa-waaaaaaaaa-waaaaa-waanzinnig gedreaumd
kwas zeau meaui, meaui, meaui
ut was eg nie geweaun

Iedereen riep: Hieperdepiep!
Daarna werdik gekust en gekreaund
Ikep zeau waaaaaaaaaaaaaa-waaaaaaaaa-waaaaaaaaa-waanzinnig gedreaumd

Yeah, hi to you too Patrick, bathrooms down the hall.

Oh yeah and I am doing ok

блядь.

Devil you spoke!!

10 points to the first person that translates my post above correctly.

that isnt a translation.

Don't know what blet means.

Yeah, hi to you too Patrick, bathrooms down the hall.

Oh yeah and I am doing ok

Пожалуйста! :D


блядь.

"Scheiße"? Oder "Hure"?


Don't know what blet means.

I think a more correct transliteration is blyad'. If that was what you were trying for.

блядь.

zeauet!

"Scheiße"? Oder "Hure"?



I think a more correct transliteration is blyad'. If that was what you were trying for.
10 points to you.
having an ex soviet lady has it's advantages.

Как дела?

Меня зовут Патрик. Я из Канады. Вы откуда? Вы говорите по-английски?

Пожалуйста, где туалет?

Translation:

How do you do ?

My name is Patrick. I am from Canada. Where are you from ? Do you speak english ?

Please, where is the toilet ? .......:m: :p

translation please:

vandoag goa iek mee mun maoten lekker een potje kei-baanden. De is heul we beter dan een bietje aon uwe piemel stoan te trekke.

houdoe!

10 points to you.
having an ex soviet lady has it's advantages.

Sobald ich mehr Rußisch kann, werde ich brauchen, es mit jemandem zu benutzen.


Translation:

How do you do ?

My name is Patrick. I am from Canada. Where are you from ? Do you speak english ?

Please, where is the toilet ?

Да! :)

I'm actually from the US. But I thought it would be handy to learn how to say I'm from Canada should I ever need to say it. And if the Russians are as smart as I think they are, I will need to say it. ;)

Вы говорите по-русский?

Jeg snakker ikke baglæns, jeg forsøger blot at forstå hvad du siger - men jeg fatter ikke en brik. Rødgrød med fløde på .......fem frække ludere trækker op ad Istedgade iført postkasserødt silkeundertøj.

Jeg snakker ikke baglæns, jeg forsøger blot at forstå hvad du siger - men jeg fatter ikke en brik. Rødgrød med fløde på .......fem frække ludere trækker op ad Istedgade iført postkasserødt silkeundertøj.

haal die aardappel eens uit je mond? Ik kan je niet zo goed verstaan! ;)

or translated

hoal dien erpel effekes ut uwe mond? ik kan u nie so goe verstaon! ;)

Sputnik, ich versteh' kein Dänisch. :(

Aber ich möchte eine skandinavische Sprache lernen. Ich hab' gehört, dass norwegisch-, schwedisch-, und dänischsprachige Leute kann einander verstehen, wenn sie auf ihren eigenen Sprachen sprechen. Ist das wahr?

haal die aardappel eens uit je mond? Ik kan je niet zo goed verstaan! ;)

or translated

hoal dien erpel effekes ut uwe mond? ik kan u nie so goe verstaon!


Or translated:
Take out the potato from your mouth. I don´t understand you very well ....:m: :p

Sputnik, ich versteh' kein Dänisch. :(

Aber ich möchte eine skandinavische Sprache lernen. Ich hab' gehört, dass norwegisch-, schwedisch-, und dänischsprachige Leute kann einander verstehen, wenn sie auf ihren eigenen Sprachen sprechen. Ist das wahr?

Jah , das ist war ......nur nicht um die norwegen neu-norwegisch sprechen,
dann gibt es swierichkeiten .........

Or translated:
Take out the potato from your mouth. I don´t understand you very well ....:m: :p

de hedde gij goe gedaon menneke.

"Aardappel"? Das ist wie das französische Wort "pomme de terre".

I like how understandable Low German languages are to me when written. It still amazes me sometimes.

Jah , das ist war ......nur nicht um die norwegen neu-norwegisch sprechen,
dann gibt es swierichkeiten .........

Ach so!

Welche Sprache ist die leichteste für alle zu verstehen?

"Aardappel"? Das ist wie das französische Wort "pomme de terre".

I like how understandable Low German languages are to me when written. It still amazes me sometimes.

strangely enough it is 'kartoffel' in german.

Ach so!

Welche Sprache ist die leichteste für alle zu verstehen?

Dænisch naturlich ... aber nur um man es sehr langsahm un deutlich spreche...
Leider gibt es viele dialekte ins danisch , zum beispiel ins Jutland spreche alte leute vie dieses : " a æ å i ø u i å "- das bedeutet : " Ich bin an einer inseln ins fluss " ......... unglaublich und kaum fassbar ...... :m: :p

strangely enough it is 'kartoffel' in german.


Also in danish : kartoffel .....

but then again 'fries' are friet in the south of the netherlands and 'patat' in the above the great rivers. And 'aardappel' they sometimes call 'patat' in belgium.

To confuse matters.

strangely enough it is 'kartoffel' in german.

Aha! That was the word I was trying to remember.


Dænisch naturlich ... aber nur um man es sehr langsahm un deutlich spreche...
Leider gibt es viele dialekte ins danisch , zum beispiel ins Jutland spreche alte leute vie dieses : " a æ å i ø u i å "- das bedeutet : " Ich bin an einer inseln ins fluss " ......... unglaublich und kaum fassbar ...... :m: :p

Dänisch, wirklich? Ich habe gehört, dass es Norwegisch (vielleicht Bokmål) ist. Aber okay, vielleicht soll ich ein bisschen Dänisch lernen.

Wie viele Sprachen kannst du? Dänisch, Englisch, Deutsch, Rußisch, was anderes?

På norsk (bokmål) heter de poteter.

I can't understand North Germanic languages.

Göra vi nöd språk del på SciForums? :confused:

How bout this version Athelwulf, På norsk kaller vi de for poteter.

Plazma er ni svensk?

Plazma er ni svensk?

Nej! :D

How bout this version Athelwulf, På norsk kaller vi de for poteter.

I could only recognize "norsk" and "bokmål", and maybe "for".

Try a West Germanic language. I just can't understand North Germanic.

Don't do `em, been immersed in norweigan for almost 8 years now Norweigan really is closer to english than german once you begin.

Jeg vil ha
I will have (I want)

Sommeren kommer snart ....håper jeg
The summer is coming soon .....I hope

Jeg liker jenter i korte skjørter
I like girls in short skirts :p

These you will recognize from german
Skønnhet
frihet
naturlig
etc

Don't do `em, been immersed in norweigan for almost 8 years now Norweigan really is closer to english than german once you begin.

Jeg vil ha
I will have (I want)

Sommeren kommer snart ....håper jeg
The summer is coming soon .....I hope

Jeg liker jenter i korte skjørter
I like girls in short skirts :p

I suppose it's got a lot of innate similarities due to the fairly close genetic relationship. That's always nice, and fun.

So, what do you think? Do you agree with Sputnik that Danish is the best choice if I want to talk to everyone in Scandinavia?


These you will recognize from german
Skønnhet
frihet
naturlig
etc

Schönheit, Freiheit, natürlich... :D

I suppose it's got a lot of innate similarities due to the fairly close genetic relationship. That's always nice, and fun.

So, what do you think? Do you agree with Sputnik that Danish is the best choice if I want to talk to everyone in Scandinavia?



Schönheit, Freiheit, natürlich... :D

No Norwegian is the best because Norway has been under both Danish and Swedish rule, bokmål from 100 years ago is almost identical to danish. Here at home we watch Danish and Swedish TV once you understand the inflexion and a few key words in swedish that are different they're so easy even an american like me can understand:D

Hard to belive, but about 50 years ago, I used Russian to satisfy one of my two language requiremnts for the Ph.D. I voted for the first alternative as I still remember that was my responce to:

Kac vi pasivitia (spelled phonetical and probably even that is poorly done now) Most of our conversation practice stated with this greating and responce.

I still remember a little of my German, but have had occasion to use it. I wanted to visit Russia during my trips to Europe, but as I had high security clearance, I thought it would cause me probelms if my pasport had a CCCP stamp in it, so I never did - only stood on the border and traded some US coins for some metal tank core designations (taken from their caps) with two soldier who were on the other side.

Как дела?

Меня зовут Патрик. Я из Канады. Вы откуда? Вы говорите по-английски?

Пожалуйста, где туалет?

Przetłumacz to!

Warum sprechen wir nur auf Fremdsprachen?

I can't get the Cyrillic letters to post correctly, but I thought a question had to be phrased:

Govorite li vy po angliyskiy?

Is Vy govorite po angliyskiy colloquial? That's the way they ask questions in Portuguese, just say the affirmative sentence with a different inflection. Not easy for foreigners to catch the difference.

I prefer Chinese: ma is a spoken question mark.

no one has tanslated your poll yet...


Как дела?
Хорошо!
Нормальна.
Собака!


translation:
"what's up?
--good
--OK
--dog!"

tak, ti Russki ili net? i prichiom tut sobaka?

OK, now I can vote

Welche Sprache ist die leichteste für alle zu verstehen?Lateinisch ist die leichteste. Wir haben in unserer Sprachen so vielen lateinischen Wörten. Aber ist sie die schwerste zu schreiben.

em and there is a typo :)
normal'no, is with an o at the end

translation please:

vandoag goa iek mee mun maoten lekker een potje kei-baanden. De is heul we beter dan een bietje aon uwe piemel stoan te trekke.

houdoe!

well, lemme try;
litteraly lol : today go me with my friends yummy a pot stone-tires. the is much we better then a little on yours wiener standing to pull.

haha dutch is funny. im going to let it with this litteraly translation, its better then the real one :D

No Norwegian is the best because Norway has been under both Danish and Swedish rule, bokmål from 100 years ago is almost identical to danish.

Is Bokmål the spoken standard too, or just written?


Here at home we watch Danish and Swedish TV once you understand the inflexion and a few key words in swedish that are different they're so easy even an american like me can understand

That's good. Then I guess I should learn Norwegian?


Przetłumacz to!

I don't understand Polish (right?).


Warum sprechen wir nur auf Fremdsprachen?

Weil es viel Spaß macht! :D

Wie viel Deutsch erinnerst du?


I can't get the Cyrillic letters to post correctly

What problems are you experiencing? I have my language toolbar on the taskbar set up so I have a selection of keyboard layouts for key languages. This is usually what I use to type, and it works alright. But even if I copy-paste characters, it turns out fine for me. :/


but I thought a question had to be phrased:

Govorite li vy po angliyskiy?

Is Vy govorite po angliyskiy colloquial? That's the way they ask questions in Portuguese, just say the affirmative sentence with a different inflection. Not easy for foreigners to catch the difference.

Вы говорите по-английски? is the phrase my Russian teacher has taught us. I can ask her about it next time we have class.


tak, ti Russki ili net? i prichiom tut sobaka?

I don't understand that much. I only have the very primitive stuff down. I hope I don't stay at the primitive level though.

Так, ты Русский или нет? И причиом тут собака?


Lateinisch ist die leichteste. Wir haben in unserer Sprachen so vielen lateinischen Wörten. Aber ist sie die schwerste zu schreiben.

Ich hab' gemeint, welche skandinavische Sprache ist die leichteste für alle skandinavischsprachige Leute zu verstehen.


em and there is a typo :)
normal'no, is with an o at the end

*Checks his class notes*

Damn, you're right. I wish I could edit it. :(

well, lemme try;
litteraly lol : today go me with my friends yummy a pot stone-tires. the is much we better then a little on yours wiener standing to pull.

haha dutch is funny. im going to let it with this litteraly translation, its better then the real one :D


Actually your translation is better than the real deal! :)

где туалет?

V lesu.

В лесу?

Which means..?

В лесу?

Which means..?

which means the forest is the bathroom. You are obviously not russian.

Did I ever say I was? :confused:

Did I ever say I was? :confused:

not at all.

Afiste tes malakies re pedia.

Afiste tes malakies re pedia.

This may just be the most multilingual thread on SciForums!

What did you say?

This may just be the most multilingual thread on SciForums!

What did you say?

seems to be portuguess...the end is "what you asked for" but beginning I cannot work out...

Mues i jetzt au no min seich derzue gäh uf schwitzer düütsch? Das versteit sicher niemer. Mal luege ob das öpper cha übersetzte.

Den Text den sie oben lesen können ist ein Dialekt dieser Sprache.

I was wondering if I should learn a 4th language and was thinking of italian since its partly similar to french and its also a "administrativ language" (or whatever you call it) here in switzerland but sometimes I think it would be interesting to learn a totally different language... something Scandinavian? Russian? Or Dutch? (With English and German I kann recognise some words)

Et je parle aussi français.

Mues i jetzt au no min seich derzue gäh uf schwitzer düütsch? Das versteit sicher niemer. Mal luege ob das öpper cha übersetzte.

Den Text den sie oben lesen können ist ein Dialekt dieser Sprache.

I was wondering if I should learn a 4th language and was thinking of italian since its partly similar to french and its also a "administrativ language" (or whatever you call it) here in switzerland but sometimes I think it would be interesting to learn a totally different language... something Scandinavian? Russian?

Et je parle aussi français.


try chinese-mandarin or japanese. Russian is too hard to learn.

And here another question: (has nothing to do with what i wanna learn)

Which Language will gain most importance for economic or political reasons in the future? Russian? Arabic? Chinese?

Of course English is most important National Languag probably followed by French (Both are used in the UN)

And here another question: (has nothing to do with what i wanna learn)

Which Language will gain most importance for economic or political reasons in the future? Russian? Arabic? Chinese?

Of course English is most important National Languag probably followed by French (Both are used in the UN)

chinese mandarin. and dont tell me u didnt know.

I thought it would be chinese but I haven't yet heard any opinions concerning this question. Apart form that I know people who had to learn russian for their jobs and so on... I wasn't sure therefor this thread seemed to be a nice opportunity to ask.

I thought it would be chinese but I haven't yet heard any opinions concerning this question. Apart form that I know people who had to learn russian for their jobs and so on... I wasn't sure therefor this thread seemed to be a nice opportunity to ask.

everything is an opportunity...especially life.

Mues i jetzt au no min seich derzue gäh uf schwitzer düütsch? Das versteit sicher niemer. Mal luege ob das öpper cha übersetzte.

Den Text den sie oben lesen können ist ein Dialekt dieser Sprache.

Das ist interresant.


I was wondering if I should learn a 4th language and was thinking of italian since its partly similar to french and its also a "administrativ language" (or whatever you call it) here in switzerland but sometimes I think it would be interesting to learn a totally different language... something Scandinavian? Russian? Or Dutch? (With English and German I kann recognise some words)

Depends on what you wanna learn for, I suppose, and how different a language you want.

Dutch would be easiest of the languages you named. Not only are the words recognizable, but also the grammar is identical to German grammar, from what I can determine.

Scandinavian languages are Germanic, but they're North Germanic while English, German, and Dutch are all West Germanic.

Russian isn't Germanic, but is Indo-European, although it's in the "satem" branch rather than the "kentum" branch, meaning it's quite distantly related.

Also, I think you're trying to say that Italian is an official language of Switzerland. :)


try chinese-mandarin or japanese. Russian is too hard to learn.

Some aspects of Russian may be harder than Mandarin, but I think overall Russian is easier than Mandarin.


And here another question: (has nothing to do with what i wanna learn)

Which Language will gain most importance for economic or political reasons in the future? Russian? Arabic? Chinese?

I hear Chinese will become very important, for economic reasons. I don't see Russian gaining much more importance until their economy improves, and I have no idea what Arabic's status is.

i wouldnt say that dutch is that easy, it has more exceptions than rules :s and omg the different slang every city has pfff.. at least in belgium it is like that, i imagine that in holland its the same stuff
but the grammar, its not the same as in german. in dutch we dont have the dativ and so on rules, thats just the first thing that pops in my mind. also the use of active and passive sentenses is different i think.
the words on the other hand are very similar :)

russian on the other hand is an extremely rich language, with a gianourmous vocabulary, and its a language of puns lol, but still, it has its rules and you have to follow them. what you see is what you get.
actually, they use almost the same rules as in german, with the dativ, nominativ,...

Meine Deutsch ist schlecht. Wo kann ich besser Deutsch im Internet lernen?

(Loosely attempted translation from: My Duits is sleg. Waar kan ek beter Duits op die Internet leer?)

Mues i jetzt au no min seich derzue gäh uf schwitzer düütsch? Das versteit sicher niemer. Mal luege ob das öpper cha übersetzte.

Den Text den sie oben lesen können ist ein Dialekt dieser Sprache.



Ahhh schwitzer dyytsch ...........:

May I now also add my thing in Swiss-german. Probably nobody understands it. Let´s see if it is managed to be translated .....

Or something like that ......:m: :p

This may just be the most multilingual thread on SciForums!

What did you say?

Afiste tes malakies re pedia....
Literally translated: Stop this wankiness, guys.

Nice Sputnik, got it right...

Meine Deutsch ist schlecht. Wo kann ich besser Deutsch im Internet lernen?

(Loosely attempted translation from: My Duits is sleg. Waar kan ek beter Duits op die Internet leer?)

That's pretty good, I think, except the first word is simply "mein".


Ahhh schwitzer dyytsch ...........:

May I now also add my thing in Swiss-german. Probably nobody understands it. Let´s see if it is managed to be translated .....

Or something like that ......:m: :p

You're good. :eek:


Afiste tes malakies re pedia....
Literally translated: Stop this wankiness, guys.

Ah. Portuguese?

(Loosely attempted translation from: My Duits is sleg. Waar kan ek beter Duits op die Internet leer?)

Mijn Duits is kut. Waar kan ik beter Duits leren op het internet.

I moved this from Free Thoughts to the exciting new Linguistics forum. Peace. :m: :D