languages in PH

vanilla

what languages do we all speak, i mean, besides english, right?

i'll start: FRENCH.

emily

German, French, Dutch. I found a Dutch book on my street a few months ago, and I want to know who it belonged to!!

mc

Spanish

oiseau

The guys at The Usual, Mike and John, both speak an advanced form of Pig-Latin.

alex

にほんご

stacey

My husband and son both speak Spanish (I can only curse in Spanish). I might be able to have a conversation in Spanish or French. More like Spanglish or Frenglish

bluedove

stacey wrote: My husband and son both speak Spanish (I can only curse in Spanish). I might be able to have a conversation in Spanish or French. More like Spanglish or Frenglish

Ditto!

rhodamine

Latin.

metulj

I speak Slovenian, some SerboCroat and German. I learned Slovene for my grad work and Serbo-Croat is a stretch. Many of the words are the same as Slovene, but the grammar is night and day. So I can say "Eno pivo, molim" when in Zagreb, but I can't say "Dosti. Pijan sem" -- 'Enough. I'm drunk."

qtrain

DA LI TI ZNAÅ  ZA NEKI DRUGI RITAM?

vanilla

rhodamine wrote: Latin.

hey, latin is a dead, unspoken language!
that's totally badass.

raulism

I can get by in Hungarian as long as I'm drinking, and I can get by with my French as long as I'm with Africans. I was working on learning the Guinean version of Fulani, but all I can do now is say the 9 ways of saying "how are you?"

One of the major languages of PHeights is Haitian Creol, and there are also a bunch of Nigerian hangouts.

metulj

qtrain wrote: DA LI TI ZNAÅ  ZA NEKI DRUGI RITAM?

Yo. I haven't forgotten about our paper idea. I am swamped with work, but it is on my radar.

Ampak, jaz ne razumem <<riti>>. Mislim da, recite srpsko.

carnivore

French and Spanish (both extremely poorly, although I read better than I speak).

anonymous

je ne parle pas pomme de terre.

mr. tips

Anonymous wrote: je ne parle pas pomme de terre.

I do not speak potato???

pheightsgirl

I speak spanish fluently and I'm decent with German but could be a lot better if I'd invest in a book or tape.

anonymous

Subject: languages

raulism Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject:

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I was working on learning the Guinean version of Fulani, but all I can do now is say the 9 ways of saying "how are you?"


WOW!!! Great that you wanted to learn to speak Fulani!! I speak the Senegalese version and can certainly converse with anyone who speaks the Guinean version. You totally made my day!

jose

I speak/read Spanish and Spanglish. I can also get by reading simple Catalan.

carnivore

So who here speaks Klingon? I've seen you guys, and I know someone here must!

mr. tips

Carnivore wrote: So who here speaks Klingon? I've seen you guys, and I know someone here must!

Is there a word in Klingon for loneliness? [looks it up in a little book] Ah, yes: Gar-dacchk!

carnivore

Mr. Tips wrote: [quote=Carnivore]So who here speaks Klingon? I've seen you guys, and I know someone here must!

Is there a word in Klingon for loneliness? [looks it up in a little book] Ah, yes: Gar-dacchk!
Ah, Comic Book Guy...

But seriously, if you're interested in learning it, check this out:

http://www.kli.org/

The Klingon Language Institute! :shock:

cupcake

[ignoring the Klingon thang]

I speak German and French and teeny bit of Italian. But, I was able to pick up a little Croatian when I was visiting Zagreb and Split. Just phrases to get around, no understanding of the grammar. I'd love to learn Serbo-Croatian!

carnivore

Cupcake wrote: [ignoring the Klingon thang]

I speak German and French and teeny bit of Italian. But, I was able to pick up a little Croatian when I was visiting Zagreb and Split. Just phrases to get around, no understanding of the grammar. I'd love to learn Serbo-Croatian!

I thought you just pretend to speak German... :P

cupcake

Carnivore wrote: [quote=Cupcake][ignoring the Klingon thang]

I speak German and French and teeny bit of Italian. But, I was able to pick up a little Croatian when I was visiting Zagreb and Split. Just phrases to get around, no understanding of the grammar. I'd love to learn Serbo-Croatian!

I thought you just pretend to speak German... :P

Like, shh dude. Der Boss might hear dich! :shock:

anonymous

Subject: Dutch

or shall I say: lapsed Dutch

escap

Alex wrote: にほんご

まじで？俺も出来るよ。アレックスはどこで覚えたの？日本に住んだことがある？

nebula78

ich spreche deutsch, aber will ich weiter lernen...kann jemand mir helffen?

rockhound

I can speak a pretty mean JA-FAKIN' (Jamaican patois spoken by a non Yardie)!!

I can understand it quite fluently as well, whether I hear it at home in Brooklyn or in Jamaica ("Yard", not Queens)

medusa

I speak Spanish pretty every day at work and, strangely, can often understand French. I'm unable to respond to anything I hear in French, but I can often follow conversations quite well.

I haven't tried to read anything in another language in years.

I've always wanted to learn German, but never got around to it.

alex

escap wrote: [quote=Alex]にほんご

日本に住んだことがある？

はい、ときょときょと。
ごめん、にほんごじょうずじゃありません。