robskydiv 0 #76 July 2, 2003 I began learning Spanish when I was twelve. I've retained quite a bit all these years. Recently, my friend began to teach himself Mandarin. I've picked up quite a bit from him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robskydiv 0 #77 July 2, 2003 Nida by itself means "your's" You are correct about the phoenetics though. I'll try to find out how to say it for you. Dzi Jen. "Goodbye" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #78 July 2, 2003 Quoteyea but mels trying to make the movie ! jesus doesnt like me! Mel's movie will be in LATIN and no subtitles.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #79 July 2, 2003 i hear he was trying aramiac! that dumb-ass! guess hes not trying to get viewers in the theatreMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #80 July 2, 2003 I would learn a language spoken in China -- Mandarin... also, I would like to learn some of the dialects spoken by the First Nations people here on the West Coast of Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
groovychic 0 #81 July 2, 2003 definitly German, I have wanted to learn German for quite awhile. I know a bit, not much. I would love to be fluent though. Why? 95% of my maternal family is German, so mainly for heritage & history reasons. I also plan to go to Breman Germany in the future & I would love to be able to communicate easily in their native tongue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #82 July 2, 2003 Okay, who voted 'Canadian'? I'm terrible at languages, except reading them. I wouldn't mind improving my French, or learning some Spanish, though. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #83 July 2, 2003 QuoteSpanish, because it's practically the native language of California. Practically? I'm pretty sure the people in Los Angeles, San Diego, etc would agree. I need to learn Spanish to visit foreign cities like Miami. (Floridian joke) I was talking to some people from Sweden and I was amazed by the number of common words. The inflection is a little different. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pack40 0 #84 July 2, 2003 "Though it'd be pretty cool to talk dirty in Russian.." If you need some examples I can help you out, just have to find my dictionary. Let's start with this /www.insultmonger.com/swearing/russian.htm OVER Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cptfunky 0 #85 July 2, 2003 Hm, ich bin wirklich sehr überrascht, dass hier offensichtlich so viele Deutsch sprechen. Warum habt ihr Euch für diese Sprache entschieden? Wegen familiärer Wurzeln in Deutschland? Ich dachte immer, dass Deutsch lernen nicht besonders populär wäre. Liebe Grüße, Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #86 July 2, 2003 QuoteI need to learn Spanish to visit foreign cities like Miami BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #87 July 2, 2003 Quote"Though it'd be pretty cool to talk dirty in Russian.." If you need some examples I can help you out, just have to find my dictionary. Let's start with this /www.insultmonger.com/swearing/russian.htm Bad clicky, here good clicky __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pack40 0 #88 July 2, 2003 Thanx have you checked the other languages? Very interesting, usefull for international travellers. OVER Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #89 July 2, 2003 Funny stuff.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #90 July 2, 2003 funny you should have this pool now... i've just recently started lookng into getting a degree in russian for the airforce.... math isn't my strong suit so i thought why not..... gona start classes soon i think...... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyke 0 #91 July 2, 2003 I second that nomination!! Portuguese is an awesome, beautiful language. Studied it for 3 wonderful years, but that was over 10 years ago and aside from the odd thought in portuguese...I don't know any of it anymore. kansasskydiver...onde esta Brasil habites (if I remembered my conjugations right!)? Kahurangi e Mahearangi, Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juanesky 0 #92 July 2, 2003 El Español es facil de aprender si se empeñan un poco......Es facil de practicar en los Estados Unidos. Por mi parte me gustaria aprender arabe, para infiltrarme con los cabezas de toalla, y saber que carajo quieren hacer, sobre todo cuando mi unidad tenga que ir a Camel land. Blue skies!"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 73 #93 July 2, 2003 Quote That would be me! I tried Dutch at one point, but then my German got in the way, and it really pissed off my teacher! I was almost crying when I saw alll those languages, and Dutch wasn't in there...:) Nice poll...but again Holland is excluded (the place where the first dz.com record was set damnit!!!)..tsk, tsk! But then again...I think Dutch is a pretty hard language to learn, especially for an american (in terms of pronunciation)...now everyone say the letter "G" in dutch...*listening*?JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #94 July 2, 2003 Quotebut again Holland is excluded Who??? What??? Did someone say something???Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatmissile 0 #95 July 2, 2003 Russian. I married one -- ZZZzzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #96 July 2, 2003 Mein Deutsch ist im Moment wirklich schlecht- also, entschuldigung. Ich bin in Deutschland aufgewachsen, weil mein Vater in der Luftwaffe war... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatmissile 0 #97 July 2, 2003 Deiner Deuch zind sehr besser dan meiner. Bitte diese avatar probieren, es is ein bischen lichter . -- ZZZzzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steel 0 #98 July 2, 2003 given the fact that the hispanics have surpassed the african americans as the number one minorities in america i think it benefit us all to learn a little spanish! ------------------------------------------------------------ Ok thats it. Now let me start my saying that your misconception is not at all unique. Its quite a common one but I find the need to correct it when ever I see it. Lesson #1 HISPANIC means everything that decends from Spain basically for a person to be truly HISPANIC both his parents must be of Spanish descent making him white or at least as white as you would call the Italians the French the Portugese and the Greeks. Lesson #2 The overwhelming majority of people running around the U.S. speaking Spanish are Mexicans. Mexicans typically (with some exceptions) at best 50% HISPANIC and the rest Aztec. If you need to learn more about this do a search on Moctezuma the last Aztec ruler. Lesson#3 Minority means less than half. So technically everybody except women in this country is a minority. Oh you want to put men and women together. Then everybody who is not of British descent is a minority. The majority of people in this country still are of British descent, hence that so very loved WASP catagory. (White Anglosaxen Protestan). Oh wait you want to put all northern Europeans together and call them the only white people. Well now you have a majority but now the largest minority now are the Italians. Bottomline is this topic get complicated and stupid. And this politics of victimization by minority status is nothing more than troublesome. But most of all its extremely offensive to me when you take a black person from the Domincan Republic, a Mexican Aztec, an Oriental from the Philipines, and an Inca from Peru and then tell me that because they happen to have a 'z' at the end of their last name just like I do that I am of the same race.If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #99 July 2, 2003 from www.merriamwebster.com Quote Main Entry: His·pan·ic Pronunciation: hi-'spa-nik Function: adjective Etymology: Latin hispanicus, from Hispania Iberian Peninsula, Spain Date: circa 1889 : of, relating to, or being a person of Latin American descent living in the U.S.; especially : one of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #100 July 2, 2003 As long as were being politically correct, rugs are oriental, people are Asian. Quotean Oriental from the Philipines Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
