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Started by Josquius, April 20, 2011, 09:43:27 AM

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Grey Fox

You might be right. I said I didn't think it would be that hard. It might be. I haven't tried, I have no intention to do so.
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Valmy

Quote from: Caliga on June 17, 2011, 11:26:10 AM
Well, it may be that it sounds very different from how it's written.

It had been written in Cyrillic for centuries.  Just to give you an idea how weird Romanian is.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Caliga

I can read Cyrillic though. :cool:
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Baron von Schtinkenbutt

Quote from: Valmy on June 16, 2011, 01:41:58 PM
Holy shit.  Mongers should come down here today.  It is 105F/40.5C and humid as fuck.

Native Texans have no concept of "humid as fuck". :P

Caliga

What if they live in El Paso? :)
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jimmy olsen

Don't need to apostille my documents to get into Japan, yay! :w00t:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Camerus

I've been teaching myself Mandarin for about 2.5 years.  I now know about 1,600 characters and I can and do have conversations in Mandarin for hours at a time.  It is not impossible by any stretch of the imagination, though it is much harder for me than a European language. 

However, I am not doing this because I think "China will rule the world" or some nonsense, but rather just as a hobby and because I love language study.   :)

Monoriu

Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on June 17, 2011, 09:34:21 PM
I've been teaching myself Mandarin for about 2.5 years.  I now know about 1,600 characters and I can and do have conversations in Mandarin for hours at a time.  It is not impossible by any stretch of the imagination, though it is much harder for me than a European language. 

However, I am not doing this because I think "China will rule the world" or some nonsense, but rather just as a hobby and because I love language study.   :)

The problem is that the English proficiency of the average mainlander is crap.  Those who are good are really good, but the average Joe just can't converse with a native English speaker effectively.  So I can see the need for you to learn Mandarin if you live there.  I am proud to say that the expats who live in HK do not need to learn Cantonese, though. 

It takes time.  Maybe in a few decades, their English will be good enough so that expats living in China no longer have to learn Mandarin. 

jimmy olsen

Just sent out an application to a superposh Christain Girls School. They're offering 4,691,200 ¥ ($58,000) a year, with an extra 130k ¥ ($1600) for Japanese lessons!

Cross your fingers.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Tamas

Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 04, 2011, 09:17:47 AM
Christain Girls School.

Cross your fingers.

:perv:

FINGERS CROSSED!

in exchange, will you get me an IT job there? :P

jimmy olsen

Quote from: Tamas on July 04, 2011, 09:30:50 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 04, 2011, 09:17:47 AM
Christain Girls School.

Cross your fingers.

:perv:

FINGERS CROSSED!

in exchange, will you get me an IT job there? :P
How am I supposed to do that?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Tamas

Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 04, 2011, 11:21:18 PM
Quote from: Tamas on July 04, 2011, 09:30:50 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 04, 2011, 09:17:47 AM
Christain Girls School.

Cross your fingers.

:perv:

FINGERS CROSSED!

in exchange, will you get me an IT job there? :P
How am I supposed to do that?

IDK, be creative :P

Duque de Bragança

Quote from: HVC on June 17, 2011, 09:48:27 AM

Mainland portuguese always sounds vaguely german to me. over pronounciation.

As if there was only one Mainland Portuguese  :D Lisboetês vaguely German ? They have the (incorrect) French r (grasseyé and swallow vowels and consonants cf. p'xina/Piscina.
Nortenho  (Minhoto and/or Transmontano:lol: vaguely German as well ? etc.