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SycoShaman
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| sabalasa wrote: | | sabalasa wrote: | | Then we can eliminate the future tense. Think of trying to ask someone out on date when you can't say the right name, whether it's a boy or girl or when it is going to happen!" |
That's why there is only 1.5 millions of us 
rgds
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| Posted: Sat, 10th Sep 2005 10:57 Post subject: |
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| Baleur wrote: | its all bullshit about "wierd grammar" no matter what language you mean.
maby im a genious, but whenever i am about to say a word, you just KNOW in your brain if it "feels" right or not! |
Agreee...  but there IS a bit of weird grammar in English.. Let's Unite in to globish lang!  |
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| Posted: Sat, 10th Sep 2005 20:14 Post subject: |
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there are a lot stupid things in every language, but the winner is french.
they even don't have a real word for '80'.
they say: '4-20' like '4 x 20', and 90 is '4-20-10' like '4 x 20 + 10' lol
greetz
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| Posted: Mon, 12th Sep 2005 20:43 Post subject: |
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You think English is easy to understand? , well you obviously havent had the pleasure of listening to a drunken Glaswegian.
PS: Yeah im from Scotland. And the only language we got to choose from in school was French and German of which i choose French, needless to say i cant speak a word, but i can count to 100 lol
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GP Force
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| Posted: Wed, 14th Sep 2005 06:02 Post subject: |
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Wed, 14th Sep 2005 15:35 Post subject: |
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| Elzar wrote: | there are a lot stupid things in every language, but the winner is french.
they even don't have a real word for '80'.
they say: '4-20' like '4 x 20', and 90 is '4-20-10' like '4 x 20 + 10' lol
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french is actually quite easy...I cant write french all that well, but I speak it pretty good
and the number thing is like that in many languages i suspect
I can count from 1-1000 in Japanese and Korean and in both, u dont say 50 or whatever number it is.
In Japanese for example 5 is Go and 10 is Ju so 50 is Goju. And to say 51 itd be GoJu-ich
ich = 1.
They are all based off the numbers 1-10
Ich
Ne
San
Shi
Go
Roku
sichi
achi
ku
ju
my spelling is prolly way off as I havent practiced the writing and shit in a while but I had to study the numbers and crap, spelling included when i got my Shodan (first degree black belt in any Jap style)in Shotokan and Chito Ryu many, many years ago...16 years
Barely remember the Korean shit, even weirder when u learned japanese first lol |
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Wed, 14th Sep 2005 16:16 Post subject: |
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| nouseforaname wrote: | ha .. I remember the Japanese 1-10 from the short time I did Judo once Yeah ... that lasted until my orange belt  |
Well, least u didnt waste ur money right? judo isnt all that effective in a street fight anyway...unless ur fighting a ground fighter or someone who likes to grab ya, ya know?
I was told once, by Kwan Ja Nim, that if a fight lasts more than a second or more than one move/combo, its no longer fight. rather, its a wrestling match as most fights end up on the ground after the first few moves...hence the reason when I fight, i go for the knee's and throat and joints right off the bat, i dont like rolling around on the ground |
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Sun, 18th Sep 2005 17:13 Post subject: |
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| Mutantius wrote: | Well its getting quite extinct to say 50 in that way :P
Now its like "Halvtreds" |
Yeah, just imagine how much time would be wasted if everyone started using those old words:
Checkout Girl in the store: "That'll be four and half three times twenty crowns and five and half five times twenty ore".
You: "..."
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Mon, 19th Sep 2005 21:28 Post subject: |
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I think German is a fucking dumb language with all its rules and stuff.
The funny part is, when I write or speak German I have no clue why I am writing or speaking that way. I dont know shit about German Grammar, I just know that this way Im speaking/writing is right. And thats what matters 
I also can speak Polish, not good, but I understand most of the Stuff. Cant write it.
Same goes for French, I cant speak or write French very well, but I understand most of the Stuff.
And because the Czech and Bosnian language is kinda similar to Polish, I understand these languages sometimes too. Russian is too hard, a few similiaries, but thats it.
Well and there is English...I can write, I can read and I can Speak it. Vocabulary problems, but thats ok, I dont care.
Oh and btw, there is Latin....Latin...the most, MOST annoying language ever created. I hate it. I have to learn it in school, like most of the languages (except Polish and the rest I understand, because I know Polish).
Summary:
I understand at least 7 !! Languages, more or less, quite an achievement,
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Last time I was in Spain I wanted a chicken burger from KFC. I ended up asking for a 'dick' burger. The girl behind the counter broke out in hysterics.
I've always wanted to learn another language. Studied French & German at school but I certainly don't know them. It's hard to get the motivation when your mother tongue is English as it's used as an international language.
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Oct 2005 23:30 Post subject: |
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I speak english and swedish fluently and i have a basic knowledge in Spanish, German and French. I was able to speak finish when i was a kid but then we moved from away from the finish border and now i hardly remember anything. It's kind of weird really because when i was five i was speaking both swedish and finish at pretty much the same level.
I really respect people who know alot of languages. I had a teacher who was fluent in sixteen languages, he worked for the military when he was younger only because he could speak so many languages. Kinda cool
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Oct 2005 00:13 Post subject: |
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| Buena_Vista wrote: | | is there any way to learn Japanese well besides going there ? |
Books and tapes dude...thats how i learned japanese and korean...mind u, i only speak a few words now, but while I was training for my black belt many years ago, I learned some japanese and korean |
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