Languages - July 2007

I know this has been asked before, but I am a major language lover and I would love to speak more than the ones I know.

Some languages I am deeply interested in learning are the following: Greek, Persian, Russian, Hindi, Swedish, Latin, Japanese, and German. I am also very interested in learning an African dialect, like the very famous Click Languages.

It is very difficult for me to find good sources to learn these languages. I am also a person that needs constant encouragement in other to keep learning, and to also have a reason for it to learn them.

I am fluent in Spanish, since it's my native language (I need to brush up my grammar, though.) I also consider myself to be fluent in English. I do have a lot of advantages from Spanish, and that is why I learned Italian (and for many other reasons, too.) I think I'm fairly good at it, but not fluent.

Could any of you also point out bizarre, almost never taught languages? I would be willing to find out more about them too.

2007-07-11 09:29:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I tried Babel Fish and the literal translation comes up as 'Not what'. This does not help me. Does anyone know???

2007-07-11 08:30:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend always asks me what language eskimos speak i say eskimonain which is obviously not right, but i dont know the real answer, i hope someone can help me with it =)

2007-07-11 08:27:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i`m planing to open a coffee house n i want to name it aok cafe` i just wanted to know the other words for oak in all the languages!

2007-07-11 08:23:39 · 22 answers · asked by ♥ Xeina ♥ 2

Just wondering,I really love the song =]

2007-07-11 08:17:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

The context is the following:

There was the dining-room, solidly, portwinily English,...

Give the transcription if possible. Thanks.

2007-07-11 08:16:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

how do you say "The", "Swim", "and", "it", and "is" in sign language? is there a website you can go to and you write a word in this box and it shows you what it looks like... if there is please send it to me or if there is something else because my sign language dictionary is to confusing... thanks! :)

2007-07-11 08:13:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

does anyone know of a website where they have translations of latin phrases/quotes? i want something in latin tattooed around my wrist but im not sure what phrase i want yet, so i need a website where they have latin phrases and their meanings, can anyone help?? thanks xx

2007-07-11 07:56:54 · 5 answers · asked by Lady Ash 2

2007-07-11 07:23:11 · 6 answers · asked by mulderlx 2

My drama prof says there is but I can't find a difference.

2007-07-11 06:46:16 · 3 answers · asked by Jennifer C 1

answre these please
1-isn`t it better to say
are there any cats under the table? or are there some ...
than
are there cats ....?
2Is it correct to say
How many cats are there in ..?
3what do u call the tool we use to open the door (the phone like) in English

2007-07-11 06:46:01 · 6 answers · asked by EQB 2

2007-07-11 06:46:00 · 12 answers · asked by Bonna Feeday 3

2007-07-11 06:10:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know I don't have the absolute best spelling or grammar, but why do people (mostly young) write like this: wat, gurl, plz, btw, lol, etc....... on yahoo answers? they expect an answer when most people can't even understand the question?

2007-07-11 06:06:27 · 9 answers · asked by Oh la la! 4

The language Fairy comes to your door to grant you the ability to speak the language of your choice fluently (and you don't lose your first language) what language would you want to speak?


I'm going for the "language of the birds," but if that wasn't an option I'm not sure what I would choose.

2007-07-11 05:59:39 · 15 answers · asked by paganmom 6

Say hello to 26-year-old model, Maya, from Newport Beach, California. She is fun, sweet, warm hearted, honest, sincere, spontaneous, athletic, funny, sassy, cute, loving, always smiling, always down to do something new, enjoy different cultures. She loves being a girly girl but at the same time she enjoys hanging with the boys.

2007-07-11 05:40:39 · 6 answers · asked by mbw m 2

2007-07-11 05:40:10 · 7 answers · asked by hotpocket061704 1

for instance...im pretty sure he first settlers of this country had a british accent......


so how did this thick southern hillbilly slang develop????

2007-07-11 05:36:37 · 4 answers · asked by justin 2

Does anyone know where a good, reliable, FREE English to Latin translation site is? Or is there anyone that can do it for me??

I am trying to get this: "Be the change you wish to see in the world" translated into Latin for a tattoo.

2007-07-11 04:57:55 · 4 answers · asked by bethology 3

how do you say red in diferent languages.....is there a word for Scarlet in other languages?

2007-07-11 04:52:32 · 12 answers · asked by Scar 1

I want to know some phrases in Italian or portuguese that i can use to compliment or flirt....do you know any?

2007-07-11 04:39:53 · 4 answers · asked by Scar 1

2007-07-11 04:36:33 · 8 answers · asked by Jerry S 1

Εάν ο Θεός είναι για μας, οι οποίοι μπορούν να είν

Me and friend try to stump each other...I'm lost! Help me please!!! What does this mean?

2007-07-11 04:24:39 · 12 answers · asked by tangerine 4

2007-07-11 03:39:40 · 6 answers · asked by mike 1

Also is there a word for a word that means completely different things in 2 different languages?
Answer both for 10 points!

2007-07-11 03:35:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

1-Looking back today we can say that the imperial governments were faced with the decision whether to stick to the old principles of legitimacy, or try to create a secular ideology of state to replace the diminishing loyalty to a divinely sanctioned monarch but the Habsburg Emperors and the Ottoman Sultan made no such attempt because loyalty to the dynasty remained until the end the only claim, and the only non-material bond holding diverse subjects together.

2-Instead of mitigating the strains and stresses between the nations and their minorities, the disastrous political frontier-making after World War I only proved that the nation-state principle could not be introduced into Eastern Europe without creating in some cases even more glaring injustices and almost everywhere new hotbeds of nationalist friction.

2007-07-11 02:53:44 · 2 answers · asked by Sniper of Goth 4

Are they able to speak these languages properly later on?

2007-07-11 02:46:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. An die deutsche Nation
2. Sturm und Drang
3. Volkslieder
4. vergleichende Literatur
5. vergleichende Literaturgeschichte
i would be thankful for an exact answer

2007-07-11 02:41:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

English is not my native language, so.. could you please explain me the meaning oа this sentense about delivery of the order:

A pellet shipment to USA leaves Fiji on Friday and is in LA on Saturday and cleared by Monday and still on the pallet.

to clear here means to unload?
what ab still?

Many thanks!

2007-07-11 01:46:29 · 6 answers · asked by Hibou 1

ich cough nichts beuae juden

Ich bin ein auslander!

2007-07-11 01:37:23 · 8 answers · asked by Hey 1