Languages - August 2007

2007-08-04 21:52:04 · 5 answers · asked by tammy 1

I hear it alot but have no idea what it means....

2007-08-04 21:51:10 · 10 answers · asked by da_coppa_one 2

1- Hardly had we returned, when he called us up.
2- Scarcely had I opened the door, when she left the room.

3- As soon as we've returned, he called us up.
4- No sooner than I've opened the door, she left the room.

What would be the better way of saying it?

thanks

2007-08-04 21:27:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

pronunctiation also please

2007-08-04 19:37:04 · 5 answers · asked by ZenItachi 3

I am talking about West-Flemish, which is spoken by about a million people still. We all know our language is in decline, beset by french in the west and dutch (common dutch or brabantic) in the east, and younger speakers often consider our language a patois they will no longer teach their children (I will if I ever have children, I will only converse with them in West-Flemish). Will West-Flemish at one point in the near future become a 'dead' language as French-Flemish, it's sister-language, or is there still hope ?

2007-08-04 19:24:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:02:38 · 4 answers · asked by Feed the models! 4

2007-08-04 17:51:18 · 7 answers · asked by JRDUBIZZLE18 2

I'm about to sign up for an extra college class and it's down to German or Japanese. I took some German classes in high school but I'm thinking Japanese would be cool. Is it very difficult for an english/spanish speaking person to learn? Or should I just stick to German?

I need to know now because I'm about to sign up for the class. I appreciate the help.

2007-08-04 17:32:56 · 7 answers · asked by Warren 3

can some one please translate the song ser o parecer by rbd into english???

2007-08-04 17:23:43 · 4 answers · asked by decepticons_go 2

2007-08-04 16:43:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 16:12:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 15:52:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 15:18:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know how to say either of those in spanish??? Example: The baby is heaven sent...

Please!!! Thanks!!!

2007-08-04 14:58:32 · 8 answers · asked by boringgirl07 2

I was thinking about how German sounds like grunting, French like a girl sighing over a crush, and Japanese sounding like someone having an orgasm (hehe.)

So what does English sound like to someone who doesn't speak it natively? It's been bugging me!

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

2007-08-04 14:29:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 13:17:27 · 9 answers · asked by stephen m 1

2007-08-04 13:08:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 12:01:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or, is it perhaps a surname? (The question arose whilst I and friends were savouring the candy by the same name)

2007-08-04 11:58:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 11:54:40 · 11 answers · asked by lisa rae 1

2007-08-04 11:39:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 11:33:07 · 7 answers · asked by lisa rae 1

Okay so I got into a small debate with a very stubborn guy about this. To my understanding the main "romatic" languages are french, spanish, portuguese, and italian, though some people throw romanian or others in. I am only discussing the four I mentioned myself. Anywase I heard it said that Spanish is next closest to portuguese, portuguese is next closest to Italian, and Italian is next closest to french. Therefore spanish and french are at the ends with the other two in the middle based on simularity. Does anyone know it differently? I am FLUENT in spanish and portuguese. Learning portuguese made me understand Italian better and although the pronounciation of spanish and italian are very similar, there is no way that I believe italian is more similar to spanish. That was our main discussion. Take any eductaed or non-eductaed spanish speaker and I swear they will understand portuguese alot more, especially the southern Brazilian accent which is even more similar to Spanish

2007-08-04 11:28:06 · 8 answers · asked by pirouette_130 3

What should it be? e.g. (in alphabetical order!) English, Esperano, French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc.?

2007-08-04 11:12:42 · 13 answers · asked by Sgur Uran 1

so that it's wrong to say "I'm a Chinese," "I'm a Japanese" or "I'm a British, " "I'm a Scottish," while it's ok to say "I'm Chinese" or "I'm Scottish?"

2007-08-04 09:37:25 · 3 answers · asked by Tanaka 4

mines northern irish

2007-08-04 07:56:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok easiest way? i wanna learn spanish cause my bf says things to me in spanish and i ask and he tells me but he could be lying to me. Also i'd like to learn German because i'm mainly German with a little bit of French and i think it'd be cool to learn it but i want to know an easy inexpensive way..any ideas?

2007-08-04 07:24:45 · 7 answers · asked by Rayray 5

ti mando

or


ti mano

2007-08-04 07:04:52 · 4 answers · asked by DJIAE 1

...to someone in France who speaks no English, please?

* * * * *
An English lady travelling in France who did not speak fluent French, was nonetheless starting to feel quite at home with the language!

One morning as she was departing from an auberge where she had stayed for some time, she said to the proprietress, "Vous avez une tres belle auberge!" Then she continued, saying, "Et vous, vous etes une tres belle aubergine!"

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Then, I would like to say something like, "Do you like this 'drollerie' ?".... or something of the sort......or: how would you say, "For you, a funny story!" "Quelque chose amusant?"

Tiens, je ne sais pas!

Thank you very much

love
Scots Pines

p.s. it was originally published in "Gourmet Magazine", the American haute cuisine magazine.

2007-08-04 05:36:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could you please help me with these sentences:
-A que hora vienes?
-A las tres
-Entonces te espero para almorzar.

And what´s the meaning of teh expression "poner el seguro a el auto"

2007-08-04 05:11:22 · 7 answers · asked by alfonso p 3