Languages

Post by **speedbird1** » 08 May 2006, 23:24

Comet wrote:English - fluent, it's my native language.

Brooad Yorksher - also fluent, it's my local dialect.

Ah's t'a goo-in' on?

Ah t'a all reyt?

North Yorkshire... Sounds like Geordie there...

Emirates

abishay · Post by **abishay** » 09 May 2006, 09:51

jan_olieslagers wrote:
abishay wrote:Swahili
English
french(suck at writing)
kitembo
kiswahili
kiswahili sanifu
kiswahili bongo
cheng
Could you please explain the differences between these? I am confused with your separate mentions of "Swahili" and "kiswahili", I always thought this was only two names for one and the same language? And then again the Kiswahili seems to have some subvariants...?

I am also surprised you do not mention Lingala? Is not Swahili the language of Eastern Central Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, great lakes....) while Kinshasa speaks Lingala?

Thanks in advance!

Swahili is the worlds best language

I am not saying that to make you's feel bad or i speak better language than yous do but there is difference in swahilis

i came from Congo but i dont speak lingala :shakehead:

i hate lingala and people who speak lingala are people from the north west of congo and i hate them 8) i they dont like us. thye give bad name to congo as i said before 8) they are the ones who lie too much and talk too fast and too much they just cant shut up :devil2: they think they have a better life than us who came from the east but they live in a very bad situation.

but my dad can speak lingala(my dad speaks like 10 languages)

the differnce between the swahilis and why i said its the best language in the world is swahili is made up of Arabic, German, French, Portugese and many other languages because it was made by people from all those countries and africans back in centuries.(i might explain later how that happened and why)

I speak all of them :cool2: because i have been in countries where the different swahili is spoken and learned at school.

i speak the swahili which is spoken in Tanzania, i speak kanyan swahili, i speak Congo kiswahili, i speak swahili sanifu which is more like kenyan and tanzanian swahili mixed which i learned at school.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 09 May 2006, 11:35

Emirates wrote:
Comet wrote:English - fluent, it's my native language.

Brooad Yorksher - also fluent, it's my local dialect.

Ah's t'a goo-in' on?

Ah t'a all reyt?
North Yorkshire... Sounds like Geordie there...

Emirates

Haha! That is more the dialect of South Yorkshire, especially Barnsley where I came from originally. I use it sometimes just for fun.

But you would be right that North Yorkshire dialect does have some similarities with Geordie (well, they are our neighbours, like the Cumbrians

)

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 09 May 2006, 12:35

sn26567 wrote: PS People on this forum know which languages I speak. Including Polish...

Tha dun't speyk Brooad Yorksher though, duz t'a?

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 09 May 2006, 18:48

Swahili
English
french(suck at writing)
kitembo
kiswahili
kiswahili sanifu
kiswahili bongo
cheng

kitembo? kiswahili? Linguas tuas nescio.

Scio omnis linguarum Belgicae, Brittaniae et Lingua Latina. Linguarum Africarum miris aperat! Sed Bongo scio. Parvumne oppidum in Congo est?
Hac lingua Lingua Latina est.

This is a Latin comment about your linguages. It says:
kitembo? kiswahili? I do not know your linguages.

I do know the Belgian linguages. The African linguages look weird! But I know Bongo. Isn't it a small city in Congo?
This is Latin.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 09 May 2006, 18:56

It's lAnguages

And you forgot to translate the following from your latin text: the fact that you speak English and latin as well :p

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 09 May 2006, 19:06

fokker_f27 wrote:
kitembo? kiswahili? Linguas tuas nescit. Scio omnis linguarum Belgicae, Brittaniae et Lingua Latina. Linguarum Africarum miris aperat! Sed Bongo scio. Parvumne oppidum in Congo est?
Hac lingua Lingua Latina est.

This is a Latin comment about your linguages. It says:
kitembo? kiswahili? I do not know your linguages. I do know the Belgian linguages. The African linguages look weird! But I know Bongo. Isn't it a small city in Congo?
This is Latin.

Now I know why you make soo many spelling mistakes! U think about the spelling in latin first then put it literally into English!

abishay · Post by **abishay** » 10 May 2006, 08:28

fokker_f27 wrote:
kitembo? kiswahili? Linguas tuas nescit. Scio omnis linguarum Belgicae, Brittaniae et Lingua Latina. Linguarum Africarum miris aperat! Sed Bongo scio. Parvumne oppidum in Congo est?
Hac lingua Lingua Latina est.

This is a Latin comment about your linguages. It says:
kitembo? kiswahili? I do not know your linguages. I do know the Belgian linguages. The African linguages look weird! But I know Bongo. Isn't it a small city in Congo?
This is Latin.

Ni vizuri kuona kwamba unaweza kuongea kilatino. ni nge furahi sana kama nilikua naweza kuongea kilatino kama wewe

english

Its good to see that you can speak latin. i would be happy if i knew how to speak latin like you

english makes sentences short when writing

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 10 May 2006, 14:26

i would be happy if i knew how to speak latin like you

It's very complicated. 5 types of verbs, different classes and gens of words. And the 6 cases:
-nominative
-accusative
-genitive
-vocative
-dative
-ablative

Sabena320 · Post by **Sabena320** » 10 May 2006, 15:14

I used to follow Latin in my first your but the next year I gave it up cos it was to difficult for me

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 10 May 2006, 18:41

As a Belgian born and raised, I speak French (mother tongue), Dutch and English (a must for anyone interested in aviation and travels). Also Italian (as my wife is of Italian stock !). And I have kept up my latin, from my own time at school, and then with my daughter (quite impressive the number of Luchtzak members who speak latin !).

I would like to say that speaking a foreing language is not only useful, but also a lot of fun. Learning another language (grammar, vocabulary, pronounciation) takes a lot of efforts, but, in my opinion, it is well worth it.

I agree that many French-, British- and Italian-speaking people know only their own language (or dialect) and nothing else. They don't know what they miss...

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 10 May 2006, 21:25

jan_olieslagers wrote:Well I mean those French-speakers who are arrogant - and there are some, as EHAM also pointed out. In my Brussels office there's many people from Wallonia doing great efforts of speaking Dutch, and given the poor quality of their schools that's not a small achievement. But the guy just next to me is from Brussels and he simply won't speak a word of Dutch...!
There is a certain tendency to arrogance in the French way of thinking, though themselves of course don't consider this arrogance but just assertivity. Perhaps they have a bit too much of a mentality so much lacking in other peoples? The Dutch for example are not proud enough of their own language, in my opinion. They pronounce very poorly, many can't even say a proper 'r', they mix up gender all the while, and they use English words when perfect Dutch alternatives exist (i.e. "showroom" for "toonzaal"). Then give me the French rather!

Started a reply earlier at work unfortunately my work's internet explorer crashed!

Mostly tend to agree on you. French speaking people are usually quit arrogant. They generally think their culture is better, they think "la langue de molière" is still an important language" and despise English. Look at the rows at the EU, their self-righteousness on the international scene and you will find that yeah no wonder they still live in the past! No wonder they don't have many friends!

But anyway though it might really annoy you you still need to be tolerant! After all who is the one gaining from their knowledge of languages? Those that do know a few ones... Let those that don't know them discover the harsh truth one day! Their you will rejoice but in the meantime be patient!

Dutch as in Flemish? Yeah don't understand why your lot have so many different dialects. Understanding some is a struggle and they certainly don't improve the view that "arrogant" french speaking people have of the language...

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 11 May 2006, 09:24

I speak English (mother tongue), and _should_ be able to speack Latin and French, to GCSE standard, as I am taking them early to get them over and done with!
My dad is from Kenya, so speaks fluent Swahili

I can also do Wiltshire and West Country accents/dialects

iechist · Post by **iechist** » 11 May 2006, 17:14

English - Native Tongue
French - Fluently
Irish - Fluently when I was 18, but I'd struggle nowadays
Dutch - Read and understand well, not so great at speaking it, but am improving
German - Enough to get by there
Spanish - Enough to get by there

I studied Latin from 12 to 15 years old, but remember little but some very basic vocab and grammar. There's also a number of language where I have the basics of please, thank you, basic numbers and how to ask for a coffee etc. I'd put Finnish, Croatian and Greek in that category.

ehamspotter · Post by **ehamspotter** » 12 May 2006, 14:50

Hello;

I speak
Dutch, English and French.

rgds:Jeroen

AFApresident · Post by **AFApresident** » 17 May 2006, 15:25

My native language is DUTCH
I lived in the US so I speak ENGLISH very well,
I also used to live in Switzerland which improved my FRENCH to a decent standard and there I also got interested in GERMAN so I'm taking GERMAN classes this year. Lastly I had spanish roommates who taught me some SPANISH.

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 17 May 2006, 16:05

where did you live in switzerland ?

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 28 May 2006, 10:25

Can speak, read, write the following

English.
Sanskrit.
Hindi.
Marathi.
Gujarati.
Punjabi.
Tamil.
Kumoaoni.
A bit of Malayam.
A bit of Spanish.
A little bit of Japanse (Learnt while my tryst at Judo)