The Languages Thread

[Velocity]

On this thread we can maybe teach a few words of a language that we speak at home or in our country. But it has to be in a way, that another person can be able to say it.

Where I live the second language is French. I also speak Hindi and English, which I believe some of our Indian and Pakistani friends can teach some of that.
So here's for starters.

Bonjour! (Hello!)
Pronounced [bon- joor]
Je m'appelle {Insert name here} translates to My name is {your name}
Pronounced [je- map-pell {your name}]

I definitely put some more later.

Also as a reminder, put your phrase/ sentence and make sure to translate it. Please do not have full conversations in a another language with another member as that would be breaking the rules. The purpose is for other members to at least learn a bit of another language. I myself am not perfect with Hindi/ Urdu so it would be nice to ask how you say this word, or that.

 

[AliB]

I speak Urdu/Marathi at home and also Hindi(not much different from Urdu but its technically different).

Most people here know Urdu and Hindi so won't do a phrase on those but here's one of our state language.

Majha naav Ali aahe.

My name is Ali.

 

[hardik85]

Hello.
My first language is marathi and second hindi . Urdu is similar to hindi but has additional persian and arabic words in it in addition to modified sanskrit words. The base of hindi/urdu and marathi and all south asian languages is sanskrit. Even english and russian has sanskrit words in it. (So it is my wish to learn proper sanskrit in future). But for now i will translate a english line in hindi and marathi.

i stay in pune (english)
mi punya madhe rahto (marathi)
mein pune mein rehta hoon (hindi)

 

[zimrahil]

Most people here know Urdu and Hindi

And you are basing that on.....?

 

[Aislabie]

Well, my only native language is English.

Given that everyone here can speak English I'm not going to give you a phrase to use. Instead you can have my favourite quote:

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

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I also speak enough French that when I'm travelling in France I can get by without using any English, although I find listening comprehension hard as there are so many regional accents and quirks, so I often needed to get people to repeat themselves.

It's kinda hard to pick out a single phrase to learn, much the same as I'd struggle to pick out a single phrase of English. Maybe "Quelle est la voie plus simple pour Annecy?" Quite specific but really, if you're going to France you should go to Annecy.

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I picked up some important phrases of German while I was there - enough to get by in shops and restaurants and stuff, but not nearly enough to socialise in German..

My most used phrase was definitely "Ein Currywurst mit Pommes, bitte." Seriously, this is the most important bit of German you'll ever learn.

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And I urgently need to learn Welsh, because in three years time I want to qualify to teach in Wales, and to do so you have to be a competent Welsh speaker.

The first phrase of Welsh I learned was "Pen i lawr." It means "head down" and someone shouted it at me when I was batting for my club side. "Lawr" rhymes with "flour".

 

[zimrahil]

Just say 'boyo' at end of every sentence?

 

[Deleted member 46200]

Well, my only native language is English.

Given that everyone here can speak English I'm not going to give you a phrase to use. Instead you can have my favourite quote:

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

= = = = =

I also speak enough French that when I'm travelling in France I can get by without using any English, although I find listening comprehension hard as there are so many regional accents and quirks, so I often needed to get people to repeat themselves.

It's kinda hard to pick out a single phrase to learn, much the same as I'd struggle to pick out a single phrase of English. Maybe "Quelle est la voie plus simple pour Annecy?" Quite specific but really, if you're going to France you should go to Annecy.

= = = = =

I picked up some important phrases of German while I was there - enough to get by in shops and restaurants and stuff, but not nearly enough to socialise in German..

My most used phrase was definitely "Ein Currywurst mit Pommes, bitte." Seriously, this is the most important bit of German you'll ever learn.

= = = = =


And I urgently need to learn Welsh, because in three years time I want to qualify to teach in Wales, and to do so you have to be a competent Welsh speaker.

The first phrase of Welsh I learned was "Pen i lawr." It means "head down" and someone shouted it at me when I was batting for my club side. "Lawr" rhymes with "flour".

Just say 'boyo' at end of every sentence?

Or say to the biggest guy around, Mae fy defaid yn bert iawn

 

[Velocity]

And you are basing that on.....?

Basing it on the fact there are a lot of members who are and live in the subcontinent.

 

[zwarrior]

I speak fluently or to some good extent-
1- Kannada ( my mother tongue )
2- Hindi
3- English
4- Tamil

Other languages-
5- German - I did A1 course on German 3 years ago ( hardly remember now )
6- Sanskrit - I did 2 courses on Sanskrit and took up some exams and cleared it known as Prathama and Dwitiya. I also studied Sanskrit for 5 years during my high school and college days. ( remember only few things now). Best language according to me. Proud to have learned this language which is slowly fading nowadays, unfortunately.
7- Telugu - Have many friends who speak telugu, so I have picked up few things. I can understand, but can't talk.
8- Malayalam -Same as above.

 

[CerealKiller]

My most used phrase was definitely "Ein Currywurst mit Pommes, bitte." Seriously, this is the most important bit of German you'll ever learn

so true

I can speak fluently in Urdu, English, Italian and German. I can speak Punjabi as well, but not as good.

 

[Master Khan]

Most Indians and Pakistani will know a lot of languages.

I know

1. English
2. Pashto
3. Urdu

4.Punjabi (is not great but Its decent. because I learn it from my Punjabi friends...mostly the swear words lol )

 

[blockerdave]

Ya govoryu po-russki, no ne ochen horosho.

(Pronounced: ya gavraroo pa-rooski, no nay otch-en harra-show)

Means: I speak Russian but not very well.

 

[Perfect Square]

mostly the swear words lol

I laughed so hard when I thought about it.

 

[Alexei.]

1. English
2. Urdu (a lot of problems in Urdu reading + writing tbh)