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Post by link15 on May 22, 2008 15:50:53 GMT -5
OK, since I like to have fun, I think this is something I can do and learn at the same time. I can speak English (DUH) and Spanish. So, I wanna learn German and French (and we can teach John some too) So can someone teach me a word a day?
How do you say "Bird" in German? (now is it possible to spell and and write it phonetically? or am I asking too much?)
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Post by littlesnowflake on May 22, 2008 15:59:12 GMT -5
Vogel! ;D
How do you say 'Vogel' in Spanish?
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Post by link15 on May 22, 2008 16:14:08 GMT -5
Is it phonetically?
Voe-gell?
Voe-geel?
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Post by littlesnowflake on May 22, 2008 16:16:21 GMT -5
Fohh-gell maybe? I'm really not good at phonetics
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Post by Jade on May 22, 2008 16:25:28 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I'm not good at phonetics, either...  Ellen... fish is Fisch in German and it sounds almost the same as in Englisch, lol... BTW, hope Johnny Gee is save and sound!!!  |
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Post by loraline on May 22, 2008 18:11:40 GMT -5
Vo-gel.. vo sounds like the english word no... just with vo instead of no..
gel.. g is a hard sound.. more like a k than a g
gel... sounds more like kel just the sound isnt as highpinched as it would be in the name kelly.... but more like the e in the word 'the'
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Post by link15 on May 22, 2008 21:25:19 GMT -5
Loraline....Got it....OK! Johnny Gee is doing well. The last fish in the class was named for the man I fell in love with, and he just ripped my heart out. Melvin. Well, Kevin (my fav student) said yesterday, "Can I feed Johnny Gee?" "Sure" so we walk over to Johnny Gee..who is known as the school bully cause he beat up every fish, and Kev asks me "What happend to Melvin?" "The fish or the person?" "Fish" "He's at my house happy" "The person" "walked out of my life and never said goodbye" "Why?" "cause he's mean".... Johnny Gee will be coming home with me in 3 weeks! I need Johnny Gee to beat up Melvin fish!
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Post by loraline on May 23, 2008 13:15:10 GMT -5
that's fishy business... then again, if the person walked out on you, he wasnt good enough for you and if he realized that, he prolly did you a favor walking away now instead of living a lie for the next years So cheer up, Ellen, there's plenty of great fish in the ocean  and I am sure you will catch yours one day ;D |
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Post by gray on May 23, 2008 14:38:08 GMT -5
So which languages do you all speak? I speak German, a little bit of English and very few words French... in fact, I once wanted to get some concert tickets in France and when I told the ticket seller the one sentence I had learnt by heart she answered in English right away. That is how bad my French is.
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Post by littlesnowflake on May 23, 2008 14:55:18 GMT -5
German, English and a but of Chinese, maybe a bit of Latin as well (but I don't speak it). No French though
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Post by link15 on May 23, 2008 17:37:09 GMT -5
I must admit..everyone's English on her sounds like it's their first language. I am very impressed.
Loraline...unfortuately, he was "the one" who I gave my heart too, and have yet to get my heart back. Sucks BIGTIME....Hope someday I find one like him.
OK, word today......
Guitar
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Post by loraline on May 24, 2008 4:36:58 GMT -5
gray as for languages, I speak Dutch, English, French, German, a few words italian, hungarian and russian (and that is literally a few words... lol... reading with use of dictionary is easier), latin I can read. @ellen guitar.. in German 'die Gitarre' pronounced almost the same as the english word. only difference is the -re at the end. that is pronounced as is, with the short e, like the e from the word 'the' the german word 'die' is the german article for feminin words. In German grammar, there is a difference between (f), (m) and (n) for nouns and the articles change with the use of the nouns For instance.. I travel with the guitar = Ich reise mit der Gitarre
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Post by littlesnowflake on May 24, 2008 7:27:14 GMT -5
wow Loraline! That's really impressive |
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Post by loraline on May 24, 2008 8:17:33 GMT -5
lol... not that impressive, that's 6 years of high school... I had the option of latin and greek, but was terrible at greek, so didn't choose greek. And at my school, french and english were obligated from the first year on, german from the second year. 3 years later, we had to choose our final subjects, which included for me latin, english and french. A study trip to italy made me take some lessons italian, I spent 4 months in hungary for study purposes and followed colleges at university which included russian. Where ever I go, I just want to be able to say at least a few words to the people in their own language, |
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Post by link15 on May 24, 2008 8:48:34 GMT -5
Ok Wait a min......
So I know in Spanish, everything has a gender but the gender (M) (F) never changes...it is what it is.
So is German like that? Or does the gender change in German depending on who you are talking about. ie...if you are talking about a guitar, does the word change if it's your guitar and if it's John guitar?
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and I am sure you will catch yours one day ;D