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Post by diamond on May 30, 2008 12:38:45 GMT -5
The Spanish language has some different letters then the English alphabet, so it gets difficult with pronoucing stuff at times. ^^ I think once you get the pronunciation of each letter right, Spanish is sort of easy to speak, because it doesn't change. For us Spaniards, when we first start speaking English it's a little nightmare lol, we keep mispronouncing words ;D |
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Post by lyra on May 31, 2008 5:15:33 GMT -5
The Spanish language has some different letters then the English alphabet, so it gets difficult with pronoucing stuff at times. ^^ I think once you get the pronunciation of each letter right, Spanish is sort of easy to speak, because it doesn't change. For us Spaniards, when we first start speaking English it's a little nightmare lol, we keep mispronouncing words ;D Yeah, Spanish is easier, for example we only have 5 vocals, a-e-i-o-u , and they sound as they are written, in Spanish I mean. English is difficult for us, because phonetics, has a lot of sounds. For example, the first time I met Budapest band, I talked to Smurf (Hello!! If you read it  ) and I introduced myself with the nickname in the forum, but I thought that Lyra was pronounced as the Y of "lyrics". So he didn't understand me. I had to spell "lyra" and I discovered how it's pronounced. Between both things, we were ordered to leave the pub because they wanted to close it. And while we were searching the back door, we were followed by a suspicious man. My friend got angry with me, because as she said: " Madrid is not like Salamanca. Madrid is less safe" Nosenses that pnly happen to me.   |
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Post by diamond on May 31, 2008 7:31:13 GMT -5
lol, funny anecdote Lyra!
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Post by lyra on Aug 11, 2008 5:41:05 GMT -5
Translator doesn't tell me, so I need your help
"The video is pretty RAD"
What's the meaning of RAD???
Thanks!!
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Post by loraline on Aug 12, 2008 7:44:06 GMT -5
not sure this is what is meant, but RAD is an abbreviation and refers to the type of video... type in this case meaning how the data of the file is stored. what I think is most logical for the abrev is rapid access data/disk, but if anyone else has a better/good answer, I would like to know too  meanwhile, a little search offered these links for downloads, but if it is as I described above, I am not sure you will need any of these download sites, as long as you can play/watch the video www.moviecodec.com/downloads/295d.htmlis apparently a site with information on downloading a player for this type of file, just like www.divx-digest.com/software/radvideotools.html hope this helps a little  |
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Post by lyra on Aug 28, 2008 13:16:27 GMT -5
not sure this is what is meant, but RAD is an abbreviation and refers to the type of video... type in this case meaning how the data of the file is stored. what I think is most logical for the abrev is rapid access data/disk, but if anyone else has a better/good answer, I would like to know too meanwhile, a little search offered these links for downloads, but if it is as I described above, I am not sure you will need any of these download sites, as long as you can play/watch the video www.moviecodec.com/downloads/295d.htmlis apparently a site with information on downloading a player for this type of file, just like www.divx-digest.com/software/radvideotools.html hope this helps a little Thanks a lot.It's much appreciated. |
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Post by loraline on Aug 29, 2008 8:16:42 GMT -5
you're welcome |
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Post by gray on Aug 29, 2008 16:11:20 GMT -5
I have been trying to learn some Spanish during the last few weeks. Unfortunately I didn't get to study as much as I wanted to, but if I should - by chance - be in Spain in the near future I should be able to understand a few things.
Actually, I should have learned Italian instead for Rome...
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Post by loraline on Aug 29, 2008 18:31:51 GMT -5
lol... little lesson... bon giorno.. good morning ciao goodbye ciao bella ... hello goodlooking... (in case a nice guy is saying that to you... lol) come sta? how are you? tuti e bene everything is alright uno senso one way (street) (a lot of streets in Rome are 'uno senso') dove e... where is? grazie.. thank you vado a Forum Romanum I'm going to the Forum Romanum (the old town square/central) sono Tedesco/Tedesca I'm German (tedesco=male, tedesca=female) voglio andare a ... I want to go to uno due tre quatro cinque sei sette otto nove dici undici dodici 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 mi dispiace I'm sorry birra beer vino wine mi chiamo my name is io ho I have io sono I am io parlo I speak io voglio I want non so I don't know when you ask for directions.. a destra to the right diritto straight forward a sinistra to the left scusa signore/signora, dove e il colosseum... excuse me sir/lady, where is the colosseum in case of trouble Aiuto if you are in big trouble, just scream that.. that is yelling for help it's been a while, so I won't garantee the spelling is 100% correct, but this should not be too hard to learn before you are in Rome... have fun! ;D |
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Post by gray on Aug 30, 2008 14:30:29 GMT -5
Thanks so much, Lydia!! I try to learn a few words... have a small guidebook with me though, and there are two teachers who speak Italian.
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Post by kerpea30 on Oct 5, 2008 12:22:19 GMT -5
I speak and read English (of course...American English, that is) and Spanish and Japanese (I can only read two of three Japanese alphabets). I can also speak and understand enough French and Chinese to get by. And am currently learning to read Arabic.
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Post by gray on Oct 5, 2008 13:45:20 GMT -5
Wow, Chinese and Japanese! I admire you for that. I don't think I could be able to study these languages.
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Post by loraline on Oct 5, 2008 13:48:59 GMT -5
that's pretty impressive  think you could learn us a little? |
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Post by kerpea30 on Oct 5, 2008 14:13:19 GMT -5
Sure...the first phase I learned when I moved to Japan became the one I used the most, so here it is...
Toire de wa doko desu ka? (toy-yeah de wah doh-koh dess kah?)
Where is the toilet?
Very important phase to know...LOL!
One thing to remember about Japanese is that they don't have any letters that make the sound of a "R" the "R" is pronounced as a "Y". So when they would pronounce my name is would sound like "Ke-yi" instead of "Keri".
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Post by gray on Oct 6, 2008 5:18:04 GMT -5
Ah, thanks. I know someone who wants to study Japanese at university someday...
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) and I introduced myself with the nickname in the forum, but I thought that Lyra was pronounced as the Y of "lyrics". So he didn't understand me. I had to spell "lyra" and I discovered how it's pronounced.
think you could learn us a little?