Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
This forum is used with the NationStates web-game designed and run by Max Barry. While not officially affiliated, this serves as the regional forum for the regions: Middle East, African Continent, American Continent, Asian Continent, and European Continent.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and can "read only".

In order to get the most out of these forums, please become a member and read this guide - http://z3.invisionfree.com/nationstates/index.php?showtopic=3060


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Hello; Noob in the house, ready your weapons!
Topic Started: Jun 13 2010, 09:00 AM (2,170 Views)
flumes
Member Avatar
CLEVELAND ROCKS!
I often speak in Murican.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Toussaint
Member Avatar
Major
Leselier
Jun 14 2010, 05:53 AM
Toussaint
Jun 14 2010, 01:39 AM
Leselier
Jun 13 2010, 04:26 PM
Oh, I have another question. What's the site's policy on minor use of foreign languages, if I include translations? I know some websites are English-only, which is why I ask.
Hi! How's it going?
Bonjour! Ça va?
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?
Hei! Hvordan har du det?

Foreign language is a hobby of mine. (Native English speaker, semi-advanced French, intermediate Spanish, and beginner Norwegian). I'll probably be incorporating it a little bit more in the near-ish future.

Do you actually speak Romani/Japanese? ^^

Nice to meet you/ encantado/ enchanté/ Hyggjeleg å møte deg.
:D Mine, too.

I'm a native English speaker, fluent Spanish speaker, intermediate Romani (The language isn't nationalized, so it's difficult to find places to learn), and beginner Japanese.

Thanks again for the welcomes, people.
Excellent. I flirted with Japanese for a little while, but then dropped it due to work stresses.

More power to you. :D

Japanese is linguistically elegant, but I can't say much about Romani. Although I know what it is, I've never even examined the language structure.

So, how did you acquire fluency in Spanish? What region do you live in? I'm here in Southern California, so it's pretty easy to practice on a day-to-day basis.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Union
Member Avatar
Pyrenees Republic
Listen son. That disgusting set of intonations that Latinos insist on using is not Spanish. :lol:
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Hastine
Member Avatar
Universi enim hic sumus.
 *  *  *  *  *  *
Union
Jun 14 2010, 10:30 AM
Listen son. That disgusting set of intonations that Latinos insist on using is not Spanish. :lol:
So Dora the Explorer has been lying to me this whole time? Bitch. :(
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Toussaint
Member Avatar
Major
Union
Jun 14 2010, 10:30 AM
Listen son. That disgusting set of intonations that Latinos insist on using is not Spanish. :lol:
I'm quite aware. I've used Pimsleur, Teach Yourself, and natives, so I've gotten a shot at hearing accents and grammar from across the hispanosphere.

Though, I think I've got better Spanish than many Mexicans I know. At least, I know I speak more properly.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Aelius
Member Avatar
Norman Warlord
Toussaint
Jun 14 2010, 11:16 AM
Though, I think I've got better Spanish than many Mexicans I know. At least, I know I speak more properly.
Not surprising. Most foreign speakers that learn English speak it better than most "Muricans", who drag it down with slang, ebonics and other such nonsense. :P
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
New Harumf
Member Avatar
Bloodthirsty Unicorn
Meh, when I was in Spain most of the natives murdered the grammar too! T^hey would mumble real fast and hope know one noticed. If I was going to become fluent in Spanish, I would learn the Madriano Dialect - use it here in the states and the Hispanics treat you like you are talking with the Queen's accent in English!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Union
Member Avatar
Pyrenees Republic
Madriano?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
New Harumf
Member Avatar
Bloodthirsty Unicorn
Union
Jun 14 2010, 12:11 PM
Madriano?
The accent of Madrid. I am probably mis-hearing and mis-writing it. I guess it should officially be Castillian!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Union
Member Avatar
Pyrenees Republic
The adjective meaning "from Madrid" is madrileño.

That is the usual Castilian accent. Southern Spain is home to the Andalusian accent, which spawned the Latino accent, and thus also a disgusting aberration :lol: . It is even worse nowadays, being so full of Ecuadorians and Moors who butcher it even further. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qgNZBLzUug

Yech!
Edited by Union, Jun 14 2010, 01:00 PM.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
flumes
Member Avatar
CLEVELAND ROCKS!
Everything was slang at one point.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
New Harumf
Member Avatar
Bloodthirsty Unicorn
flumes
Jun 14 2010, 01:12 PM
Everything was slang at one point.
More like, nothing was slang at one point, everything was appropriate for the speaker.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Al Araam
Member Avatar
Demigod of Death & Inactivity

New Harumf
Jun 14 2010, 12:08 PM
Meh, when I was in Spain most of the natives murdered the grammar too! T^hey would mumble real fast and hope know one noticed. If I was going to become fluent in Spanish, I would learn the Madriano Dialect - use it here in the states and the Hispanics treat you like you are talking with the Queen's accent in English!
You sure they just don't treat your like you're speaking with a pronounced lisp? :P
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Ulgania
Member Avatar
A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
Just learn Latin. Learn everything else from there.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Al Araam
Member Avatar
Demigod of Death & Inactivity

There are quite a lot of languages you can't learn from Latin. Although if you're only interested in Romance languages Latin might be a good start.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Ulgania
Member Avatar
A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
Well, that's a given. But in the context of French and Spanish, learn Latin anyway. The silly Germans ruined Italian with all their invasions, so learn Italian after Latin and German. Then work your way through Eastern Europe I suppose.

Japanese is a little easier. At least, Katakana and Hiragana are easy to latch on to.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Tristan da Cunha
Member Avatar
Science and Industry
Learn Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and Sanskrit. Just to make work for your idle hands.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

I've actually just started learning German today.
Quote Post Goto Top
 
Toussaint
Member Avatar
Major
Atticus
Jun 14 2010, 10:16 PM
I've actually just started learning German today.
Pimsleur?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Ulgania
Member Avatar
A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
Arabic is on my list somewhere.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Menhad
Member Avatar
ET2(IDW)
German is pretty easy.

I want to learn Russian, and then learn to speak Arabic like a Russian.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

Toussaint
Jun 14 2010, 10:23 PM
Atticus
Jun 14 2010, 10:16 PM
I've actually just started learning German today.
Pimsleur?
Yeah. Its taking me a while to put all the lessons on my Ipod though.
Quote Post Goto Top
 
Sedulius
Member Avatar
Field Marshal
I'm educated in German, Russian, Arabic, and Latin.

I'm not fluent, but I have knack for them. I hate Arabic, though I think if I just practiced it a bit more it might not be so bad.

I want to learn Chinese because of its uses.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Rhadamanthus
Member Avatar
Legitimist

Ulgania
Jun 14 2010, 10:02 PM
Well, that's a given. But in the context of French and Spanish, learn Latin anyway. The silly Germans ruined Italian with all their invasions, so learn Italian after Latin and German. Then work your way through Eastern Europe I suppose.

Japanese is a little easier. At least, Katakana and Hiragana are easy to latch on to.
Italian is awesome. and there were Franks and Goths in France and Spain so its not like they didn't get invaded.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Ulgania
Member Avatar
A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
Rhadamanthus
Jun 15 2010, 07:27 AM
Ulgania
Jun 14 2010, 10:02 PM
Well, that's a given. But in the context of French and Spanish, learn Latin anyway. The silly Germans ruined Italian with all their invasions, so learn Italian after Latin and German. Then work your way through Eastern Europe I suppose.

Japanese is a little easier. At least, Katakana and Hiragana are easy to latch on to.
Italian is awesome. and there were Franks and Goths in France and Spain so its not like they didn't get invaded.
French still feels unique. The whole lingua Franca thing made it learnable on its own without a desire to connect it to other languages.

Also living in Vermont I hear a useless amount of Quebecois French.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · Off-Topic · Next Topic »
Add Reply