Since there are so many people from different parts of the world at GMC, why not use this to our advantage, and learn something new in a different language? If you know some things that would be helpful, feel free to say them and their English and/or other language translation. Ill start with greek, since my entire family is from Athens.
Pou = (Pronounced like spelled) = Where
Eimai = (Ee-meh) = I am
Einai = (Ee-neh) = It is
Eisay = (Ee-seh) = You are
Ekei = (Ek-ee) = There
Piato = (Peea-toe) = Plate
Pou Eimai = (Pou, Ee-meh) = Where am I?
Pou Eisai = (Pou, Ee-Seh) = Where are you?
Ti Einai Afto = (Tee - Ee-neh Ahf-toe) = What is this?
If anyone is interested I'll add more, this is just to get it going.
(Note: These aren't the actual Greek spellings, it's just the easiest way I could write it out in an English font.)
lol why not.. here's my beginners hebrew dictionary:
Shalom = Hello.
Leitraot = See ya.
Ma kore? = What's up?
Eih Korim Leha = What's you'r name?
Ata menagen nora yafe = You'r playing is very beautifull.
Eifo ani? = Where am I?
Taking requests!
cool
Interesting idea! I'll try to add some norwegian later.
Thanks, Iluha. I happen to know a few people who speak Hebrew, this'll be fun to make them think I know it haha .
Yiasou = (Yah-Sew) = Hi, Hello, Welcome, or Goodbye
Then Me Niazi = (Then-Meh-Knee-Ah-Zee) = It doesn't matter/bother me
Nedo = (Neh-ro, rolled R) = Water
and now ill introduce norvegian! the coolest language in the world IMO!
if youre a Black metal fan you might find this verry interesting.
Norway have 2 different languages(3 with saomi), but ill only use the most common for internationals.
Hei - spelled the same way as - hi
hadet - spelled (ha-de) - goodbye
Bil - spelled (beel )- car
Vann - spelled (van) - water
Fjell - spelled (Fyell)
fjord - spelled (fyords) - inlet i think
djevelen/fanden - spelled (dyevell-en/fann-den) - means the badguy down in the basement.
Mørket - spelled (murk-et) - the darkness
basic grammatics:
I/jeg er
You/du er
he/han er
she/hun er
it/det er
We/vi er
you/vi er
They/de er
And now here's a beginners Russian dictionary :
Zdrasty/Privet = Hello.
Dosvidanye = Good bye.
Kak dila? = What's up?
Atkuda ti? = Where are you from?
Davai vipim vodku = Let's drink vodka (very usefull!)
Hahol = another word for someone from the Ukraine(PAVEL)
Kak tiba zavut? = What's you'r name?
Ochin priyatna paznakomitza = Very nice to meet you.
Gde ti= Where are you?
Taking requests!
Well...
Howdy - hello
Yall - you all
aint - not
maybe more later
now im off to the Family Values Tour
maybe pictures from that later
To Russia! Davai vipim vodku!
Iluha, how do you say "How do I get to" in Russian?
Ah thanks, if I ever wind up in Russia I'll be sure to remember that.
"Diss what ya be doin in da dope ayass Six Fows an shih mutha - Wit da one han ova da wheel Gangsta style and Leanin by da dope ayass Stereo tunin in some shih - Heyowll Yea... Rollin down Crenshaw 8mile an shih Biznitch!!! Da G Lean is when you know you bein a Gangsta cold smokin shih!e else."
TRANSLATION: Could you please give me directions to the nearest gas station?
Hahaha that's a good one! Definitely have to learn it! lol
Some german ones, at first the most important one:
One beer please = Ein Bier, bitte
Hello = Hallo
Goodbye = Tschüss/Auf Wiedersehen
Guitar = Gitarre
How are you? = Wie geht es dir ?
You look good = Du siehst gut aus
Whats your name? = Wie heißt du ?
How old are you? = Wie alt bist du ?
Where are you from? = Wo kommst du her?
Girls = Mädchen
Women = Frauen
wo ist denn michelstadt? bin aus kölle
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I got a similar feeling German, and it was solidified learning some few words of Dutch as well - I believe that English is about half way between the two. Problem with Dutch is the spelling. If you can get through that to the way the words arte pronounced it makes a lot more sense. Sometimes if you only half listen, you can understand Dutch phrases in their entirety. My favourite example (and very useful in business) is:
Dot is niet meen problem (almost certainly got the spelling wrong)
Pronounced something like:
Dot is neet mine problaym
"That is not my problem"
I'd really like to get into learning German and Spanish as a third and fourth language. Chast just did me a huge favor, because my friend happened to meet a few German girls he wants to introduce me to. Luck strikes again!
I started learning Spanish last year (I am rubbish at languages - spent my days at school doing science and maths) when I moved here. A year on and I can have a conversation of sorts. A thing I learned the hard way is that no language course of cds/dvds and so on will prepare you for actually conversing in the language on a day to day basis.
For instance, a course might teach you:
'Hello can I have a beer please?'
'Certainly. Here you are. That will be 1 euro.'
However in real life the conversation is more likely to be:
'Hello can I have a beer please?'
'Er hang on a minute there are none on the cold shelf would you like a coffee instead? Oh bugger the cat has poo'ed in my shoes.' (A reply I actually got in a bar in town!')
The best way, IMO, to learn any language is immersion - go and live in the country for a few weeks/months years. That way you will learn the language as it is spoken, including the slang, colloquialisms and so on. Nonetheless one professor of modern languages told me that you never master a second language as an adult. You have to work at it every day of your life. That fits my experience - I have good days and bad days.
But you have to start somewhere...
Cheers,
Tony
did u know we can all speak one common language? the language of the guitar world
eg
shred : 1.very fast playin with a bunch of technical stuff that hurts your head. 2. also can be used with cheese
lol
anyway i can do chinese, so i will do some bits of traditional chinese for you
switch the charactor encodeing of your internet explorer/firefox into trad chinese
here we go
哪 = (na (accent upwards)) = Where
我是 = (wo seh) = I am
那是 = (na (accent down) seh ) = It is
你是 = (nee seh) = You are
那裡 = (na (accent down) lee (accent down then up) = There
盤子 = (pan gi(stacato)) = Plate
我在哪裡? = (wo tsai na lee) = Where am I?
你在哪裡? = (nee tsai na lee) = Where are you?
這是啥? = (tche tsi tsaa) = What is this?
i really dont know why u wanna learn plate, whats the point of havin a plate and no knife and fork.
刀子 pronounced tao tsi (the tsi is sad quickly)
叉子 pronounced tcha tsi (same)
ok it is really hard to write how to pronounce chinese, ud need me to say it to you for u to copy because there is llots of accents in words. and also some pronounciation is hard to write in english. anyway hope that helped.
kevin
think he meant, "how do i get INTO"
I guess I'll just start out my overview of Danish, by basing it on Audun's post. Since Audun seems to have chosen Bokmål, which was pretty much based on Danish (while Nynorsk - "New Norwegian" - is somewhat an attempt at getting away from Danish), a lot of it is the same:
English: Hi
Norwegian: Hei
Danish: Hej
English: Goodbye
Norwegian: hadet
Danish: Farvel (formal) / Hej (informal, yep, same as "hi") / Vi ses ("see ya") / Ha' det
The last one is rare, basically a short version of "ha' det godt" = "Have it well" / "Be well" - interestingly, the word left out is "well", making it essentially mean "Have it" / "Be"
English: Car
Norwegian: Bil
Danish: Bil
English: Water
Norwegian: Vann
Danish: Vand (the 'd' is silent, making it almost identical to Norwegian, as usual)
English: Fjeld ("mountain")
Norwegian: Fjell
Danish: Fjeld (when speaking of Norwegian mountains), bjerg (when speaking of other mountains)
English: Fjord ("inlet")
Norwegian: Fjord
Danish: Fjord
English: "The bad guy down in the basement"
Norwegian: Djevelen/Fanden
Danish: Djævelen/Fanden
English: The Darkness
Norwegian: Mørket
Danish: Mørket
The pronouns (I/jeg, You/du etc.) are exactly the same in Danish and Bokmål (different in Nynorsk)
A few additions:
Beer = Øl (which may be the origin of the word "Ale")
Guitar = Guitar
Cheers (toasting) = Skål
Where? = Hvor?
When? = Hvornår?
Who? = Hvem?
What? = Hvad?
Why? = Hvorfor?
Hello = Goddag (note the similarity to "good day" or "g'day" which is what it really means)
I'd like a beer = Jeg vil gerne have en øl
How are you? = Hvordan går det? (literally "How goes it?")
You look good = Du ser godt ud (rather formal version of the meaning "You're hot")
Whats your name? = Hvad hedder du?
How old are you? = Hvor gammel er du?
Where are you from? = Hvor er du fra?
Would anyone happen to know some french?
Great posts guys! But we seem to be missing Svenska??? mycket ledsen
how about some dutch?
Hello = Hallo
How are you? = hoe gaat het?
Guitar = Gitaar
String = snaar
= lachen (laughing)
= glimlachen(smiling)
Lester = me
How about some Serbian music terms?
Hello - Zdravo
How are you? - Kako si?
Guitar - Gitara
String - Žica
Music - Muzika
Speaker - Zvučnik
Guitar Amp - Gitarsko pojačalo
Sound Card - Zvučna Kartica
Computer - Računar
To Sing - Pevati
Microphone - Mikrofon
Mixer - Mikseta
PA System - Razglas
Pre Amp - Pretpojačalo
Power Amp - Snagaš
Tuner - Štimer
Chord - Akord
hahaha, looks like russian when I see it writtten like this
KDE = Where
Ja jsem = I am
To je= It is
Ty jsi = You are
Tam = There
Taliř= Plate
Kde to jsem= Where am I?
Kde jsi = Where are you?
Co to je = What is this?
Pivo=Beer
Speak Japanese like Marty Friedman!
Hajime mashite (Nice to meet you)
Watashi no namae ha XXX desu (My name is XXX)
Watashi wa gita o hikimasu (I play the guitar)
Issho ni hikimasho (Let's play together)
Anata umai desune (You play good)
..well, this is a kind of polite version of Japanese.
A shredder version for the same conversation would be:
Ou
Ore XXX
Ore gita hiku
Issho ni yaroze
Omae umaijan
Wow no Spanish yet! I speak some because of Spanish class so I can help you with a few terms.
Toco la guitarra- I play guitar
Escucho la musica- I listen to music
Canto- I sing
Okay, I am trying to learn Swedish so could someone please some general bar/pub sentences.?
Well, I speak 5 languages fluently so I guess I should make a contribution to this thread
In Farsi:
Salaam: Hello
Chetori: How are you?
Koja: Where
Ki: Who
Kei: When
Chejuri: How
Chi: What
Man Giitor baazi mikonam. - I play guitar
Chejuri be isgah miresam? - How do i get to the train station?
Man nemifahmam - I do not understand
In Spanish:
Hola: Hello
Como Estas?: How are you?
Donde?: Where
Quien: Who
Cuando?: When
Como: How
Que: What
Yo toco la guitarra - I play guitar
Como es que puedo llegar al estacion de tren - How do I get to the train station?
Yo no entiendo - I do not understand
In French:
Bonjour: Hello
Comment allez-vous?: How are you?
Ou: Where
Qui: Who
Quand: When
Comment: How
Que: What
Je joue de la guitare - I play guitar
C'est ou le gare? - Where is the train station? (You can't really say how do I get to it..it sounds odd)
Je ne comprend pas - I do not understand
who in french is "qui" not quien.
French:
Salut - hey
Une biere s'il vous plait? - One beer please.
T'es mignone! - Your cute!
Vous veuillez venir avec moi ce soir? - Do you want to come out with me tonight?
And the classic - Voulez-vous coucher avec moi...ce soir!? -Do you want to sleep with me tonight
Let's get some Swedish, Kris!
My Wife is Brazilian so, it is beneficial to speak Brazilian portuguese.
Oi=Hi
Tudo bem=You OK?
Como vai voce?=How are you? (formal)
Onde esta sua guitarra/violao? Where is your guitar? (electric/acoustic)
Oque foi este barulho?=What was that noise?
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