MtBlanc Posted February 16, 2001 Share Posted February 16, 2001 Oui, j'ai 16 ans. Peut-etre il n'est pas evident, puisque je sais beaucoup de longs mots anglais, mais c'est vrai, j'ai 16 ans. Je peux parler francais, mais je parle mauvais. Frenchyd, Seattle est une bonne ville, n'est pas? J'aime le EMP parce que Jimi Hendrix est mon musicien favori. Je n'aime pas le Space Needle. Je le regarde souvent. Anyway, all French aside, I am 16. I am in many advanced classes, so I am forced to study a lot. I am in French 103 at the University of Washington. I am also in an AP US history class and a Pre-AP English Literature class, so I know a lot of literary movements and confusing trivia, but I'm not as smart as I sound. And the only reason I'm an excellent English speaker is because it's my native language. I don't think I'd have the commitment to learn it as a second language. If you need any grammar help, I'm around. ------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMonkey Posted February 16, 2001 Author Share Posted February 16, 2001 There's languages I know and languages I don't. English is easy to me. It has always been. I don't know the reason 'tho. Take deutsch. It's VERY HARD and I can't speak the language even if I try to study it. "Ich bin Jose". That's all I write correct ------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Feral Chicken Posted February 16, 2001 Share Posted February 16, 2001 Ich Heiße Steven. Ich wohne in Warrington in Nordwestengland. Je m'apelle Steven. J'habite en Warrington en le nord-ouest de Angleterre. I probably make some mistakes, but hey, who cares? I know a bit more but can't be arsed posted it here. I only speak English, French and a bit of German. Magnus, yes, Norway is renouned for good English, along with Germany, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Holland, most Germanic (Austria, Poland etc.)countries, and, more recently and to a much lesser extent, Italy and Spain. Most French speak good English too. But in France people either speak it fluently or not at all. And German have difficulty with tensal verbs. But Brits are renouned for speaking English and English only...we are all balls at other languages. But you probably knew that already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnusB Posted February 16, 2001 Share Posted February 16, 2001 Yes. I knew that. Dinghy Dog: You say that you speak bad french, but you most certanly don`t, if you used no translation programs, which I am 100% sure you didn`t, so you don`t need to answer. Feral: Je m`appelle. I think it`s called est, for east, but I`m not sure. Without using anything: Posted by Dinghy Dog, now in English: Yes, I am 16 years, but it might not be evident, because I speak other languages well (not sure here), but it`s true, I am 16 years. I may speak french, but I speak bad (that`s not true). Frenchyd: Seattle is a nice town, right? I love/like the (insert something here) Jimi Hendrix is my favourite musician. I don`t like the Space Needle. I watch it often/never. (Don`t remember) And now in norwegian, (I speak three, languages): Ja, jeg er 16 år, men det er kanskje ikke så tydelig, fordi jeg snakker andre språk bra, men det er sant, jeg er 16 år. Jeg snakker kanskje fransk, men jeg snakker dårlig fransk. Frenchyd: Seattle er en fin by, ikke sant. Jeg liker (something) Jimi Hendrix (is it Jimi or Jimmy or Jimy or whatever?) er min favorittsanger. Jeg liker ikke Space Needle (What?). Jeg ser aldri/ofte på det. Haha. I am tri-lingual. ------------------ <embed width="321" height="81" src="http://www.geocities.com/blinkxxss/mangusb.swf"> [This message has been edited by MagnusB (edited February 16, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMonkey Posted February 19, 2001 Author Share Posted February 19, 2001 Terve terve! Yrittäkääpäs saada tästä selvää! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAA! there's a challenge. try to understand that! ------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchyd Posted February 19, 2001 Share Posted February 19, 2001 god dangit. is EVERYONE bilingual? argh... the only other language i know is the on me and my friend made up in grade 5! and we only had to words... hottie and ugly lol.. ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/liquid_water4/ Visit my site? and Sign the guestbook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtBlanc Posted February 20, 2001 Share Posted February 20, 2001 Hmmm...it looks like I should have used voir instead of regarder when I talked about the Space Needle. Zut. I think translating what I said from French into Norweigan back into English gets a little different effect then just French into English. It's kind of funny how different languages have different expressions and such. I'm not saying you're wrong MagnusB, it's just that our translations vary just ever so slightly. Here's my translation: Yes, I'm 16 years old. Maybe it isn't evident, since I know many long English words, but it's true, I'm 16. I can speak french, but I speak poorly. Frenchyd, Seattle is a good city, right? I like EMP because Jimi Hendrix is my favorite musician. I don't like the Space Needle. I see it often. So I guess our translations don't vary that much. Anyway, Hendrix's name is spelled just Jimi. I should know, being from his home town and all. I'm sure many of you don't know, but the Space Needle is a big tower kind of thing that was built for a World's Fair in the 60s. It kind of looks like that one tower in Las Vegas, or that one in Toronto. Consult your local library. EMP stands for Experience Music Project. It is a big rock and roll museum that was built very recently. It is huge and has a large section focused towards Jimi Hendrix. Thank you for the compliments on by language speaking. As for all those Scandanavian languages, those look tough. Frenchyd, most people who live in the northern section of North America can only speak English, (Quebec is the exception) so don't feel bad. I'm surprised that I can communicate in a language other than English. ------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchyd Posted February 20, 2001 Share Posted February 20, 2001 i can usually translate most stuff from french, i took it for 3 years, so most of it makes sence. this is what I picked out (all by my self!!! yes, i am 16 blah blah blah, frenchyd, seattle is a good (nice?) city is it not? Jimi hendrix is my favourite musician and i dont like the space needle./. blah blah... yay me... i dont speak it, and i suck at the whole writing it down thing ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/liquid_water4/ Visit my site? and Sign the guestbook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr._Threepwood Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 I liked your site and I sighned your guessbook. I can only speak english and hebrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnusB Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 Dinghy Dog: You`re right, my translation wasn`t perfect, but after all, I`m only 14, right? Well anyways, I guess scandinavian languages are more difficult than for example english, but they aren`t that hard. I think that finnish looks harder to learn than for example swedish, but then again, I can`t be fair in judging, but there are so many vowels. THE END Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 14? 16? All of a sudden I feel very old to be hanging out on this site. Oh well. I must say you all seem very intelligent for your ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMonkey Posted February 22, 2001 Author Share Posted February 22, 2001 Thanks Cheese I'm honoured. BUT I am older than FrenchyD! Bhoawhawhawhaw... Agh, I'm trying to update my site but I won't as that damn geocities is messing up with the pictures.. ------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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