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How Many Languages Do You Speak? (pg. 9)
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| Omega_Blue |
| quote: | Originally posted by colonelcrisp
pffft are you telling me that all black people don't like fried chicken? |
i have yet to meet a black person that doesn't like fried chicken. conversely, i have yet to meet any person that doesn't like fried chicken. |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kaidreas
learning french and working in france where you have to speak it, is something different. because you can't use you school books and because there are alot of words you don't know, but you prolly need to know :D and the french speak so quickly you have to translate it directly into your own language. and there are also different dialect in the different regions of france/belgium/where ever they speak french. but you'll get the hang of it after a while
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I know, that's why I hope that I'll never be in that situation. I could read and understand a text in French, but they speak so damned quick and inarticulate that I just go :wtf: :conf:. It's completely different with English, unless someone has a very strong accent I can easily follow even fast and colloquial speech.
And one thing I have noticed: English seems to have more words than French. Is that an actual fact or just my impression? Where's Lira when you need him?! |
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| Unique2701 |
I hate the way the French construct their sentences. Isn't it like "I you give a present" or something :wtf:
They make things waaaay to complicated. |
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| Ania_xox |
french puts indirect objects after the subject.
english puts it at the end of a sentence.
how is that complicated? |
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| Scottaculous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Unique2701
I don't get the "choy" part either, but the "hi" is referring to the vagina probably.
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If "hi" is vag then "choy" should be "chul" for smelly? |
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| Ania_xox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
I know, that's why I hope that I'll never be in that situation. I could read and understand a text in French, but they speak so damned quick and inarticulate that I just go :wtf: :conf:. It's completely different with English, unless someone has a very strong accent I can easily follow even fast and colloquial speech.
And one thing I have noticed: English seems to have more words than French. Is that an actual fact or just my impression? Where's Lira when you need him?! |
Fact: the average human speaks at a rate of 120 words per minute.
Fact: the average human thinks at a rate of 360 words per minute.
Fact: Parisians, on average, speak at a rate of 280 words per minute.
:wtf: :wtf:
Godspeed Meaty! |
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| Unique2701 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
french puts indirect objects after the subject.
english puts it at the end of a sentence.
how is that complicated? |
It gets complicated when you add "ne.. pas" and more than 1 verb to the sentence. Guess there are clear rules, but under the pressure that you can't really speak French word by word, you easily get confused.
| quote: | Originally posted by Scottaculous
If "hi" is vag then "choy" should be "chul" for smelly? |
Yeah or "chow" or something, but with "choy" I just think of veggies :wtf:
Are you from Hong Kong or mainland China? |
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| Rose |
| quote: | Originally posted by winston
en espanol, se como hablarlo y escribirlo pero la verdad es que no recuerdo las reglas de gramatica muy bien
:D |
yo tambien. aprendi un poco en la escuela hace 2-3 años pero ya se me olvido todo  |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
hey baby ... you have a nice <body>. why don't i wrap you up in some sexy bgcolor and outline-color while i open up an XMLHTTPRequest as a form of open communication. if you try to get <b> with me, i'll have to throw some <table> at you. I may throw in some text-indent and display to be more stylish. btw, i am sorry, but the condom is wrapped in a visibility hidden. you have to activate my onClick event to set the condom's visibility to visible, but sometimes you need to set my display to block.
i tried. :o :D |
if (buttersFlirting == successful) {
takePantsOff();
}
if (buttersFlirting != successful) {
banHim();
}
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
Fact: the average human speaks at a rate of 120 words per minute.
Fact: the average human thinks at a rate of 360 words per minute.
Fact: Parisians, on average, speak at a rate of 280 words per minute.
:wtf: :wtf:
Godspeed Meaty! |
So that means if I talk to a french woman... she speaks faster than I can think!? :wtf: :nervous: |
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| Ania_xox |
fair enough.
there are ways to work around all those things though.
Like I would never say something like "je ne la lui ai pas donnée"
i'd just say something like "c'etait pas le cas"
The rules are taught to give students a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the intricacies of syntax and stuff.
French is often complicated for english-speaking people, because we don't naturally understand the concept of grammatical gender or verb agreement. |
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| Ania_xox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
So that means if I talk to a french woman... she speaks faster than I can think!? :wtf: :nervous: |
you won't be thinking about anything other than her hairy armpits |
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