The Language Thread

Ian

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"Of course, of all members of this forum, Ian makes the thread about language."

Discuss languages you are learning, will be learning, or want to learn.

I can help suggest books or online sources if you are new to learning languages.

I am currently learning Icelandic. I am very familiar with the grammar except for weak and strong nouns. I am going to review conjugation and declensions tonight.

 
Guten morgan. (I think that's how you spell it.
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Currently I know English, a little bit of German and Spanish, and some insults in Bulgarian.
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I can also sing Mary Had a Little Lamb in Japanese. I want to continue learning all the languages mentioned here.

 
I know Estonian, English, flawed Russian and a bit of Finnish. I want to improve on the last two and I plan on learning Italian in the near future, because I have some distant roots leading to Italy.

 
Guten morgan. (I think that's how you spell it.
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Morgen.
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I know Estonian,
My grandmother's parents were Estonian. I have a book, but I'm not too compelled to learn the language. I believe Finnish and Estonian are in the same language family? If not, then similar? (Finno-Ugric)

 
Dzień dobry, koledzy!
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Heh, My native language is polish, I know english pretty well, but not perfectly. I learn german in school but I used to suck at it (after being a Medic in TF2 I think I'll change it quickly bucause I actually like that lignuage
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) and I know a little japaneese.

EDIT: And I know the Australian slang! x)

 
I know English, and alittle Spanish.
This.
Me too. Precisely, I've forgotten enough Spanish to basically be entirely non-functional with it, but retained enough to recognize it when I see it and try to see if the other people speak English.
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I would enjoy learning German, or maybe Russian, Latin would be cool too.

 
I believe Finnish and Estonian are in the same language family? If not, then similar? (Finno-Ugric)
Estonian is like a newer and simplified version of Finnish.

Compare the numbers (1,2,3,4,5) : yksi, kaksi, kolme, neljä, viisi vs: üks, kaks, kolm, neli, viis.

See what I mean
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I know a little Spanish because I didn't have a choice.

If I were to learn another language at this late date, it would probably be Scots Gaelic.

Or Klingon.

 
Gàidhlig? 'S mise Ian. Ciamar a tha thu?

I have a book, and I've memorized some basic phrases. My full name is a completely Anglicized Scottish name. My full name is so Scottish, that it was an example in my book!
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Do you know of any good English to Japanese books? I'm very interested in learning this language.

 
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I actually purchased one for my friend's birthday a few weeks ago. It had a great introduction to the language's grammar and offered kanji/hiragana/katakana sentence with romaji under it. I will ask my friend for the title of the book.

Here is the book on Amazon: Basic Japanese Grammar

 
Mein gott, es ist voll von sterne!

I got Google translate on my IPod Touch. It works pretty well.

I actually purchased one for my friend's birthday a few weeks ago. It had a great introduction to the language's grammar and offered kanji/hiragana/katakana sentence with romaji under it. I will ask my friend for the title of the book.
Here is the book on Amazon: Basic Japanese Grammar
Thanks!
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I'm sure it'll help.

 
Ihres Deutsch ist nicht so gut Ich muss sagen.....

Aber kein problem, hier ist ThatSmartGuy fur die antwort auf alle probleme
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German, English, Russian, Ukrainian et un peu de la lingue francais...

 
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