Multi Language Thread.

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the Spanish Z is more similar to an English TH than to that zdravje thing... and the Spanish S is more like an Italian double S...

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That was my problem... I couldn't find a way to pronounce a spanish Z in front of a d... so I guess the "simply pronounce all the letters" stuff won't work as we all come from different languages and have different ways of pronouncing them...

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I think the best way to describe that Z in zdravje is a /z/ like in English roSe...

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Thanks... that I could pronounce then, I think...

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And well for Spanish that might be even a bigger problem...all the Spanish I've ever met, even if their English was really good, couldnt prononuce /SP/: they invariably say Espanish, Espain, estupid... they dont realise, it's just their way...

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Well... according to all my teachers, I can pronounce it ;-) But well, I started learning English when I was six, so that helped a lot :-)

Well... just got myself out of bed so... time for my breakfast... and my waking up tea! :yawnb:

Koa, no needle :p, and would you be refering to 'strč prst skrz krk'? :D

possibly Jay... yeah the needle just came to my mind but I didnt know if it was related to that sentence... LOL ok, now let's all try to 'prononuce it like it's written' without losing a teeth or two in the attempt ;)

I love that lack of vowel :) It just gives me slight problems... :rolleyes:

Shokran (Thanks in Arabic)

Alhamdo lellah (Thank God in Arabic)

la moshkila (No problem in Arabic)

No te preocupe (don't worry in spanish)

hey Insomnia
what dilect/ region? Ive always said
Mafeesh moshkilla or la Ishkal :D

I also have more problems in speaking one language, especially if I don't use it for a while but writing and reading I always remember. we Albanians (with exceptions of course) don't have problems with accent because our language has a lot letters that are difficult to pronounce, just like slavic languages but we have some extra letters that slavic languages don't have. I don't have problems with English in writing or reading it but when speaking I make some mistakes. in Serbian I read and write better, I also talk but haven't used it for a while and starting to forget words. I also talk Spanish and it is the only language that I can speak better than I can write. I've learned it from TV so that's why my speaking skills are better...
in Albanian we have letters like these: a vowel ë which is pronounced as the letters or in English "word" or as ur in "church". then we have ç which is almost the same as ch in English "chat", but only a little stronger. then gj which is the same as j in "job",
nj which doesn't exist in English, or I can't think any word with this letter but for those who know spanish this letter is the same as "ñ". (hope I got it right), xh the same as "job" but stronger.and zh, but for this one I can't find any examples in English. sorry. ok now I'll stop. wow I almost wrote a book. lol... :D

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Originally Posted by Insomnia

No te preocupe (don't worry in spanish)

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Slight correction: it would be "No te preocupes" (informal) or "No se preocupe" (formal)... ;-) But it would be understood anyway :-)

Wish you all the best,
Keltic Banshee

No chinese here? :D

Hello is pronounced in 3 words for chinese. Translated literally, it means "How are you?" They say: "Nee How Ma" But then each language has their own accent, and Chinese is hard to pronouce. ;)

I love learning foreign languages. With English it wasn't a big problem because I started when I was 3 and I never used to learn it by heart, suddenly I was 14 or 15 and I knew most of the important things. And now I study in English so I have a contact with it all the time. Sure, I make a lot of mistakes but I sometimes feel as if it was my native language, having been using it for so many years. I used to learn French but I always hated it. I lost 5 years learning it and I don't remember a thing. I also used to learn Greek and although I understand it a bit, I have problems with reading brcause of that funny alphabeth. I've also been learning Spanish and German and understanding is fine but saying something correct is pretty painful :) But I don't give up!

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Originally Posted by mono

Just out of curiosity, of so many of us who know second (and/or third, fourth . . .) languages, obviously many of you have shown incredible talents in reading and writing, especially in English as a foreign language. Speaking and comprehending language, from my experience, seems a lot different from reading and writing, and, I wondered, do all of you understand in speech and speak different languages as well as you read and write them?.

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Well, as for English - how "very well" I can write you can see here, so I'll let you judge how good or bad I am ... but I do understand most things written in English. Reading novels I mostly don't have a problem. I believe I speak better than I write and I also think I comprehend the language pretty good.
The other language I studied would be French (unless you count latin, too, which I do not think you do..). I have been very good in writing in French but at the moment, I think I know how to speak better. At least, I did manage to survive for two weeks in Nice. ;)

Adelheid- How do you say goodbye in Chinese

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Originally Posted by samercury

Adelheid- How do you say goodbye in Chinese

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you could say (Zai Zaen) for Goodbye. The "Z" you have to pronounce as in between Ch and Z. It's really hard to say if you haven't studied the chinese language. :D

But you are not Chinese Adelheid, are you? Are you learning Chinese then? Have I missed something (again)? ;)

Thank You...

I'm chinese enough, Koa. :D My grandparents came from china itself. ;) Then they migrated to Singapore, and my parents decided to migrate to Australia when I was 11 years old. :lol: Mixed enough too. :D