06 Aug 2009, 1:20 pm
anna-banana wrote:
^^the simple answer to that question is: I did Scandinavian Studies because it was the only course I got into with my sh***y high-school marks! 
actually, that makes sense
the other one was truly a fanatic :I
"scandinavian studies" it sounds... so pointless
like some bohemian artsy thing to pick "i wanna totally learn everything about the swedish!"
06 Aug 2009, 2:15 pm
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06 Aug 2009, 4:19 pm
ZEGH8578 wrote:
anna-banana wrote:
^^the simple answer to that question is: I did Scandinavian Studies because it was the only course I got into with my sh***y high-school marks!
actually, that makes sense
the other one was truly a fanatic :I
"scandinavian studies" it sounds... so pointless
like some bohemian artsy thing to pick "i wanna totally learn everything about the swedish!"yes, I know more about the Swedes than I would like to haha
06 Aug 2009, 5:39 pm
06 Aug 2009, 8:40 pm
ZEGH8578 wrote:
how different are hebrew and arabic?
the only ones i know are the greetings, and theire very similar
shalom aleichem
salam aleikum
well in arabic i of course know some of those chants and mannerisms they do, but those are unavoidable if you got tv
im very observative (duh!
) and ive actually "learned" to pick out the "inchallah" from arabic speech, since they say it so often i notice when they do "inchallah" means "with god will" so u can just stick it anywhere,we use it too often as it reflects our lazy attitude toward timetables and planning ahead or expectation for things to get better(or worth),it takes the loads and responsibility from our shoulders as things would materialize only if god will them to do
it is also function as an encouragement,
in Hebrew we say "be'ezrat hashem","בעזרת השם",Shem is the name of the Jewish god which doesn't have a name so they just call him "name"{"שם"} ,"shem"=name.
Hebrew have a lot of common words with Arabic,more important,the logic or philosophy behind those language is quite similar but Hebrew is really unique because it is a very ancient language and as such can be really weird sometime
i also think that an observative individual can pick a language really quick and if u r in the right mood u can get a language just by watching tv or movies because when u hear it in a context of a story with the right body gestures u can ussually fill in the blanks as human drama and behaviur are pretty much the same all over the world
and the basic sounds or the music of the language are also quite the same
for instance
exclamation and question phrases sounds the same across all languages
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Aside from English, I speak
....Mandarin Chinese(taught at school before during sophomore)
....Nihongo a.k.a. Japanese(need to learn it so that I could understand my aunt's husband,but until now,I couldn't master it.. 
)
....Spanish
....Filipino(quite similar to spanish)
....Norwegian(just similar to a tounge twister)
07 Aug 2009, 6:51 am
07 Aug 2009, 10:05 am
nara44 wrote:
ZEGH8578 wrote:
how different are hebrew and arabic?
the only ones i know are the greetings, and theire very similar
shalom aleichem
salam aleikum
well in arabic i of course know some of those chants and mannerisms they do, but those are unavoidable if you got tv
im very observative (duh!
) and ive actually "learned" to pick out the "inchallah" from arabic speech, since they say it so often i notice when they do "inchallah" means "with god will" so u can just stick it anywhere,we use it too often as it reflects our lazy attitude toward timetables and planning ahead or expectation for things to get better(or worth),it takes the loads and responsibility from our shoulders as things would materialize only if god will them to do
it is also function as an encouragement,
in Hebrew we say "be'ezrat hashem","בעזרת השם",Shem is the name of the Jewish god which doesn't have a name so they just call him "name"{"שם"} ,"shem"=name.
Hebrew have a lot of common words with Arabic,more important,the logic or philosophy behind those language is quite similar but Hebrew is really unique because it is a very ancient language and as such can be really weird sometime
i also think that an observative individual can pick a language really quick and if u r in the right mood u can get a language just by watching tv or movies because when u hear it in a context of a story with the right body gestures u can ussually fill in the blanks as human drama and behaviur are pretty much the same all over the world
and the basic sounds or the music of the language are also quite the same
for instance
exclamation and question phrases sounds the same across all languages
the real challenge in grasping a language, is to first understand the order of words. like english "the red car" vs spanish "the car red"
if i for example watched a spanish show w subtitles, i'd assume that
EL = the
Coche = red
and
Rojo = car
according to the subtitles
but once you know how the language is built up, you learn a lot. i know english very well
in fact, i catch errors in the subtitles all the time, sometimes embarassing glaring errors
07 Aug 2009, 10:25 am
/wishes she could still remember the Japanese she learned in high school
07 Aug 2009, 2:28 pm
