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Posted: Tuesday August 2nd, 2005 00:25 |
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HatHaruhotep, U Kenyan?
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Posted: Tuesday August 2nd, 2005 00:32 |
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arakunrin, One that I found while back is;
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3629/igbo.html It has basic stuff. Numbers, alphabet, days/times, and phrases. It's geocite so don't expect a lot. Best bet is to buy few books on it, or try to connect/join with southern nigerian community site. If you find one, let me know .
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Posted: Friday August 5th, 2005 17:34 |
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| Thank you, I also found another site type in Uwandiigbo in google and it should come up. What about Bambara and Twi?
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Posted: Tuesday August 16th, 2005 04:29 |
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Good luck.
I will be taking spanish class in this fall semester, I think i'm ready for it.
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Posted: Sunday October 2nd, 2005 15:33 |
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huskagee wrote: how is life in england, rachelle?
and why did u move to lancaster? i'm thinking about moving to london...i'm tired of france..i also consider moving to new york city but it's of course a lil bit more complicated due to greencard and all that visa ish.
what do u say bele?
on the other hand, guess it wont be too hard for me to find a decent american princess to get a greencard, probably in queens..just like coming to america...just playing
i hope that i will get the job with the UN, so i can easily head over to new york
Bonjour a tous!
I've done the complete reverse and moved from the UK to France for a year....originally from london (south that is), I currently reside in the city they call Lyon in the Sud-Est de la France (pour ceux qui ne savent pas!)
Been here for about 3 weeks now and have had to unlearn and learn anew alot of my basic french as it seems times have changed from when I first started learning le francais...some words which have been personally automatic for years are not really in common use over hear so you gotta update...having said that, I'm enjoying myself and am really adapting well...just looking to reach out to my french black brothers and sisters to start up a g-unit!! 
En outre je tiens a visiter a Paris (pardon, il faut ajouter les accents mais j'ai qu'un clavier anglais)...donc a plutard!!
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Posted: Monday October 3rd, 2005 01:12 |
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natural b, J'habite a Lyon? Tu vis dans une grande ville............
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Posted: Monday October 3rd, 2005 12:10 |
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HatHaruhotep wrote: Bele wrote: ANY LANGUAGE IS WELCOME. HOW DO YOU SAY.....
1. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? Kiswahili : Jina lako nani?
2. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Unatoka wapi?(unatokeya wapi?) unatoka wapi means "where are you coming from? meaning where have you been?
3. CALL ME. (Call you what?)(Unipigiye simu)
FAR START.
1.WHAT IS YOUR NAME? KIRUNDI/KINYARWANDA: Witwa nde?
2.Where are you from? Uva he?
3.Call me. Urampamagara!
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Posted: Monday October 3rd, 2005 15:17 |
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Bele wrote: natural b, J'habite a Lyon? Tu vis dans une grande ville............
Oui, c'est une belle ville en outre...as tu deja visite a Lyon?
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Posted: Monday October 3rd, 2005 15:40 |
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Non pas encore. Je le visiterai un jour...............
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Posted: Tuesday October 4th, 2005 14:12 |
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Natural B,
I'm stilling trying to comprehend French and Spanish and it's a joy when I attempt to understand what people are saying. I'm not fluent in both and can read it ok so may I ask( translate) what you just said/asked Bele?
Natural B said/asked( to Bele)" Yes, it is a lovely city in the outskirts ( I guess) of France. Then you asked Bele:" Have you already been there( Lyon) Bele said: "No I haven't or( something like that), but I would like visit there one day". I have no help or no book in front of me in my quest of understanding it( at least to the best of my knowledge). It's been a while since I had French. To me, it's a more complicated language to learn but I enjoy learning it as I do with Spanish. Even if I'm not taking it( I'm currently taking Spanish), I always try to keep up with the little bit that I did learn. Merci beaucoup!
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Posted: Tuesday October 4th, 2005 17:52 |
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Hey Cee Cee, my apologies if I confused you...the phase 'en outre' is contextual...
(please remember I am far from an expert!!)...literally (I think) it means 'in addition'
but it can mean 'in fact' which is generally 'en fait' in French, in this case I meant
'as well' which could also be 'aussi' in french but I've been told that it is more
sophisticated to use en outre...so....in response to Bele's comment 'You live in a big
city...' I simply responded '...yeah, its lovely/really nice(!!) as well.' The rest of your
translation is spot on...I then asked Bele 'have you been to Lyon before?' who then
as you said, replied '...not yet but he would like to one day.'
Personally I've never tried Spanish at all, I can't roll my r's(!) and it's tough enough in
French with all that throat scratching! I'm currently learning German in France right
now which isn't bizzare as it sounds...it's actually helping me with my French as I'm
being taken back to the grass roots of learning a language which you kinda forget as
you go along...
Anyhoo...hope I've explained myself a little better....take care...
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Posted: Tuesday October 4th, 2005 20:53 |
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natural b & CeeCee..........
As a beginner to both languages at this point french is little bit easier than Spanish for me...........
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Posted: Wednesday October 5th, 2005 12:49 |
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Natural B,
Sometimes I be on the Internet and there is a French Website that I watch certain programs on. I was under the impression that the word"outre" meant outward or " away from" because when they refered to the segment being from France, the used the word " Outre Mer" so I assumed that it meant away from France.
I took very little German when I was a youngster. I thought that German wasn't a very bad language to learn, but forgot most of what I've learned from it. I liked it fairly well. Far as coinciding one language from another, that can happen.Currently, I'm taking Spanish and it's funny. I was listening to a Cape Verdean CD and they had what they were singing in English and in Portuguese. For the most part, I was able to translate what the lyrics said because in some ways Portuguese and Spanish are similar, but at the same time their pronounciation was different as I matter of fact it's similar to France----it isn't as it looks and in some way if I had to compare the comprehension of French and Portuguese, French is slightly easier to comprehend than Portuguese, but I like Portuguese because it seems like a beautiful language. I was talking with a Friend of my boyfirend's. She's a Cape Verdean-American woman and she was telling me that if you know Spanish, than you can pick up on Portuguese very fast. Supposedly that was how she was able to Speak Spanish in 6 months.Out of all the languages I liked and learned I like Spanish the best. To me, it's an easier language to learn and it's a down to earth. I especially like the history of the Spanish culture.
Bele,
I think that if you really like a certain language , you're going to understand more than the other. French isn't a bad language, but it's a little tricky for me. If I think a word is pronounced one way , it end up being pronouced another. You also have to do a lot of connecting for them as well, which has thrown me off at one point. Even moreso, the French( Just about France) history is less relative. I just couldn't relate to it. I don't know if it was my old professor or it was just about the book, but she mainly taught about French history and . Unless it she was talking about other French Speaking countries .I couldn't relate to it, whereas with Spanish I could do that a little more.
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Posted: Wednesday October 5th, 2005 17:42 |
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CeeCee wrote: Natural B,
Sometimes I be on the Internet and there is a French Website that I watch certain programs on. I was under the impression that the word"outre" meant outward or " away from" because when they refered to the segment being from France, the used the word " Outre Mer" so I assumed that it meant away from France.
Ok, got it spot on now....'outre' means 'in addition' to...'EN outre' means 'moreover';
those are the textbook definitions according to the ever ready Babelfish
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
....we're both right, the beauty (and the worst thing!) of languages is the subtleness of context...by the way could you give me details of that french website?
In terms of French history, I don't really partake outside of the compulsory facts we had to learn at school, my motivation is simply the personal achievement of mastering a languge that I've been toying with for so long and being able to use that language in Western Africa...ATTACK!!
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@RUSENGO
kiswahili chako si fasaha lakini kinasaidia kwa mawasiliano kwani wewe ni mrundi au mnyarwanda?
mie nnatokea Unguja japo nimeishi karibu maisha yangu yote Tanzania bara
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Posted: Wednesday October 5th, 2005 21:36 |
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l'Outre-Mer means overseas
the term is used for the french regions outside the european continent.
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Posted: Wednesday October 5th, 2005 22:51 |
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mais oui...les D.O.M et les T.O.M...just spent the evening with guys and dolls from guadaloupe, martinique and la réunion...luuuuvly!!
Et Huskagee, as-tu toujours l'envie de quitter Paris...?
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Posted: Thursday October 6th, 2005 12:38 |
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Natural B,
Unfortunately, at times my teacher would do it with us and some teacher's for some strnage suggest that we understand French History along with the language. She dibbled and dabbled with it, but unless they were speaking about French speaking countries like some portions of Africa, the The Caribbean or Tahiti, French history would comatose me.French history just seems so reserved and non-diverse. I' rather study anybody else's history than French. I didn't know how incredibly boring it was.
Coltrane,
Merci. I wasn't 100% sure about it, but I had the strangest feeling that it meant "out" or something that like that.
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did u mean swahili?
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Posted: Thursday October 6th, 2005 16:29 |
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@ Coltrane
I know! kiswahili changu kibaya, nashindwa kukisema vizuri lakini naelewa vyote, the basic is there! mimi ni mrundi!
@natural b
Etes vous francaise ou francophone? et je m'excuse si vous n'etes pas de sexe feminin!
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CeeCee wrote: Natural B,
Unfortunately, at times my teacher would do it with us and some teacher's for some strnage suggest that we understand French History along with the language. She dibbled and dabbled with it, but unless they were speaking about French speaking countries like some portions of Africa, the The Caribbean or Tahiti, French history would comatose me.French history just seems so reserved and non-diverse. I' rather study anybody else's history than French. I didn't know how incredibly boring it was.
what?! 
The mother of democracy...What is boring about France? I really liked History classes because french history is so diversed and so important for todays' societies.
@natural b
yep...i am about to leave my beloved city Paris....i live in inner city Paris and i am just tired of Paris and a real Parisien doesn't move to any other french city...hell no!!!
S o the only cities which can offer me the same atmosphere are London and New York
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Posted: Thursday October 6th, 2005 19:57 |
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| I went to a bookstore and ordered a teach yourself Swahill book with cassettes that should come in about a week. They also have a teach yourself Arabic kit available now. Can I learn two languages at once?
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Akheneton1 Ur PM very funnyyyyyy...........
Some Somali words......... Since this month is ramadan, I will base the terms in ramadanic foods......of course af-somaali.......
Timir (dates)
Sambuusi(shape of a triangle eggrolls)
Plus muufo, bur, malawax(all are flat bread eaten in the horn).
maraq(soup)
.....for U guys to Just to see how the languege(somali) is written......here it's............
Inta aan gar- waaqsaday intaan, garasho diidaayo
Inta laygu gaad gaadayaa, iiga geed ba'ane
Cishaday gabnowdiyo intay, gelinba heerjoogtey
Girif-giriftu way igu badnayd, gu'iyo jiilaale
Inaan gaabsho mooyiye cishana, tayda maan gabine
Galka seefta kuma haysan jirin, maalin gulufeede
Misna geeladay, gocoraday, iiga gaws kulule
Hadraawi
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Bele wrote: Akheneton1 very funnyyyyyy...........
Some Somali words.........
Since this month is ramadan, I will base the terms in ramadanic foods.............
Timir (dates)
Sambuusi(shape of a triangle eggrolls)
Plus muufo or burand, and some malawax(all are flat bread).
maraq(soup)
.....for U guys to Just to see how the languege(somali) is written......here it's............
Inta aan gar- waaqsaday intaan, garasho diidaayo
Inta laygu gaad gaadayaa, iiga geed ba'ane
Cishaday gabnowdiyo intay, gelinba heerjoogtey
Girif-giriftu way igu badnayd, gu'iyo jiilaale
Inaan gaabsho mooyiye cishana, tayda maan gabine
Galka seefta kuma haysan jirin, maalin gulufeede
Misna geeladay, gocoraday, iiga gaws kulule
Hadraawi
Happy Ramadan? What's so funny? I really want to know if I can learn two languages at once.
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