Languages you know..

[basma88]

Originally Posted by Xena

lol at ohayo and hayaku! lol
ohayo = good morning (full version : ohayo gazaimasu)
hayaku = as in "fait vite" in french

do they always say hayaku la 7atta la2atiya? shou bidalon mesta3jlin!

lol...you are really good in japanese...It's very hard to learn...All my neighbours are japaneses here; they always try to teach me this language....bas no results...
About hayaku;when they are so busy; and they go to a shop to buy something; they always say to the man who are selling them hayaku hayaku...3atoul be dalon mesta3ejleen hal japoneses...

[dodzi]

Originally Posted by Xena

ah dodzi la chance!!
ana i'll start learning Dutch in September...i'll have to do it eventually!! however now i can understand some of the adds at kinepolis :p

Well if you live in Belgium it's always best to know dutch. Unless you live in "ta profonde wallonnie"

How are you gonna learn it? School? Evening school? And why? Work or again school or univ?

I learned it when I was 4, during the war we came here for a year or 2. Plus, my mom is flemish so...

[Xena]

eh your mother is flemish so akid you speak dutch!

no i live in brussels so i have to learn dutch!
one thing i regret is that i took german instead of dutch at univ!
so i'll take night classes at Marie Haps starting september!
why..because if i'm planing on staying here, i'd better speak Dutch!!
but i was told it's not complicated specially if you can speak english... i think it's somehow true since i've never took Dutch classes but i manage to understand certain things sometimes.

[DL]

Originally Posted by tsedek

Non-Lebanese here:
Dutch, Hebrew, English, German.
Would like to know Arabic mostly because of the beautiful songs,
there is no other language with such rich, colorful and romantic
expression as Arabic in music.
(if my reaction is not welcome, I'll ask it to be deleted)

Your reaction is always welcome. We could disagree politically and could have religious / cultural differences, but we are still all brothers and sisters in humanity, No?

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My languages: wlak ana anja2 mkhallis bel 3arabeh

But I am fully fluent with the following exotic languages: Martian, Zoulou-of-the-Andes, Kolaristanian, and most importantly - Jarjouristanian (language of the mice)! I have also a working knowledge of Zghertewi!

Serious note - French, Arabic, English, Dutch and a bit of Russian and German!

[PFC]

arabic,lebanese,kesrwani,z2a2i,french,englih,germa n,and some russian
since i import some bitches* from ukraine.
7,5 languages i just noticed how intellectual i am


*=please don't delete the post bitch is the female dog ready for reproduction

[fpm_70652]

Originally Posted by Xena

hehehe fpm_70652!! nihongo o hanashimasu ka
finally someone who appreciate the Japanese culture :p

zenzen wakarimasen
seriously, sukoshi dake wakarimasu
mata ato de !

Originally Posted by fpm_70652

zenzen wakarimasen
seriously, sukoshi dake wakarimasu
mata ato de !

I learned about 3 months of nihongo before going there, but now i am begining to forget all what i learned since i don't use it anymore :) !

[Xena]

Originally Posted by fpm_70652

zenzen wakarimasen
seriously, sukoshi dake wakarimasu
mata ato de !

i only said "do you speak japanese?" :p

Originally Posted by fpm_70652

I learned about 3 months of nihongo before going there, but now i am begining to forget all what i learned since i don't use it anymore :) !

yes true! if you don't practice it you will tend to forget it! even though it's not really that hard to learn!!! as i said in my first post i created a mini japan around me! so i'm constantly exposed to that language! besides you should see how at japanese restaurants they tend to become very generous if you order in japanese

why did you stop??

mata atode ;)

[fpm_70652]

Originally Posted by Xena

i only said "do you speak japanese?" :p

I know

yes true! if you don't practice it you will tend to forget it! even though it's not really that hard to learn!!! as i said in my first post i created a mini japan around me! So i'm constantly exposed to that language!

I've a big japanese flag in my bedroom

besides you should see how at japanese restaurants they tend to become very generous if you order in japanese

indeed :) & also if u go along with a japanese in your group.

why did you stop??

mata atode ;)

No more time, & firstly i was very motivated to learn since i was going there (my trip there was related to my work & not only for tourism ). After i returned i said that i should continue learning but i didn't.

mata ado de

[Xena]

Originally Posted by fpm_70652

I know

heheh sorry i was mislead by the zenzen wakarimasen :p

I've a big japanese flag in my bedroom

yiiy i still haven't gone that far!!! lol but yes why not!! i'll sure get a japanese flag!!! :p

indeed :) & also if u go along with a japanese in your group.

still haven't tried it yet!! :p sure will though!!

No more time, & firstly i was very motivated to learn since i was going there (my trip there was related to my work & not only for tourism ). After i returned i said that i should continue learning but i didn't.

mata ado de

well you should continue!! it's very interesting!! specially the kanjis! :p
like for instance, we always hear the word kamikaze, which now has a rather pejorative meaning..bass when i was learning how to write it, i found that it's the combination of Kami (God) and Kaze (Wind)..very beautiful.

or the verb to rest/go on vacation : combination of a tree and a man . heheh e3id ta7t el shajra, ya3ne on vacation!!
there's even funnier one!
combination of woman+ broom + food = good wife lool
wife 3al 7el, would be the same combination but without the food!! lol
so a good wife is one who can cook!

oh yes, and the verb chatting is written when you combine three kanjis of woman! lol

so i strongly recommend you to learn nihongo!

totemo omoshiroi desu ne!! :)

[CPL]

Wow seems like we have some language virtuosos in here. What I can suggest is that, if someone knows a language well, open a thread, and start teaching basic alphabet, grammar, words, expressions. There's nothing more satisfying for a Lebanese to know everything!!

So...who's first?