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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Elomin Sha » 23 Oct 2014, 03:08

You should all learn the language of Elomin.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Geoff_B » 23 Oct 2014, 05:40

Oh that's easy: Fire burn hot flame bag etc...
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby JustAName » 23 Oct 2014, 06:18

Do you guys not have a mandatory 2+ years of foreign language on your school curriculum?
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby RedNightmare » 23 Oct 2014, 06:20

Yes, four of them to be exact, including our own language though. None of these are Elominian however :P
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Master Gunner » 23 Oct 2014, 07:08

<-Ten years of French classes, still can't ask where the washroom is.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Prospero101 » 23 Oct 2014, 07:26

<-- One semester of Spanish, knows exactly how to ask to use the washroom.

Because I abused that privilege ALL THE DAMN TIME because I hated that class.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Jamfalcon » 23 Oct 2014, 07:43

<--- Read a German phrase book once, can't say anything from memory except "I don't speak German."

Attempts at learning French and Spanish were even less successful.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Deedles » 23 Oct 2014, 08:00

<-- Had German classes for at least 7 years, and can only say "I don't speak German." and "I don't understand."
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Prospero101 » 23 Oct 2014, 08:14

I would think that Swedish and German might have at least a few cognates. But then again, I don't know shit about shit.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby CSt » 23 Oct 2014, 09:21

Prospero101 wrote:I would think that Swedish and German might have at least a few cognates. But then again, I don't know shit about shit.


Different branches of a surprisingly large tree.

And:
8 years English
4 years Latin
3 years Spanish
2 years French

Except in French and Latin I get by okay.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Bebop Man » 23 Oct 2014, 09:34

Native Spanish speaker, awesome with English.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby RedNightmare » 23 Oct 2014, 09:38

<-- Had 5 years of French classes, including extra classes. Also has a French first name. Can't speak French to save his life.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby empath » 23 Oct 2014, 13:35

<--- same as Master Gunner..."Ou est la salle de bain?" :P

Also took two introductory German courses in college - "Ich bein pleite." is the most useful thing I'd learned. :?
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Valkyrie-Lemons » 23 Oct 2014, 13:52

<--- Have been trying to learn English for 23 years, still make basic mistakes.

Also tried learning Japanese for 2 years, all I can really remeber is "Anatna wa, sakana mitai desu" (You look like a fish).

Also tried learning French for 5 years, had to cheat to pass the exams

Also tried learning Spanish for 3 years, was told by the teacher I "really wasn't suited for Spanish", in other words, "You're really bad at this, stop wasting my time."
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby viscomica » 23 Oct 2014, 15:04

So we all know a different language other than our native tongue or at least have given that a go.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Duckay » 23 Oct 2014, 16:09

I studied Japanese for years. I remember isolated pieces of vocabulary and little else.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Prospero101 » 23 Oct 2014, 17:05

In the interest of full disclosure, I only took Spanish because I had to in order to graduate.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Bebop Man » 23 Oct 2014, 18:27

Also because you wanted to know what those pesky RE4 zombies were yelling about.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Prospero101 » 23 Oct 2014, 18:30

Were they yelling? I couldn't hear them over the sound of my INFINITE ROCKET LAUNCHER.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby viscomica » 23 Oct 2014, 18:30

Me no speak Anglish, CHORIZO!
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Bebop Man » 23 Oct 2014, 18:58

Detrás de ti, imbécil.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby ZePancakes » 23 Oct 2014, 20:23

4 years Japanese I remember moderate level grammar and have a decent vocab but speaking Japanese was always difficult for me. I'd love to continue it but I am busy with Uni so I can get started on my Rad Therapy career.
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby phlip » 23 Oct 2014, 22:50

At my school you had to do a bunch of different language courses in the first year of high school (Japanese for a term, French for a term, German for 2 terms IIRC). Then in the second year you had to do a language course but you could pick which one (I picked German). Then after that you could do it as one of your elective courses (I tried to take German Continuers but there weren't enough people to run the course, so it didn't end up happening).

Nowadays, I can't remember much of the language beyond "I'm sorry, I can't speak German, can you speak English?"

I really want to learn Russian someday, since I have family from there... but on the other hand I can't be bothered to spend the effort...
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby Rikadyn » 24 Oct 2014, 01:00

ZePancakes wrote:4 years Japanese I remember moderate level grammar and have a decent vocab but speaking Japanese was always difficult for me. I'd love to continue it but I am busy with Uni so I can get started on my Rad Therapy career.


I tookk the opportunity and now i am studying in japan, though not japanese this semester beyond self study, which i should really start doing, but this first 2 months or so has been exhausting
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Re: The General Chat thread

Postby ZePancakes » 24 Oct 2014, 02:36

Rikadyn wrote:I took the opportunity and now i am studying in japan, though not japanese this semester beyond self study, which i should really start doing, but this first 2 months or so has been exhausting


That's great, having stayed in Japan for a month for a Japanese short course (Yamaguchi Uni), I feel there is only a certain point one can get to by yourself. Being immersed in the culture and community (in addition to study) will work its wonders - It is just a lot of work and as you said, it is super tiring.

I hope it bodes well for you!

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