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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Chat - Non Pinball/coin-opp Discussion => Topic started by: Caveoftreasures on February 25, 2015, 07:35:43 PM
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Can anyone here speak another language other than English ofcourse ?
I am seriously considering learning German and French.
If I can get by enough to speak the basics to get by, I was then going to consider Chineese ?
At 45 years of age in May, is it too late to learn and have a go ?
Has anyone ever had a try as an adult at seriously learning another language to get fluent or half fluent. Lol ?
Any ideas or comments for me ?
Thanks in advance. ^^^
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I have enough trouble with English
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I have enough trouble with English
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I speak a da Italian!
My view is that unless you have someone to speak the language with on a regular basis, classes alone will never do it. So if you can, chose a language of someone you know that speaks a foreign language.
It would be easier if you were in Melbourne, where every second person speak another language!
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Backpfeifengesicht is the only German word you'll ever need to know.
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Does knowing the German swear words count?
I know plenty of them
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Are u guys telling me you learnt the German swear words watching german porn. Lol &&
That German word above looks sneakingly suspicious.
I am thinking it has something to do with the human anatomy ?
Wikipedia didn't give me any search results.
If I ask a German language school what that word means I am sure they will either laugh or shudder. Lol
The only downside to learning German is that I will be able to understand what Hitler was yelling and shouting about during his lunatic speeches. That may not be a good thing.
But at least world war 2 war movies will make more sense when I watch German or French war movies on SBS. Lol !@#
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All you need to know:
Arabic:
الكرة والدبابيس
Bulgarian:
пинбол
Catalan:
Flipper
Chinese Simplified:
弹球
Chinese Traditional:
彈球
Czech:
Pinball
Danish:
Pinball
Dutch:
pinball
English:
pinball
Estonian:
Pinball
Finnish:
Pinball
French:
flipper
German:
Flipper
Greek:
φλίπερ
Haitian Creole:
pinball
Hebrew:
פינבול
Hindi:
पिनबॉल
Hmong Daw:
pinball
Hungarian:
flipper
Indonesian:
pinball
Italian:
flipper
Japanese:
ピンボール
Korean:
핀볼
Latvian:
ķīniešu biljards
Lithuanian:
Pinball
Malay:
pinball
Maltese:
Pinball
Yucatec Maya:
Pinball
Norwegian:
Pinball
Querétaro Otomi:
Pinball
Persian:
شیطان پین بال دزد
Polish:
jednoręki bandyta
Portuguese:
Pinball
Romanian:
Pinball
Russian:
пинбол
Slovak:
Pinball
Slovenian:
fliper
Spanish:
Pinball
Swedish:
pinball
Thai:
พินบอล
Turkish:
langırt
Ukrainian:
пінбол
Urdu:
پنبال
Vietnamese:
pinball
Welsh:
Pinball
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the only time I can speak anything other than English is when I have had to many to drink
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Solar value, (I don't know your first name) I take my hat off to you for that long post with all the languages, it must have taken you an hour to type up !
Very cool post, thankyou for the different translations.
But I am still trying to work out Pinsanity,s German word. Lol
Any Germans reading our forum ?
We need your translation skills !
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Any Germans reading our forum ?
We need your translation skills !
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the only time I can speak anything other than English is when I have had to many to drink
Is that called fluent drunkinese **) $&&
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Classic !
Schulz ! I knows nothing ! Nigh Nigh. Nothing.
For all those years Hogans Heroes was on TV, I am sure the Germans just loved being portrayed worldwide as complete Bumbling Idiots. Lol.
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Classic !
Schulz ! I knows nothing ! Nigh Nigh. Nothing.
For all those years Hogans Heroes was on TV, I am sure the Germans just loved being portrayed worldwide as complete Bumbling Idiots. Lol.
The actor who played Klink was Jewish, and yes, he had fun playing a bumbling Nazi
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Backpfeifengesicht. German compound word for a 'face that should be slapped'.
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Probably better for you to focus on rudimentary English instead in the interim.
For example, there is no double 'e' in Chinese. :lol
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Replaced a CPU board in a twilight zone for a customer today.
Somehow I must have messed up the language select jumpers. !)#
As a result he is now going to have to learn French if he wants to play! %.% %$%
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Backpfeifengesicht. German compound word for a 'face that should be slapped'.
Punched is the preferable operative word. German colloquialism for a well deserved "kick up the arse".
What's happening with your machines at GRE, studley? PA/E council removed their permit to trade and operate yesterday.
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I don't speak another language, but my wife must coz she keeps telling me I don't understand her. Dunno what it is or dialect !@#
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Replaced a CPU board in a twilight zone for a customer today.
Somehow I must have messed up the language select jumpers. !)#
As a result he is now going to have to learn French if he wants to play! %.% %$%
It you leave all jumpers OUT the default is English
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Can anyone here speak another language other than English ofcourse ?
I am seriously considering learning German and French.
If I can get by enough to speak the basics to get by, I was then going to consider Chineese ?
At 45 years of age in May, is it too late to learn and have a go ?
Has anyone ever had a try as an adult at seriously learning another language to get fluent or half fluent. Lol ?
Any ideas or comments for me ?
Thanks in advance. ^^^
Just for the record there are two main versions of spoken Chinese. Interestingly, written Chinese is the same for all dialects and no matter what the local twist in the spoken may be. Same for Singapore, China, Taiwan and all Chinese speaking countries, the written is always the same.
Spoken Chinese is mainly in two forms, Mandarin and Cantonese. Mandarin can be used worldwide (and China wide). Cantonese (named after the city of Canton which is now called Guangzhou) is the primary spoken Chinese for Hong Kong and the Guangdong province (southern area near Hong Kong).
If you did consider learning a Chinese language the only one to opt for (IMO) would be Mandarin (known in Chinese as Putonghua).
From Wikipedia:
Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin, Putonghua and Guoyu, is a standard
language that is the sole official language of both China and Taiwan, and also one
of the four official languages of Singapore.
Standard Chinese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese
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Mike, I have a speech to make
do you think I can learn Putonghua by next weekend?
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Mike, I have a speech to make
do you think I can learn Putonghua by next weekend?
Good luck.....
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Mike, I have a speech to make
do you think I can learn Putonghua by next weekend?
don't reckon you'd be any worse than a speech an ex oz prime minister did.
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Funny that. I knew it was probably a piss take originally. I have a piss take as well.
Can anyone translate in German, "Two broken arms for a attempted punch in the face" lol
Ohh, the German lessons are going really well.
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Zwei gebrochene Arme für einen versuchten Schlag ins Gesicht lol
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:D
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We were taught French in school as it was compulsory.
I know how to ask where the Supermarket is ( it sells beer)
I know how to order a number of beers when its my round.
I can order 1/2KG of cheese at a time to go with the beers.. oh and some bread.
Yep, French came in handy when I went round Europe.. was good in Spain too as its a very similar language.
Other than that... learning French was a complete waste of time