Author Topic: Can you speak another language ? Considering learning German and French plus !  (Read 8771 times)

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Offline pinsanity

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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".

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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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Offline Pop Bumper Pete

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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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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