Languages, Let's See! Options

[Wurlon]

I'm just curious, I've seen many profiles in which many of our members/moderators live in foreign countries! If you can speak any other language besides English, be proud and post away! You might even teach us a lesson!

And also, I forget which post had it in but I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to say "I like wolves a lot" in a language besides English or Spanish. I love meeting people who can speak multiple languages, it is so cool!

This post has been edited by Wurlon: Nov 1 2005, 12:53 AM

[Treborius]

I'm a native Dutch speaker, but I (along with most Dutch people) can speak English quite fluently. I also know some German and a bit of French.
Dutch is a totally different language than German although it may sound the same to foreigners' ears. Both languages have simularities, but German people have a hard time understanding Dutch and vice versa.

Dutch is a difficult language to master, since its grammar is quite strange and the word order is also different from English. For more info, visit Wikipedia.

Strange language fact:
The Dutch word for 'squirrel' is 'eekhoorn' which is pronounced 'acorn'... The words seem connected, but mean something completely different. I imagine this scene about the origin of the word 'acorn':

An englishman and a dutchman walk through a forest. The englishman sees a squirrel with a strange nut in its hands, he had never seen before.
"What's that thing?" he asks the dutchman.
"It's an eekhoorn", the dutchman replies, assuming the englisman meant the animal, not the nut. Since then the oak tree's fruit is called 'acorn'.

[minque]

I'm a native Dutch speaker, but I (along with most Dutch people) can speak English quite fluently. I also know some German and a bit of French.
Dutch is a totally different language than German although it may sound the same to foreigners' ears. Both languages have simularities, but German people have a hard time understanding Dutch and vice versa.

Dutch is a difficult language to master, since its grammar is quite strange and the word order is also different from English. For more info, visit Wikipedia.

Strange language fact:
The Dutch word for 'squirrel' is 'eekhoorn' which is pronounced 'acorn'... The words seem connected, but mean something completely different. I imagine this scene about the origin of the word 'acorn':

An englishman and a dutchman walk through a forest. The englishman sees a squirrel with a strange nut in its hands, he had never seen before.
"What's that thing?" he asks the dutchman.
"It's an eekhoorn", the dutchman replies, assuming the englisman meant the animal, not the nut. Since then the oak tree's fruit is called 'acorn'.

I agree that dutch and german are indeed different..but! I´m swedish and I claim that I actually can read dutch in some extent!..and also understand what I read. There are some similarities between dutch and swedish.....but I´m not referring to grammar and stuff..just the words..

[Wurlon]

Minque es muy bonita.