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Offline TopAce

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Reply #40 on: September 17, 2004, 04:00:04 pm
German is certainly closer to English than Italian is.
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Reply #41 on: September 17, 2004, 04:05:02 pm
That's because english is a germanic language and not a romantic one (those would be italian, french, and spanish).
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Reply #42 on: September 17, 2004, 04:18:43 pm
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That's because english is a germanic language and not a romantic one (those would be italian, french, and spanish).


And Portuguese (Which I speak a little of) :D
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Reply #43 on: September 17, 2004, 05:36:34 pm
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That's because english is a germanic language and not a romantic one (those would be italian, french, and spanish).


it's more of a mix of a lot of different language kinds.
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Reply #44 on: September 17, 2004, 06:27:10 pm
It's origins are germanic. It has assimilated things from other languages.
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Reply #45 on: September 17, 2004, 08:42:52 pm
Spanish & Russian (just starting. fear)
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Reply #46 on: September 17, 2004, 08:47:26 pm
Ti sukoblat.

...you know that much, right? Assuming I have the spelling down, which I may not, considering I have never had the occasion to write Russian.
 

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Reply #47 on: September 17, 2004, 08:49:53 pm
Well, it's not in crylic, so I don't recognize it. I haven't had class in two weeks though... which reminds me that I should study.
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Reply #48 on: September 18, 2004, 06:08:42 am
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Ti sukoblat.

...you know that much, right? Assuming I have the spelling down, which I may not, considering I have never had the occasion to write Russian.


Suko and blyad are two different words though (even if they have the same meaning).

And as for english, you'd be surprised how many words in english come from french.
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Reply #49 on: September 18, 2004, 06:13:28 am
Since the English court spoke French for a long time, it hardly surprises me. It just saved my ass in French tests for the last 4 years. (Just add er, some `'^s, and pray)
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Reply #50 on: September 18, 2004, 06:30:36 am
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Reply #51 on: September 18, 2004, 06:36:29 am
I know it hardly works all of the time, especially since the French hate using words from another language. (Will you believe they seriously have an institute to make new French words for foreign things?) Ordinateur is a computer, for example.
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Reply #52 on: September 18, 2004, 07:02:57 am
I used to learn English (first language), Hindi (second language) and Kannada/Sanskrit (third language). Unfortunately, I failed in all but the first.
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Reply #53 on: September 18, 2004, 10:01:05 am
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And as for english, you'd be surprised how many words in english come from french.


Deja vu or pied á terre for example?
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