Multilingual fun: Introduce yourself in your language!

[Morays]

1 minute ago, fragglesinthedark said:

Mine were from very close to there, a tiny village a little more to the south, closer to Timisoara. My grandparents and mom and aunt have actually gone back and found some cousins who still live there (and some who lived there during Communist rule and moved to Germany when the wall fell). Actually later one of their kids came to visit the states and I met her. I've seen pictures of the Romanian village and it's funny that it looks almost identical to the towns and areas in North Dakota they moved to.

Daaang, the parallels get crazier. I tracked down and got in touch with a couple of distant cousins too -- literally found them in the German white pages and banked on the fact that they had a very unusual surname. Thankfully, they embraced the connection! My dad and I were able to visit them when we went on a business trip to Munich a couple of years back, and they had so many stories of living through the batshit insanity of Ceaușescu's reign, and similarly only managed to flee to Germany around 1990-91.

 

(Hahaha, I hope we're not hijacking the thread too much! Just so cool to encounter someone with the same background. I almost never hear Danube Swabians mentioned, they're such a weird little niche footnote in Europe's history.)

[Lichley]

Salut mes amis! Je suis Lichley et j’étudie le français depuis 15 ans (et mes grand parents y-vivaient), et je déteste la grammaire  

[Jade Cross Lord Of Toys]

Flare Flareon Flareon Flare (Pokemon. What? it's a language lol)

[Karst]

Salut, tout le monde!

[Iam9man]

10 hours ago, Granite4Breakfast said:

Ik heet Granite4breakfast en ik kan ook Nederlands spreken. Nee ik eet werkelijk geen granite voor onbijt haha. Mijn moeder taal is Engels, maar ik ben Nederlands aan het leren. Ik hoop dat er is wat anderen Nederlands sprekers hierop die ik kan praten met. Ik weet ook dat mijn Nederlands niet perfect is. (Dutch)

I can just about work out what this says. Dutch and northern Germanic languages like Danish/Norwegian have a lot of similarities 😊

[Iam9man]

8 hours ago, Moony of Christmas Past ☽ said:

Hey, my name is actually not Moony, if you can believe that. I am a professional penguin assassin.

Bon dia. Sóc un pingüí i tinc por de Moony (Spanish, Catalan)

[Forest Spirit]

Hoi, i hoas eigntlich a net Quasar.w, wer hat sich se gidenkt ha? Kim aus an kloan Dorf in die italienischn Olpm und freit mi dassas olle do seits❤️ (my German dialect)

 

Hi, ich heiße eigentlich auch nicht Quasar.w, wer hätte sich das gedacht was? Komme aus einem kleinen Dorf in den italienischen Alpen und (es) freut mich, dass ihr alle da seid💚 (in Standard German so that one might understand something😅)

[FJO8]

Ja moin, des ist jo mol e mega Idee. Ich bin de Felix aus Lautre, do gebts uff di Fress (des saad mer do halt som, ned zu ernscht nemme, gell?).

También me gusta mucha la lengua española

et je peut parle un peut de français.

And english of course.

Olim latinumque didici. Salvete discipuli discipulaeque vitalis!

[FJO8]

3 minutes ago, Quasar.w said:

(in Standard German so that one might understand something😅)

I hon di eigentli a so ganz guat verstanne 😉

[FJO8]

13 minutes ago, Iam9man said:

Bon dia. Sóc un pingüí i tinc por de Moony (Spanish, Catalan)

Estuvo parte de un intercambio de escuelas en tarragona, pero solamente pudeo decir "callad la poca, meuca!" en catalán 😅

[Forest Spirit]

Ciao, mi chiamo qualcos' altro in realtá ma mi conoscete di nome (?) Quasar.w. Direi che la cosa piú importante é trattare bene gli pinguini🐧 (my horrible Italian)

[Iam9man]

8 hours ago, Georgi said:

Bonjour! Je m'apelle Georgi. Je suis roumain(e). I forgot how to say nice to meet you, but never mind 😅 (French)

Formal version would be “enchanté” 😊

[Forest Spirit]

7 minutes ago, FJO8 said:

I hon di eigentli a so ganz guat verstanne 😉

Se freit mi, wenman selbo an Dialekt red noa isches oft leichta🙃

[Iam9man]

15 minutes ago, Quasar.w said:

Hoi, i hoas eigntlich a net Quasar.w, wer hat sich se gidenkt ha? Kim aus an kloan Dorf in die italienischn Olpm und freit mi dassas olle do seits❤️ (my German dialect)

 

Hi, ich heiße eigentlich auch nicht Quasar.w, wer hätte sich das gedacht was? Komme aus einem kleinen Dorf in den italienischen Alpen und (es) freut mich, dass ihr alle da seid💚 (in Standard German so that one might understand something😅)

Well this explains why I struggled so much communicating with the locals in my basic German when I backpacked through that part of the world! 🤣

[Iam9man]

16 minutes ago, FJO8 said:

Olim latinumque didici. Salvete discipuli discipulaeque vitalis!

I so wish I remembered how to reply! It’s been too long 😊

[Iam9man]

15 minutes ago, FJO8 said:

Estuvo parte de un intercambio de escuelas en tarragona, pero solamente pudeo decir "callad la poca, meuca!" en catalán 😅

Eso es suficiente, ¿No? 🤣🤣🤣

[Forest Spirit]

Hei, jeg kommer fra Italia og snakker tysk, italiensk, engelsk og to ord (just translating a German saying here, Idk) norsk og japansk😅 Jeg er glad at jeg kan forstå hva dere (har?) snakket her (or something like that. This is my 5 weeks old Norwegian/Bokmål)

[Forest Spirit]

7 minutes ago, Iam9man said:

Well this explains why I struggled so much communicating with the locals in my basic German when I backpacked through that part of the world! 🤣

😅 yep! As I told you my dialect is very strong and far away from Standard German. Though sensible people (like me😝) would talk to you in Standard German if they notice you're not from there

[Iam9man]

36 minutes ago, Quasar.w said:

Ciao, mi chiamo qualcos' altro in realtá ma mi conoscete di nome (?) Quasar.w. Direi che la cosa piú importante é trattare bene gli pinguini🐧 (my horrible Italian)

Meglio del mio italiano!

 

Si, la cosa piú importante nel mondo é trattare bene gli pinguini 🐧😊

[Forest Spirit]

8 minutes ago, Iam9man said:

Meglio del mio italiano!

 

Si, la cosa piú importante nel mondo é trattare bene gli pinguini 🐧😊

Dopo dodici anni di aver' avuto lezioni in scuola dovrei essere piú meglio🙈

 

Pinguini sono i re degli uomini😅

 

Edit: hope everyone ignores my million mistakes, my Italian has never been really good and I'm rusty af...

[Iam9man]

8 hours ago, SocialMorays said:

Hahaha, I hope we're not hijacking the thread too much! Just so cool to encounter someone with the same background. I almost never hear Danube Swabians mentioned, they're such a weird little niche footnote in Europe's history.)

Nah, that was fascinating and it’s great to see this part of the forum bringing people together, so all good 😊

[Iam9man]

2 minutes ago, Quasar.w said:

Dopo dodici anni di aver' avuto lezioni in scuola dovrei essere piú meglio🙈

 

Pinguini sono i re degli uomini😅

🤣👍 Vero!

[Ennis]

37 minutes ago, Quasar.w said:

Se freit mi, wenman selbo an Dialekt red noa isches oft leichta🙃

I han au koi Problem kett di zom vrschtande. Send jo elles oberdoitsche Dialekte.

[Ennis]

9 hours ago, SocialMorays said:

We actually have a lengthy recording of my great-grandmother being interviewed by one of our cousins in 1965, just two years before she died. She mostly speaks in Swabian German with some broken English interspersed, and even sings the Hungarian national anthem. I'd love to be able to have it translated sometime.

D'you know what? That sounds really interesting and I'd love to give it a go. PM me if you're interested.

[Forest Spirit]

6 minutes ago, Ennis said:

I han au koi Problem kett di zom vrschtande. Send jo elles oberdoitsche Dialekte.

Voll, isch echt intressant mol zi sechn wio Leit wirklich schreibm. Suscht sig man eha olbm a standardisierte Schreibweise fa Dialekte😊

[Granite4Breakfast]

13 hours ago, Lichley said:

Salut mes amis! Je suis Lichley et j’étudie le français depuis 15 ans (et mes grand parents y-vivaient), et je déteste la grammaire  

Tout les mondes qui étudie le français déteste la grammaire

[Granite4Breakfast]

6 hours ago, Iam9man said:

I can just about work out what this says. Dutch and northern Germanic languages like Danish/Norwegian have a lot of similarities 😊

It's one of the things I love about language! I started out learning Dutch so when I began Norwegian earlier this year it all came so naturally! I'd also suggest checking out old English videos on YouTube, as soon as you speak just one other Germanic language it becomes uncanny how familiar yet distant it sounds.

[Granite4Breakfast]

6 hours ago, Quasar.w said:

Hei, jeg kommer fra Italia og snakker tysk, italiensk, engelsk og to ord (just translating a German saying here, Idk) norsk og japansk😅 Jeg er glad at jeg kan forstå hva dere (har?) snakket her (or something like that. This is my 5 weeks old Norwegian/Bokmål)

I only know a bit as well but I understood most of that!!

[Iam9man]

Just now, Granite4Breakfast said:

It's one of the things I love about language! I started out learning Dutch so when I began Norwegian earlier this year it all came so naturally! I'd also suggest checking out old English videos on YouTube, as soon as you speak just one other Germanic language it becomes uncanny how familiar yet distant it sounds.

I’ve noticed exactly the same with Latin based languages as well. Like with fluent Spanish and a tiny bit of Romanian knowledge I can understand quite a lot when it’s written. I’m sure it’s the same the other way round too 😊

[Forest Spirit]

3 minutes ago, Iam9man said:

I’ve noticed exactly the same with Latin based languages as well. Like with fluent Spanish and a tiny bit of Romanian knowledge I can understand quite a lot when it’s written. I’m sure it’s the same the other way round too 😊

I've noticed that when you know the rules of how things are pronounced (or hear it) than yes they become quite intelligible which is super fun!