J. van Deijck Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 On 5/22/2022 at 4:45 AM, Piotrek said: I know bits and pieces of several languages (although usually not enought to communicate in a cohenerent string of grammatically-correct utterances) so I get that a lot too. ...me and French 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
newgirl Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 On 5/12/2022 at 7:02 PM, Calliers said: I have to add Swahili because my parents are from Africa so I mean, I do have to have like the -quintessential- African language as a favorite too guess. Are you fluent in Swahili and other African Languages. I'm trying to learn how to speak languages from Congo, Nigeria, Botswana Quote Link to post Share on other sites
newgirl Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Any members speak American Indian/Indigenous language? Navajo Lakota Cherokee Choctaw Potawatomi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calliers Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, newgirl said: Are you fluent in Swahili and other African Languages. I'm trying to learn how to speak languages from Congo, Nigeria, Botswana Nope, I just speak English lol. I believe in Congo they speak French anyway. In Botswana they speak Setswana (been there) and I've never been to Nigeria so not sure what they speak. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Calliers said: I believe in Congo they speak French anyway. True that, but I've once known (actually studied with) a woman from Congo who was fluent in six languages. That was pretty impressive but she said once that her first language is French. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calliers Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 minute ago, alsjeblieft said: True that, but I've once known (actually studied with) a woman from Congo who was fluent in six languages. That was pretty impressive but she said once that her first language is French. Yes a lot of Africans who can afford to travel outside of Africa usually know multiple languages. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Calliers said: Yes a lot of Africans who can afford to travel outside of Africa usually know multiple languages. Spoiler Congo was a Belgian colony. Probably this is the reason But I really wonder where she has learnt the rest, she's been living in Belgium for quite a few years, though 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElloryJaye Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Languages in general are really, really neat. It's amazing how many different sounds (and gestures!) humans can make and how many different ways we've come up with of stringing them together to communicate. 🙃 I have this weird fascination with extinct languages—everything from Tocharian to Zuni—but I'd be hard-pressed to pick a favourite. I only speak English, French (kinda rusty there, but I'd most likely recover my fluency if I used it more), and smatterings of German and Japanese. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piotrek Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 @godverdomme When I go for a walk I often don't know where I will end up. This time I set out to to buy an ice cream and ended up in a bookstore (you're probably familiar with the Empik chain?). Anyway, while there I had a look at the language materials available and I noticed that there were quite a few for Dutch (well, quite a few for a less-popular language, such as Dutch). Grammar book, vocabulary flashcards with audio recordings and a textbook were the ones that stuck out to me, but there were more. Some of the other languages available amazed me! I mean, a Mongolian phrasebook!? There was also an icelandic one, which is cool Just a pity than neither of those two had any audio materials. I imagine pronunciation of those language will be quite a challenge, due to there being little appropriate audio available. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 13 hours ago, Piotrek said: you're probably familiar with the Empik chain? Of course, they even send parcels abroad But I guess these materials were for Dutch Dutch, not like there's much difference between Dutch from the Netherlands and Dutch from Belgium, but still and Mongolian language? Now that's a rarity Speaking of this, it's easy for me to recognise if a Dutch-speaking person is a Dutch or a Belgian, the accent and pronunciation differs really. On the other hand, people mistaking me for Dutch due to my height, almost always change their opinion when I start speaking. Some smarter or more familiar ones can even tell the West Flanders is happening. Really, the province I'm based in has the softest variant of spoken Dutch. It never stops amazing me, especially that in my ears, this is how Dutch sounds like 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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