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26 Apr 2011, 3:35 pm

Оно я или это один из самых медленных форумов здесь на неправильной планете?

É mim ou é este dos fóruns os mais lentos aqui no planeta errado?

Est-il sont-ils moi ou celui-ci des forum les plus lents ici sur la planète fausse ?

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26 Apr 2011, 11:38 pm

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Actually i'm comfortable with Italian, i can write english, not very well (I usually have no problems at reading english) and i'm studiyng norwegian (but i know just few words, alphabet and numbers, i start to understand it a bit). I can't write at all french, i just understand it.
I live on Italy/switzerland border, and there are a lot of german speakers here, but i do not understand german. I do not understand even lombard, a minority language that is spoken in my region9/quote]

The German speakers there, I suspect they speak a kind of Swiss German, yes? I find Swiss German very confusing. I am really only comfortable with High German.

You do not know any Lomard? It is very different from standardized Italian? I don't think I have ever met a Lomard speaker. I've met Italians who knew Piedmontese and Provençal though.

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Yes, translations can be very difficult, especially when languages are so different (for this i use mainly english translation when i study norwegian, italian can be confusing, english and norwegian are more similar)

Yes, English grammar is similar to the grammar of Scandinavian languages, since they are both germanic languages. But English is pronounced quite differently. There's a lot of irregularities and quirks about English pronunciation that I don't think you'll find in other languages.

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27 Apr 2011, 1:31 am

私の名前はジェーン。^_^
Watashi no namae ha Jane. ^_^
My name is Jane. ^_^

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27 Apr 2011, 1:47 am

Arrautzak gustatzen zaizkit.
I like eggs.

Not really, I just used to watch The Amanda Show a lot. :lol:

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27 Apr 2011, 1:53 am

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Arrautzak gustatzen zaizkit.
I like eggs.

Not really, I just used to watch The Amanda Show a lot. :lol:

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27 Apr 2011, 6:32 am

Some Lombard words are pretty similar to standard italian, but other are totally different.

Italian is pretty phonetic. Us from north Italy have less phonetic pronunce (ex we have two different ways to pronunce E, O, S, Z, in some zones from suth Italy pronunce is more regular, but they somethimes use double letters where us use only one letter - we say 'regione' with close O, some people from south say 'reggione' with an open O, though in all italy, 'regione' is written with only one G)

Ca' tant de stagh, vììd tant da bev, camp a vista d'ogg.

Casa tanto per abitarci, vigna tanto per bere, terra a vista d'occhio.

The house count little compared to land (really i have not understood much this proverb)

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27 Apr 2011, 7:15 am

Hello Nordlys, it could mean (as I understand it) that a house only needs a few square meters to be built and live in but farmlands need much more to plant and make grow vineyards, olive trees and so on.
Especially in the south where the ground is so dry.

And also to have enough place and pasture for the cattle and the sheeps.

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27 Apr 2011, 7:18 am

Faire pâturer le bétail.

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27 Apr 2011, 4:48 pm

I found this using Google--it's from a English language site about Italian culture and they have a section on proverbs from Lombardy:

http://www.italian-traditions.com/italian-proverbs-lombardy.html

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“Ca' tant de stagh, vììd tant da bev, camp a vista d'ogg.” (original Lombard)
“Casa tanto per abitarci, vigna tanto per bere, terra a vista d'occhio.” (Italian translation)
“House just to live in, vineyard just to drink, land until the eye can reach.” (English translation)

This proverb explains the importance that the land had in the eyes of the people and their desire and need to have as much as possible. A roof on the head and some drinks to extinguish the thirst were enough – land was of the importance.

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27 Apr 2011, 10:04 pm

'S e a' obair air leasan Gàidhlig airson clàs a-màireach a feumaidh mi ach tha mi a' struidheadh ùine aig WP agus a' coimhead air TBh.

Agus:

Tha mi seachd sgìth dhen Bhanais Rìoghail!! !! ! :evil:

Je suis saturé du mariage royal!! !! !

Ich habe die Nase voll von dem Königlichen Hochzeit!! !!

Aku sudah jemu Pernikahan Raja!! !! !

Estoy harto de la Boda Real!! !! !

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28 Apr 2011, 12:23 am

Tha cunntas-cheann ùr ag ràdh gum bheil dìreach sia sa cheud (6%) de dh'Ameireaganaich a bhith a leanntain a' Bhanais Rìoghail.

Un sondage récent dit que seulement 6% d'Américains suivent le mariage royal.

Eine neuete Umfrage sagt, dass nur 6% der Amerikaner den Königlichen Hochzeit folgen.

Una neuva encuesta dice que sólo el 6% de los estadounidenses siguen la Boda Real.

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28 Apr 2011, 6:07 am

Thank for explanation, i really suck at understand things that can't be explained literally

This is pretty common in Italy

- Ogni scarrafone è bello a mamma soja. - Neapolitan

- Ogni scarafaggio per sua madre è bello (Italian)

- every cockroach is beautiful to its mother

It's a proverb from naples but it's well known in all Italy. I have seen it used when someone does a work that sucks but considers it an artwork.

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28 Apr 2011, 6:21 am

jmnixon95 wrote:

dunbots wrote:

Arrautzak gustatzen zaizkit.
I like eggs.

Not really, I just used to watch The Amanda Show a lot. :lol:

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Mahilig ako sa itlog. <-- I like eggs in tagalog.

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28 Apr 2011, 4:07 pm

私は独学者。

Watashi ha dokugakusha.

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01 May 2011, 3:11 am

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(...) Necesito un golpe sobre la cabeza.

La cabeza!
In French, we say "caboche" (tête de pioche) but it's a slang word - and even an old one.

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01 May 2011, 3:19 am

La caboche est un mot d'argot poli.

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