Q: No Skype, no Messenger what to use?
A: There's this brand new invention, I think it's called something like a "tell-E-foam"...
The Answers to Discussion Topics
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
Doitsujin wrote:Fun fact: Marc Okrand originally created Klingon without infinitives and had to add them for the movie "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." (...) He also must have a sense of humor, because he chose ghotI' as the Klingon word for fish.
Infinitives aren't necessary - just ask the Modern Greeks and the Bulgarians. As for the Ghoti fish it could be a Babelfish - they are somewhat shifty and hard to pronounce.
Iversen wrote:Q: Cellar Door - Afrikaans in 1 year
A: You could also try to learn Afrikaans without going to prison
Cainntear wrote:...wouldn't that be a bathroom door...?
Only in a luxury resort prison.
Q: We haven't got up to 'yes" yet!
A: We got stuck at 'no'
Q: DeepL kicked me today
A: Ouch
Q: Modern Greek: avalon
A: Avalon isn't in my Greek dictionary. Actually Avalon isn't anywhere because it's a fable.
Q: How do I make my own anki decks for Hebrew?
A: .thgir eht morf tratS
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
Q: Do certain languages just jive with you ?
A: No. They're more likely to waltz, tango or salsa.
A: No. They're more likely to waltz, tango or salsa.
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Q: What techniques do you use to improve TL pronunciation / accent?
A: Singing.
Q: What is your preferred novel-reading medium?
A: None.
Q: I want to build an app. What do you think?
A: Building an app may be easier or harder than building a house. It depends on your 1337 c0d1ng sk1ll5 or the absence of them, and on ... some other parameters.
Q: What did you suddenly realize you'd been pronouncing wrong?
A: Deutsch! Because of a slip of the tongue several times. #MutterspracheRustiness
Q: Why aren't you learning our language?
A: Because I am learning our language instead of our language!! [We have got more than one in common.]
Q: Wiki Administrators?
A: Admins of Jimbo Wales's [apostrophe spelling??] Wikipedia? Some call them dictators. Some don't.
Q: Should I keep in contact or take a break?
A: I don't know. Because I don't know with whom you are in contact.
Q: Why is Italian more popular than Portuguese?
A: Because Pizza. Because Pasta.
Q: Don't know what to call this thread...highly specific and unhelpful sentences?
A: You could call it nobody instead. #ConfusingTheOneEyedCyclops
A: Singing.
Q: What is your preferred novel-reading medium?
A: None.
Q: I want to build an app. What do you think?
A: Building an app may be easier or harder than building a house. It depends on your 1337 c0d1ng sk1ll5 or the absence of them, and on ... some other parameters.
Q: What did you suddenly realize you'd been pronouncing wrong?
A: Deutsch! Because of a slip of the tongue several times. #MutterspracheRustiness
Q: Why aren't you learning our language?
A: Because I am learning our language instead of our language!! [We have got more than one in common.]
Q: Wiki Administrators?
A: Admins of Jimbo Wales's [apostrophe spelling??] Wikipedia? Some call them dictators. Some don't.
Q: Should I keep in contact or take a break?
A: I don't know. Because I don't know with whom you are in contact.
Q: Why is Italian more popular than Portuguese?
A: Because Pizza. Because Pasta.
Q: Don't know what to call this thread...highly specific and unhelpful sentences?
A: You could call it nobody instead. #ConfusingTheOneEyedCyclops
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Previously known as SGP. But my mental username now is langmon.
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- Languages: Uses daily : Français (heritage) English
Reads : Castellano, Català, Italiano, Lingua Latina
Studying: Українська мова, Ελληνικά - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4860
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
Q: Examples of input only
A: Black holes.
Q: Total physical response
A: Sign languages anyone?
Q: I want to build an app, what do you think?
A: I think, therefore I am.
Q: Memrise is moving our decks to Decks
A: Seems legit
Q: Books of verbs: usefulness
A: "Usefulness" is not a verb
Q: What do you do when you're feeling frustrated?
A: I usually take deep breaths, cross myself, pray silently and try to calm down.
Q: Why learn Latin
A: Cur non?
Q: Language learning games?
A: I was unaware games had developed the requisite intelligence to learn languages.
Q: The answers to discussion topics?
A: Why do we have any other thread on this forum, if the answers are all here? And why not just answer in the relevant topic?
Q: Switching default language with family member?
A: It should be under "Language settings" in "General" in the options menu. You might have to scroll down a bit more or less depending on your particular model, however.
EDIT: I think I had too much fun with this.
A: Black holes.
Q: Total physical response
A: Sign languages anyone?
Q: I want to build an app, what do you think?
A: I think, therefore I am.
Q: Memrise is moving our decks to Decks
A: Seems legit
Q: Books of verbs: usefulness
A: "Usefulness" is not a verb
Q: What do you do when you're feeling frustrated?
A: I usually take deep breaths, cross myself, pray silently and try to calm down.
Q: Why learn Latin
A: Cur non?
Q: Language learning games?
A: I was unaware games had developed the requisite intelligence to learn languages.
Q: The answers to discussion topics?
A: Why do we have any other thread on this forum, if the answers are all here? And why not just answer in the relevant topic?
Q: Switching default language with family member?
A: It should be under "Language settings" in "General" in the options menu. You might have to scroll down a bit more or less depending on your particular model, however.
EDIT: I think I had too much fun with this.
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Please correct my errors in any tongue.
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
- Mooby
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Q. How is your inner voice compared to your actual voice?
A. Frequently when my actual voice says something.
A. Frequently when my actual voice says something.
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Mooby wrote:Q. How is your inner voice compared to your actual voice?
A. Frequently when my actual voice says something.
A: They're both doing quite well, thank you.
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Please correct my errors in any tongue.
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
- zenmonkey
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Want to tackle Tzotzil, Nahuatl - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=859
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Q: How to practice French while traveling?
A: Avec un singe. La souris est sur la table.
A: Avec un singe. La souris est sur la table.
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Q: Fear of Mistakes (And Getting Over Them)
A: Fear of Mistakes and Where to Find Them
A: Fear of Mistakes and Where to Find Them
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