Teach me your language I teach you mine

[fashionbutterfly]

i thought of passing on the languages in this fun thread,i like learning bout countries and their languages.
my language is arabic so ill write 4 words in arabic...n everyone write da same words in ur language

1.hello>>>>marhaba
2.love>>>>hob
3.fashion>>>>motha
4.cool>>>>yejanen /7elo/rewesh

 

[Tess]

Yeah. This is fun... My language is norwegian:

1.Hello : Hallo
2.Love: Kjærlighet
3.Fashion: Mote
4.Cool: Kul

 

[mundodabolsa]

I like this thread!

Mine is portuguese....

1. hello: oi
2. love: amor
3. fashion: moda
4. cool: legal (although there are a MILLION other slang ways to say this....)

 

[Piewi]

Mine is spanish
-hello: hola
-love: amor
-fashion:moda
-cool: genial ,bien, buena onda

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

Irish:

1. hello - dia duit
2. love - grá
3. fashion - dóigh
4. cool - hiontach

 

[maitena]

Love this!!!

Mine is Spanish too, but I'm from México so I will tell you some slang...

Hello = Quiubo
Love = amor (the same)
fashion = moda (the same)
cool = de pelos, poca madre (only informal!)

 

[nextnewface]

French although that's the French used in Québec, maybe the French actually have a french word for "cool"

1. hello - allô
2. love - amour
3. fashion - mode
4. cool - I guess we just say cool

 

[fashionbutterfly]

keeeewl..u know dat in arabic we we say moda like spanish dats kewl...ok how bout these words>>

smile>>>>basma(dats the noun n it happens to be my name as well )
life>>>>alhaya
music>>>>musica
beautiful>>>>jamela

 

[gruveechik]

spinning off on a wee tangent
i'm from the Caribbean originally, and here's a bit of our vernacular:

smile>>>>"skin yuh teeth"
hello>>>>"ay man" or "ay boss-man"
love>>>>"tabanka" (that's when you're in love so much it tears your heart apart)

 

[Royal-Galliano]

well... I speak Czech:

1) hello - ahoj
2) love - láska
3) fashion - móda
4) cool - probably hustý!

 

[*~stix~*]

well you guys can all speak English (duh!), so i'll just give some of the slang we use where i live in London (my Mum always says its like a different language!

hello ~ 'sup, alrite, bless
love ~ erm, love!!
fashion ~ garms (clothes)
cool ~ sick, nang, ill, brap

 

[fashionbutterfly]

love>>>>"tabanka" (that's when you're in love so much it tears your heart apart)

nice gruveechik....for tabanka we got the word garam...which means deeply in love and hob jnon for madly in love

sooo...u tink ma language is hardwhich language in ur opinion is hard?

to me its definetly japenese...how do they write like that? i wanna do it too

 

[fashionbutterfly]

2.Love: Kjærlighet

how do i pronounce this word tess?

 

[iperlchen]

I need phonetics

Dutch.

1. Hello: Hallo (hah-lo), informal is hoi (blend the sound of o + ee together and put an 'h' in front of it) or hey
2. Love: Liefde (LEAF-deh)
3. Fashion: Mode (MO-deh), often just called fashion
4. Cool: Cool, tof, hip

That is: Dat is ..
Beautiful: Mooi
Ugly: Lelijk (LAY-lek .. sort of )
Smile: Lach (eh.. how do you explain the 'ch' or 'g'? it sounds about the same as the Spanish 'j' I think)
Tulips: Tulpen

 

[fashionbutterfly]

I need phonetics

Dutch.

1. Hello: Hallo (hah-lo), informal is hoi (blend the sound of o + ee together and put an 'h' in front of it) or hey
2. Love: Liefde (LEAF-deh)
3. Fashion: Mode (MO-deh), often just called fashion
4. Cool: Cool, tof, hip

That is: Dat is ..
Beautiful: Mooi
Ugly: Lelijk (LAY-lek .. sort of )
Smile: Lach (eh.. how do you explain the 'ch' or 'g'? it sounds about the same as the Spanish 'j' I think)
Tulips: Tulpen

thank u sooo much perlefine....ur way of explaining how to pronounce is greatooo...its MOOI.....im LAch

 

[iperlchen]

Thanks for the thread by the way. Karma on its way.

I want to know how to say goodmorning in your languages

Dutch: Goedemorgen (joo-deh-mor-jen if the 'j' is the creepy j as in the Spanish mejillones)

 

[fleur137]

sooo...u tink ma language is hardwhich language in ur opinion is hard?

to me its definetly japenese...how do they write like that? i wanna do it too

hmmm to me writing jap is easy. i'm learning it now but perhaps it helps cos i have a chinese background. but to me the hardest thing is all the kanji readings.

ok i'm tweaking the rules a little bit cos jap is not my mother tongue (which is Chinese but i suck at it so yeah). please feel free to correct me! would love to learn more!

hello - konnichiwa (korn-knee-chi-wa)
love - ai (eye)
fashion - lol i'm not sure if there is actually a word in jap for this one. i think it's in katakana: fasshon
cool - there's prob slang words for this one but the one i learnt is kakkoii (cark-core-ee)
smile - hohoemi (hor-hor-air-me)
music - ongaku (ong-gar-ku)

hope the phonetics ain't too bad...

 

[mirrra]

cute thread some bulgarian
hello -zdrаsti -здрасти
love -lyubоv -любов
fashion -mоda -мода
cool -yаko -яко
good morning -dobrо utro -добро утро

 

[`rees]

cute thread some bulgarian
hello -zdrаsti -здрасти
love -lyubоv -любов
fashion -mоda -мода
cool -yаko -яко
good morning -dobrо utro -добро утро

OMG that is so cool.. B)

mine is.. Indonesian.
hello - halo!
love - cinta
fashion - fashion
cool - keren
good morning - selamat pagi

 

[Bluestar07]

Bahasa indonesia and bahasa malaysia is very similar (Hi `rees, we're pretty close by!) Mostly you pronounce the word exactly as it is spelt.

hello - helo (same)
love - cinta (romantic love) sayang (err... "unromantic" love e.g. love b/w family and friends)
fashion - fesyen / rekaan (designs)
cool - no particular word for cool as far as I can remember but depending the part of the country you're in, they have slang words... sempoi for northern
smile - senyum (the "ny" is prounounced something like the spanish ñ)