Teach me your language I teach you mine

[Pashen'ka]

ok. I'ts just a silly question really, I saw this movie in my french class when I finished my exams ("La Boum", I DONT recommend it ), and we were watching it with subtitles (in french aussi), and the girl there sometimes said "ouais" instead of "oui", and I was wondering if it's another way of saying it or...?

Yep, it's more or less like saying "yeah" in english; you won't find it in school books, but everybody uses it...

p.s.
You can also say "mouais" sometimes (it's still a "oui" but a bit more doubtful...)

 

[stersita]

You can also say "mouais" sometimes (it's still a "oui" but a bit more doubtful...)

i don't think i'll use that one, i don't like the sound of it mouais god french are so complicated writting things down, why not write it as moué

and mundo is your pm box full or something?

 

[Pashen'ka]

A coupla useful links for french slang (Argot, Verlan, ...)

http://www.well.ac.uk/cfol/argot.asp

http://www.languefrancaise.net/glossaire/

 

[Pashen'ka]

...and stersie could tell us what she thinks of this one:

http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org/

 

[stersita]

thanks pasha

although.... i think i wont open them until i have my exams on may.... i'll open them then dont want to accidently write ouais or something on my paper.. (believe me, i'm capable )

i'll have a look at the spanish... although i must say when south americans talk their slang, to me it sounds like chinese..

 

[Pashen'ka]

^ Ok

p.s.
I can also suggest you some good french movies btw (don't worry, not "La Boum"... )

 

[stersita]

oh yes do suggest

oh and i'm having a laugh with the spanish one... although i just looked up the word 'loco' and it does appear, but they give it another meaning to the one i do (not loco as in crazy ). funny, its one of the words i use i wish i didnt

 

[Pashen'ka]

A few french movies I'd definetely suggest:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088002/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100496/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074348/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073163/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061076/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057344/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074152/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086551/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211286/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108167/

 

[stersita]

a FEW well downloading doesnt harm

 

[Pashen'ka]

^ ok, maybe try first the first ones (comedies)

p.s.
I'm still waiting to hear your opinion on "La Comunidad"...

 

[stersita]

I'm still waiting to hear your opinion on "La Comunidad"...

doesnt download.... and im wasting way to much money at the moment to rent it... maybe i can convince my father

 

[Pashen'ka]

^ I can't guarantee that he will like it though (maybe you won't like it either, btw...)

 

[stersita]

well, if i dont see it i'll never know...

 

[Pashen'ka]

^ Yeah, that's good logic...

 

[stersita]

Pasha is it true that famous ganster got caught...?

 

[kisa]

Would someone be able to teach me how to say,

"I had such a wonderful time with you last night."

and...

"You're so handsome."

in Icelandic? And also in Swedish? Thank you in advance...

The closest for the first one according to my bf is "Ég skemti mér vel í gær" which means I had fun last night.

"Þú ert svo myndarlegur" means you (a boy) are so handsome, sorry though, I don't know any Swedish

 

[Pashen'ka]

^^ Yep stersie

http://www.elpais.es/articulo/internacional/Arrestado/jefe/supremo/mafia/siciliana/anos/persecucion/policial/elpporint/20060411elpepuint_6/Tes/

 

[Royal-Galliano]

Would someone be able to teach me how to say,

"I had such a wonderful time with you last night."

and...

"You're so handsome."

in Icelandic? And also in Swedish? Thank you in advance...

In Swedish:

1) Jag hade det underbart igår kväll

2) Du är så snygg


I am glad I am not Swede!

 

[Brazilian Girl]

1) Jag hade det underbart igår kväll

LOL at the wacko smilie


Oh, my Phonetics teacher told us to take a look at this website...
http://phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html

It has the International Phonetic Alphabet, but you can click on the phonetic symbols and listen to the pronounciation of each one. She calls it "The Talking IPA" hehehe

It's cool, and could be helpful with pronounciations if you have the phonetic writing of the words you wanna say.

some of the audios are funny though
or maybe I'm just silly

 

[mundodabolsa]

^the IPA is really fun actually, if you take any linguistics classes you have to learn it, it was basically the only fun part of linguistics, and the only tests I did well on!