Pete Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Hey group, I'm pretty new here so forgive me for asking, but what's up with so many bi lingual people in this group? I'm not very computer savvy either, so I'm not sure if it's some kind of code that's being translated or what? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvyMei Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Pete-- sorry about the French incident. I'm essentially monolingual, after many attempts to remedy my problem. Yeah we're using a translation program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fine Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Being able to converse in more than one language is very useful. But know this... whenever I'm speaking in French, it's not good French grammar, and it's not important. Anything serious that I will have to say I will say in English. Adieu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 11, 2000 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Oh, I thought I saw several others speaking French also. I didn't know what was going on. A translating program that several of you share? That's too cool. I wonder if you can get a program for Klingon? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBlake Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Here's one, Pete! Knock yourself out! http://translator.go.com/?lk=noframes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violina Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Well, my mother tongue is Finnish and I do speak English and Swedish pretty well also, as well as know some German and French, too, and have studied several other languages, but with less success;-). But I am still monolingual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 I know a very few words in spanish, because my daughters got a children's CD rom for Christmas But other than that, I am sometimes lucky to handle the English language well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Well, I`m more a violin maker than a violist. I speak portuguese (my mother language), italian, english and a bit of spanish and french. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysaye Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 . [This message has been edited by ysaye (edited 05-08-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuangKaiVun Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Wha eh-hyaou cgong Tdai-wan wheh. (I know how to speak Taiwanese). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violinchick Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Wo hway jiag jowen I can speak Chinese (manderin). If any of you here can speak Chinese, I know my translation is not good. But I never really understood Chinese translated to English. Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritzdaviolinist Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 I lived in korea for more than 3 quarters of my life (i'm 16 but came to US at the age of 13) so i really don't have problems speaking both korean and english. (well.. i'll be in latin AP at school next year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fine Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 Lingua latina optima est. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarts Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 quote: Originally posted by HuangKaiVun: Wha eh-hyaou cgong Tdai-wan wheh. (I know how to speak Taiwanese). Li gum eh hyaou cgong Cgok hyi? p.s. Sorry for my bad phonetic symbols... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarts Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 quote: Originally posted by ysaye: I am a quadru-lingual violinist. But not french. Which four? (I have a feeling that you are Asian) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlee Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 I only speak English and I don't do that too good all the time!! Does the southern drawl count? I can turn it on and off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acacio Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 I'm a native speaker of portuguese, but after a while living in the US I found out that instead of learning english I'm unlearning portuguese. So I guess I don't speak anything anymore. Am I an alingual? Oh, yes, I do scratch some french and italian, and understand (but don't speak) spanish. Acacio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuangKaiVun Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 Hey StewartS: Wah be-hyao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarts Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 quote: Originally posted by HuangKaiVun: Hey StewartS: Wah be-hyao A ne li shi be-hyao tak dong vun ce? I think it's good to learn... I always wish I can read more languages. Speaking abilities only give you the convenience, but reading something in a language that's a drastically different from your mother tongue opens up a whole new intellectual dimension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the fiddler of dooney Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 toH tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH 'e' DaneH'a'? So you want to speak Klingon? As you see at least one the people here can speak Klingonaase! [This message has been edited by the fiddler of dooney (edited 05-12-2000).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagomorphs Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 quote: Originally posted by stewarts: A ne li shi be-hyao tak dong vun ce? Wah eh hyao gong goh gzhi (this is difficult to spell), mm guh sia mi sih "tak dong vun ce?" Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atonal Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 I'm a tri-lingual cellist. Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlin Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 ¢‚É‚æ‚è?A"X"ª‚Ƃ̉¿Ši'Šˆá‚ª‚ ‚é?ê?‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·?BŒä—¹?³‰º‚³‚¢?B?j?@"X"ª‚Å‚àŒäŽæ‚èŠñ‚¹‚̉¿Ši‚Í"¯‚¶‚Å‚·?B –ˆ?TŒŽ—j"ú‚É'l'i‚ª?X?V‚³‚ê‚Ü‚·?i—'è?j?B?i‹ÆŽÒ‚æ‚èˆÄ"à‚ª‚ ‚é‚Ì‚ªŒßŒã‚PŽž‚²‚ë‚É‚È‚è‚Ü‚·‚Ì‚Å?AƒAƒbƒvƒ??[ƒh‚Í—[•û‚É‚È‚é‚ÆŽv‚¢‚Ü‚·?BŒä‹}‚¬‚Ì•û ‚Í‚O‚U?|‚U‚Q‚P‚R?|‚W‚X‚X‚R‚Ü‚ÅŒä"d˜b‰º‚³‚¢ ?B?j ‰¿Ši‚ª—LŒø‚È‚Ì‚ÍŒŽ—j"ú?`‹à—j"ú‚É‚È‚è‚Ü‚·?B("y?E"ú—j"ú‚Í‹ÆŽÒ‚ªŒä‹x‚Ý‚É‚È‚è‚Ü‚·?B?j Does this make sense to anybody? I just copied it off a website!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysaye Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 . [This message has been edited by ysaye (edited 05-08-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staylor Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 Excuse my French accent! I was born in London, and now live in Israel, so I speak hebrew too. English 95% good Hebrew 75% Other languages, up to 20% If anyone plays classical and jazz, I would consider that absolutely bi-lingual. violin and piano(classical)-not so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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