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RedRose
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wow, CP! you even speak Cantonese  That really surprises me! I remember there is an English expression by which we can describe some people who can speak more than two languages, just like you. that expression is poly-lingual or multi-lingual? I don't remember exactly. |
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CP
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You are probably thinking of polyglot, an ugly-sounding word meaning multilingual.
I said I can say a few simple things in Cantonese, not that I can speak it. I envy people who can speak Cantonese or Mandarin, and I admire anyone who can read and write Chinese--always have.
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RedRose
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| I envy people who can speak Cantonese or Mandarin, and I admire anyone who can read and write Chinese--always have. |
then we are almost in the same boat(not in the same bed though, unfortunately), I envy people who can speak and write English well. how about we trade our mother tongues? maybe we can trade more than just mother tongue  I mean, we can still trade another kind of tongue  |
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ad-miral
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lol
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fa6ma
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: |
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hello!
i wish i could speak French  .. i tried to learn it 3 years a go when i joined a class for 2 months  ...but i the grammer was too much for me  ..it harder than the English grammer....it is such a beautiful and sexy language..eaveryday i listen to the French program on the local radio in the morrning  ...and dont andurestand a bit of what they are saying!!! 
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ad-miral
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Pommezani is a frech teacher. Maybe she can give lessons to you
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fa6ma
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:12 am Post subject: |
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realy! 
i hope she/he can help me, but i think its hard to learn it here because of the pronunciation and how can i say it ...
but thanx for the idea ...
are there any other than english language u can speak? 
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ad-miral
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:21 am Post subject: |
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Chinese, German, and a bit of latin. (But only for translations)
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fa6ma
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:34 am Post subject: |
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wow!!
i belive that those who can speak more than 2 languages are really smart..
what time is it know in Germany??
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ad-miral
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-2 hours of the time which is in Qatar. So if you have 19:25 now, we have 21:25.
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fa6ma
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thanx for the information
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CP
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| I envy people who can speak Cantonese or Mandarin, and I admire anyone who can read and write Chinese--always have. |
then we are almost in the same boat(not in the same bed though, unfortunately), I envy people who can speak and write English well. how about we trade our mother tongues? maybe we can trade more than just mother tongue I mean, we can still trade another kind of tongue |
Jane said no. But let's meet for tea next time I'm in GZ.
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Bob S.
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| -2 hours of the time which is in Qatar. So if you have 19:25 now, we have 21:25. |
I think you got that backwards. Qatar is east of Germany, no? So it is later in Qatar.
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CP
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| -2 hours of the time which is in Qatar. So if you have 19:25 now, we have 21:25. |
I think you got that backwards. Qatar is east of Germany, no? So it is later in Qatar. |
The world time clock at www.timeanddate.com lists Qatar as one hour later than Germany. When I checked, it was 1550 in Germany, 1650 in Qatar.
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jdoo130
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi, I can speak spanish and english, and right now I'm learning japanese. *beep*. Watashi no namae wa Juan Diego desu. Douzo yoroshiku. LOL I'd like to learn a lot more languages, like german, french, italian, chinese and russian! |
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