Languages

Dec. 16th, 2003 09:52 am
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Yesterday I mentioned on the work email list that I wanted to be able to say in as many languages as possible:

Hello. Do you speak English. I speak a little [insert language name here]. That was it.

Currently I have:

Thanks to Elmyra:

German: Guten Tag. Sprechen Sie Englisch? Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch. Das war's.

Czech (without special characters): Dobry den. Mluvite anglicki? Ja mluvim trochu ceski. To je vsechno.

Bulgarian (awkward transcription from the Cyrilic): Dobur den. Govorite li angliiski? Az govorya malko bulgarski. Tova e vsichko.

Thanks to Dantarien:

Welsh: Sut mae! Wyt ti'n siariad Saesneg? Dw i'n siariad bachigyn o Gymraeg. Mae hi'n hon.

(Pronounced: Shoo mai? Oo-eet teen SHAR-ee-ad SAE-sneg? Doo een SHAR-ee-ad back-EE-gin o GUM-rayg. Mai heen hon.)

Spanish: Buenos dias! Habla ingles? Hablo un poco de Espanol. Eso era el.

Thanks to P:

Swiss-German: Gruezi (with the u having 2 dots on top), reded Sie Englisch? I red e chlii Schwiizerduutsch (2 dots on both us again), da isch's xi.

Thanks to John

French: Bonjour! Parlez-vous Anglais? Je parle Français un peu. C'etait ça.

Thanks to kipperfish:

Australian: G'Day. Do you speak English? I speak Australian. That's it, fair dinkum.

Thanks to Almost Honest

class Dominic:
{
public:
bool SpeakEnglish (Person* you);
Dominic* ISpeak (Language lanuageName);

private:
short AmountISpeak;
}


Dominic::ISpeak (Language languageName)
{
return this;
}


Thanks to all my friends and anyone else who wants to add to please post comments. Pronunciation guides would also be appreciated.
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