Language Megathread 1.0

[Nasoa]

You're right, almost all of english's basic words that make up most of the language are straight Anglo-Saxon German. All of our "fancy" words are predominantly latin-based.

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[ßlöükfáce]

¿Puedo ir al baño?

NO

[Axo-Tak]

Pot să mă duc la baie?

Sì puedes.

NO

Callate pendejito

[Pie Crust]

also, comemierda is a bad curseword

Comemierda is a cuban insult that seems very very stupid in Argentina spanish. "Tragachele" is a much better insult. Traga-Chele = Cum swallower. Chele is a vulgar way to define cum. Chele comes from Leche which is milk.

*irme

at least i'm pretty sure it's supposed to be reflexive because that's what i say in spanish class

Quickly googled it, irse is used to leave, and ir is to go.

The same way English has some stupid rules, Spanish has some stupid rules. He said it correctly. The verb "to go" ("ir") is an irregular verb with many rules.

[/Pacha]

Sì puedes.

Mersi, prieten~

[$trinick]

I understand that おれ/わたし/ぼく would usually come at the beginning of whatever. But what difference would おれ make?

Ore is a more casual male "I." Watashi would only be used by men in really formal situations; boku is less formal but has a different feel to it. Ore is more of a cool, casual, friendly term for yourself where as boku is still fairly casual but a little more focused towards people you don't know as well. Boku certainly isn't incorrect and it doesn't even sound odd, it's just the tone of voice ore gives is more aligned with how most people act on this forum IMO.

[childofdarkness016]

The same way English has some stupid rules, Spanish has some stupid rules. He said it correctly. The verb "to go" ("ir") is an irregular verb with many rules.

Yes, but I'm confident that irme is also correct.

[Pie Crust]

It's correct but in the way he stated it, ir fits better.

[/Pacha]

Hmm, does anyone here know a Baltic language? (Estonian, Latvian or Lithuanian)

[Electrk.]

Ihr seid sehr schwul.

[Bacon Pancakes]

English
French

Quite a lot of German

[Clone v.117]

I learnt Indonesian for 6 years at school and I can probably count the words I remember on my fingers.
Actually being in a place with a different language makes learning so much easier, compared to hands on language barriers, school learning is pretty much pointless.

[Kohoutek]

Hmm, does anyone here know a Baltic language? (Estonian, Latvian or Lithuanian)

I know someone who knows (and is) Estonian.

[Gumba Jonny]

estonian is related to finnish (and hungarian too technically but waaaay distantly) while lithuanian and latvian are both from the balto-slavic family which would make them distantly related to the various slavic languages in europe

proper spanish is gay

[Skig]

I am good at English. I have 109% in class from regular and extra credit assignments