Languages

[Lollotte]

Alemania means Germany is Spanish  .

[Raforever]

i always thought it was alamaña

[Lollotte]

It could be, in Spain (my teachers were both South American), but I doubt it.  

[Raforever]

Probably depends on the country then

[Lollotte]

Yeah, probably. Like in Spain, bubbly water is "agua con gas", but it is something else in Central and South America. My friend kept on trying to order "agua con gas" in Baja California, and she kept getting these huge Congas   !

[Raforever]

OMG LOL

[Lollotte]

LOL

[Raforever]

Would german be a goog language to learn?  

[Lollotte]

Maybe...if you know English well. English is a Germanic language, so some of the words sound similar.

[copycat]

Maybe...if you know English well. English is a Germanic language, so some of the words sound similar.

But in English, you don't have genders (or at least they don't show in the 'the'), and in German you have three (der/die/das).

[Yonkey]

and in German you have three (der/die/das).

Same with French, and Spanish too I believe.

[Rosella]

I was going to say that...Actually, I haven't heard of a language besides English that doesn't have genders for items.

[Lollotte]

I believe Cantonese and Mandarin don't have genders for items...but they do have intonations, which is much more difficult to deal with. 

[copycat]

Same with French, and Spanish too I believe.

Don't know anything about Spanish, but in French there are just two: le/la.

[Rosella]

In Spanish I believe it is el/la. But I hate Spanish, so think nothing of this post.

[Lollotte]

I'm pretty good at Spanish. I'm working on mi tarea de espanol dos ahora.

NOTE: I still can't do stress marks on the computer, however. 

[Yonkey]

Don't know anything about Spanish, but in French there are just two: le/la.

You forgot plural: les.

[Deloria]

I believe Cantonese and Mandarin don't have genders for items...but they do have intonations, which is much more difficult to deal with. 

Mandarin's easy. "Woah tsio Deloria" (I'm best at Pin Ying, but I can also do most of the sign's.)
I'm learning it in Basel. I am also fluent in german and it is fairly simple. Fingernagel is the correct spelling for "Fingernail" and German is definitely worth learning as it may help in Finnish, Dutch, or Norwegian as they are very similar.

[Lollotte]

Mandarin's easy for those who started at the right time and those who are Chinese.   

Thanks for the German pointers!

[Deloria]

I'M CAUCASIAN!!! And I just started half a year ago.