Languages

[Lollotte]

I don't doubt that. I know a caucasian kid who is fluent...his accent is incredible! 

[Storm]

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).

In Hebrew, the genders don't show in the 'the' either - you just use 'Ha' for everything. However, gender does show in verbs & adjectives, so it's pretty unavoidable

BTW - can anyone see my sig or does it read like gibberish?

[Lollotte]

I can see your sig--is it in Hebrew?

[Louisiana Night]

*plays the signature guessing game*

Good ( umm...birds? ) eat salad alone?...

Better to ( have a bird?... ) than to eat salad alone?

So, Storm, are you going to translate... or am I going to have to dig up my dictionary?

[Yonkey]

BTW - can anyone see my sig or does it read like gibberish?

I can see it!  Normally, I don't have these other font languages installed, but since I'm on a school comp I see Arabic, Chinese, Russian, etc.  It's weird because now my spam e-mails actually look somewhat useful.

[Storm]

I can see your sig--is it in Hebrew?

Yes it is
Do you need Hebrew fonts installed to see it?

*plays the signature guessing game*

Good ( umm...birds? ) eat salad alone?...

Better to ( have a bird?... ) than to eat salad alone?

So, Storm, are you going to translate... or am I going to have to dig up my dictionary?

Great guess! How did you figure it? I couldn't find an online translator for hebrew
It's actually a line from a song, that translates to something like "Better one bird in hand than to just eat salad alone".

[Jafar]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. *nods wisely*

[Louisiana Night]

Great guess! How did you figure it? I couldn't find an online translator for hebrew
It's actually a line from a song, that translates to something like "Better one bird in hand than to just eat salad alone".

err... let's just say I've been exposed to it(though not enough to know what a hand is ).

and Old Hebrew having vowels still bugs me.

[Storm]

err... let's just say I've been exposed to it(though not enough to know what a hand is ).

and Old Hebrew having vowels still bugs me.

I think it was the 'in' prefix that confused you

What's wrong with vowels?

[Louisiana Night]

Nothing... unless you've been told all your life that  the language doesn't have them.

Actually, since you seem to be posting in this thread a lot lately, that comment you made about Old Hebrew having vowels... mind clearing that up?

[Storm]

No problem
As far as I know and read/write, Modern Hebrew is written pretty much like Old Hebrew, and both have vowels. However, if the word isn't punctuated, sometimes it's hard to tell which vowel it is (eg. one letter might stand for both 'o' and 'u', depending on the punctuation).

[Louisiana Night]

Thanks.

[awesomeasapossum]

psst Yonkey tell him "Je vous en prie" it means your welcome!

[Yonkey]

Actually, that translates to "please" or more specifically "I beg of you".

But given he posted that 5 months ago, I doubt he's waiting for me to say "you're welcome".

[Rosella]

You're welcome would be "de rien." Which is kind of like "It's nothing." ...Right?

[Jafar]

Don't look at me, you're the one who speaks frenchalot.

[edgarnick]

Le français balance ! Vous faites speek français pas ?  *hint: In some of it I got confused, Wow my french exercise book helps