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Post by wesh on Jan 9, 2006 17:25:12 GMT -5
I remember one line from Latin (did it 1 year) and that's: Alea eacta est.  It's like etched in my brain, even though it's useless as a wet paper bag. It means: the dice has been thrown; said by Caesar i think.. |
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Post by FrodoFreak87 on Jan 9, 2006 18:52:22 GMT -5
Yeah, but I'm not Catholic and I'm not really interested in becaoming a doctor or anyother type of medical person.
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Post by heyes on Jan 9, 2006 19:26:00 GMT -5
Salve, habetis forte animo. Bona fortuna tibi!  |
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Post by Sawyer on Jan 9, 2006 19:26:23 GMT -5
I'm still working on english
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Post by Redsox on Jan 9, 2006 19:29:57 GMT -5
then how come i can understand you are we on the island are you Jin? do i have weird fainting spells AGHHH I NEED A NEW EPISODE!
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Post by joss on Jan 9, 2006 22:51:35 GMT -5
I speak English.
I took French for years and can read it okay but I can't speak it or understand it unless someone speaks very very slowly, which French people don't. I took Latin for four years too. I just have a really hard time with languages....it's not my forte.
Heck, I've grown up in Los Angeles where most people speak Spanish and I haven't picked up any of it. I don't think the language part of my brain is developed as much as the other parts.
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Post by Cliff on Jan 9, 2006 22:56:47 GMT -5
English. I did take three years of Spanish back in high school. I suppose I should take more of an interest in learning another language, but I don't.  |
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Post by FrodoFreak87 on Jan 10, 2006 0:59:00 GMT -5
I shall try to translate!
Salve, habetis forte animo. Bona fortuna tibi! =
Hello, You(plural) (something) Strong (something). You(plural) Good Fourtune or Luck.
Man I bet I just Butchared that.
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Post by heyes on Jan 10, 2006 6:44:02 GMT -5
You by no means butchered it.  It means: Hello, you all have strong minds. Good fortune to you all! |
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Post by matt on Jan 10, 2006 8:42:27 GMT -5
English and a little French.
Locke should've said "Alea eacta est" before he lit the fuse.
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Post by FrodoFreak87 on Jan 10, 2006 20:51:06 GMT -5
I thought habetis meant have, but I talked my self out of it!
oh yeah now I remember that tibi, to you!!
ahh I forgot!!
it's coming back to me now!!
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Post by heyes on Jan 10, 2006 20:53:33 GMT -5
It always does...unless it's huge exam! ;D
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Post by FrodoFreak87 on Jan 10, 2006 23:55:10 GMT -5
yeah I hate it when that happens.
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Post by evilgus on Jan 11, 2006 0:05:33 GMT -5
Hehe Annie, I don't really subscribe to the typical American stereotypes, i was only messing with you. America is 1 of the most diverse nations around and obviously it is impossible to pigeonhole the entire population into 1 group.
Anyways... ding! I speak English and French and have some basic Cantonese. I know that is weird as hell, but that is why I wanted to learn it. Also something like 1/4 of the world's population speak it. I tried to speak to the family in a local Chinese restaurant, but it turned out they spoke Mandarin.... they said it should be obvious from the menu there, so I must be some kind of ignorant person.
That is what you get for trying to be nice!
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Post by Annie on Jan 11, 2006 12:18:17 GMT -5
Where did you learn Cantonese? Is that different from just Chinese? I guess I thought people in China spoke Chinese and that it was one language. Oh, well. The longer I live, the more I realize I suffer from DNS Disease (Don't Know Sh**). But, they probably think we still have Cowboys and Indians over here.
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It's like etched in my brain, even though it's useless as a wet paper bag.
