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#1 Postby azsnowman » Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:45 am

The light is at the end of the tunnel and that light being, that it's ALMOST a necessity in Arizona to able to speak and understand Spanish, SO.....ole snowman's learning speak Spanish via CD'S. While on the job site, I have 6 CD'S that "learn" me how "LOL!". Anyone else learning, already know a different language other than English

Dennis 8-)
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#2 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:23 am

I took spanish in junior high and high school. Unfortunately, I was taught the language by people who spoke native "Kentuckian," so I didn't quite learn all the correct pronunciations, which I'm finding out the hard way down here in TX.

novia = bride
novilla = sheep

The double L is pronounced like a Y, like in tortilla. But I always have to think about where to put the accent when I say one of those two.

It's really difficult to understand when someone else is talking to me in Spanish because, in school, we didn't do as much communicating back and forth as we should have. I can read it, write it, and say it (for the most part, even if I don't know what I'm saying, I can pronounce it). However, trying to decipher when it's coming at me at 20 mph in spoken form rather than written? :eek: I'm lost.

Good luck, Dennis! I'm sure having CD's so you can hear it will help when someone talks to you. Do you have books also so you can see how the words are spelled?
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#3 Postby Guest » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:42 am

Io posso scrivere in italiano, così impari a leggere un'altra lingua. Se poi vogliamo, si potrebbe anche fare in spagnolo. Io per esempio parlo una specie di "italianol":
"Espanol no es muy dificil. Si quieres, in Miami se habla mas espanol que ingles! Porque no sale por Miami?"
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#4 Postby chadtm80 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:44 am

()*&^% #$%@#$@ $#@^%$

Excuse my French ;-)
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#5 Postby Amanzi » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:57 am

ROFLMBO, Chad Your a fruit cake.. guess thats why we all love ya ;)

Its great your learning a new language Dennis. Coming from a country that has 12 offical languages (you should see the lable on a tin of beans... it goes right around the can!) Most people I grew up with are fluent in at least 3-4 languages. I speak English, Afrikaans and Zulu. My Zulu is not so good. I can also understand Dutch, Flemish and a little bit of German.
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#6 Postby streetsoldier » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:10 pm

LOL...I'm finding Pocckye a load of fun... :eek:
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#7 Postby wx247 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:13 pm

Je parle un peu de francais parce que j'aime la langue. ;)
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#8 Postby stormraiser » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:20 pm

Trés bien, Monsieur Garrett. Je parle cette langue aussi, parce que j'aime la langue.
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#9 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:23 pm

Voulez vous coucher...oh, nevermind. :)
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#10 Postby Skywatch_NC » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:23 pm

Uno, dos, tres, quatro, siko, seais and si, muchos gracias, etc. :wink:

Eric 8-)
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#11 Postby wx247 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:27 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:Voulez vous coucher...oh, nevermind. :)



oui, oui Shawn. :lol:
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#12 Postby stormraiser » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:28 pm

Ooo, Shawn. I'm happily married :oops:
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#13 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:29 pm

You guys aren't my type anyway. :wink:

SoHvaD ghu'wIj vIja'nIS:
Qu' vIra'DI', lulaj.
'ej vIt yIHonQo':
jInaSchu' vaj.
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#14 Postby stormraiser » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:31 pm

:) Yes, I know
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#15 Postby wx247 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:41 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:You guys aren't my type anyway. :wink:

SoHvaD ghu'wIj vIja'nIS:
Qu' vIra'DI', lulaj.
'ej vIt yIHonQo':
jInaSchu' vaj.


lol... SO!!! We can sing together. :P
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#16 Postby stormraiser » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:46 pm

LOL There you go, Garrett!!!! How 'bout it Shawn?
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#17 Postby wx247 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:48 pm

We could be the Three French Hens. ;)
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#18 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:52 pm

Unfortunately, I only know that song and a couple of Billy Joel songs with French in them. Oh, and "Frere Jacques." :)

I'd be okay with the name, but would you two really want to be known as "hens?" :lol:

Wouldn't the name draw a larger male audience than female audience? That would kinda defeat the purpose for me.

Besides that -- I can't sing, I can't play an instrument, and I sure as heck couldn't be a lyricist if I don't know the language. :)

Real party pooper, aren't I? :wink:
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#19 Postby Lindaloo » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:54 pm

Okay I can't play in here because I do not know what you are saying. :( The only one I understood was Chad. ROFL!!!
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#20 Postby wx247 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:55 pm

OK... The Three French Peeps? Naw...

The Three French Fries?

All you have to do is vocalize... ;)
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