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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6471 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 1 of 20 05 February 2011 at 11:50am | IP Logged | ||
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Just heard this from doviende: "A1 is like what I get by accidentally tripping over a
textbook left on the ground" (on the subject of British Columbia education programs estimating 4 years for that) 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mirab3lla Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom lang-8.com/220477Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5444 days ago 161 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Spanish, FrenchB1, Mandarin | Message 2 of 20 05 February 2011 at 2:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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„Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.“ (J. W. von Goethe) He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. This is, by far, my favourite language quote. It seems to me that it is so true, because during my language study, I have discovered more and more about Romanian, doing grammatical connections for example, or watching foreigners talking trying to guide their steps through the discovery of this magnificent language using English, or even German. However, on this site one can find lots of other language quotes, although I think that non-classical quotes from the forum's members (like Sprachprofi's above) are even more interesting! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 98789 Diglot Groupie Colombia Joined 5044 days ago 48 posts - 55 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English | Message 3 of 20 05 February 2011 at 3:27pm | IP Logged | ||
I think this one is pretty cool:
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| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7145 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 4 of 20 05 February 2011 at 3:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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"Essentialist explanations": Hundreds of amusing quotes on various languages:
http://home.ccil.org/~cowan/essential.html 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6035 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 5 of 20 05 February 2011 at 4:41pm | IP Logged | ||
I like this one: "All Romance languages are essentially the same. Except French." --Andreas Johansson Edited by Sennin on 05 February 2011 at 4:42pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5833 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 6 of 20 05 February 2011 at 8:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem
A Czech proverb meaning: the more languages you know, the more times a person you are. Not a great translation but hopefully you get the meaning. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5345 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 7 of 20 05 February 2011 at 9:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Anfangen ist leicht, Beharren eine Kunst.
A German proverb meaning: To begin is easy, persistence is art. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5567 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 8 of 20 06 February 2011 at 4:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Hahaha I love this one.
Germänn ist eßëntiälly Ënglisch mit ein few Tschängen und das käpitäal Lëtteren und Lötten von Dötten. --Nik Taylor 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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