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| obsculta Newbie United States Joined 5634 days ago 36 posts - 83 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 25 of 39 20 December 2008 at 3:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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May I play?
I'll follow the sublime John Milton with the beginning of my favorite German lyric. A bit more challenging, but hopefully not too hard: An jenem Tag im blauen Mond September Still unter einem jungen Pflaumenbaum Da hielt ich sie, die stille bleiche Liebe In meinem Arm wie einen holden Traum. Hint: This poem was featured in a pivotal scene of Das Leben der Anderen. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Aquedita Triglot Senior Member Poland myspace.com/aqueda_v Joined 5828 days ago 154 posts - 164 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 26 of 39 20 December 2008 at 3:45pm | IP Logged | ||
It's "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, right? I remember vaguely doing some bits and pieces back in high-school... So here is another one: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." ;] It couldn't be any easier than that I guess but I don't feel like making up something very complex. EDIT: oh my, I see that while I was thinking of a new quote someone took the question away from me :P Ok, since I didn't know this German poem until I googled it, which is cheating, I pass. If someone wants to take a guess on the quote I've chosen - be my guest. Edited by Aquedita on 20 December 2008 at 3:50pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| obsculta Newbie United States Joined 5634 days ago 36 posts - 83 votes Speaks: English* | Message 27 of 39 20 December 2008 at 7:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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How about this: if you can guess either Aquedita's quotation or mine, it's your turn.
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| peppelanguage Triglot Groupie ItalyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5678 days ago 90 posts - 94 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, English Studies: French, Swedish | Message 28 of 39 20 December 2008 at 7:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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nice idea...I don't speak German, so yours is out of question...and the Aquedita's one sounds very familiar...but I can't recall where it is from... :S
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6284 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 29 of 39 21 December 2008 at 4:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Aquedita: this is the first sentence of "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen obviously ;-)
Obsculta: it's Bertold Brecht, though I fail to recall the title of this poem. New citation, an easy one, to get more languages involved: "Gallia omnia divisa est in partes tres". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Leopejo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5923 days ago 675 posts - 724 votes Speaks: Italian*, Finnish*, English Studies: French, Russian | Message 30 of 39 21 December 2008 at 5:20am | IP Logged | ||
And more users as well :-) Caesar's De bello gallico? This is - I promise you - the most known incipit of a book in this language: Alussa olivat suo, kuokka - ja Jussi. (at the beginning there were a swamp, a mattock - and Jussi) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| peppelanguage Triglot Groupie ItalyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5678 days ago 90 posts - 94 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, English Studies: French, Swedish | Message 31 of 39 21 December 2008 at 9:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I knew the De bello gallico onee!!! :P
of this one I don't know neither the language, maybe Finnish? :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6284 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 32 of 39 24 December 2008 at 4:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Nobody caught that, possibly we don't have any Finnish speakers in this thread, or at least nobody with that advanced level. Leopejo, please tell us where that citation came from!
New citation, originally in English: A is A Hope somebody gets it! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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