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You need to know at least three languages
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12 Jan 2008 Sat 06:14 pm |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVPxKbrj1x8&feature=related
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12 Jan 2008 Sat 06:27 pm |
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I learnt French and Spanish at school and have since taken evening classes in both languages, but without practice, it is difficult to keep up.
When I recently went to Brussels, I was quite pleased with the amount of French I understood. I was in a meeting conducted entirely in French, and I was able to answer questions and talk about myself. Most of my Spanish I have lost or I think I have .
Then for some reason I decided to learn Turkish and really that has been a disaster!!  I don't really have the time to devote or chance to try out as every Turkish person I know speaks or writes very good English!!
As for being cultured because you know languages, for me culture is more about theatre, social aspects, traditions, rites and rituals, literature and language is only a small part of being cultured.
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12 Jan 2008 Sat 07:07 pm |
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Yea! Libralady!
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30 Jan 2008 Wed 02:56 pm |
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Quoting libralady:
As for being cultured because you know languages, for me culture is more about theatre, social aspects, traditions, rites and rituals, literature and language is only a small part of being cultured. |
i agree with that, but i must note that to understand theatre, traditions, rites and rituals you have to speak the language. so in my opinion you cannot understand a culture without speaking its language.
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30 Jan 2008 Wed 03:07 pm |
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speaking a few languages really big advantage for to get all world,but as Bridget's said cultures more then that,so languages just tools for that,so i believe to learn or speak a language correctly impossible without live it in real,otherwise its just a good grammer or a rich vocabulary thats all.Coz a simple word even says so different things to different cultures,really hard search without to be in it all to live is the best learning method...
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30 Jan 2008 Wed 03:08 pm |
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Quoting Ms Palacsinta: ..... so in my opinion you cannot understand a culture without speaking it's language. |
what about the mute??? 
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30 Jan 2008 Wed 03:23 pm |
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Quoting kafesteki kus: Quoting Ms Palacsinta: ..... so in my opinion you cannot understand a culture without speaking its language. |
what about the mute??? |
writing its lanugage... knowing it. hm, i really dont know. never been thinking about that.
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30 Jan 2008 Wed 04:18 pm |
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Temel and Dursun were strolling in the streets of Trabzon. An American tourist came by and stopped them; he obviouly had a question.
The American tried in English first, he was not understood. He tried in German without success. He repeated his question in French, no response. Spanish did not help at all and Chineese was also a total waste. Running out of his languages, the American walked away in anger, mumbling 'idiots' from under his breath.
When he was gone, Temel turned to his friend philosophically and said 'You know what Dursun? All this talk, about each new language making one wiser, is total bulshit. You saw the man; he spoke 5 languages, yet the poor sod could not even express himself.'
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30 Jan 2008 Wed 04:27 pm |
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Quoting AlphaF: Temel and Dursun were strolling in the streets of Trabzon. An American tourist came by and stopped them; he obviouly had a question.
The American tried in English first, he was not understood. He tried in German without success. He repeated his question in French, no response. Spanish did not help at all and Chineese was also a total waste. Running out of his languages, the American walked away in anger, mumbling 'idiots' from under his breath.
When he was gone, Temel turned to his friend philosophically and said 'You know what Dursun? All this talk, about each new language making one wiser, is total bulshit. You saw the man; he spoke 5 languages, yet the poor sod could not even express himself.' |
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30 Jan 2008 Wed 06:22 pm |
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Quoting MrX67: Quoting AlphaF: Temel and Dursun were strolling in the streets of Trabzon. An American tourist came by and stopped them; he obviouly had a question.
The American tried in English first, he was not understood. He tried in German without success. He repeated his question in French, no response. Spanish did not help at all and Chineese was also a total waste. Running out of his languages, the American walked away in anger, mumbling 'idiots' from under his breath.
When he was gone, Temel turned to his friend philosophically and said 'You know what Dursun? All this talk, about each new language making one wiser, is total bulshit. You saw the man; he spoke 5 languages, yet the poor sod could not even express himself.' |
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 OMG that was great!!! and how true .. hahahaha ..
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