Adar
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:10 |
 
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| SideshowBob wrote: | | This was interesting. I don't think we have a word for "which-th" in Swedish either. Maybe I can invent one and become rich this way? |
"Vilket barn i ordningen är du?" |
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Scratch
Joined: Jul 28, 2005
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:15 |
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Are you the oldest? No im the thrid born. see easy |
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Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:20 |
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"Mother told me I was the lucky one. The seventh son of a seventh son...." |
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Scratch
Joined: Jul 28, 2005
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:25 |
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| Macavity wrote: | | "Mother told me I was the lucky one. The seventh son of a seventh son...." |
Born on the 7th hour of the 7th day of the 7th month? |
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Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:33 |
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um...no..... I was singing a Sting song.....  |
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SnakeSanders
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:36 |
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Rory Gallagher had a song Seventh son of the seventh son !
Its a Space Oddysee! |
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DukeTyrion
Joined: Feb 18, 2004
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:39 |
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Iron Maiden too ...
Not sure if 7th sibling, of a 7th sibling counts for anything ... thought not  |
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tadgoraucymru
Joined: Mar 03, 2006
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:50 |
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| Macavity wrote: | | English is largely acknowledged as the most poorly constructed language around. Anyone who says differently problably cannot speak even IT correctly.... |
You want to learn welsh!!
It only has one present tense so.
Dw i'n chwarae bloodbowl. means both I play bloodbowl and I am playing bloodbowl.
Also much like the population the language has mutations. Certain letters change in certain circumstances e.g. b can become m, c can become g etc which makes translating as a learner a right b****r. |
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Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:52 |
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I have a "How to learn Welsh in 3 months" book! |
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Gryphius
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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Mar 17, 2006 - 16:57 |
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Finnish language has no future tense. So we don't need to promise to do anything in the future? =) Or maybe for our seers the future was as clear as the present? |
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tadgoraucymru
Joined: Mar 03, 2006
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Mar 17, 2006 - 17:19 |
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| Macavity wrote: | | I have a "How to learn Welsh in 3 months" book! |
a gwnest ti? |
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Fama
Joined: Feb 09, 2005
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Mar 17, 2006 - 17:27 |
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| Gryphius wrote: | | Finnish language has no future tense. So we don't need to promise to do anything in the future? =) Or maybe for our seers the future was as clear as the present? |
Yeah, no future tense, and no differentiating he & she.
No sex & no future  |
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IRSWalker
Joined: Jan 27, 2006
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Mar 17, 2006 - 17:48 |
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"Do you have any brothers (or sisters), and if so, where in age order do you come?" would do the trick. A compound question, but a valid one due to the 'if so' conjunction.
Valid answers would thus be:
"No."
"First" / "Eldest"
"Second"
"Third"
etc. |
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pizzamogul
Joined: Jun 13, 2005
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Mar 17, 2006 - 17:49 |
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I've tried a couple different questions out on people this morning, and the best way to get an English speaker to respond in the form you want is to ask, "Which of your parents' sons/daughters are you? 1st, 2nd, etc..."
Without that clarification added at the end, most people tilt their heads to one side and look at you like a dog that just heard a strange noise. Either that, or their responses are unexpected (i.e. - "favorite").
On the plus side, there's a dozen-or-so Hoosiers walking around saying "which-th" now. |
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IRSWalker
Joined: Jan 27, 2006
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Mar 17, 2006 - 17:49 |
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| Fama wrote: | | No sex & no future |
French, the language of love.
Finnish, the language of marriage.  |
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