Comments on: Useful phrases http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / ét sprog er aldrig nok Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:27:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: prase http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30550 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:56:24 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30550 Similarly to the comment on Hungarian - in the Czech version the second phrase (napište mi to, prosím) is an imperative, so the question mark is incorrect. Similarly to the comment on Hungarian - in the Czech version the second phrase (napište mi to, prosím) is an imperative, so the question mark is incorrect.

]]> by: Geoff http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30434 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:14:25 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30434 Once you can announce that your hovercraft is full of eels, is there anything else you could possibly need or want to add? Being able to look things up by language would be nice, as you could then run a print-out for whatever language you're starting. But then they have the nifty "Essential Phrases" in the front covers of phrasebooks for that too. On the other hand, your current setup provides a sort of language museum that is pretty much unrivaled. However you set things up, whenever someone mentions they're learning a new language, I'll still point them here to get started. Once you can announce that your hovercraft is full of eels, is there anything else you could possibly need or want to add?

Being able to look things up by language would be nice, as you could then run a print-out for whatever language you’re starting. But then they have the nifty “Essential Phrases” in the front covers of phrasebooks for that too. On the other hand, your current setup provides a sort of language museum that is pretty much unrivaled. However you set things up, whenever someone mentions they’re learning a new language, I’ll still point them here to get started.

]]> by: Harris Engelmann http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30406 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:32:57 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30406 the phrase in Yiddish זײַ אַזױ גוט, און קאָנסטו דאָס אָנשרײַבן? (zay azoy gut, un konstu dos onshraybn?) זײַט אַזױ גוט, און קאָנט איר דאָס אָנשרײַבן? (zayt azoy gut, un kont ir dos onshraybn?) The first is informal, the second formal or plural Also, for the Yiddish page, I would recommend the website for the Yiddish Forverts, the largest secular newspaper in Yiddish and the oldest currently published newspaper in Yiddish, at yiddish.forward.com The website includes samples of articles as well as the weekly "Forverts-Sho" (Forward Hour) radio program. the phrase in Yiddish

זײַ אַזױ גוט, און קאָנסטו דאָס אָנשרײַבן?
(zay azoy gut, un konstu dos onshraybn?)

זײַט אַזױ גוט, און קאָנט איר דאָס אָנשרײַבן?

(zayt azoy gut, un kont ir dos onshraybn?)

The first is informal, the second formal or plural

Also, for the Yiddish page, I would recommend the website for the Yiddish Forverts, the largest secular newspaper in Yiddish and the oldest currently published newspaper in Yiddish, at yiddish.forward.com

The website includes samples of articles as well as the weekly “Forverts-Sho” (Forward Hour) radio program.

]]> by: renato http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30404 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:22:38 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30404 Bruno don't forget that in formal Portuguese language, from Portugal or Brazil ( even being not used nowadays) the correct form (grammatical one is tu podes, por favor, escrever isto para mim? tu is used in singular form, or you may say Vós podeis, por favor, escrever isto para mim? Vós is used in plural or to older people. The form you used is the popular one with você as personal pronoum. Bruno don’t forget that in formal Portuguese language, from Portugal or Brazil ( even being not used nowadays) the correct form (grammatical one is tu podes, por favor, escrever isto para mim? tu is used in singular form, or you may say Vós podeis, por favor, escrever isto para mim?
Vós is used in plural or to older people. The form you used is the popular one with você as personal pronoum.

]]> by: Simon http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30390 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:42:55 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30390 Declan - recordings in just about any format, including .wav, are fine. Declan - recordings in just about any format, including .wav, are fine.

]]> by: Declan http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30389 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:06:57 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30389 I would like to see them arranged by language personally, hopefully both like the way you have scripts arranged in a number of ways. For Irish: "An féidir leat é sin a scríobh síos dom?" or "An scríobhfaidh tú é sin síos dom?" Can you take recordings in .wav format? I would like to see them arranged by language personally, hopefully both like the way you have scripts arranged in a number of ways.

For Irish:
“An féidir leat é sin a scríobh síos dom?”
or
“An scríobhfaidh tú é sin síos dom?”
Can you take recordings in .wav format?

]]> by: Martin http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30383 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:45:30 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30383 Swedish: Skulle du kunna skriva ned det åt mig? Swedish:
Skulle du kunna skriva ned det åt mig?

]]> by: Giovanni http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30354 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:51:57 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30354 Aeneas's Italian version "Puoi scriverlo per favore?" is totally correct (well, I would place a comma before "per") but informal. That it, it would be okay to say it to 20-year-olds on the street when you ask for a piece of information, but normally you should use the 3rd person singular towards strangers, in an office or so: "Può scriverlo, per favore?" (formal) Aeneas’s Italian version “Puoi scriverlo per favore?” is totally correct (well, I would place a comma before “per”) but informal.
That it, it would be okay to say it to 20-year-olds on the street when you ask for a piece of information, but normally you should use the 3rd person singular towards strangers, in an office or so:

“Può scriverlo, per favore?” (formal)

]]> by: David http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30353 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:42:54 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30353 Are you thinking about having a numbers page, days of the week or months? I think this would be a great idea as well. Are you thinking about having a numbers page, days of the week or months? I think this would be a great idea as well.

]]> by: Alain Vaillancourt http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30351 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:37:52 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/02/23/useful-phrases/#comment-30351 Polite: Pourriez-vous me l'écrire? Politer: Pourriez-vous me l'écrire SVP? Politest: Auriez-vous l'obligeance de me l'écrire, SVP? Polite:

Pourriez-vous me l’écrire?

Politer:

Pourriez-vous me l’écrire SVP?

Politest:

Auriez-vous l’obligeance de me l’écrire, SVP?

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