Don't you just hate that (10/6)

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:21 am

Typical, they could speek Rac'conan the whole flippin time

don't you just hate it when the locals take you for a ride? What with the fake acsents and all.

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:58 am

Bonjour, je m'appelle pattinoire, je prends une piscine avec du burre.

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:07 am

Your not going to get any money out of me so Stop being evil!

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:20 am

BlasTech wrote:Bonjour, je m'appelle pattinoire, je prends une piscine avec du burre.

You spoke the language that shall not be spoken. Just hold still a minute, need to get my kill-a-majig.

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:22 am

Hey, dont kill me yet! wait for the translation!

4 years of french in high school, and this is about the most french saying i can muster ... and its complete nonsense

go figure

i wonder who will get it first?
heck i wonder if i've even spelt it right

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:27 am

BlasTech wrote:Hey, dont kill me yet! wait for the translation!

4 years of french in high school, and this is about the most french saying i can muster ... and its complete nonsense go figure

i wonder who will get it first?
heck i wonder if i've even spelt it right

I took just 2 years of Spanish, the minimum. Still learned more from the Taco Bell dog though.

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:40 am

now you speak my language questor

minus the "questor" at the end, this is a direct quote from one of the "herbie" movies. i think it's the first one.

as far as taking quenyn on a linguistic ride, i think in some situations it is appropriate, at least now the chief knows more about how far quenty will go to get the sword back.

yo tengo no sombraro rojo y no zapatos morado

perro, yo estoy una zorro azul.

have fun!

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:26 am

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.

Bonjour, je m'appelle pattinoire, je prends une piscine avec du burre

= Hello, I am called pattinoire, I take a swimming pool with burre ?

yo tengo no sombraro rojo y no zapatos morado

perro, yo estoy [una zorro azul.

= I have no red hat and no purple shoes

dog [1 too many r's, I think you meant "pero"!], I am[stay] a [femenine article!!] blue fox [masculine noun!!]

He he.

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:40 am

Astral wrote:Typical, they could speek Rac'conan the whole flippin time don't you just hate it when the locals take you for a ride? What with the fake acsents and all.

Well, They aren't the same tribe so the may not know about Quentin's deeds. All they see is a bogeyman with a rac'conan companion, so playing dumb would be a quick way to determine who he was and what he wants. We don't know if the different tribes are friendly to each other either. Quentin could have found a warring tribe which would make things more difficult for him.

It could also be that the cheif of the tribe was the only one who can speak rac'conan.

Mwalimu · Post by **Mwalimu** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:12 am

Astral wrote:Typical, they could speek Rac'conan the whole flippin time

Not anytime! Only when it's funny.

Or it could just be that RHJ is simplifying by presenting only the substance of the conversation, leaving out all the intermediate translations and such - a common shortcut in novels and such.

NydaLynn · Post by **NydaLynn** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:18 pm

shyal_malkes wrote: yo tengo no sombraro rojo y no zapatos morado

perro, yo estoy una zorro azul.

have fun!

Hmm... let's see if I have this right:

"I don't have a red hat or brown shoes." (literally: I have no sombrero red and no shoes brown)

"But, I am a blue fox." (literally: But, I feel like a(female) Fox(male) blue.)

Depending on whether the person speaking is a guy (uno zorro) or a gal (una zorra)
One of those two words meaning "a fox" should probably be changed to agree with the gender of the other word.

And wow.... I'm such a geek!

NydaLynn · Post by **NydaLynn** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:23 pm

The JAM wrote: Good evening.

Bonjour, je m'appelle pattinoire, je prends une piscine avec du burre
He he.

Arrgh! you translated the French too?!
*Curse you babelfish!*

LOL

Tbolt · Post by **Tbolt** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:43 pm

The french teacher's favorite student line from the school I work at is:

"Donnez moi un break!"

Translation:

"Give me a station wagon!"

Sometimes I love Frenglish!

Although I must admit I felt like a total idiot in Germany not being able to speak german. It was like I was confirming the big stupid american stereotype. Tell you what, the food in Nurenberg was excellent and the beer! I don't think there is anything comparable here in teh US!

Mikhail Dragoslav · Post by **Mikhail Dragoslav** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:09 pm

I took two years of Spanish in High School and two semesters of Russian in College. I forgot much of both but I still remember my Spanish teacher's favorite phrase.

"El burro sabe mas que tu!"

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:58 pm

Pretty close Jam

Roughly translated (and probably misspelt

)my one is meant to read

"Hello, my name is ice-skating rink, i eat swimming pools with butter"

RedSquirrel456 · Post by **RedSquirrel456** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:59 pm

I've been taking German for years now. Still not terribly fluent in it, but I've been doing well. I enjoy it because it's the easiest language I've seen! It being a root for English and whatnot.

Jetzt! Jemand! Gib mir ein Berliner!

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:23 pm

my bad, i got so caught up in trying to type in spanish that i completely forgot most of the rules therof

also my spanish teacher rolled the r's a few too many times and it was in trying to recreate what i thought he said that i accidentally said "dog" when i meant to say "but"

lessee....

i don't have red had and no purple shoes (cafe=brown)

but (or dog if you prefer), i am a (supposed to be masculin) blue fox.

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:16 pm

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.

shyal_malkes wrote:my bad, i got so caught up in trying to type in
spanish that i completely forgot most of the rules therof

also my spanish teacher rolled the r's a few too many times and it was in trying to recreate what i thought he said that i accidentally said "dog" when i meant to say "but"

lessee....

i don't have red had and no purple shoes (cafe=brown)

but (or dog if you prefer), i am a (supposed to be masculin) blue fox.

Not to mention that you were still thinking in English. The phrase is supposed to read:

No tengo sombrero rojo ni zapatos morados
pero, soy un zorro azul.

Tengo already has yo implied, so you don't need yo. The negation always goes before the verb. Hat was misspelled, and purple, being an adjective, has to agree in number and gender with the noun it modifies, you made it singular while the noun was plural.

Am can be soy or estoy. Soy is used when it's before a predicate noun (such as a name or regionality: yo soy Pepe, yo soy Peruano), or most prepositions, it's a state of existence. Estoy is used before a predicate adjective (yo estoy contento), a gerund (yo estoy corriendo), or indicates position (yo estoy aqu

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:21 am

and most of the soy vs estoy the spanish teacher back home never really bothered to explain to us.

Shyal_malkes · Post by **Shyal_malkes** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:59 am

serves me right for trying to flout my spanish when The JAM is watching...

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