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[Imralu]

É melhor usar palavras que tudo mundo pode(m?) intender.
and it is in my opinion better to use words that everybody is able to understand.

JA ABER [WORT N-I-E-D-E-R-L-A-N-D-E KENN-Neg WER]_W
YES BUT [WORT N-I-E-D-E-R-L-A-N-D-E KNOW-Neg WHO]_W
Ja, aber wer kennt das Wort "Niederlande" nicht?
Yeah, but who doesn't know the word "Netherlands"?

[----]

Yo no sé esa palabra. Qué significa?
I don't know that word. What does it mean?

[finlay]

Sou ka. Watashi wa dare ka Horando/Horando-go wo ittara Oranda-jin ga itsumo "Horando wa Oranda no bubun da yo; kuni/kotoba wa Oranda/Oranda-go to iu" no youna koto wo iu koto ga aru.
Oh. In my experience, Dutch people are always like "Holland is a part of the Netherlands, the country/language is called [Netherlands/Nederländerna/Alankomaat]/[Dutch/Nederländska/?] whenever someone says Holland.

ホランドって、日本語じゃないと思うよ。オランダって、ポルトガル語からの外来語だから、語源は本当にHollandだよ。だからその上は意味がない。でもさ、辞書にはネーデルランドとネザーランドとホラントもあるけど、日本人はやっぱりそんな言葉がわからないかもしれない。
"Horando" isn't Japanese, I think. Oranda is a Portuguese loanword, and its etymology is Holland, so what you wrote above doesn't make sense ("we're not Hollanders, we're Hollanders!"). But my dictionary also lists nederurand and nezarand (from dutch and english) and horanto (from dutch). But I doubt Japanese people would know these words.

英語でオランダ語と言う意味のDutchとはね、本当にオランダ人に対してもっと微妙だ。ドイツ語と同じように聞こえるんだ。
Anyway, the English word Dutch is more confusing for Dutch people, actually. To them it sounds like the word for German.

[sirdanilot]

Realmente somos Alemães que morram no região litorâneo da Alemanha, e que falam uma dialeto alemão estranho.
In fact we are just Germans who live in a coastal region of Germany and who talk a strange German dialect.

[jal]

In fact we are just Germans who live in a coastal region of Germany and who talk a strange German dialect.

Genau. Ich denke, das war auch die wichtigste Grund für unsere lieben Nachbarn uns mit einem Besuch zu verehren, so viele Jahre her.
Exactly. I think that's also the most important reason for our dear neighbours to pay us a visit, so many years ago.


JAL

[Qwynegold]

Oh. In my experience, Dutch people are always like "Holland is a part of the Netherlands, the country/language is called [Netherlands/Nederländerna/Alankomaat]/[Dutch/Nederländska/?] whenever someone says Holland.

Vermutlich sind das Leute gewesen, die nicht aus Holland sondern aus Friesland, Brabant oder Limburg herkamen.
That were probably people that didn't come from Holland but from F, B or L.


JAL

Haha, sou ka?
Lol, I see.

[Qwynegold]

Sou ka. Watashi wa dare ka Horando/Horando-go wo ittara Oranda-jin ga itsumo "Horando wa Oranda no bubun da yo; kuni/kotoba wa Oranda/Oranda-go to iu" no youna koto wo iu koto ga aru.
Oh. In my experience, Dutch people are always like "Holland is a part of the Netherlands, the country/language is called [Netherlands/Nederländerna/Alankomaat]/[Dutch/Nederländska/?] whenever someone says Holland.

ホランドって、日本語じゃないと思うよ。オランダって、ポルトガル語からの外来語だから、語源は本当にHollandだよ。だからその上は意味がない。でもさ、辞書にはネーデルランドとネザーランドとホラントもあるけど、日本人はやっぱりそんな言葉がわからないかもしれない。
"Horando" isn't Japanese, I think. Oranda is a Portuguese loanword, and its etymology is Holland, so what you wrote above doesn't make sense ("we're not Hollanders, we're Hollanders!"). But my dictionary also lists nederurand and nezarand (from dutch and english) and horanto (from dutch). But I doubt Japanese people would know these words.

英語でオランダ語と言う意味のDutchとはね、本当にオランダ人に対してもっと微妙だ。ドイツ語と同じように聞こえるんだ。
Anyway, the English word Dutch is more confusing for Dutch people, actually. To them it sounds like the word for German.

Shitteru. Nihon-go de wa Oranda to ittara chigakunai to omou kara, motto hokano tango wo omoudasanakattara Nihon-go de kono koto wo iu houhou ga nain da. Neederurando to Nezaarando ni tsuite shiranakatta.
I know. It's just that I believe it's not wrong to say "Oranda" in Japanese, so I needed to make up another word because otherwise this could not be expressed in Japanese. I didn't know about "Neederurando" or "Nezaarando".

[sirdanilot]

Uaua, 'shitteru', que palavra más engraçada

Heh, 'shitteru' is a funny word

[linguoboy]

In fact we are just Germans who live in a coastal region of Germany and who talk a strange German dialect.

Genau. Ich denke, das war auch die wichtigste Grund für unsere lieben Nachbarn uns mit einem Besuch zu verehren, so viele Jahre her.

Wichtiger als die Tatsache, dass ihr zwischen ihnen und die Briten liegen?
Níos tábhachtaí ná go bhfuil sibh eatarthu 's Briotanaigh?
More important that the fact that you lie between them and the British?

[jal]

More important that the fact that you lie between them and the British?

Es war nur ein Witz! :)
It was just a joke! :)


JAL

[linguoboy]

More important that the fact that you lie between them and the British?

Es war nur ein Witz!
It was just a joke!

Hier wird nicht gewitzeln.
Well that's all right then.

[hwhatting]

In fact we are just Germans who live in a coastal region of Germany and who talk a strange German dialect.

Genau. Ich denke, das war auch die wichtigste Grund für unsere lieben Nachbarn uns mit einem Besuch zu beehren, so viele Jahre her.Exactly. I think that's also the most important reason for our dear neighbours to pay us a visit, so many years ago.

Wichtiger als die Tatsache, dass ihr zwischen ihnen und den Briten liegt?
More important that the fact that you lie between them and the British?

Hier wird nicht gewitzelt.
Well that's all right then.

To nie jest, jak to mówić, bardzo dokładnym tłumaczeniem...
That is, how to say it, not a very exact translation...

[Qwynegold]

Uaua, 'shitteru', que palavra más engraçada

Heh, 'shitteru' is a funny word

Det är en hopslagning av shite och iru.
It's a contraction of shite and iru.

[jal]

Well that's all right then.

Es ist nicht mein Problem, das du kein Gefühl für Humor hast. :)
Great to see you're level with this.


JAL

[linguoboy]

To nie jest, jak to mówić, bardzo dokładnym tłumaczeniem...
That is, how to say it, not a very exact translation...

Der Humor lässt sich nicht leicht übersetzen.
Humor isn't easily translated.

[Imralu]

Uaua, 'shitteru', que palavra más engraçada

Heh, 'shitteru' is a funny word

Det är en hopslagning av shite och iru.
It's a contraction of shite and iru.

Esperante tiu aspektas kiel anglumita esperanto signifanta "feke iru!"
In Esperanto, that looks like anglicised esperanto for "go shittily!"

[Bristel]

Uaua, 'shitteru', que palavra más engraçada

Heh, 'shitteru' is a funny word

Det är en hopslagning av shite och iru.
It's a contraction of shite and iru.

Esperante tiu aspektas kiel anglumita esperanto signifanta "feke iru!"
In Esperanto, that looks like anglicised esperanto for "go shittily!"

Viopinie, kio estas la frazon ke oni uzus por eksprimi "laughing out loud/LOL" esperante? Morto de ridoj? Mortanta de ridoj? Multe da ridoj?
In your opinion, what is the phrase one would use to express "laughing out loud/LOL" in Esperanto?

[Imralu]

Viopinie, kio estas la frazon ke oni uzus por eksprimi "laughing out loud/LOL" esperante? Morto de ridoj? Mortanta de ridoj? Multe da ridoj?
In your opinion, what is the phrase one would use to express "laughing out loud/LOL" in Esperanto?

Hmm, mi ne scias. La plej uzata frazo estas "multaj da ridoj" (aŭ "mdr"). Laŭ mia lingvosento ne signifas out loud ke oni laŭte ridas sed mi pensas ke fakte nur signifas ke oni ne silentas, ke oni vere ridas kvankam la ridiginto ne povas aŭdi tion, tiel kiel reading out loud (voĉe legi) ne signifas "laŭte legi" sed nur ke oni iom nekutime agas kaj ne silente legas. Do mi pensas ke LOL ne signifas ke estas multaj da ridoj, nur ke oni vere ridigiĝis.

Tamen tion dirinte, kiam mi LOL skribas, ĝi kutime signifas ne ke mi vere voĉe ridis, sed ke mi gaje intencis aŭ ricevis ion.

Hmm, I don't know. The most used phrase is multaj da ridoj (many laughs). According to my Sprachgefühl, "out loud" doesn't mean that one laughs literally loudly but I think it really just means that someone is not silent, that someone is actually laughing even though the person who made them laugh can't hear that, just like "reading out loud" doesn't mean "read loudly" but just that one does something that one generally doesn't and reads non-silently. So, I don't think that LOL really means there were a lot of laughs, just that one was actually brought to laughter.

Having said that, however, when I write "LOL" it usually doesn't mean that I actually laughed out loud, just that I meant or took something light-heartedly.

Sed mi ŝatas vorton "ridegante" ... aŭ "mi vere ridas"
But I like the word ridegante [rid-eg-ant-e laugh-AUG-PRES.ACTIVE.PARTICIPLE-ADV] ... or mi vere ridas "I'm actually laughing".

[Viktor77]

Ki ismeri Budapest? Ki ment Budapestre? Hogy tetszik Budapest? Szép város? Akarom menni oda! És Dégre és Balatonra is hogyne! Dégen van szép kastély, Festetics-kastély. Valójában Magyarország szép ország és akarom utazni oda, Magyarországra. Nemsokára leszek Európában pedig lesz könnyű.

Who knows Budapest? Who has gone to Budapest? How is Budapest? Is it a pretty city? I want to go there. And to Dég and also Lake Balaton of course! There is a beautiful castle in Dég, Festetics castle. In fact Hungary is a beautiful country and I want to travel there, to Hungary. Soon I will be in Europe and then it will be easy!

[Imralu]

[[PRON_PERS]₂ UNGARN KÖNN WARUM]_W
[[PRON_PERS]₂ HUNGARY CAN WHY]_{eyebrows-lowered,head-forward}
Why do you know how to speak Hungarian?

[linguoboy]

Ki ment Budapestre?

Ich bin einmal dort gewesen, aber das ist zwanzig Jahre her. Schön ist es ohne Frage, und das Essen ist ausgezeichnet.
I've been there once, but that was 20 years ago. Without question a pretty city, and the food is terrific.

[finlay]

なぜドイツの手話できるか
why do you know german sign language?

[Imralu]

なぜドイツの手話できるか
why do you know german sign language?

VERGANGENHEIT DREI-JAHR HALB [PRON_PERS]₁ AUSLAN _XUNTERRICHT₁++
PAST THREE-YEAR HALF [PRON_PERS]₁ AUSLAN _XTEACH₁++
Ich habe mich dreieinhalb Jahre in Auslan unterrichten lassen.
I learned Auslan (Australian Sign Language) for three-and-a-half years.

NÄCHST [PRON_PERS]₁ BERLIN UMZIEH
NEXT [PRON_PERS]₁ BERLIN MOVE-TO
Dann bin ich nach Berlin gezogen.
Then I moved to Berlin.


HIER [PRON_PERS]₁ GEBÄRD VERMISS
HERE [PRON_PERS]₁ SIGN MISS
Hier habe ich es vermisst zu gebärden.
Once here, I missed signing.

DESWEGEN ENTSCHEID : KURS DAHIN, DEUTSCHLAND GEBÄRD^SPRACH _XUNTERRICHT₁
THEREFORE DECIDE : COURSE GO-TO, GERMANY SIGN^LANGUAGE _XTEACH₁
Also habe ich mich entschieden, einen Kurs zu besuchen und die Deutsche Gebärdensprache zu lernen.
So I decided to go to a course and learn German Sign Language (DGS).

JETZT KURS VORBEI
NOW COURS FINISHED
Der Kurs ist jetzt vorbei.
The course is over now.

EXTREM SPASS
EXTREME FUN
Er hat viel Spaß gemacht.
It was a lot of fun.

DOZENT [DET_ART]₃ LIEB, LUSTIG, INTELLIGENT, GESICHT^GUT PLUS GAY^(BSL-sign) ABER ₃HAB PARTNER. SCHADE TJA
TEACHER.OF.ADULTS [DET_ART]₃ NICE/SWEET, FUNNY, INTELLIGENT,FACE^GOOD PLUS GAY^(BSL-sign) BUT ₃HAVE SIGNIFICANT.OTHER. WHAT.A.PITY WHAT-CAN-YOU-DO
Der Dozent war lieb, lustig, intelligent, gutaussehend und auch noch schwul, aber leider ist er schon vergeben. Tja.
The teacher was nice, funny, smart, good looking and also gay, but unfortunately he's taken. Oh well.

[finlay]

そうか。だけどさ、修辞疑問だったよ。その質問がちょっと不愉快だと思ったんだ。
Thanks, but you know, that was rhetorical. I just thought your question was a little obnoxious.

[Imralu]

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