Have you ever wished you understood what all these people say?
Those people speaking russian (sps? tut?), chinese (mmm i dont know of any examples), portuguese (q tal?) - seeming 'all greek' ('ela mlka') to you?
I soooo much wish I knew russian! And (thank god) I have studied french at school. And I had a spanish boyfriend, so I know the basic expressions. Still, it is not enough.
Please mail me all words (or "words" or expressions) you find useful in L2, no matter the language. We can compile a tiny dictionary :)
Make sure to vote at the current poll, checking all answers that apply!
Update 23/9/2008: Submissions so far are da/niet, spasibo, quoi, salut, xaxa, kak (not mentioning the english words)
Salam: Peace in Arabic
ReplyDeleteSalam alekoum: Peace on your path (a.k.a: Peace brother)
Shalom: Peace in Hebrew
La: No in Arabic
Lo: No in Hebrew
Aiwa: Yes in Arabic
Ken: Yes in Hebrew
Sabah al-her: Morning of goodness (a.k.a. good morning) in Arabic
Sabah al-nour: Morning of light (a.k.a.: morning to you too)
Nasdravie: I'll drink to that in Bulgarian, Russian too perhaps
ReplyDeleteYesterday night, at Teon hero chat:
ReplyDelete- What was this word he [the greek hero] spammed after the win?
- xaxa?
- and kalva
- stoi kalva!!!!!!