Top 5 languages you like the most

[PROPEL]

^i just got back from a bookstore,
and for 14.00 i got a book that has "550 Russian Verbs"
all conjugated and everything! im excited!

[Lyssa]

55o Verbs? wow! XD
I got a book with Spanish Words ( 7 5oo ) for 1.50 on the net
In bookstores near to where I live they don't have much with foreign languages

[Zise_ti_zoi]

The russian's cool language. The thing is I can understand almoust everything they say, but I can't speak russian /Only basic things - to survive. /.

Lyssa You're lucky having native speaker.

PROPEL Nevertheless you couldn't find anything bulgarian, now you'll train your russian.

[Lyssa]

Yet I only know very few Russian, just some kind of lyrics mostly, even with native speaker it's not that easy to learn lol
Don't have the time to focus on that language but I want to!

[Zise_ti_zoi]

I'm sure it's harder for you to learn it, since French is in the Latin languages group. I mind it's far easier for you to learn Spanish for example, than Russian. But for me it's easier to learn Russian or Serbian, because they're slavic languages. There was this moment when I wasn't studying neither Reussian or Serbian, but I could understand a lot of what they say.
The same thing happened after 4 years of French. I began to understand things in Spanish without learning it.

[jandros]

...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovan_language

Thanks, I'm a big fan of wikipedia ... "Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet"!! Wow, I would have thought "Romanian" Cyrillic...

[jandros]

...Latin languages group.....Russian or Serbian...slavic languages. There was this moment when I wasn't studying neither Reussian or Serbian, but I could understand a lot of what they say...

Phrases! Common phrases ... the hardest thing for me, in learning Russian, is to learn very different ways to say things. Mmm, I can't think of a big example right now ... but maybe just to say "later, until tomorrow" or something like that, the slavic words don't easily make sense for a speaker of most Latin/Romance languages. I still struggle very hard to learn Russian....

... but the slavic languages are so beautiful!!

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Thanks, I'm a big fan of wikipedia ... "Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet"!! Wow, I would have thought "Romanian" Cyrillic...

Yeah, but somehow written in Cyrrilic letters I'll look strange / ridiculous. At least for me. For example: Mulţumesc written in Cyrillic will be Мултумесц or Мултумеск. I youst can't accept it that way.

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Phrases! Common phrases ... the hardest thing for me, in learning Russian, is to learn very different ways to say things. Mmm, I can't think of a big example right now ... but maybe just to say "later, until tomorrow" or something like that, the slavic words don't easily make sense for a speaker of most Latin/Romance languages. I still struggle very hard to learn Russian....

... but the slavic languages are so beautiful!!

Ammm, you're not speaking latin language. English is Germanic /Comes from German/ language.
And Позже. До завтра goes for "later, until tomorrow" .

[jandros]

^i just got back from a bookstore,
and for 14.00 i got a book that has "550 Russian Verbs"
all conjugated and everything! im excited!

PROPEL, FYI, I recently found a local "Russian Language Meetup Group" in my area, Raleigh. There are 21 native-Russian speakers and 120 members. I haven't been able to attend a meeting yet, but they try to meet every month. Maybe you can find a group in your area?...

List of culture/language topics (alphabetical):
http://www.meetup.com/topics/cultures/

Russian:
http://russian.meetup.com/

Again these are local groups, but apparently there are groups in several parts of the world. As you said somewhere else, очень хорошо And yes, да, это так возбуждает

[jandros]

Ammm, you're not speaking latin language. English is Germanic /Comes from German/ language...
Позже. До завтра goes for "later, until tomorrow" .

Certainly, I know ... we call it (the basis) Franco-German, because there is also French influence ... it was just easier/shorter to refer to Romance/Latin.

edit... I tried to find something else that my Russian friend has written a few times, it was different

[citlalli]

Gee... this conversation is taking me back in time! I learned russian for one year when I was at the polytechnic, and in its time I really loved that language... unfortunately I couldn't get to use it a lot, and it's so different from all my other languages that I have forgotten almost everything

... but I can still read it... as a parrot though... ie no idea what on earth I'm saying

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Certainly, I know ... we call it Franco-German, because there is also French influence ... it was just easier/shorter to refer to Romance/Latin.

For me the English roots are Germanic. Every language accepts words from other languages. I see some French words in English, but the main point is that when we observe some old English texts, they really look like Icelandic texts. And the Icelandic is a germanic language aswell.

[jandros]

For me the English roots are Germanic. Every language accepts words from other languages. I see some French words in English, but the main point is that when we observe some old English texts, they really look like Icelandic texts. And the Icelandic is a germanic language aswell.

Hmm, yes I agree a lot, but I should say that it used to be common to call English "Franco-German". But actually wikipedia now calls it "western Germanic". Terminology ...

[Zise_ti_zoi]

Following the point from my previous post, you might want to check up this link about the Old Norse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse .

[jandros]

Following the point from my previous post, you might want to check up this link about the Old Norse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse .

This is actually very interesting! I like the Norse/Icelandic connection

edit ... I used to read a lot of Norse folklore, when I was young ... a long time ago ... Valhalla, Odin, and Thor, the god of thunder? Yes??

[Zise_ti_zoi]

This is actually very interesting! I like the Norse/Icelandic connection

edit ... I used to read a lot of Norse folklore, when I was young ... a long time ago ... Valhalla, Odin, and Thor, the god of thunder? Yes??

Yes, Þórr / Thor is the God of thunder. And the interesting is, that few minutes ago I was about to put an example of The Seafarer text in Old English.

And another fact there is. You know only 3 votes were insufficient for German to be the Official language of the USA, whent they were choosing it.

[Zise_ti_zoi]

And if you have the free time to see and level Old English and Old Icelandic text, you'll see that it isn't only their alphabet that is the same like the Old icelandic one, their Syntax is simillar as well.

It's a pity that the old English hasn't preserved it's old form like the Icelandic. It's renown that Icelandic people can read without problems Old Icelandic text, because they menaged to preserve their language trough the years, and that's why they are so proud of their heritage !

[feuersteve]

Speaking of "Moldovan" I know a song with this name, but it's in Swiss German. It's kind of cool but I can't find the lyrics, though

[jandros]

And if you have the free time to see and level Old English and Old Icelandic text, you'll see that it isn't only their alphabet that is the same like the Old icelandic one, their Syntax is simillar as well.

It's a pity that the old English hasn't preserved it's old form like the Icelandic. It's renown that Icelandic people can read without problems Old Icelandic text, because they menaged to preserve their language trough the years, and that's why they are so proud of their heritage ! ...

I want to go to Iceland!!! And when I was 10-12-14 years old, Thor was my hero, with his big hammer.

This is so interesting Zise, incredibly so. You've given me a week or two of new reading, because of course one thing will lead to another and another