Tower of Babel

[Vinny]

cam uhn - Vietnamese for thank you
gam sam ham ni da - Korean for thank you
arigato - Japanese for thank you
tdo che - Cantonese for thank you
she she - Mandarin for thank you
gracias - Spanish for thank you
merci - French for thank you

[Neo]

Danke - German for thank you
Thank You - English for thank you

[Agamemnon]

Takk - Norwegian for thank you

[Agamemnon]

Malo - Tongan for thank you

[Macros]

~sanps fingers~ Neo took the on i was going to clevererly say.
i would post the Irish for thankyou, but i forget it
Ka-jay mara tattu - Celtic- How are you, or some such greeting(pretty sure, its been quite a while )

[Hitchhiker]

grazie - Italian for thank you

[EEEM]

gracias - spanish for thankyou

[Taflinel]

gracias - Spanish for thank you (We've already said it twice, so why not one more time?)
efcharisto - Greek for thank you
hvala - Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian etc. for thank you
spasibo - Russian for thank you
dank u - Dutch for thank you
tack - Swedish for thank you
gestena - Rom for thank you
gratias - Latin for thank you

I might be a little off in some...
Ta ta

[Vinny]

sin loi - Vietnamese for "I am Sorry"
tui uem chi - Cantonese for "I am Sorry"
dui bu chi - Mandarine for "I am Sorry"
lo siento - Spanish for "I am Sorry"
my bad - English for "I am Sorry"

[Hitchhiker]

Rubbing open palm over your heart: ASL (American Sign Language) for please
Rubbing closed fist, thumb out, over your heart: ASL for I'm sorry
Bringing fingertips outward from lips as if blowing a kiss: ASL for thank you

[Vinny]

~points finger at self
~cross arms over chest
~points finger at Hitchhiker

[Agamemnon]

Stands in face of foreigner, shouts loudly, points at window, shouts again, calls foreigner stupid, shouts again, walks away saying how great the US of A is.
- American for I want a croissant

[Macros]

~opens mouth and repeats more slowly and loudly, as the foreigner is obvious really thick~
english person on holiday

[Mog]

Puk puk (or pook pook maybe) - Polish for "knock knock"
Shtaubzaga (sp? ) - German for vacuum cleaner (literally "dust sucker")

Hai - Yes in Japanese
Si - Spanish
Oui - French

[Hitchhiker]

Ja - German

[Agamemnon]

Some more Tongan words and phrases:

'io - Yes
'ikai - No
Nofo a or 'Alu a - Goodbye
Fefe hake? - How are you?
Ko hai ho hingoa? - What is your name?

and the amazing.....

Malo tau ma'u e pongipongi ni - Good Morning

[Taflinel]

LOL @ pongipongi...
You just made a miserable day enjoyable, old bean... Have a nice life, honestly...

Greek Phrases
Ne - Yes
Ohi - No
Efcharisto - Thank you
Ya - Hello (informal)
Kalimera - Good morning
Parakalo - Please
Adio - Good-bye

and....
Sas apohereto giati fevgo avrio gia tis diakopes mou! - I say good-bye to you because I'm leaving tomorrow for my vacations!

Ta ta

[TANSTAAFL]

obrigado - Portuguese for thank you

[RequiemEternam]

Some Tagalog (Filipino):

salamat (saw-LAW-mott): Thank you
Walang ano man: you're welcome (lit: it's nothing)
oo (oh-oh): yes
hindi (hihn-DEE): no

My favorite Filipino language story:
My cousin was on the train with my aunt and uncle one day. He doesn't know too much Tagalog. After one stop, he came running up to his parents, saying something about two guys who had their own language that consisted of saying one sound over and over again.

[filipino grammar lesson]
baba (buh-BAH): down
we verb our nouns. so to make down the future tense verb, repeat the first syllable
bababa (BAH-buh-BAH): will go down (get off the train)
to make it a question, add "ba" to the end
bababa ba?: are you going down (getting off) the train?
to answer in the affirmative, it's more polite to say "I'm going down/getting off the train" than a just a simple "yes"
[/fgl]

So the conversation between the two guys:
"Bababa ba?"
"Bababa"

[Vinny]

Counting!!!
I need 1 to 10 from as many languages as possible.

I'll start with:

Cantonese
yat, yi, sam, si, um, luc, chat, bat, quou, sap

Vietnamese
mot, hai, ba, buon, nam, sau, bay, tam, chin, muoi

Spanish
uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinquo, sex, sieta, ocho, nueve, dies (vinny's version)
uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez (lucky's correct version)



[This message has been edited by Vinny (edited 08-16-2002 01:24 PM).]

[Lucky Wizard]

Who told you how to spell "cuatro", "cinco", "diez", "siete" and especially "seis"?

[TANSTAAFL]

Portuguese:

Um, dois, tres (the e has a carat hat thingy on top), cuatro, cinco, seis, sete, oito, nove, dez

[Vinny]

lol, Spanish was so long ago, thanks Lucky.

But I do distinctly remember it's spelled "sex".
that, or maybe I have too much of something on my mind.

[This message has been edited by Vinny (edited 08-16-2002 01:02 PM).]

[TANSTAAFL]

Vinny, you're thinking of Latin

[Vinny]

Yeah, that's it, I have too much Latin on my mind

[RequiemEternam]

Tagalog (Filipino)
all accents on last syllable
isa (ee-SAH)
dalawa (dah-lah-WAH)
tatlo (tawt-LOH)
apat (aw-PAHT)
lima (lee-MAH)
anim (aw-NEEEM)
pito (pee-TOH)
walo (wah-LOH)
syam (SHAWM)
sampo (sahm-POH)

[RequiemEternam]

oh, and the two languages I'm studying at college:
German:
ein, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn

Japanese:
old-school way: hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, yottsu, itsutsu, muttsu, nanatsu, yootsu, kokonotsu, too

modern: ichi, ni, san, shi/yon, go, roku, shichi/nana, hachi, kyuu/ku, juu. (there are two ways to say 4, 7 and 9.)

[Quailman]

Not sure of spelling for Bhasa Malay/ Indonesian:

Satu, Dua, Tiga, Empat, Lima, Enam, Tujuh, Delapan, Sembilan, Sepuluh

German (probably missing an umlat or two):

Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier, Funf, Sechs, Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn

[Quailman]

Ask Amb to put these in order:

tahi, rua, toru, wha, ono, whitu, waru, iwa, rima, tekau

[Quailman]

Xhosa:

Nye, Mbini, Thathu, Ne, Hlanu, Thandathu, Sixhenxe, Sibhozo, Sithoba, Shumi

[Hitchhiker]

Korean:
hana, dul, set, net, tasot, yasot, ilgop, yodul, ahop, yul

(yes, really)

[Agamemnon]

Norwegian
EN, TO, TRE, FIRE, FEM, SEKS, SJU, ATTE, NI, TI.

Tongan
TAHA, UA, TOLU, FA, NIMA, ONO, FITU, VALU, HIVA, HONGOFULU.

[groza528]

ok, this is phonetic because I have no idea how it is usually written:
eezveneti pezhousta, kto eta tualeta?

[test78]

Originally posted by TANSTAAFL:

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Portuguese:
Um, dois, tres (the e has a carat hat thingy on top), cuatro, cinco, seis, sete, oito, nove, dez

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três, quatro

The rest of them are correct.

[This message has been edited by test78 (edited 08-19-2002 04:33 PM).]

[Vinny]

Sweet, my yoga teacher is going to be impressed

Now I just gotta commit these to memory, eck.

Anybody got Italian? French? Greek? Canadian?

[Ferris]

I can give you the Western alphabet's translation of Macedonian (rather than the Cyrillic):

One - eden ('e' as in 'bed', not 'weed')
Two - dva
Three - tri
Four - chetiri
Five - pet
Six - shest
Seven - sedum
Eight - osum ('o' as in 'hot', not 'rose')
Nine - devet
Ten - deset ('s' as in 'sit', not 'rose')

[Dragon Phoenix]

Dutch:
Een, twee, drie, vier, vijf, zes, zeven, acht, negen, tien

French:
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix

Singlish:
One-lah, two-lah, ....

[test78]

Italian

uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci

[Agamemnon]

Well, I've tried searching for Inuit numbers, helping you with your Canadian problem, but all I could find was this useful, and humourous,(though not meant to be) site.

Qimmiit patamajugungnarpara ?




[This message has been edited by Agamemnon (edited 08-20-2002 09:49 AM).]

[groza528]

I can help with French if you want more