Teach US a phrase in another Languge!

Heres the rules.
1. Write your sentence in another language.(State what language)
2. Then, next to it Write the English Translation.
3. Can be serious or funny. Your choice!

I will go first:
Japanese (Nihon)

ima watashi wa kohi ga irimasu. (いまわたしひこひがいります ) =I need coffee now.

(You can Google a sentence if you don't know one.)
Your turn!

That's German for "my hovercraft is full of eels."

mecha mecha Omoshirioi ne=Very Amusing!

Ich will Karpfen!

I take it, thats German?

Sorry about that, I was playing off on another DUer's phrase and just kidding around. I said I didn't want any eels, I wanted carp.

That's Russian for "I don't speak Russian." B-)

B-)

See? I told you I don't speak Russian! :+

When the caller ID is obviously a sales call, I often answer with "Shto zshe yob, preyom?" (What the fuck, over?)

As soon as their response has made it clear that they are confused, I say "Ya ne goveroo po-angleeskie" (I don't speak English)

Usually they hang up after one or two times of me saying that, but ONE time the woman said, "Oh, I see. You don't speak English".

I answered "Da" and hung up.

I hope she wondered about that later.

1. Spanish: El trampoin y los enanos estaban alli cuando me registrados.

2. Translation: The trampoline and the midgets where there when I checked in.


I've always wanted to say that at the layover hotel.

doumo arigatou gozaimasu= Thank you very much!

I don't like frogs.

Japanese:
Shabon dama ga deteiru hoteru no heya ni imasu=The hotel room is making bubbles.

The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness (official)/harmony/balance. (national, territorial and now state motto)

Japanese:
ongaku o kiku no ga nani yori no tanoshimi desu.=Nothing is more enjoyable then listening to music.

音楽をきくのがなによりのたのしみです。

"Today is a good day to die!"

Sugoi ne!! =Wonderful!すごいね!

German for "Don't shit in the train station." Always good to remember.

that's Nederlands for "the roof is tiled with tarts."

which was a folk saying back when Bruegel painted Nederlandish Spreekworden (Proverbs from the Netherlands.) See the pies on the roof?

Japanese has a lot of folk proverbs also, called "Kotowaza" Here are some my favorites:



Saru mo ki kara ochiru~ Even the Monkey sometimes falls from the tree
(no one is perfect)

Inu mo arukeba bo ni ataru~ A leaning stick will always be knocked down by a dog
(to put it bluntly, shit happens)

Nana korobi ya oki ~ If you fall seven times, get up for the eighth. (Perserverance pays off)

Translates as 'Romans, go home' more or less...

Very nice!

There's a grammatical breakdown here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

A little bit of Dari for you... (one of the primary languages here in Afghanistan)

شما به کمک ضرورت
دارين


shumaa ba kumak
zaroorat daareen?

Do you need help?

____________________________________________________________

And some Pashto ( the other big language for this area )

كمک ته ضرورت
لرې؟

kamak ta zaroorat
laray?

Do you need help?

the word "zaroorat" seems to be the same in both langauges. Are they close, useing many of the same words?

Most of the languages are interrelated.

The pashto speakers are in the minority and Dari seems to be the language of the upper class/more educated. That could just be perception though.

In any case most Pashto speakers understand Pashto and Dari. Dari speakers may or may not know Pashto though.

I imagine it's like English and Spanish in the South west. Most everyone speaks English but anyone who lives there and speaks spanish also understands English (at least a good bit.)

I'm still learning about the relationships between all the languages. I wanted to start on Dari but was told that I should go with Farsi. Seems that a Dari speaker will understand you, just hear it as a different accent. I figured I will maul it enough as is so I went with that. Plus the Farsi is more wide spread than Dari ( useful in Saudi, Iran etc.. etc...)


EDIT: Damn... 990 something posts in GD and I hit the magic 1000 in the lounge.. Sheesh... Interesting topic in any case

Gaelic, loosely translates to an open mouth often earns you a closed fist

English: A wise man does not piss into the wind.

Winne the Pooh loves to say this "Think, think, think!" Sounds really bad though...

in Arabic. Something like hurry up sweetheart in English. Another is chalo teak he (sp is probably wrong) which basically means ok in Urdu. My favorite Urdu, though, is Eich masala chai, bhai- which means one masala tea, brother (Which also means waiter, as far a I can tell)

e finalmente non e` piu` cosi' freddo come nei giorni passati.

Trans: The sea is calm today. It seems more tranquil and at last it's not as cold as in the past days.

It's my own personal observation while looking out the window (I live at a beach). It's hard to render accented vowels using an English keyboard.

Nice indeed!

"Je faim, mais je ne vais pas mange ca." (Please forgive lack of accent marks!)

French for: "I'm hungry, but I'm not going to eat that."

The longest sentence I can still remember from my junior-high French classes. lol

German for "You're an asshole" :)

I am a lot of cheeze.

Un mas cerveza, por favor!

Followed, sooner or later, by

Donde esta el bano?

(One more beer, please!)
(Where is the bathroom?)

:toast:

Here is the same in Japanese!

Biiru mo ichido o kudasai = One more Beer, Please!
otearai wa doko desu ka? = Where is the bathroom?

Polish to English translation: My dear (my beloved) I love you.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHqXHTwDy40

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x85y5g_bobby-vinton-moja-droga-ja-cie-koch_music

i don't know

we were only allowed french in class, so i used the phrase often. the only thing i remember

I'm a francophile - couldn't help myself! :hi:

I love you, in Turkish....also "yes kezee shad ge seerem" - I love you in Armenian. :-)

impressilante. lol

I love you in Japanese is kind of strange. Mostly because people usually will say;

"suki desu" (I like (you)) **You is inferred. Its not really polite to say "anata" = You.
or

"Daisuki desu" (I like (you) a lot)

But in private between two people who fully want to share the emotion
will use "Aishiteru" = Love you.


"Aistiteru" used in public can be embarrassing to most Japanese.

i have been wanting to write that a couple times and knew se was wrong and couldnt figure it out. maybe i will remember

:-)

He who runs for pleasure, never tires.

Condon es un preservativo. Cuando usado correctamente, impide transmitir enfermedades sexuales.

A condom is a prophylactic device. When worn correctly, it impedes the transmission of STD's.

(These are words to live by, Friends.)

German. You're crazy - all of you.

Swedish

Are you shit faced?

Dai Keychu yeasteh.

Meaning:

Feed the cat

That was my Ukrainian grandmother's most commonly uttered phrase to me. And boy, did she ever feed her cat!

Fuck your mother, you're a fucked up man whore

Portuguese - "More for me".

Useful phrase when everyone else declines the last piece of pizza. :P

Since all the languages I speak are covered, I give you the Zurich German Dialect. It's like tourette on acid, so here goes:

Du bisch doch so e Arschchappe, so e halbschueh antwort. Läck mer am Arsch, das isch ja zum chotze. Du Birewichser, Du häsch ja en Grind wie-n-e VW-Türe - so richtig zum driigingge. Schafseckel!

You're such an asshat, such a half-shoe reply. Bite me, that makes me puke. You brain wanker, you have a head like a Volkswagen door, right to kick it. Sheep penis!

And we learn these words today:

Arschchappe = Asshat
Halbshueh = Half shoe
Läck mer am Arsch = Bite me (Lick my ass)
Chotze = Puke
Birewichser = Brain wanker
Grind = Head
Schafseckel = Sheep penis.

And many, many more: http://zuri.net/default.asp?action=slang&slangID=19 Zurich's a tough place to grow up. Gopferdammi.

What's making you itch? What's bothering you?...Crude)

As best I could get "The dog ate my homework" in French.

dg

Japanese women are the most beautiful...

:hide:

Onna hito no naka de Nihon no Onna hito ga ichiban kiri desu = Of all woman, Japanese women are the most beautiful.

I am a jelly doughnut.

This is what President John F. Kennedy said on his historic visit to Berlin. He meant to say he was a citizen of Berlin, but the way he said it translated a bit differently.

"your daughters are as fair as a sea of fat oxen and their rosy colored beauty of dawn's lustre bring great hapiness to the gods and our ancestors."

Translation: Take my money, credit card, wife, children, car keys, but don't take my beer.

= Feed me.

Get lost (Lit: Go shit in the ocean)

et

personne ne peut te sauver de toi-même

no one can save you from yourself.

the sun is sinking into the sea.

this is the first line from a kid's song in Dutch.

Come see us again.

English translation:

To be or not to be – that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep
No more – and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to – ‘tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep
To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th’ oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th’ unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveler returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.—Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.

"Please, Don't be breaking my balls, thank you."

Italian.

How does one say that in French? (literal)

How do you say that in French? (English equivalent)


It's a useful phrase when you're working on conversational skills.

Goa'uld for "I am the great and powerful Oz."

Granted it isn't a real language.

Literally "like cheese on macaroni," Italian equivalent of English expression "just what the doctor ordered."

:toast:

The only Mandarin phrases I know are:

Nihao ~ Hello
Nihao ma` Hi, how are you?
Xie Xie ~ (pronounced Shay shay) Thank you.
Bu Ke Qi ~ You are welcome
Zaijain~ Good Bye.
Sheng ri ku ai le ~Happy Birthday!
Ai yaaaaaaaa! (said in frustration- sorta like "Oh forheaven sakes!)


How to say Hello in Korean:
anyong haseyo (formal)
anyong (informal)
yubseyo (into the phone)


Would love to learn some more Mandarin phrases, and some Korean ones as well!!

La madre degli idioti e' sempre incinta. ---- The mother of idiots is always pregnant. Just love that one!
more:

Dolce far niente---- The sweetness of doing nothing
dare alla luce ---- to give birth (literally, to give to the light)
fare castelli in aria ----- to make castles in the air, to daydream
che casino!----- what a mess!
le mani d'oro---- good at doing anything (literally, hands of gold)
a perdita d' occhio---- as far as the eye can see (literally, to the loss of the eye)
mica male--- not bad at all!
dolcezza d'animo--- sweetness of soul