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Can you teach me Japanese?
I am a female and I would like to learn Japanese, at the same time I could teach you or help you improve your english please contact me anytime from 5:00pm to 11:00pm American central time. Thank you!
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Language pair: English; Japanese
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Kaayla B.
March 3, 2005
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Re:Looking for Spanish? I can teach you.
Hi, my names Kaayla and I'm looking for spanish and would love to help you with your english if thats alright. Please contact me as soon as possible and the deal is sealed.
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Language pair: Swedish; English
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Kaayla B.
March 3, 2005
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Reply to Rafael Palafox MSG # 32639
Hi Rafael,
I'm not sure what your habits are for examining messages as they are posted, so I thought I'd let you know that I'd replied to a very old message of yours from Jun of last year in Vocabular/Translations, your message number 32639.
Enjoy!
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA USA
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Language pair: English; Hebrew
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Mark S.
March 2, 2005
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Es frohe mich sehr Sie Kennen zu lehrnen!
Hola Kim,
Leider, mein deutsch ist nicht so gut. Es ist uber zwanzig jahren Zeit ich in Deutschlant wohnte, und ich habe nur im Fällen Gelegenheiten Leute mit den er ich betreiben gekonnt.
So, Nach so viel jahren Estudierend türkish, das Französisch, und der Mandarin, habend keinen beherrschend, ich tscheidete dass ich nur eine sprache studieren müß. Da meine erste Fremdsprache das Spanisch ist, Jetst tscheidete betreiben nur mit meine Spanisch bis ich in eine Fremdspreche Fließend sprechen kann.
Well, I have no idea how that came out. I studied German for five weeks before I went to live in Germany, and though I lived there for two and a half years, it was in Wiesbaden, where everyone speaks English, so I didn’t get to practice much.
Please tell me more about your langauge experience and what you’re studying for your degree. I’m sure we can both help each other somwhat with our Spanish, and I’m certainly delighted to help with English if there’s anything you’d like me to work with you on.
It’s kind of fun thinking in German again after so long, but of course, I have to look up every word. I’m so out of practice.
Anyway, drop me a note when you like. I’d love to learn more about what you do and what your are doing with your Spanish and your other languages.
Cheers,
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA USA.
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Language pair: English; German
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Mark S.
February 27, 2005
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Latest: February 27, 2005
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Krisztina P.
February 25, 2005
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Latest: February 25, 2005
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Re:Help me with Romanian
hello
my name is aniela and i'm from romania. i can help you with some romanian if you want. unfortunatelly i'm not a gold member so if you can contact me i'd be glad to help.
take care
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Language pair: English; All
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Lea
February 25, 2005
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Re:How to say how are you in Mandarin
In Mandarin, to say hello, it's "ni2 hao3", which literally means, "you good!" When you want to make a statement into a question in Mandarin, you add a question word at the end, "ma"
So in Mandarin, when you say, "ni2 hao3 ma," it means, "you good?" And that's how they say "How are you?"
I don't know how much Mandarin you already know, but you may be wondering how one pronounces a 2 or a 3 in Mandarin. The thing is, Mandarin is a tonal language, which means that the tone of voice you use when you speak affects the meaning of what you say. This is really important to get familiar with, becuase if you don't use the right tones, your friends will be very confused when you want to say, "I want to go to bed" and you end up saying, "I would like some dumplings" instead.
So here's what the tones mean:
Second tone (2) is the tone of voice we use when we're asking a question. In Mandarin, it's called a rising tone, but in English, the tone of voice we use when we're asking a question: "what?" "Who?" We always ask our questions with a rising tone of voice, and that's what the second tone in Mandarin sounds like. So when you say, "Ni2 hao3 ma," Make sure that the Ni2 sounds like you're asking a question "Ni?"
Third tone is the tone of voice you use when you're thinking really hard about something you don't want to do, and you're about to be convinced against your better judgement, your voice goes down really low, and it goes down even a bit lower and then back up to where it started: (weeeellllll......I know I'm going to regret this, but o.k...) Notice that the "ma" has no tone. It's neutral, so you just toss it out there real quick like any small unimpoartant word in a sentence, like "the" and "of" in "The United States of America" The important words are United States America (the words that show up when we abbreviate, USA, and the other words we shoot past really fast because their not important. That's what neutral tone sounds like, just quick spit it out and move on. So, again, How are you, in Mandarin: "Ni? Haaooooo.... ma."
"Zhu ni hao!" (Good wishes to you!)
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA USA
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Language pair: English; Chinese, Mandarin
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Mark S.
February 25, 2005
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Latest: April 5, 2005
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Re:Help Wanted
Hi, I'm French and me I want to learn English. I live in Paris. If you want you can send me a message in french and I answer in english. I will tell you your mistakes and why and you will do the same for me. What do you think about this?
Take care
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Language pair: English; French
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chanaelle
February 23, 2005
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Amalia C.
February 22, 2005
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Latest: February 22, 2005
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yiorgos
February 22, 2005
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Latest: February 25, 2005
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