Political Forums  

Go Back   Political Forums > Politicalchat.org discussion boards > History

We appreciate your help

in keeping this site going.
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11  
Old 05-06-2015, 01:50 PM
merrylander's Avatar
merrylander merrylander is offline
Resident octogenarian
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
Quote:
Originally Posted by HarmanKardon View Post
And why do you learn Italian? This makes no sense. Do you want to understand what Caruso is singing?

Learn Chinese - referring to the forthcoming decades, everybody should do so.
Ah Chris why not, frex Oh soave fanciulla, o dolce viso di mite circonfuso alba lunar is the opening words of what has to be the worlds greatest love duet.

I will admit that my French is getting rusty as is Florences Japanese but she still speaks Spanish, Potuguese and Italian.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 05-07-2015, 02:12 AM
HarmanKardon's Avatar
HarmanKardon HarmanKardon is offline
Mutated Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: The Fatherland
Posts: 3,693
My comment was ironic, of course. I never learned Italian, but when I "read" an Italien text I get a clue what it is about. I got some Latin knowledge, I understand French, so many words of the Italian language are in a way familar to me by deriving.

For my ears Italian is the most beautiful language which I know, Arabian the ugliest.
__________________
REDEN MIT AMERIKA (Chris)
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 05-07-2015, 07:06 AM
ebacon's Avatar
ebacon ebacon is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 3,223
Italian is nice to listen to. There was something on TV, a TED talk I think, that discussed languages and pointed out speed changes that Italians use to add feeling to their sentences. In that regard Italian has a musical component to it that most languages do not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDLQ04ybyl0
__________________
People like stories.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 05-07-2015, 07:09 AM
ebacon's Avatar
ebacon ebacon is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 3,223
I have to laugh.

When I worked with the Italian cobbler I asked him once about how to spell an Italian word. He laughed and said there is no spelling. You write it how you say it!

hehe.
__________________
People like stories.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 05-07-2015, 07:32 AM
finnbow's Avatar
finnbow finnbow is offline
Reformed Know-Nothing
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MoCo, MD
Posts: 25,857
Quote:
Originally Posted by ebacon View Post
Italian is nice to listen to. There was something on TV, a TED talk I think, that discussed languages and pointed out speed changes that Italians use to add feeling to their sentences. In that regard Italian has a musical component to it that most languages do not.
Agreed. To my ears, Italian is easily the most beautiful spoken language. I remember a time when my wife and I were at the Piazzale Michelangelo overlooking Florence at sundown with a group of Italian schoolgirls within earshot. Their chatter was as beautiful as a flock of songbirds.
__________________
As long as the roots are not severed, all will be well in the garden.
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 06-28-2015, 01:04 PM
mystic's Avatar
mystic mystic is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 67
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dondilion View Post

Similarly Russian

You: Bbi - formal
Tbi - informal
вы - pronounced "vuij" (note: letter "j" is jodated)
ты - pronounced "tuij" (same as above)
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 06-28-2015, 01:18 PM
bobabode's Avatar
bobabode bobabode is offline
Admin
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain in California
Posts: 37,188
Quote:
Originally Posted by mystic View Post
вы - pronounced "vuij" (note: letter "j" is jodated)
ты - pronounced "tuij" (same as above)
Hiya, tovarich.
__________________
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
- Mr. Underhill
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 06-28-2015, 02:15 PM
Boreas's Avatar
Boreas Boreas is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 20,496
Quote:
Originally Posted by mystic View Post
вы - pronounced "vuij" (note: letter "j" is jodated)
ты - pronounced "tuij" (same as above)
This may well be a hangover from Tsarist times when the court language was French. In French the formal form of address is "vous" and the familiar is "tu".
__________________
Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast.
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 06-28-2015, 02:48 PM
merrylander's Avatar
merrylander merrylander is offline
Resident octogenarian
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
Up until a few years back Thee, Thy and Thou were still in use in Yorkshire, except thy tended to coma out as tha
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 06-28-2015, 02:51 PM
merrylander's Avatar
merrylander merrylander is offline
Resident octogenarian
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
Quote:
Originally Posted by mystic View Post
вы - pronounced "vuij" (note: letter "j" is jodated)
ты - pronounced "tuij" (same as above)
Jodate in Spanish is not very nice.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:39 PM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.