[nflug] Software question - Spanish

Fri Jul 27 23:09:38 EDT 2007

I speak italian too. My family is from the south italy
and also speak dialects ours being calabrese. I do
understand some of it but rather speak italian. Lots
of the words come from greek and latin mixed. Actually
there is an a multilingual radio statio from Tronto
100.7 on fm and 1540 on am. They are mostly in italian
language but in the morning they have portugese.
Portegues is easy to understand it sounds like italian
words. I think its closer to italian than spanish. I
can actually understand some of it too. Funny thing is
when you know second languange you tend to analyze the
words. For expample in English you take a shower. When
I talk to people from italy trying to lean english
they ask me where do you take it as in pick it up. In
italian you do a shower which makes more sense. 
--- Daniel V <cloudlakedreamer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I hear glass and I think of sand and even water
> (when
> frozen). I think of window and I think of the hebrew
> concept of a hole in a wall. I try to look at the
> roots of words, as well as origins.
> 
> I think of the word carumba and I only think of
> people
> saying "ay carumba," but I don't attach any meaning
> to
> it, other than frustration.
> 
> Diminutives for me are fairly easy to understand,
> coming from a Spanish-cultural environment.
> 
> As for adjectives following the noun, this ordering
> of
> words is more important in Spanish than many people
> realize, though I think of Spanish as being very
> flexible in grammatical ordering, compared to
> English
> and German, especially German.
> 
> I always wondered if English is easy to learn for
> Chinese speakers, since it's so complex.
> 
> Have you ever read Berlitz's book entitled "Native
> Tongues" ?
> 
> Getting back to GNU/Linux, I see that the new alpha
> versions of Damnsmalllinux and Ubuntu are out.
> 
> Have you ever used Linux in translating? My first IT
> job was as a linguist.
> 
> later,
> Daniel
> 
> 
> --- frank at mogosystems.com wrote:
> I was a cryptologic Russian linguist in the
> airforce.
> One of the hardest things to grasp in foreign
> languages is concept. Let me present an example.
> When
> you see or hear the word GLASS, how does it register
> in your mind? Doe you hear the sound of glass
> breaking, see a window or a drinking glass? Whatever
> that conept is to you is is GLASS. Most people try
> to
> automatically translate words. This is not a good
> idea
> because the translation process bogs down the brain
> trying to bridge two languages. Concrete, cement
> pavement. How did that just register in your mind?
> That is your concept. 
> 
> You learn new words for concepts all the time. Just
> look at all the pet names for genitalia. (Please
> forgive me, but it was all I could think of right
> now)
> I also speak, read and write in Italian. Do you know
> what carumba is? How does that register in you
> concepts?
> 
> I am getting long winded and I apologize. Here are
> two
> concepts that I have that most english speaking
> people
> don't. 
> 
> The first is Russian diminutives. The word for hand
> is
> ruka (pronounced ROOH-kah). The word for a small
> hand
> and also a doorknob is ruchka (Pronounced ROOCH-kah)
> and finally a teeny tiny hand, like a baby's is
> rutochka (Pronounced ROOH-tohch-kah)
> 
> Second in Italian adjectives follow the noun. Car
> red.
> Book boring. Now if you have a car red but the red
> is
> the epitome of read It becomes a car red red.
> 
> Hope I haven't comfused, just want to help.
> 
> Frank
> 
> Today's magic is tomorrow's technology.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun Jul 22 16:17 , Daniel V
> <cloudlakedreamer at yahoo.com> sent:
> 
> 
> From my experience ... best way to learn another
> language is to try talk to people, some call it
> immersion. If you want more ideas, email me off
> list. 
> 
> Computers are fine for doing email and geeking out,
> but for people skills, it's definitely better to
> just
> jump in the mix.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> --- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > My stepfather who lives in Tampa area big Spanish
> > community is looking for software to learn Spanish
> > and
> > run on Ubuntu. He has been windows free 6 months
> now
> > and is complete computer novice! Any suggestions? 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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