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[quote=EchosR]"I baked this for you" You al horno por usted.

"I work in a kitchen" Trabajo en una cocina.

"I live with" Yo vivo con.

"Do you need help?" Necessitas ayuda?

"I need to go home now" Me tengo que ir a la casa ya mismo.

Some Spanish if you needed any help.[/quote]

Yo tengo*

@above: It's not hard if you learned that language first...if English is your primary language, of course its going to be hard.
Going from English to say, French, Spanish, Italian, etc is pretty damn easy, they're all from the same root. But yeah, you're gonna have trouble learning Asian languages because they're completely different.

@radkai: Buddy me, I don't want to spam this thread, k?

@suama: Sure, np. =)
It's not common to find hakkas but in my area there's actually a lot who speak it.
Yes, "I" is pronounced more like "nyei" but when you speak it, your tongue shouldn't touch the roof of your mouth. If you try it, you'd say it's impossible. lol. I would throw in a silent "g" in front but it's too difficult to understand without audio help so I say just stick with "I" =p

lapchong is tasty, you don't like it? haha
When I get asked to try a food that I don't want. I just be like, "aww" and nod my head or I'll say, "ten gahn sin" (in a moment) and never eat what they just suggested. lmao

[quote=juanmage]@EchosR: Bogotá. My father is from Neiva though [/quote]

Please explain to me why did you say me tengo when nothing is reflexive in that sentence.

@tenseiga1: Oooo, this helps much more. "I" is pronounced more like "nyei", right?

I might need to use you more in the future. :x I managed to survive dinner with my grandparents today (Literally the only thing I said was "nyei gook beng bin ye" and the rest was just agreeing with whatever they said. I had to eat lapchong because I didn't know how to say no politely ._.), but it was still awkward as hell, haha.

@EchosR: Bogotá. My father is from Neiva though

wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut your Asian? never knew that! ahha! xD

[quote=juanmage]Some corrections:
"I need to go home now" Me tengo que ir a mi casa ahora
"I baked this for you" Yo hornee esto por usted

Coming from a first lang Spanish speaker [/quote]

Why would you say me tengo? Tener isn't reflexive. ir can be reflexive but in this case it isn't. I would have said, "Tengo que ir a mi casa ahora."

I also speak Cantonese, Fuzhuonese, Mandarin (these 3 are the main dialects of Chinese), and English.

What is Hakka?

[quote=suama]So I need spoken translations please, seeing as Basil seems pretty decent at this kinda thing. Preferably in Hakka but if it's in Canto I can roughly translate. Thanks

"I baked this for you"
"I work in a kitchen"
"I live with"
"Do you need help?"
"I need to go home now"
Thanks again. :x[/quote]

Ooo, hakka. I can help out.
Saying "I" in hakka is tricky but I think you can say it like it sounds in english, "I". It will sound off but it should be understandable when you say a full sentence.

1-"I baked this for you"
I gook bin yi.

2-"I work in a kitchen"
I chuy choo fong jaw gong.

3-"I live with"
I tong [i]"name"[/i] joo.

4-"Do you need help?"
I bong sue ma?

5-"I need to go home now"
I fahn ook kah. (I'm going home)

Ching tjong tjan
Bing don ping
dingo dongo chan
ping po fu wazzaaa
fling pu fi zu dodo chan cinh

[quote=pr3stig3]So you saw a cute guy who needed help on the streets, and you approached him and asked "do you need help?" It turned out that he just came to the United States, and didn't know much English, but you tried your best to assist him.

You then proceeded to help him, while engaging him in conversation. You told him that "(you) work in a kitchen," and found out that he loves cakes!

So the next day, you two set up a meeting where you presented him with a cake. "I baked this for you!" You said.

He then asked where/whom do you live with, and you told him "I live with blah blah blah"

He then tried to take off your clothing and you said "I need to go home now"

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT? GOSH I AM SO GOOD.[/quote]
Almost, but I was asking him if he needed help while he was taking his clothes off.

So you saw a cute guy who needed help on the streets, and you approached him and asked "do you need help?" It turned out that he just came to the United States, and didn't know much English, but you tried your best to assist him.

You then proceeded to help him, while engaging him in conversation. You told him that "(you) work in a kitchen," and found out that he loves cakes!

So the next day, you two set up a meeting where you presented him with a cake. "I baked this for you!" You said.

He then asked where/whom do you live with, and you told him "I live with blah blah blah"

He then tried to take off your clothing and you said "I need to go home now"

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT? GOSH I AM SO GOOD.

1. dont know what 'baked' is in canto
2. aw hey gaw chu fong jo yeah
3.aw tong _____ ju
4 lay yu yu bong sow
5. aw ye gah you fhan oak kay

@EchosR: Hey I'm Colombian too!

[quote=suama]I understand that. :o Maybe I should just say this every time they ask me a question.[/quote]
Maybe u shud

[quote=FireColor]Nay gong mutt yea ahh?
canto[/quote]
I understand that. :o Maybe I should just say this every time they ask me a question.

[quote=EchosR]"I baked this for you" You al horno por usted.

"I work in a kitchen" Trabajo en una cocina.

"I live with" Yo vivo con.

"Do you need help?" Necessitas ayuda?

"I need to go home now" Me tengo que ir a la casa ya mismo.

Some Spanish if you needed any help.[/quote]

Some corrections:
"I need to go home now" Me tengo que ir a mi casa ahora
"I baked this for you" Yo hornee esto por usted

Coming from a first lang Spanish speaker

Nay gong mutt yea ahh?
canto

you are only a fail if you cant use chopsticks or suck at math

@Zora: Someone else in the thread posted recordings for me (Thank you again!), so you don't have to worry about it too much. And there usually is, but this time it's just gonna be me and my grandparents who don't speak English. At least I understood that she wanted me around for dinner at 6 tomorrow. Or was it supposed to be today...

But yeah, thanks again! Seriously appreciate it.

@WhySoRussian: Eh.. basil filters ;[ Just like an english "c". In Latin, V is pronounced as an English W, and G always takes the hard G sound, as in "good".
Also to clarify, the "u" takes the oo sound, like "boo".

@aloley: How are you supposed to pronounce the c?

[quote=WhySoRussian]Can someone post the Latin version of these?
I want to learn how to pronounce stuff, even if they're not exactly the same.[/quote]

Too lazy for the other ones, but I believe "I live with" is "Vivo [c]um".

[quote=EchosR]"I baked this for you" You al horno por usted.

"I work in a kitchen" Trabajo en una cocina.

"I live with" Yo vivo con.

"Do you need help?" Necessitas ayuda?

"I need to go home now" Me tengo que ir a la casa ya mismo.

Some Spanish if you needed any help.[/quote]
My grandmother doesn't even understand English, let alone Spanish. :x But it might be useful in the future anyway. Gracias. *Is very jealous of all the bilinguals here*

Can someone post the Latin version of these?
I want to learn how to pronounce stuff, even if they're not exactly the same.

[quote=Zora]1) Ngo gok joh li goh bei nei
2) Ngo hi chufang jo gong
3) Ngo tong ____ ju
4) Si mm si bong nei
5) Ngo yi ga yeu fang gnok kei

This is in canto. There are probably other ways to say these phrases, but this is how I would say it.[/quote]
Sweet, thank you so much. Could I be cheeky and ask if I could get a recording of the last one? It's the most important. XD If not though, don't worry about it. (My grandmother phoned me today to invite me over for dinner, and although I can understand her, I can't speak back... Yeah, I know I suck.)

I think the 4th one is completely different in Hakka though. And with the 3rd one, is the "ju" elongated, like "juuy"?

[quote=Zora]1) Ngo gok joh li goh bei nei
2) Ngo hi chufang jo gong
3) Ngo tong ____ ju
4) Si mm si bong nei
5) Ngo yi ga yeu fang gnok kei

This is in canto. There are probably other ways to say these phrases, but this is how I would say it.[/quote]

I understand all of those. haha

@BMac: sorry im not a professional at saying that, i guess u say it alot.

[quote=Zora]1) Ngo gok joh li goh bei nei
2) Ngo hi chufang jo gong
3) Ngo tong ____ ju
4) Si mm si bong nei
5) Ngo yi ga yeu fang gnok kei

This is in canto. There are probably other ways to say these phrases, but this is how I would say it.[/quote]

Unless they know pin yum, they have no idea how to pronounce that. Especially "ngo". How would any non chinese speaking person know how to pronounce that? ;o

sry but the second one made me smile

I wish I knew an East Asian language, but not Viet, Tagalog, Indonesian, Malaysian or Cambodian.