Anybody speak Russian or Bulgarian?
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Zeef — 18 years ago(January 22, 2008 09:35 AM)
Thats just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard
Dutch and German, sure
English and French, maybe
But English and German, no way !
Sure, there are resemblances since they indeed are both Germanic, but not to that extent. -
Funkey_Munkey — 17 years ago(June 10, 2008 08:18 PM)
"Thats just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard
Dutch and German, sure
English and French, maybe
But English and German, no way ! "
dude have you ever even heard german? there are TONS of german words that sound ALOT like english words, you probably wont be able to understand a whole lot if you dont speak german, but alot of words sound ALOT alike.. and just wondering, how does dutch and german sound alike??? and english and frenchr u kidding?
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shmn — 17 years ago(August 25, 2008 04:15 PM)
i'm from Belgium, here we speak 3 official languages: dutch, french and german; considering i can speak all of them, including english, i think i'm an authority on what i'm about to say: YOU ARE WRONG ON EVERY POINT YOU MADE
- dutch is my mother language and german is about the closest of all languages to dutch
- i understand a lot of german and there are hardly no resemblances to english
- there are on the other hand alot more resemblances between english and french (alot of vocabulary is the same but pronounced totally different), then between english and german
next time you have an imagined opinion about languages like english, french, german & dutch, better shut up before you meet a Belgian
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coolworld — 17 years ago(August 25, 2008 05:55 PM)
Hey, shmn! Im sorry, are you replying to my post (because I got your post by mail as a reply to mine)? However, I have never said anything about Dutch or German, because unfortunately I dont speak any of those languages and therefore I wouldnt dream about giving any opinion on the matter.
So, it would be very nice if you could explain why I have to "shut up before I meet a Belgian".
Cheers!
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DurakSuka — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 05:17 PM)
You are extremely stupid (not to mention completely illiterate). And, oh, don't pride yourself too much on Belgium, which is essentially a non-country. It always reminds me of Douglas Adams (if you don't get the reference, it's not my problem).
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tihui — 17 years ago(August 31, 2008 01:40 AM)
Actually MacFundamentalist, English and French not so much as they are of two different language types.
Also, if you could speak ye olde English you would be able to converse with a Dutch person (not fluently of course but the similarities are astounding)
English has changed somewhat over the years but the grounding remains Germanic just as Russian and Bulgarian are Slavic. -
www-mia — 17 years ago(October 23, 2008 10:45 AM)
I can speak english, and i've been taking German lessons for about 2 and a half years now and i still can't speak it. There might be a resemblance, (though i can't see it) but it really does not work that way. If it did i would be getting straight A's in German by now.
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marc_18 — 17 years ago(February 28, 2009 03:36 PM)
Yeah he's right, was on a ski vacation there and i found it pretty easy to cammunicate with the locals (im russian myself).
p.s in bulgarian the word "yes" means "no" and "no" means "yes" - led to some freaking weired and funny incidents at first -
ManMadeHell — 14 years ago(November 02, 2011 07:26 AM)
Not the word-yes is still yes,and no is still no-da and ne.However,if you shake your head for "i disagree"(for example)in Russia,its the other way around in Bulgaria.Nod for NO and shake for YES,if that makes any sense,lol.
And,yes,russian and bulgarian are pretty similar. -
deinhard07 — 18 years ago(January 19, 2008 01:56 PM)
Bulgaria was part of Soviet Block. Everybody had to have Russian as a second language in school from grade three (3) to grade twelve (12) and more if somebody went to have a higher education. Russian is not my mother language but I speak and read Russian fluently, thanks to 14years of studying it at school.
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freddyclk — 18 years ago(January 21, 2008 05:09 AM)
My neighbor is Bulgarian, and he can "understand" and speak some Russian. I guess I can compare them to Spanish and Portoguese , perhaps But he, my neighbor, owns a coffee shop and he was able to communicate with Russian customers.
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TheMaskedMan52 — 18 years ago(February 08, 2008 08:01 PM)
My friend speaks Slovenian but is able to understand Czech. Slavic languages are quite similar when you take it down to the basics.
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Ashwem — 17 years ago(April 07, 2008 01:56 AM)
It's not like Victor and the Russian were having an intellectual conversation, so it's completely believable that they'd understand each other, even if slightly.
You are right, Slavic languages are quite similar in grammar, lexis and pronunciation, so if you are familiar with the context, or if it is not very difficult, Russians/Bulgarians/Polish/Chech/Ukranians etc. can understand each other, or at least make themselves understood. Plus, as some of the posters have already said, Russian used to be one of the major foreign languages learnt at Eastern European schools until early 90's.
But the trick is that
the "Russian with the medicine for the goat" in the movie doesn't speak Russian
Being Russian myself, I know that for sure:) I didn't understand a word from what he was saying, though it did sound like a Slavic language
What I can't get here is why the producers would hire a gifted and popular Russian actor for the role which makes no sense at all, and make him speak gibberish at that?%%% -
Kitten-from-Pluto — 17 years ago(April 09, 2008 02:39 AM)
My parents are Macedonian which was one of those countries a part of Yugoslavia so they understood a lot of it, I even knew some words although my skills in speaking the language is poor.
It might be different grammar and different words here and there most Slav languages can be understood if you know one language.
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