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[TheLastGreen]

Morning all, I hope you have a good day!
I feel extremely ill today, just suddenly a cold, but that's fine.
I have a question for the CDR, any language learners here? I'm studying Norwegian. Not many people like learning languages, so it'll be intresting to hear if anyone does.
Anyway, have a good day!

 

[zolasmum]

Morning all, I hope you have a good day!View attachment 342185
I feel extremely ill today, just suddenly a cold, but that's fine.
I have a question for the CDR, any language learners here? I'm studying Norwegian. Not many people like learning languages, so it'll be intresting to hear if anyone does.
Anyway, have a good day!

I'm sorry you feel ill - hope you are better soon.
We take our tortoise Zola out with us a lot, and when we meet people of other nationalities, we always ask what the word for tortoise is in their language - we have 40 or so words now, but not Norwegian. Do you know this, or can you find out? It would be much appreciated.
Angie

 

[TheLastGreen]

I'm sorry you feel ill - hope you are better soon.
We take our tortoise Zola out with us a lot, and when we meet people of other nationalities, we always ask what the word for tortoise is in their language - we have 40 or so words now, but not Norwegian. Do you know this, or can you find out? It would be much appreciated.
Angie

Thanks, I'm sure I'll get over it soon.
Just checked and I believe the word is "skilpadde", pronounced "shilpahde"
A bonus word is "skilpad", pronounced "skuhlpahd" in Afrikaans. (It can mean tortoise or turtle, but then you'll have to put water infront of it to be more specific)

 

[Maggie3fan]

Thanks, I'm sure I'll get over it soon.
Just checked and I believe the word is "skilpadde", pronounced "shilpahde"
A bonus word is "skilpad", pronounced "skuhlpahd" in Afrikaans. (It can mean tortoise or turtle, but then you'll have to put water infront of it to be more specific)

so you "might" say water tortoise? I seriously like those very bright X's on her carapace beautiful...

 

[TheLastGreen]

so you "might" say water tortoise?

Yes, it's confusing... If you see a tortoise, you say tortoise. To specify for safety you say land tortoise. Same with a turtle, almost wrote water turtle there, you can say skilpad, but to specify you say water skilpad. So you have a land tortoise, and a water tortoise. But saying land tortoise feels like saying tortoise tortoise, so it is a weird situation

 

[Maggie3fan]

Yes, it's confusing... If you see a tortoise, you say tortoise. To specify for safety you say land tortoise. Same with a turtle, almost wrote water turtle there, you can say skilpad, but to specify you say water skilpad. So you have a land tortoise, and a water tortoise. But saying land tortoise feels like saying tortoise tortoise, so it is a weird situation

My second last ex-husband and I took German as that is my heritage...it seems like months...and for me it was living in a world where I did not understand anything it was awful, yet my husband was getting fluent, (that rat bast*rd). So when the class was over he spoke fairly decent German, and I learned how to say..."please, where is das tolette?"

 

[TheLastGreen]

My second last ex-husband and I took German as that is my heritage...it seems like months...and for me it was living in a world where I did not understand anything it was awful, yet my husband was getting fluent, (that rat bast*rd). So when the class was over he spoke fairly decent German, and I learned how to say..."please, where is das tolette?"

Shame
I'm actually also of German descent, and French, Dutch and Irish. But much longer before that our ancestors lived in Scandinavia, so I do have some sort of tie to Norwegian. But I do know some Europeans think it's weird when people study languages based on heritage

 

[Blackdog1714]

My second last ex-husband and I took German as that is my heritage...it seems like months...and for me it was living in a world where I did not understand anything it was awful, yet my husband was getting fluent, (that rat bast*rd). So when the class was over he spoke fairly decent German, and I learned how to say..."please, where is das tolette?"

I took German in Middle school to talk with my Grandma on my Dad's side which is German. Grandma was a war bride that grandpa who's family had emigrated here early went back to fight in WW2. Don't know why I did it-she was so angry and now I could understand it!

 

[Maggie3fan]

Shame
I'm actually also of German descent, and French, Dutch and Irish. But much longer before that our ancestors lived in Scandinavia, so I do have some sort of tie to Norwegian. But I do know some Europeans think it's weird when people study languages based on heritage

I would think that 'based on heritage" would be the first reason." Not shame...I hated school with a passion and did everything to get expelled. That happened about halfway thru the 9th grade and over the years I have noticed a trend in my life patterns. Whatever it is if it's a loan application, the questions are too much like school...don't finish the app. Sent an app for a new deck as mine is rotting had 4 freakin months to get that app in and made it by 1 day.
However, I went to school to learn how to drive a semi truck...the first 3 months was classroom 8 hours a day 5 days a week...and I LOVED it!!! Then we git in a truck. Oh my sweet Jesus I have found my calling. Really I loved it and I was good at it. I hauled a 53' trailer back and forth across the USA. It was elating very scary, fun, strange and seriously joyous for me. I was medically retired in 2003.And now that I've had my couch session for the day. We got sun! Did you see this? Circa 1990...new truck new car

I'm going outside

I took German in Middle school to talk with my Grandma on my Dad's side which is German. Grandma was a war bride that grandpa who's family had emigrated here early went back to fight in WW2. Don't know why I did it-she was so angry and now I could understand it!

So? Did you learn enuf to converse?

 

[TheLastGreen]

I would think that 'based on heritage" would be the first reason."

I agree, language is a beautiful thing. It connects us with our ancestors, even a past we don't know about. It's something we have in common with people that lived too far back to be documented, it creates a great sense of familiarity. But here I go off again with all this philosophy stuff (I know that Europeans are cautious after a certain Austrian man went too far, but I agree, it's normally the first reason to learn a language)

 

[zolasmum]

Thanks, I'm sure I'll get over it soon.
Just checked and I believe the word is "skilpadde", pronounced "shilpahde"
A bonus word is "skilpad", pronounced "skuhlpahd" in Afrikaans. (It can mean tortoise or turtle, but then you'll have to put water infront of it to be more specific)

Thank you very much. I will add those to our list. My husband is very good at remembering the words - unlike me - and if we meet another person of that nationality, they are often really delighted when he says the appropriate word while producing Zola !!! It is like a sort of compliment to their nationality !
Angie

 

[Ray--Opo]

Morning all, I hope you have a good day!View attachment 342185
I feel extremely ill today, just suddenly a cold, but that's fine.
I have a question for the CDR, any language learners here? I'm studying Norwegian. Not many people like learning languages, so it'll be intresting to hear if anyone does.
Anyway, have a good day!

I keep saying I am going to learn my wife's language. ( tagalog) She is from the Philippines. I only know a few swear words.

 

[TheLastGreen]

I keep saying I am going to learn my wife's language. ( tagalog) She is from the Philippines. I only know a few swear words.

That's a good start! For some reason they're alway first to be learned and they stick!

 

[Ray--Opo]

Ok anyone, my brother brought these cactus buds for Opo to eat. He got them from a customer.
Does anyone know the type of cactus?

 

[Cathie G]

I'm afraid I just wasted A LOT of money (that I really couldn't afford to waste). I bought a Chromebook and I hate it! I've just spent the last hour trying to understand it. Never did figure out how to scroll the screen. Only way I was able to figure out how open CDR was to do a search for it. Couldn't figure out how to move the screen down to Personal Promotion. What i see on the screen when I sign on is all I have access to and it only shows down to Introductions.

I don't like the mouse pad. I don't like how you click on something. I DON'T LIKE IT!!!

I thought it would come with a touch screen - no, it didn't.

I'm going to try to use it every day and hopefully I'll figure out how it works, but as of this moment, I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would take it back or right before you can't. Some places give you 15 days others are longer. Verizon gives me 30 days on phones. Even if they are bought not in a Verizon store. Maybe there's a different Chromebook that's more what you want. Some of those devices just aren't user friendly depending on the maker.

 

[Ray--Opo]

I'm afraid I just wasted A LOT of money (that I really couldn't afford to waste). I bought a Chromebook and I hate it! I've just spent the last hour trying to understand it. Never did figure out how to scroll the screen. Only way I was able to figure out how open CDR was to do a search for it. Couldn't figure out how to move the screen down to Personal Promotion. What i see on the screen when I sign on is all I have access to and it only shows down to Introductions.

I don't like the mouse pad. I don't like how you click on something. I DON'T LIKE IT!!!

I thought it would come with a touch screen - no, it didn't.

I'm going to try to use it every day and hopefully I'll figure out how it works, but as of this moment, I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you take it back and get another kindle?

 

[Cathie G]

Morning all, I hope you have a good day!View attachment 342185
I feel extremely ill today, just suddenly a cold, but that's fine.
I have a question for the CDR, any language learners here? I'm studying Norwegian. Not many people like learning languages, so it'll be intresting to hear if anyone does.
Anyway, have a good day!

I love the sound of different languages spoken even if I can't understand most of what is said. Sometimes though, I can understand in a different way part of what's being said easier. I grew up with a deaf brother. Also I had some Spanish and French in highschool. What language is it closely related to? Hope you feel better quickly. Chicken soup is a great feel better for a minute medicine for a cold.

 

[Ray--Opo]

I'm afraid I just wasted A LOT of money (that I really couldn't afford to waste). I bought a Chromebook and I hate it! I've just spent the last hour trying to understand it. Never did figure out how to scroll the screen. Only way I was able to figure out how open CDR was to do a search for it. Couldn't figure out how to move the screen down to Personal Promotion. What i see on the screen when I sign on is all I have access to and it only shows down to Introductions.

I don't like the mouse pad. I don't like how you click on something. I DON'T LIKE IT!!!

I thought it would come with a touch screen - no, it didn't.

I'm going to try to use it every day and hopefully I'll figure out how it works, but as of this moment, I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yvonne, I just googled chromebook, because I didn't know what they were.
Walmart's was advertising a Dell brand for 51.00 and a Samsung for 119.00. Other brands got higher in price. Not sure where you got yours.

 

[TheLastGreen]

I love the sound of different languages spoken even if I can't understand most of what is said. Sometimes though, I can understand in a different way part of what's being said easier. I grew up with a deaf brother. Also I had some Spanish and French in highschool. What language is it closely related to? Hope you feel better quickly. Chicken soup is a great feel better for a minute medicine for a cold.

Thanks!
Norwegian is closely related to Swedish and Danish, almost exactly the same, with sone deviations in words or pronunciation.
What's nice is that Afrikaans (West Germanic) is close in the Indo European language family to Norwegian (North Germanic) so sentence structure and some words are the same. Afrikaans is a bit closer than English to Norwegian, even though it's also West Germanic.
What's also nice with Afrikaans is that I can understand Dutch, but it's like speaking old Afrikaans

 

[Cathie G]

Thanks!
Norwegian is closely related to Swedish and Danish, almost exactly the same, with sone deviations in words or pronunciation.
What's nice is that Afrikaans (West Germanic) is close in the Indo European language family to Norwegian (North Germanic) so sentence structure and some words are the same. Afrikaans is a bit closer than English to Norwegian, even though it's also West Germanic.
What's also nice with Afrikaans is that I can understand Dutch, but it's like speaking old Afrikaans

That's what's so interesting about language. How the languages are so different but so intertwined and probably always evolving. I call what my brother and I speak a bad game of charades. But maybe we'll add some new signs to sign language. I think they actually do have a name for that now though. They call it slang sign.