Herr Wolseley

[Avila]

Wie geht es für ihre Frau? Ist sie wieder gesund?

Später!

 

[amie]

I agree!

 

[Wolseley]

Sie fühlt viel besser, Danke. Sie hat noch etwas Schmerz,
aber viel besser.

 

[amie]

yes, yes absolutely!
hmmm now if i could just learn some german! I do know...now keep in mind I dated a german boy once and he taught me...Ich liebe dich! did I spell it right? well it means I love you!!! allright thats about it for my german....bye
Amie

 

[Avila]

Ahh. Das ist sehr gut!

Amie - yep - you got it!

 

[AngelAmidala]

Guten tag!

I took German for 2 years here at college...because I had always wanted to take it. I'm thinking I might re-take it at some point...but I don't know.

Es geht mir gut. (In case anyone was wondering. )

 

[Avila]

Das ist sehr gut, Angel.

Es geht mir gut hier, auch.

I took 2 yrs of German in H.S. (largely self-taught, but that's another story). Then, in college, I took 2 semesters of it to get my BA. I have to admit, though, I'm more comfortable with Spanish right now, because we have a lot of Mexicans in our area & I just picked it up from some Mexican friends.

 

[Wolseley]

Soy de los Estados Unidos---mi Espanol is no muy bien!

 

[Avila]

Wols, soy de Indiana!!! Pero, tenemos muchos mexicanos aqui in el ciudad!!! En el campo (countryside), hay muchos mexicanos tambien (they are migrant workers).

Spanish is very similar to Italian. People might disagree with me, but I think it is. I learned Italian from Spanish and vice versa.

 

[VOW]

To Avila:

Spanish and Italian and French and Portuguese are all "Romance" languages. They came from the common root language, Latin. So, yes, you will find many similarities amongst all Romance languages.

When I took German in college, I was VERY surprised at the number of words that are similar to English. Lot of Germanic history in Anglo-Saxon language!


Peace be with you,
~VOW

 

[Avila]

VOW I know about that. It is pretty cool, really. I can sorta read some French and Portugese because of my background with Italian and Spanish. As for speaking, I'm totally clueless - unless you count for pronunciation only!

I think German comes so easily for me because of the history of many English words. I love words, language/s, and language development!

 

[amie]

Avila,
I bet you have a large Wernike's lobe, it's a lobe in your brain largely responsible for language and language development. I am afraid mine is rather small. I was just in Germany and Italy, and managed to pick up neither...but Italy was a fiasco! Well glad to meet you.

Amie

 

[Avila]

:shrug I dunno. I just like language, and always have. It is nice to meet you too!