franciscanheart Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I realized last night that I am in a love affair with the Swedish language. "Sov gott, kärlek." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 amesome. My husband's PhD is in Francophone postcolonial literature (he's a Caribbeanist, focused on Damas) Aime Cesaire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Aime Cesaire! Yep, he's read lots of Cesaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spem in alium Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) This thread is excellent. :) I have some Italian (I used to be closer to fluent, but need to brush up). I used to understand Maltese when I was younger, and now I can still pronounce words, but don't always know what they mean. I took linguistics a couple of years ago and still remember phonetics (but again, need to brush up). I also have a very small amount of Polish (literally just "Good morning", "Goodbye", 'How are you?", "Sister", "God", "I love you", and "And with your spirit" -- so all you need, basically). I am wanting to learn Polish as it's the first language of many of my Sisters. Edited February 5, 2015 by Spem in alium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 so all you need, basically :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I realized last night that I am in a love affair with the Swedish language. "Sov gott, kärlek." Ah, but can you say it? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Ah, but can you say it? ;)"Sove goat, sharlick." Roughly. ;)ETA: The vowel sounds of Swedish are tough for me to translate into English phonetics. "Goat" is the best I could do for "gott" which sounds like an O with an "ah" arch to it, in my mind. Like if the British said goat, and not someone from Texas... Edited February 5, 2015 by franciscanheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I realized last night that I am in a love affair with the Swedish language. "Sov gott, kärlek." Because someone had to post it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGws43awAQg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Now as far as penance goes... If I were a teaching brother in a Catholic high school, I think that a punishment I might impose would be to diagram the closing prayer of the Angelus ("Pour forth we beseech Thee, O Lord..."). If that didn't make the little miscreant shape up, his next punishments would be to diagram the Memorare, the Salve Regina, the Rosary Prayer (O God, whose only begotten son...) and other gems of antiquated, formal verbiage. THAT'LL LEARN 'EM! You have a cruel streak in you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 You have a cruel streak in you..... OH, yeah! I work hard to contain it, but sometimes it seeps out around the edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Because someone had to post it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGws43awAQg"Is he going to be alright?""I doubt it. He never has been." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 "Sove goat, sharlick." Roughly. ;) ETA: The vowel sounds of Swedish are tough for me to translate into English phonetics. "Goat" is the best I could do for "gott" which sounds like an O with an "ah" arch to it, in my mind. Like if the British said goat, and not someone from Texas... Yup, sounds good! (Literally!) :) Because someone had to post it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGws43awAQg Did you know that they did a 'sound analysis' or whatever on him and it turns out he's much more Norwegian than Swedish? We don't sound like that. But they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Yup, sounds good! (Literally!) :) Did you know that they did a 'sound analysis' or whatever on him and it turns out he's much more Norwegian than Swedish? We don't sound like that. But they do.Wait... you're Swedish?! I need a Swedish penpal! Know anyone who wants to help me along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Wait... you're Swedish?! I need a Swedish penpal! Know anyone who wants to help me along? I wouldn't mind penpalling! I also just started a job with 32857234901 other Swedes, so I could put you in touch with someone if you want :) Quite the regional range too - I'm from inside the Arctic Circle, I have colleagues from Stockholm, the deep middle, an island outside Gothenburg, way down south... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I wouldn't mind penpalling! I also just started a job with 32857234901 other Swedes, so I could put you in touch with someone if you want :) Quite the regional range too - I'm from inside the Arctic Circle, I have colleagues from Stockholm, the deep middle, an island outside Gothenburg, way down south...I'll PM you! I can't even tell you how excited I am!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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