Language Learning

[Koyue]

Teach a word, phrase, sentence, or anything else of a different language.

Note: How to enunciate is highly helpful :D

Example:

Japanese

Sentence:             Ohayoo gozaimsu.
Enunciation:          Oh-hi-yo  go-zeye-ee-mass
Meaning:               Good morning.

[Ryu]

This is cute. 

SPANISH
Sentence: Me gusta leer manga mucho.
Enunciation: Meh goo-stah leh-air mahn-gah moo-choh
Meaning: I really like reading manga.

[pinkznotdead]

Tagalog

Sentence: Maraming Salamat!
Enunciation: Ma-ra-ming Sa-la-mat!
Meaning: Thank you very much!

[Renny]

people can you through in more Japanese  i wanna learn...

German

Sentence: Du bist wunderbar
Enunciation: Doo Be-sst Von-da-baar
Meaning: you are wonderfull

My enuciation is bad 

[Koyue]

Japanese

Sentence: Watashi wa manga ga hontoo ni suki desu.
Enunciation: Wa-ta-shee wa manga ga hone-toe nee skee dess.
Meaning: I really like manga.

[pinkznotdead]

Tagalog

Sentence: Maligayang Kaarawan!
Enunciation: Ma-lee-ga-yang Ka-a-ra-wan!
Meaning: Happy Birthday!

[oOblackwhiteOo]

German

Sentence: Lassen Sie uns Freunde sein
Enunciation: Las-sen-siye-uns-fu-an-de-sayn
Meaning:Let's be friends!

lols i'm not german or anything, and i learned that sentence from the least unexpected place;Cleverbot. 

~kuroshiro

[Renny]

awesome!! I didnt think of that sentece

Afrikaans

Sentence:Is julle reg vir vandag
Enunciation: a - ss  je- lle rrr(role the r at the front of your mouth) -e-ch (its a sharp hiss) Faa-nn-d-aa-ch (its a sharp hiss)
Meaning: Are you people ready for today

Sounds you dont get in English...

[Greta]

German

Sentence: Lassen Sie uns Freunde sein
Enunciation: Las-sen-siye-uns-fu-an-de-sayn
Meaning:Let's be friends!

lols i'm not german or anything, and i learned that sentence from the least unexpected place;Cleverbot.  

~kuroshiro

sorry to interrupt :/ but "Sie" is very polite! you wouldn't address a friend with "Sie", you can compare it with the french "vous". well, cleverbot isn't your friend anyways :p
soo, just say "Lass uns Freunde sein!" :D
Enunciation: Las-s uns fru-an-de- sayn   (the r is missing in freunde)

[Candyness]

Ooh this seems fun xD

French

Sentence: La vie est belle.
Enunciation: Lah / vee / ay(eh) / bell
Meaning: Life is beautiful.

[Koyue]

Japanese

Question: Anata wa doko desu ka.
Enunciation: Aw-na-ta wa doe-koe dess kaw
Meaning: Where are you?

[pinkznotdead]

Tagalog

Sentence: Ikinagagalak kitang makilala.
Enunciation: ee-kee-na-ga-ga-lak kee-tang ma-kee-la-la
Meaning: Nice meeting you.

[Renny]

Afrikaans:

Sentence: Will jy roomys he?
Enunciation: Ve-ll jay rrr-ooo-m-a-ss hair (with out the r at the enad of hair)
Meaning: Do you want ice-cream?

[Koyue]

Afrikaans:

Sentence: Will jy roomys he?
Enunciation: Ve-ll jay rrr-ooo-m-a-ss hair (with out the r at the enad of hair)
Meaning: Do you want ice-cream?

Japanese
Sentence: Kekko desu.
Enunciation: Kay-ko dess
Meaning: No, thank you.

[Renny]

Afrikaans

Sentence: hoe kom wil jy nie roomys he?
Enunciation: who call(with out the ll just the sound of the begining)mm vill jay nii rrr-ooo-m-a-ss hair (with out the r at the enad of hair)
Meaning: why dont you want ice-cream

[Koyue]

Japanese
Phrase: Amai no tabemono ga kirai desu kara.
Enunciation: A-meye no ta-bay-mo-no ga kee-reye dess ka-ra
Meaning: Because I dislike sweet foods.

[Renny]

Afrikaans

Phrase: Kan ek u dan 'n bitjie koffee anbid?
Enunciation: Kaan Eh-ck ui a beekie koh-fee aan-bee-t?
Meaning: Can I offer you(formal) some coffee then?

[Koyue]

Japanese
Word: Hai.
Enunciation: Hi
Meaning: Yes.

Word: Iie.
Enunciation: Eeee-ay
Meaning: No.

Word: Ie
Enunciation: Ee-ay
Meaning: House

[Renny]

Afrikaans

Word: Ja
Enunciation: yaa
Meaning: Yes.

Word: Nee/nie
Enunciation: Nee-ay / knee
Meaning: no

Word: huis
Enunciation: hay -sss
Meaning: house

[Koyue]

Japanese
Sentence: Asobimashoo.
Enunciation: Awe-so-bee-ma-show
Meaning: Let's play.

Sounds so bad 

[oOblackwhiteOo]

French
Sentence: C'est la vie
Enunciation: se-la-vi
Meaning:that's life/such is life

[Renny]

Afrikaans

Sentence: Is jy simple?
Enunciation: u-ss yay simple
Meaning? Are you stupid/dumb/small minded

[Ryu]

ESPANOL (Spanish)
Sentence: Por que crees que soy estupido? (accent on the 'e' in 'que' and the 'u' in 'estupido')
Enunciation: Poor kay cray-ess kay soy es-stoo-pee-doh?  (the bolded syllables are accented when you say them)
Meaning: Why do you think that I am stupid?

XD

[Krissy]

French

Sentence: Je ne sais pas.
Enunciation: ge-nay-say-pa
meaning: I don't know.

[Renny]

Afrikaans

Sentence:Hoe kom weet jy dit nie?
Enunciation:Who k-o-mm veeeet yay de-tt knee
Meaning: Why dont you know that?

[Koyue]

Japanese
Sentence: Shirimasen.
Enunciation: Sheer-ree-maw-sen
Meaning: I don't know.

[NieYiFan]

Chinese

Sentence: Dui bu qi, wo bu hui shuo putonghua.
Pronunciation: Dway boo chee, woah boo hway shwo poo tohng hwa (tohng has an "Oh" sound"
Meaning: Sorry, I don't speak chinese.

[Koyue]

*0* a retired staffer

Japanese
Sentence: Sumimasen.
Enunciation: Sue-me      maw-sen
Meaning: Excuse me. AND I'm sorry.

Sentence: Gomen na sai.
Enunciation: Go-men naw sigh
Meaning: I'm sorry.

[NieYiFan]

Chinese

Sentence: Dui bu qi, wo bu hui shuo putonghua.
Pronunciation: Dway boo chee, woah boo hway shwo poo tohng hwa (tohng has an "Oh" sound"
Meaning: Sorry, I don't speak chinese.

conversely if you just say: "Wo hui shuo putonghua", it means : I speak Mandarin.

Putonghua is the mandarin word for "common tongue", and since mandarin is the official language of the PRC, you can say it to mean chinese. Also you can say hanyu (han -like han solo, yu- like you and me).  THis word refers to the language of the han people, which is the most populous ethnicity in china. They speak mandarin. Finally, there is the word Zhongwen (zhong- the o sounds like the o in dough,  and the zh sound is like the j in just, wen sounds like when). This refers to the language of china in general. Zhong comes from zhongguo (the word for china) the zhong means middle, the guo means country, so zhongguo is the middle kingdom. wen is the word for language so it is zhongguo's wen or china's language: zhongwen.
so ends my brief lecture on the complexities of the chinese language.  

[Renny]

Afrikaans:

Sentence: Ek kan nie Afrikaans praat nie
Enunciation: Eh-kk ka-an knee Ah-free-ka-ah nns pr aaa t knee
Meaning: I cant speak Afrikaans

[Krissy]

French

Sentence:je ne parle pas Françis.
Enunciation: ge-nay-parl-pa-fran-say
Meaning: I do not speak French.

[Koyue]

Japanese
Sentence: Watashi wa nihongo wo hanashimasen.
Enunciation: Watashee wa nee-hone-go oh hanasee-maw-sen
Meaning: I do not speak Japanese.

Word: Eigo
Enunciation: Ay-go
Meaning: English

[Renny]

German:

Sentence: Ich kan nicht Deutsch sprechen (someone please help with spelling)
Enunciation: E-ch car-nn knee-ch-t Dog-oi-ch sh-p-re-ch-en(the ch's are practically hisses except the one in Deutsch and the perple letters are silent just help the sound of the previous letter
Meaning: I cant speak German

[NieYiFan]

Next Lesson:

Sentence: Wo xing (your surname), jiao (surname, given name).
Pronunciation: Woah Shing ( surname), Gee-Owww (surname, Given Name),
Meaning:My surname is ________, and I'm called _________.

Like in most asian countries that were influenced by confucianism, the family is more important than the individual, so when introducing yourself, you say your surname first, followed by your given name. John Smith would say I am Smith John.  My name in chinese is Nie Yifan. Family name Nie, given name YiFan:

[Renny]

the  ??

[NieYiFan]

the  ??

wierd that should have been a character

[Renny]

oh i see

[FlyingBacons]

Dun dun dun~ This seems fun. I wanna joooin. :D

TAGALOG
Sentence: Mahilig akong magbasa ng mga manga.
Pronnciation: Ma-hee-lig ah-kong mag-bah-sah ng ma-nga manga.
Meaning: I love reading manga.

K fine, I suck at pronunciation. 

[Lana]

French

Sentence:            J'aime lire manga.
Enunciation:         Jay-mee leer manga
Meaning:              I like reading manga.

[Greta]

German:

Sentence: Ich kann nicht Deutsch sprechen (someone please help with spelling)
Enunciation: E-ch car-nn knee-ch-t Dog-oi-ch sh-p-re-ch-en(the ch's are practically hisses except the one in Deutsch and the perple letters are silent just help the sound of the previous letter
Meaning: I cant speak German

that's the only spelling mistake :)

[Koyue]

Need more posts in this thread 

Japanese

Phrase: Kekko desu.
Enunciation: Kay-ko dess.
Meaning: No, thank you.

[Fairth]

French

Sentence:            J'aime lire manga.
Enunciation:         Jay-mee leer manga
Meaning:              I like reading manga.

In fact it's J'aime lire des manga.

I liked how you put the pronunciation for the Spanish sentence !!

FRENCH
Sentence: C'est marrant ce sujet, n'est-ce pas ?
Enunciation: Sé Ma-RR-an (how do you enunciate this sound in English ?:/) Seu Sujé, Nééss pa ?
Meaning: It's fun this topic, isnt it ? (literally)


And eat 5 fruits and vegetables per day !!

[`Shally.]

Mandarin or Taiwanese
Sentence: Ni Hao
Enuncation: Knee-How
Meaning: Hello

[Angel~]

Dutch:
Sentence: Ik spreek geen Nederlands.
Enunciation: Ick Sprak (the g is impossible to explain and impossible to pronounce for foreigners... use the g from gone, it is understandable) gaan Nadarlahnds. (damn this is so hard)
Meaning: I don't speak Dutch.