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 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:01 am
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Hi, Mikagi-sama! 久しぶりだな？
My gaian name is Herumouni, Hermonie or H as Vajra from the Foreign Languages Guild used to call me. It means 'to wish' and two other things, but I've forgotten them. I also like to use Saira, which is Arabic for 'traveller.' My real name is Jerica-a mix of Eric and Jessica. I am 20 years old, born in January '91. I live in Jacksonville, North Carolina and hate it. I can't wait to join the Marine Corps!
I love learning foreign languages. It doesn't matter how annoying it is or how frustrated I get, I still love it. I'm also interested in linguistics, though I know very little about it.
I currently only speak English. I have this horrible habit of dropping things and getting bored if I'm not challenged enough and unfortunately, that includes languages as well. I haven't studied much in the past few years.
I am focused more on Japanese, Latin, Gaelic and Arabic, but am also learning Italian and French. I know some of the Greek and Hebrew alphabets, a very little bit of Russian, Mandarin, Irish, Welsh, Aramaic, Spanish and Indonesian.
I plan on learning as many of the above as I can (excluding Spanish, I don't really care too much about actually studying it, I'll probably pick up a lot from Italian and French) as well as , Anglo-Saxon, Classical Greek, a few Arabic dialects including Pashto and Egyptian, Afrikaans, Swahili, Swedish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Hindi, Vietnamese, Laos, Burmese, Mongolian, Ainu, Okinawan, Tagalog and others.
Also, I often times learn better, by teaching. Probably because that is a challenge, especially if you don't quite understand the concept yourself. mrgreen |
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:44 am
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Hermonie Urameshi Hi, Mikagi-sama! 久しぶりだな？
My gaian name is Herumouni, Hermonie or H as Vajra from the Foreign Languages Guild used to call me. It means 'to wish' and two other things, but I've forgotten them. I also like to use Saira, which is Arabic for 'traveller.' My real name is Jerica-a mix of Eric and Jessica. I am 20 years old, born in January '91. I live in Jacksonville, North Carolina and hate it. I can't wait to join the Marine Corps!
I love learning foreign languages. It doesn't matter how annoying it is or how frustrated I get, I still love it. I'm also interested in linguistics, though I know very little about it.
I currently only speak English. I have this horrible habit of dropping things and getting bored if I'm not challenged enough and unfortunately, that includes languages as well. I haven't studied much in the past few years.
I am focused more on Japanese, Latin, Gaelic and Arabic, but am also learning Italian and French. I know some of the Greek and Hebrew alphabets, a very little bit of Russian, Mandarin, Irish, Welsh, Aramaic, Spanish and Indonesian.
I plan on learning as many of the above as I can (excluding Spanish, I don't really care too much about actually studying it, I'll probably pick up a lot from Italian and French) as well as , Anglo-Saxon, Classical Greek, a few Arabic dialects including Pashto and Egyptian, Afrikaans, Swahili, Swedish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Hindi, Vietnamese, Laos, Burmese, Mongolian, Ainu, Okinawan, Tagalog and others.
Also, I often times learn better, by teaching. Probably because that is a challenge, especially if you don't quite understand the concept yourself. mrgreen
Hopefully this thread challenges you enough! There isn't much at the moment, but we'll see. |
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Tc Frorleivus Almus Ph Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:00 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:06 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:13 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:44 am
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Prince of Nurgle Gaia Name: The Prince of Nurgle Real Name: My real name is Ryan, but everyone just calls me Rin or Rinexe (Rin-Ex) Age: 16 Location: USA Languages Spoken: English Languages Learning: French, Mandarin Chinese Hoping to Learn: Icelandic (I know of the difficulties), Japanese, Russian, German, Latin, Spanish
Haha, great! I can actually help you with all those languages except Russian. At least, I can't pronounce Russian. We have a Spanish thread and a Japanese one. Icelandic I plan to cover when I get done with Latin and start on old Norse. German I'm kind of in the process of learning, so I might do a thread on that too. We'll see. ;D |
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Tc Frorleivus Almus Ph Captain
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:23 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:27 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:13 am
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*Gaia Name: airgid23arrakis (Irish for silver, 23 then part of the Draco constellation meaning dancer)
*Real Name: Xin
*Age: 19
*Location: Philippines
*Languages spoken: Tagalog, Visayan, English, Fookien & Mandarin (not on an expert level though, just a little past the basics)
*Languages Learning: None yet as school eats up most of my time. However, I will really take steps to learn the following: Latin, French, Spanish, Mandarin & Fookien (on a higher level), Nihonggo & Hangul/ Hanja
3nodding
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:44 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:27 am
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Hallo, my Gaian name is Zyndril, and my real name is Diana, though I much prefer being called either Dan or Jak [it's a long story].
I'm Thirteen, turning Fourteen this March Third, and live in the Philippines [though I'll be permanently moving to my father's home in Italy instead this April]. I've traveled around a lot in my short few years, but not enough to learn a language, and when once I did I ended up forgetting how to speak the language only a few years later.
I'm very fluent in English (our country's focus is primarily on American-based English). My native language, however, would be Tagalog (the Philippine language) in the Tayabas dialect, though I can also do the more formal standard Tagalog taught in out schools.
I am currently desperately trying to find a source to learn either German (preferably of the sort used in Northern Italy [near the border where German is used almost exclusively]) or Italian as I'll be staying for good in Italy soon.
Otherwise, I'd also like to relearn Spanish (a language I was proficient in back when we stayed in Mexico for about a year), learn French (my father knows how, but I'm not entirely sure if there's a difference between Africa-used French and France-used French), and maybe even learn Romanian and/or Greek.
As can be seen, I ramble quite a bit, but I am quite eager as far as being a student is concerned. I unfortunately will likely never be able to attent any sort of linguistics course as my dreams will likely lead me to follow art or architecture instead, but I hope that this guild will be able to help me in that vein. |
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:38 pm
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*Gaia Name: Erin Tringa
Real Name: Cheyenne
*Age: 18
*Location: Ohio, US
*Languages spoken: English and I took four years of Spanish in high school, but it's a bit rusty. I'm also currently studying Japanese and Arabic simultaneously.
*Languages Learning: I'm thinking about studying Swahili instead of Arabic starting next fall. I would also like to learn Russian, Esperanto, and Thai. Maybe Wolof, too.
I'm a freshman linguistics student. My end goal is to be an ESL teacher, hopefully at the university level. I really admire the English for All program they have here at my university, and I would love to work at this very institute. If not, I would be willing to teach ESL through the JET program or the Peace Corps. Either way, I'm looking at a study abroad in Japan before I graduate. Although I'm nothing near fluent in any language but my own, I try my best to broaden my horizons.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:01 pm
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Good morning/afternoon/evening to all. (Fancy seeing you here, VanillaMatcha! biggrin )
My Gaia username is Seraphine Lunaire, which comes from the name Séraphine (Gaia doesn't allow accented usernames >.<), with the French equivalent of the word lunar after it. My username hence means "Lunar Seraph", and I think I'll keep it for good because I like its sound and meaning.
I prefer not to divulge my real name (oops). It's not a bad name or anything, but I prefer the sound of Sera.
I'll be twenty this year, and at the time of writing this, I'm pursuing a linguistics degree in France (a place that is, for good or ill, not my country).
(The following lists may contain multiple entries of any single language, but that's because a language can easily fall into many categories.)
I speak fluently:
+ English (the standard I use is based on the British one);
+ Chinese (Mandarin, but with some turns of phrase that are unique to my country); and
+ French (of France)
I know a smattering of:
+ Hokkien (I have a bit of vocabulary and can string some sentences with confidence)
+ Latin (I know some of the grammatical rules, but cannot string sentences together without Wiktionary on hand)
+ Modern Hebrew (I finished a short video course, and am seeking additional materials)
I am learning:
+ Modern Standard Arabic (at the university)
+ Modern Hebrew (see above)
I would love to dive into (in order of priority):
+ Classical and Modern Hebrew, Koinè Greek, Latin, Classical Chinese, Teochew, Malay*
+ Tamil, Kabyle, German, Portuguese, Czech, Aramaic
+ Swahili, Zulu, Xhosa, Welsh
+ Polish, Modern Greek
+ Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish
+ Sanskrit, Syriac
* This group of seven, on top of my three core languages and Arabic, are the languages (or dialects / varieties) that I want to master, or, at the very least, to be proficient enough to make puns and write poems in. Any assistance I can get will be very much appreciated!
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:46 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:49 am
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