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Sglod wrote:Mon lycée offre seulement deux langues, le français et l'espagnol, tous les deux appris enseignés par le même prof. J'ai choisi aucune des deux parce que le prof est un méchant, ce qui est décevant parce que j'aimerais étudier une langue...
C'est dommage. J'ai bien aimé tous mes profs de français.
/sɛ dɔmaʒ | ʒɛ bjɛ̃‿neme tu me pʁɔf də fʁɑ̃sɛ/
That's too bad. I've liked all my French teachers.
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Waknáskwayʌ é·lhal. Watahsó·kwas niwahsohkó·tʌ.
I have a brown dog. (Not sure about the devoicing rules on this one.)
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我有一只黑色的狗。
I have a black dog.
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من هیچ سگ دارم
Man hič sag dāram.
I have no dog.
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你有其他宠物吗?
Do you have any other pets?
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J'ai un chien mystérieux. Vous ne connaîtrez jamais la couleur de sa fourrure.
/ʒɛ œ̃ ʃjɛ̃ misteʁjø | vu n kɔnɛtʁe ʒamɛ la kulœʁ də sa fuʁyʁ/
I have a mystery dog. You will never know what color its fur is.

J'ai aussi des poissons rouges. Il est difficile de cacher leur couleur parce que c'est dans leur nom.
/ʒɛ osi de pwasɔ̃ ʁuʒ | il ɛ difisil də kaʃe lœʁ kulœʁ paʁs kə sɛ dɑ̃ lœʁ nɔ̃/
I also have goldfish. It's difficult to hide what color they are because it's in their name.
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Er hynny coch neu aur?
Red or gold though?
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J'ai 2 bâtards. Personne ne sais ce qu'ils sont. Je pense qu'un d'eux est mi-loup
I have 2 mutts. No one knows what they are. I think one of them is part wolf
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Znex wrote:Er hynny coch neu aur?
Red or gold though?
Il faudra deviner.
/il fodʁa dvine/
You'll just have to guess.

Quelle langue te semble plus fiable : le français ou l'anglais ?
/kɛl lɑ̃g tə sɑ̃blə ply fjabl | lə fʁɑ̃sɛ u lɑ̃glɛ/
Which language seems more trustworthy: French or English?
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ペットは飼っていない。
Petto wa katte inai.

I don't have any pets.
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clawgrip wrote:ペット
Petto

pets
日语的来自英语的外来语太多了。
El japonés tiene demasiados préstamos léxicos ingleses.

Japanese has too many English loanwords.
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Dormouse559 wrote:Quelle langue te semble plus fiable : le français ou l'anglais ?
Je dirais le français. Il semble qu'il soit plus difficile de ruser en lui.
I'd say French. It seems harder for someone to weasel out in it.
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Dormouse559 wrote:
Znex wrote:
Dormouse559 wrote:J'ai aussi des poissons rouges. Il est difficile de cacher leur couleur parce que c'est dans leur nom.
I also have goldfish. It's difficult to hide what color they are because it's in their name.
Er hynny coch neu aur?
Red or gold though?
Quelle langue te semble plus fiable : le français ou l'anglais ?
Which language seems more trustworthy: French or English?
Ni l'un ni l'autre. Je crois qu'il serait plus précis de les appeler les poissons oranges. Les poissons rouges sont-ils de la même couleur que les oignons rouges?
Neither. I think it would be more accurate to call them orange fish. Are "red" fish the same color as red onions?

(Quoiqu'un poisson rouge soit bien de la même couleur que la gorge d'un rouge-gorge.)
(Although a "red" fish is the same color as the breast of a robin redbreast.)
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Mae gen i gi defaid a Simon yw ei enw fo. Mae o'n hoffi heidio'r gwartheg felly dw i'n tybio fod o'n gi gwartheg.

I've got a sheepdog and his name's Simon. He likes to herd the cattle so I suppose he's a cattle dog.
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Wakyúkwayʌ okháleʔ wakatunháhehle.
I have my e-cig and I am happy.
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Ho cominciato a imparare italiano oggi.
Ho un cane nero e bianco e venti vacche.


I started learning Italian today.
I have a black and white dog and twenty cows.
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Sglod wrote:Ho cominciato a imparare italiano oggi.
Ho un cane nero e bianco e venti vacche.


I started learning Italian today.
I have a black and white dog and twenty cows.
Splendido! Io ho solo un cane.
Splendid! I have only one dog.
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Sglod wrote:Ho cominciato a imparare italiano oggi.
Ho un cane nero e bianco e venti vacche.
J'ai commencé à apprendre l'italien aujourd'hui.
/ʒɛ kɔmɑ̃se a apʁɑ̃dʁə litaljɛ̃ oʒuʁdɥi/
I started learning Italian today.

J'ai un chien noir et blanc et vingt vaches.
/ʒɛ œ̃ ʃjɛ̃ nwaʁ e blɑ̃ e vɛ̃t vaʃ/
I have a black and white dog and twenty cows.


Ben, non, c'est pas vrai. Je voulais seulement traduire ce que tu as écrit.
/bɛ̃ nɔ̃ sɛ pa vʁɛ | ʒ vulɛ sœlmɑ̃ tʁadɥiʁ sə kə ty a ekʁi/
Well, no, that's not true. I just wanted to translate what you wrote.
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Comment tu apprends l'italien ? Avec un professeur ? Tout seul ?
/kɔmɑ̃ ty apʁɑ̃ litaljɛ̃ | avɛk œ̃ pʁɔfɛsœʁ | tu sœl/
How are you learning Italian? With a teacher? on your own?
Egerius wrote:Splendido! Io ho solo un cane.
Splendid! I have only one dog.
Si on t'offrait vingt vaches, tu les accepterais ?
/si ɔ̃ tɔfʁɛ vɛ̃t vaʃ ty le‿zaksɛptəʁɛ/
If someone offered you twenty cows, would you accept them?
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Dormouse559 wrote:Comment tu apprends l'italien ? Avec un professeur ? Tout seul ?
/kɔmɑ̃ ty apʁɑ̃ litaljɛ̃ | avɛk œ̃ pʁɔfɛsœʁ | tu sœl/
How are you learning Italian? With a teacher? on your own?
Lo imparo tutto solo con la internet, la stessa maniera che io imparo il francese. Non faccio un corso. Parlo con la gente, cerco le parole e leggo gli articoli.
I'm learning it by myself on the internet; the same way that I'm learning French. I'm not doing a course. I talk to people, look up words and read articles.
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J'apprends beaucoup de langue en ligne mais je semble toujours oublier les mots dès qu'ils disparaissent
I'm learning a lot of languages online but I always seem to forget the words right after they disappear
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