Multi/Bilingual Language Thread

[AidKD]

The names Dutch and Deutsch make me think that the languages are similar, do you know if they’re anything alike?
Or.. does anyone else know, for that matter?

I believe they are. Let's say that of you spole Deutsch and I spoke Dutch alone, we would be able to understand each other to point. Of course they're different so there would be a barrier, but I think it's alot the same. Then of course there's Pennsylvania Dutch which is also very similar.

 

[fluffycrow]

You weren’t joking.

I think you mean ein, zwei, drei, Right? Idk what dansen is.. Damen? Kartoffel is right! Doitch— is Deutsch.

Can you pronounce it well irl?

I knew the numbers were spelled wrong, but I wasn’t sure about the little squiggledoodle on the C..

Dansen is some butchered spelling of dancing, as per the Eurovision song "Dancing lasha Tumbai". After a quick Google search it appears to be Tanzen, or something like that. I have no clue. I just like the song. And yes, I can pronounce them well. The added bonus of learning languages before the age of 3

 

[fluffycrow]

The names Dutch and Deutsch make me think that the languages are similar, do you know if they’re anything alike?
Or.. does anyone else know, for that matter?

@BDutch

 

[BDutch]

The names Dutch and Deutsch make me think that the languages are similar, do you know if they’re anything alike?

Or.. does anyone else know, for that matter?

Yes, Dutch (Netherlands) and Deutch (German) are a bit similar. Like Spanish and Portuguese are similar languages.

The similarity is probably why the English mixed it up. The word Dutch is a rather strange expression for our language. In the Netherlands we say: we speak ‘Nederlands’

I would like to start learning Dutch.

Why would you like to learn the Dutch language? Are you planning to live in the Netherlands? You don’t need it for hollidays and such. Most people speak English.

 

[BDutch]

Dansen is some butchered spelling of dancing, as per the Eurovision song "Dancing lasha Tumbai". After a quick Google search it appears to be Tanzen, or something like that. I have no clue. I just like the song. And yes, I can pronounce them well. The added bonus of learning languages before the age of 3

No way!
Dansen is good Dutch for dancing.
Tanzen is the German word for dancing.

 

[AidKD]

Why would you like to learn the Dutch language? Are you planning to live in the Netherlands? You don’t need it for hollidays and such. Most people speak English.

Alot of the people around where I live speak it, so I'd like to be able to understand some of what's said. Just for fun I suppose.

 

[fluffycrow]

No way!
Dansen is good Dutch for dancing.
Tanzen is the German word for dancing.

So dancing lasha tumbai is in Dutch?

 

[BDutch]

So dancing lasha tumbai is in Dutch?

No. The words lasha tumbai are alien to me. Maybe a Ukraine dance?
This was in the Eurovision contest 15 years ago:

If you open youtube the lyrics (a mix of many languages) is underneath the video. I didn’t read the thread. So maybe you know this already?

 

[fluffycrow]

No. The words lasha tumbai are alien to me. Maybe a Ukraine dance?
This was in the Eurovision contest 15 years ago:

If you open youtube the lyrics (a mix of many languages) is underneath the video. I didn’t read the thread. So maybe you know this already?

Yeah some of it is in Ukrainian. It's a bunch of different languages, but Verka does say "one, two, three" (in German), and then the dansen, tanzen, mystery word. I have no clue

 

[Nabiki]

I'm glad I'm not depending on DuoLingo entirely for my learning. Kaerimasu is to return home, not to a place like a hotel unless you think of it as home. Modorimasu would be more appropriate in this case.