Language Introduction thread!

[Fen Shen]

Ah, thanks for the explanation!  Hmm, I don't know if there is a proper, non-dialectal German word for that... I'd call it "herumsumpfen", like if you're stuck in a swamp (= Sumpf) and can't get out by yourself. Or maybe "herumlungern" or "abhängen" (which is more teenage slang). Any suggestions by other German speakers? 

[wildfire]

Ah, thanks for the explanation!  Hmm, I don't know if there is a proper, non-dialectal German word for that... I'd call it "herumsumpfen", like if you're stuck in a swamp (= Sumpf) and can't get out by yourself. Or maybe "herumlungern" or "abhängen" (which is more teenage slang). Any suggestions by other German speakers? 

OK, I ran the word through Google Translate, and thought that it probably would be closer than any other word I could come up with, since I had no word for it in German. : P Please, German speakers: Lehre mich die Wege des Deutsch! (and yes, that is taken directly from Translate because I wanted to be funny but I don't know how to be funny in German.. I never learned that :c)

[daItrick]

Oh, this looks cool!

:spain: ¡Hola! Soy Red Cloud, una nativa de España. Mi lengua materna es el español pero también puedo hablar en inglés y un poco de catalán.
Me gustaría aprender más idiomas pero con el poco tiempo que tengo no puedo...

:uk: Hello! I'm Red Cloud, a native girl from Spain. Spanish is my first language but I can talk English and a little bit of Catalan.
I would love to learn more languages but with the little time I have I can't...

Català: Hola! Jo sóc Red Cloud, una nena nativa d'Espanya. El meu idioma principal és l'espanyol però puc parlar també anglés i una mica de català.
M'agradaría coneixer més idiomes però amb el poc temps què tinc no puc... (Ok, I cheated twice in this but I don't know so many Words...)

[kjeks]

OK, I ran the word through Google Translate, and thought that it probably would be closer than any other word I could come up with, since I had no word for it in German. : P Please, German speakers: Lehre mich die Wege des Deutsch! (and yes, that is taken directly from Translate because I wanted to be funny but I don't know how to be funny in German.. I never learned that :c)

you might want to check in here: https://ssssforum.com/index.php?topic=177.75

and as you have found the chat already, you might someday have fun joining a german talk on skype (in return I am willing to let myself get tortured by speaking norwegian, I need more practise anyways!)

[JoB]

Ah, thanks for the explanation!  Hmm, I don't know if there is a proper, non-dialectal German word for that... I'd call it "herumsumpfen", like if you're stuck in a swamp (= Sumpf) and can't get out by yourself. Or maybe "herumlungern" or "abhängen" (which is more teenage slang). Any suggestions by other German speakers? 

I'ld go for "abhängen" or "chillen" in youth-speak, or "faulenzen" or "herumhängen" in regular German. Or "entspannen", to put a positive spin on it.

"Herumlungern" has not yet completely lost the undertone of "waiting for an opportunity to do mischief, or even outright petty crimes" IMHO, and at least "versumpfen" is something else, usually involving alcohol.

[Laufeysdóttir]

I'ld go for "abhängen" or "chillen" in youth-speak, or "faulenzen" or "herumhängen" in regular German. Or "entspannen", to put a positive spin on it.

"Herumlungern" has not yet completely lost the undertone of "waiting for an opportunity to do mischief, or even outright petty crimes" IMHO, and at least "versumpfen" is something else, usually involving alcohol.

nice explanation, JoB.
this corresponds to how I'd interpret these expressions as well. (hadn't heard herumsumpfen before, either.  ???)

another one for the collection would be (he)rumgammeln. That one sort of implies being useless and lazy.

fun fact for Scandinavian speakers and learners: vergammelt / gammelig = rotten, putrid; gammeln = to rot, the compound form is Gammel-  (now imagine the giggles going through the historic town/city centre somewhere in Norway with 2 primary school aged children...)

[urbicande]

(American) English first: Hello then!  My name is Dave and I'm a recent convert to SSSS, having found it linked from Scandinavia and the World a couple of weeks ago.

Français:  Bonjour tout le monde !  Je m'appelle Dave et je suis nouveau lecteur de SSSS.    Je le trouve par le webcomic Scandinavia et le Monde, il y'a 2 ou trois semaines.

Deutsch: Guten Tag, allerseits! Ich heisse Dave.  Ich bin ein neuer leser von SSSS.  Ich habe das gefunden mit einen Link auf Scandinavia und die Welt, vor zwei oder drei Wochen.

Swedish:  Hej, alla.  Jag är Dave. 

[Solovei]

(Okay, now that the new forum lets us type in Russian, I can finally do this! )

:canada: Hello! I am Solovei. I was born in  Russia but have lived in Canada for 14 years. I'm currently studying swedish. Hmm, don't know what else to say... I write a lot of fanfiction and I've been here since the forum started!

:sweden: Hej! Jag heter Solovei. Jag bördig från Ryssland, men jag har bodde i Kanada 14 år. Jag lära sig svenska. Hmm, vet inte vad annat att säga... Jag skriver mycket fanfiction och jag har varit här sedan forumet började!

:russia: Привет! Меня зовут Соловей. Я родилась в Россие, но Я живу 14 лет в Канаде. Я сейчас изучаю Шведский язык. Вот, незнаю что еще сказать... Я пишу много fanfiction и я выла н аетом форуме съ ёво начальства!

[JoB]

(now imagine the giggles going through the historic town/city centre somewhere in Norway with 2 primary school aged children...)

(If you think that's bad, try discussing their Taschengeld (allowance) with them in Swedish.)

[ryagami]

Hi everyone! This is my first post on the forums, but I know quite a few people here from the chat.

I love languages so much! I've been learning Swedish for some three and a half months now and in the meanwhile have been trying a lot of other ones (Spanish, Arabic, Dutch, French,...), but I haven't yet found one that I can devote myself to as much as I do to Swedish. I'm looking forward to talking with other SSSS and language enthusiasts here!

Mnogo obožavam jezike! Počeo sam da učim švedski pre oko tri i po meseca, a u međuvremenu sam se isprobavao u učenju mnogo drugih (španski, arapski, holandski, francuski,...), ali još uvek nisam našao nijedan kojem bih se posvetio koliko i švedskom. Jedva čekam da ovde upoznam i razgovaram sa ostalim SSSS i jezičkim zaluđenicima!

Jag alskär mycket språk! Jag har börjat lära mig svenska för omkring tre och halv månader sedan, och medan jag göra det, jag söker efter och försöker lära mig andra språk (spanska, arabiska, holandska, fransiska,...), men jar har inte hittat något som jag kan hänge sig åt som mycket som åt svenska. Jag kan inte vänta att prata med andra SSSS och språk entusiaster här!

Je m'appelle ryagami. Je suis un étudiant de mathématiques de Serbie. Je parle serbe, anglais, modérée suédois et un peu de français.

Salut!

[Auleliel]

Hooray! We can type Japanese and Korean and other fun stuff on the forum now! Which means I can try to introduce myself (even though there will be maybe a gazillion errors).

:japan: 今日は！私はアウレーリエルです。二十八歳です。私の誕生日は三月三十一日です。アメリカ人です。今は日本の千葉県に住んでいて、英語をおしえます。一年前韓国に住んでいました。三年間あそこで住んでいまして、英語をおしえました。その時、韓国語を勉強しましたけど、今あまり話しません。高校の時、スペイン語とドイツ語を勉強しました。私のしゅみがたくさんあります。よく本を読みます。ヴィオラとピアノをひくのが好きです。かぎばりあみするのが上手です。日本料理を食べるのが好きですけど、料理するのがとても下手です。
:usa: Hello! I'm Auleliel. I'm 28 years old. My birthday is March 31. I'm an American. Now I live in Chiba Prefecture, in Japan, and I teach English. One year ago I lived in Korea. I lived there for three years, and I taught English. At that time, I learned Korean, but I don't speak it much now. In high school I studied Spanish and German. I have many hobbies. I read books often. I like to play the viola and the piano. I'm good at crocheting. Even though I like eating Japanese food, I am very bad at cooking.

:southkorea: 안녕하세요! 나는 아우레리엘입니다. 스물여덟살이에요. 내 생일이 삼월 삼십일일이에요.  삼년동안 경주에서 살았어요. 하지만 지금은 한국어를 할 수 없어요. 왜냐하면 일본에서 살아요.
:usa: Hello! I'm Auleliel. I'm 28 years old. My birthday is March 31. I lived in Gyeongju for three years. But now I can't speak Korean, because I live in Japan.

:mexico: ¡Hola! Me llamo Auleliel. Tengo 28 años y mi cumpleaños es el 31 de marzo. Soy estadounidense, pero ahora vivo en el Japón. He vivido aquí por un año. Vivía en la Corea por tres años como maestra del inglés. Estudiaba el español por muchos años, y tengo licencia de enseñarlo, pero no lo he hablado por más que seis años. Entonces no recuerdo mucho.
:usa: Hello! I'm Auleliel. I am 28 years old and my birthday is March 31. I'm from the USA, but I live in Japan now. I've lived here for a year. I lived in Korea for three years as an English teacher. I studied Spanish for many years, and  I have a license to teach it, but I haven't spoken it for more than six years. So I don't remember much.

:germany: Guten Tag. Ich heisse Auleliel. Ich habe graue Augen. Ich habe alles vergessen.
:usa: Hello. My name is Auleliel. I have grey eyes. I have forgotten everything.

:sweden: Hej! Jag är Auleliel. Jag är en kvinna. Jag äter inte frukost. Jag talar inte svenska. Sköldpaddorna dricker vatten.
:usa: Hi! I am Auleliel. I am a woman. I don't eat breakfast. I don't speak Swedish. The turtles drink water.

:finland: Terve! Minä olen Auleliel. En puhu suomea. Mitä kuuluu? Minulle kuuluu hyvää. Mitä kello on? Kello on vartia vaille kaksitoista. Yksi, kaksi, kolme, neljä, viisi, kuusi, seitsemän, kahdeksan, yhdeksän, kymmenen...
:usa: Hello! I am Auleliel. I don't speak Finnish. How are you? I'm fine. What time is it? It's a quarter to twelve. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten...
(I could have kept going with the numbers until a thousand but that would have gotten a bit dull, maybe.)

I probably am capable of saying more things in each of these languages, but I have a hard time deciding what to say without it being in the context of a conversation. I didn't bother with an introduction in my native language since I've already done that in the general introduction thread, ages ago.

[curiosity]

Yay, now I can do it properly, too! 

:uk: Hello! I'm curiosity (like the Mars rover), and I still can't believe I'm writing to the forum. Sometimes I draw silly stuff and even try to joke, but generally I'm a boring person. My mother tongue is Russian, but I speak Ukrainian well, too. I've been learning English since elementary school, and I'm still far from perfection. I've also started to learn French and German at school, but I'm really bad with these two. Want to take them up again when I have more free time.

:russia: Привет! Я curiosity (как марсоход), и я всё ещё не верю, что пишу на форум. Иногда я рисую всякую ерунду и даже пытаюсь шутить, а вообще человек я скучный. Мой родной язык русский, но я неплохо говорю и по-украински. Английский учу с младших классов, и всё ещё далека от идеала. Французский и немецкий тоже начала учить в школе, но с ними дела совсем плохи. Хочу снова за них взяться, когда будет больше свободного времени.

:ukraine: Привіт! Я curiosity (як марсохід), і я все ще не можу повірити, що пишу до форуму. Іноді я малюю усіляку нісенітницю і навіть намагаюся жартувати, а взагалі-то людина я нудна. Моя рідна мова російська, але й українською я розмовляю непогано. Англійську вивчаю з молодших класів, та все ще далека від ідеалу. Французьку та німецьку також почала вивчати у школі, але з ними справи зовсім кепські. Хочу знов за них узятися, коли з'явиться більше вільного часу.

:france: Bonjour! Je m'appelle curiosity (comme le Mars rover), et je ne peux pas croire encore que j'écris quelque chose au forum. Je dessine parfois des choses bêtes et essaye de blaguer, mais je suis une personne ennuyeuse en général. Ma langue maternelle est russe, mais je parle bien ukrainien. J'ai commencée apprendre français et allemand à l'école, mais j'ai beaucoup de problèmes avec eux. Je vais eux reprendre de nouveau quand j'ai plus de temps libre.

:germany: Alles ist sehr schlecht mit mein Deutsch.

[Dane Murgen]

Tagalog: Magandang umaga/tanghali/hapon/gabi/tsinelas/kung ano man ba ang oras sa bahay nyo. Ginawa ko 'to kasi nandito pa rin ito. Ang pangalan ko dito sa internet ay Dane at naiinis ako sa tablet ko kasi nagcocorrect ang aking mga words na parang Ingles na lang sila. Filipino ako, pero taga sa Wellington ako, kaya hindi ako masyadong magaling sa Tagalog. Hindi na rin ako magaling sa pagsusulat ng Tagalog; kung ano ang sinusulat ko sa Tagalog ay kung ano ako'y magusap (may maraming rules at words na hindi ko alam. Ginagamit ko lang yung Ingles para sa mga words na hindi ko alam. Sinabi ng magulang ko na mahirap ang pagsusulat sa Tagalog kasi masyadong ang nakaiba doon.)

Masyadong mahirap to. Kailangan ko maghinto hahaha.

:australia: Hello. I did this because it's still here. My name here on the internet is Dane and my tablet is annoying me because it's correcting my words like they're English. I'm Filipino, but I'm from Wellington, so I'm not very good at Tagalog. I'm also not good at writing in Tagalog; what I write is what I speak (there are lots of rules and words that I don't know. I use the English for what I don't know. My parents say that writing is hard because no one speaks like what they have to write.)

This is too hard. I have to stop hahaha. I paraphrased some of this as well.

:france: Bonjour! Je m'appelle Dane. Ce n'est pas vrai. Mon nom n'est que Dane si je suis au forum. J'apprends le français depuis environs quatre ans, mais, parce que je ne peux pas trouver des français à Auckland (j'habite là maintenant), je ne parle pas bon en français (si vous m'entends, vous pourriez mourir à cause de mon français, ou peut-être à cause de votre impatience parce que j'hésite trop hahaha.) J'aime beaucoup le français et toutes les autres langues aussi.

:australia: Hello! I am Dane. That's not true. My name is only Dane if I'm in the forum. I've been learning French for about four years, but because I can't find any French people in Auckland (I live there now), I cant speak French well (if you hear me, you might die due to my French, or maybe due to your impatience because I falter too much hahaha.). I like French and every other language as well.

I don't actually know what to say.

:germany: Mein name ist Dane. Ich bin nicht ein Berliner. Das mädchen isst den brot. Das mädchen isst der brot.

:australia: My name is Dane. I am not a Berliner at heart/a jelly donut. The girl eats the bread. The bread eats the girl.

:china: 我是Dane。我是十六岁。我不会说中文。他们是你的好朋友。你喜不喜欢你的好朋友? 我有一百三十四本书。

:australia: I am Dane. I am sixteen years old. I cannot speak Chinese. They are your best friends. Do you like your best friends? I have 134 books.

:japan: 私 /僕/俺はDaneです/だ。アニメとラーメンは大好き。

:australia: I am Dane. I like anime and ramen. (I TRIED I'M SORRY).

:finland: Mun nimeni on Dane. Mä en ole englantilainen. Mä en voi puhua suomea.

:australia: My name is Dane. I am not English. I cannot speak Finnish.

:norway: Jeg er Dane.

:australia: I am Dane.

:iceland: Ég er Dane.

:australia: I am Dane.

Basque: Ni Dane naiz.

:australia: I am Dane.

Kapampangan: Mangan tayo. Nasi.

:australia: Let's eat. Rice.

You know, for a wannabe polyglot, I know nothing. At the moment, I'm just focussing on the few languages I'm already waist deep in. Correct me if I have any mistakes (maybe through PM if you don't want to clutter the thread? Your choice.)

[Fen Shen]

Ok, some corrections on the German: 

Ich bin nicht ein Berliner.

would be "Ich bin kein Berliner" (kein happens mostly when you put nicht + ein together).

Das mädchen isst den brot. Das mädchen isst der brot.

The declination isn't right. In this case, only the position of the words defines the meaning (and I guess that's what makes it a bit funny?)
"Das Mädchen isst das Brot. Das Brot isst das Mädchen."

[viola]

Oh wow this is a thing that I completely missed. I guess I will put something down, although I've kinda already introduced myself to most of you.

:canada: My name's Viola, I'm from Canada. I speak English, French, and Icelandic. I'm learning Danish, and I will learn German in school. I can read Norwegian and Swedish, and I can't speak Finnish.

:france: Je m'appelle Viola, Je viens du Canada. je parle anglais, français, et islandais. J'apprends le danois et j'apprendrai l'allemand à l'école. Je peux lire le norvégien et le suédois, et je ne peux pas parler le finnois.

:iceland: Ég heiti Viola, ég er frá Kanada. Ég tala ensku, frönsku, og íslensku. Ég er að læra dönsku, og ég mun læra þysku í skóla. Ég get lesið norsku og sænsku, og ég get ekki talað finnsku.

:denmark: Jeg hedder Viola, jeg er fra Canada. jeg snakker engelsk, fransk, og islandsk. Jeg lærer dansk et jeg vil lære tysk i skole. Jeg kan læse norsk og svensk, og jeg kan ikke snakke finsk.

:sweden: / :norway: If you speak/write to me in either of these languages I will understand you mostly, but I will reply with a weird mix of Danish and Icelandic

:germany: Ich... Deutsch. Yeah nope. I'm starting this one in September

:finland: Kiitos. Hyvää yötä. I don't even know how to say "I" let alone "I don't speak Finnish". I really don't speak Finnish.