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Kitty

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Re: most important and useful sentece in all languages
« Reply #30 on: March 28, 2018, 01:07:59 PM »
in Croatian, it's

Ne govorim hrvatski (I don't speak), ne pričam hrvatski (also) or ne razumijem hrvatski (likely the best one, meaning I don't understand Croatian)

This is one of the languages that is read phonetically, so if you don't know how to say a letter just consult that phonetic alphabet they made for airplanes (Alpha, Bravo, stuff like that). Č is read as ch.

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Fluent: :gb: :us: :ba: :rs:
Can kinda understand but not really: :si:
Not really: :de:

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Re: most important and useful sentece in all languages
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2018, 10:41:25 AM »
Beware of , in russian!

Oh, haha, I actually have this written in my notes with a coma :P I must’ve forgotten about it. But thank you for pointing it out! I need to be more careful so I don’t make a grave mistake in the future O_O
is supposed to be fluent: :poland: :uk:
nivel A2 desde hace 3 años: :spain:
actually going smoothly: :japan:
shameful, but bravely trying: :finland:
Это уже русский, или ещё польский? :russia:

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Re: most important and useful sentece in all languages
« Reply #32 on: January 31, 2020, 02:18:58 AM »
(Sorry for using forbidden necromantic rites on this thread.)

any polish person here? to give me the "I don't speak polish"?
If it's still relevant (probably not, but eh), both "[ja] nie mówię po polsku" and "[ja] nie znam polskiego" are correct, the second one being perhaps more useful due to being easier to pronounce for foreigners.
« Last Edit: January 31, 2020, 02:22:09 AM by RanVor »

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Re: most important and useful sentece in all languages
« Reply #33 on: March 28, 2022, 10:42:54 AM »
This should go well..

I could add to the list. The below senteces mean "I cannot speak _________."
:india: (Telugu): Nāku Telugu mātlāḍaṭam rādu.
:india: (Kannada): Nanage Kannada mātāḍakke baralla.
                                   (or)
                           Nanninda Kannada mātāḍakkāgalla.

(Of course, these two languages themselves are written in scripts which looks similar to Georgian because of the curves involved.)
Somewhat fluent:🇺🇸
Native language:🇮🇳(telugu)
Somewhat rusty:🇮🇳(hindi)
Trying to learn:🇳🇴