Author Topic: French national anthem + Bablefish = huh? (Read 880 times)

Boroda · « **Reply #15 on:** June 03, 2003, 05:48:03 AM »

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Originally posted by Spooky
you're right, my Russian is rusty ! Where's Boroda when you need him !!

Rodina = Motherland

Otechestvo = Fatherland.

The first line of Marseilles in Russian is "Vperyod, syny Otechestva!".

"Working men Marseilles", a Russian revolutionary song begins with "Let's renounce from the old world, let's wipe it's ashes from our feet".

CyranoAH · « **Reply #16 on:** June 03, 2003, 06:10:20 AM »

It's "motherland" in spanish.

"La madre patria"

Daniel

Swoop · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2003, 06:52:22 AM »

I remember after starting German classes back in shcool I told my Grandmother one day that in Germany words have sex.....

she said she wouldnt be at all surprised....bloody Germans.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #18 on:** June 03, 2003, 07:44:19 AM »

Its a good song, written waaaay back when France was a relevant player on the world stage.

straffo · « **Reply #19 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:05:41 AM »

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Originally posted by OIO
I wonder if Frenchy could translate it for us. I've always wanted to find a website where they had the national anthems of the world translated.

you asked : http://www.national-anthems.net

Mr.H · « **Reply #20 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:05:49 AM »

In German you get feminine, masculine and neutral words... that really messes you up in a conversation.

They also sorta speak backwards, its hell to learn.

Swoop · « **Reply #21 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:41:00 AM »

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Originally posted by straffo
you asked : http://www.national-anthems.net

LMFAO. Yup he did.

bounder · « **Reply #22 on:** June 03, 2003, 11:15:55 AM »

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Originally posted by Mr.H
In German you get feminine, masculine and neutral words... that really messes you up in a conversation.

They also sorta speak backwards, its hell to learn.

Das Mädchen?

I can't for the life of me work out why girl would be neuter.

It seems many German Jokes rely on the verb being at the end of the sentence, and not what you expected it to be.

I like the french national anthem. It harks back to the day that we used to have real wars, lasting a bit longer than just a few years, months, or even weeks.

A hundred years is pretty good going, and now look, we're friends!

Boroda · « **Reply #23 on:** June 04, 2003, 11:07:07 AM »

I wish you could understand Russian. Or, no - speak it. 6 cases. But only 3 tenses

Tenses and modal verbs are really hard to understand.

Russian language is like English of XIV century. At least as I read in "English Grammar", 46th edition

OIO · « **Reply #24 on:** June 04, 2003, 11:59:24 AM »

Thanks for link straffo, but thats MP3's of the national anthems, I can find that easily. Its a translation (text translation) into english of the anthems im interested in.