Which country do you live in?

[Abdul Qadir]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Alo! Vaazhga. Nienga thamizh pésuviengala?

lol...i guess ur wife can speak tamil? haha...

 

[Woodrow]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

No one else? Do we not have any Saudi's, Afghani, syrian, Palestinians?

I am certain we have a few of each. I know we have at least one Person from the West Bank, but I have not seen any posts from him in quite a while.

We do have several from Afghanistan, but they no longer live there.

There are at least 3 or 4 active members living in Saudi.

I do not recall the names of any members from Syria, But I recall reading posts from people saying they were.

 

[Italianguy]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

lol...i guess ur wife can speak tamil? haha...

Of course she can speak Tamil, Hindi and very litle Urdu, and Malayallam.

I know some Tamil, mostly just greetings and short phrases. Not sure i spelled it right but i wrote the reply

Romba Nandri!

 

[Abdul Qadir]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Of course she can speak Tamil, Hindi and very litle Urdu, and Malayallam.

I know some Tamil, mostly just greetings and short phrases. Not sure i spelled it right but i wrote the reply

Romba Nandri!

haha..ok..u dun have to worry about the spelling unless ur writing in tamil...what u have done rather is just a transileration...maybe u should learn arabic? lol...the most powerful language in the world...

 

[Italianguy]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

haha..ok..u dun have to worry about the spelling unless ur writing in tamil...what u have done rather is just a transileration...maybe u should learn arabic? lol...the most powerful language in the world...

I am actually taking a course offered at my university for Arabic( havent started yet, next semester) Taking Hindi as well. And maybe Hebrew after? ........My accent is going to be so messed up .....nobody will ever understand me;D

 

[Abdul Qadir]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

I am actually taking a course offered at my university for Arabic( havent started yet, next semester) Taking Hindi as well. And maybe Hebrew after? ........My accent is going to be so messed up .....nobody will ever understand me;D

well, personally, i find arabic overwhelming...anyway, the purpose of me learning arab is to get closer to the quran..im learning classical arabic..what about u...whats ur purpose of taking up arabic..

 

[Supreme]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

I hate languages. I could not even master German. German for those who don't know is perhaps the language closest to English. And I could not master it.

 

[Italianguy]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

well, personally, i find arabic overwhelming...anyway, the purpose of me learning arab is to get closer to the quran..im learning classical arabic..what about u...whats ur purpose of taking up arabic..

Couple of reasons (Arabic) If I learn Arabic, which is closest to Aramaic, my target language. It makes it easier to learn Aramaic. For personal edification and to read and understand the Qur'an as it is supposed to be read. Education i guess?

God bless!

 

[Italianguy]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

I hate languages. I could not even master German. German for those who don't know is perhaps the language closest to English. And I could not master it.

I lived in Germany when I was young. Ich kann nur ein wenig Deutsch sprechen. I can say and write a small amount. We learned it in school before my mother was able to move off base. Don't miss it much, but beautiful country

 

[Shahreaz]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

from Bangladesh, the only country in the world that fought for it's language rather then land.

 

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

from Bangladesh, the only country in the world that fought for it's language rather then land.

I have never heard of this fight.Who did you fight against?

 

[Shahreaz]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

I have never heard of this fight.Who did you fight against?

Salam yasin, pls visit these links..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day

 

[Supreme]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

I lived in Germany when I was young. Ich kann nur ein wenig Deutsch sprechen. I can say and write a small amount. We learned it in school before my mother was able to move off base. Don't miss it much, but beautiful country

The incentive was never there either. I arrogantly believed (indeed, I still do believe), that English is truly the only language one needs to bother mastering. Perhaps if it was a bigger language like Chinese or more beautiful language like Spanish I may've tried more. German is a rather ugly language, and also very logical and keeps to a lot of rules.

 

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Salam yasin, pls visit these links..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day

Thanks for the links.
well I dont want to go off topic but I would like to know
if the two countries-Pakistan and Bangladash are a kind of enemy today.or is there any kind of friction like between India and Pakistan?
And are the two languages totally different from each other?For instance Can a native speaker of Bengali understand when someone speaks Urdu or vice versa?

 

[nightingale]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Alo! Vaazhga. Nienga thamizh pésuviengala?

pesamatte...konjum theriyum :exhausted

 

[Shahreaz]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Thanks for the links.
well I dont want to go off topic but I would like to know
if the two countries-Pakistan and Bangladash are a kind of enemy today.or is there any kind of friction like between India and Pakistan?
And are the two languages totally different from each other?For instance Can a native speaker of Bengali understand when someone speaks Urdu or vice versa?

if the two countries-Pakistan and Bangladash are a kind of enemy today. = No. We have a very good diplomatic relation with Pakistan. Infact we've good relation with all our neighboring country (India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives)

there any kind of friction like between India and Pakistan? = No

And are the two languages totally different from each other? = Yes

For instance Can a native speaker of Bengali understand when someone speaks Urdu or vice versa? = No. Urdu is more close to Hindi then Bengali.

 

[Supreme]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Wait, what? I thought India and Pakistan hated each other? The two countries seem to have a whole lot of troops on one another's borders, and then there's the issue of Kashmir...

 

[Italianguy]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Wait, what? I thought India and Pakistan hated each other? The two countries seem to have a whole lot of troops on one another's borders, and then there's the issue of Kashmir...

Yeah? What happened to Kashmir?? Maybe they mean as far as a people? Politicaly speeking They aren't buddies. ..... As far as my wife tells me, and she's from India.

 

[Supreme]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

Yeah? What happened to Kashmir?? Maybe they mean as far as a people? Politicaly speeking They aren't buddies. ..... As far as my wife tells me, and she's from India.

Well I've got an Indian Hindu friend, and he personally despises them and the whole concept of Pakistan.

 

[deepfreeze66]

Re: How many different countries represented here?

I am from TAIWAN and am also HALF CHINESE... but right now i live in western world, in canada.... :shade: