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05-17-2009, 06:54 PM
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African language
Do you speak or understand an African language (not of European origin, nor Arabic)?
A friend of mine speaks Atosa.
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05-17-2009, 07:02 PM
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does used to count? used to speak pretty good xhosa and zulu then moved to the UK..
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05-18-2009, 12:01 AM
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No.
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05-18-2009, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by varduren
does used to count? used to speak pretty good xhosa and zulu then moved to the UK..
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That's interesting. Did you unlearn them? |
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05-18-2009, 06:19 PM
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That's interesting. Did you unlearn them?
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haha...no you silly spoon, i just no longer speak it so i forget alot |
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05-18-2009, 06:56 PM
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haha...no you silly spoon, i just no longer speak it so i forget alot
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Sorry. I was thinking in German. We say "verlernt" for that and a direct translation would be "unlearnt". 
Are you still able to produce those click sounds? |
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05-18-2009, 08:38 PM
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Please take the personal discussions to Direct Message
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05-21-2009, 03:27 PM
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I speak and read/write both Amharic and Tigrigna fluently. I can also hold my own in somali(well I use to...but I should be good at it again by the time I plan on visiting this winter  ) |
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