Learning Swedish with Kaftan Barlast

[Rosbjerg]

the bitchy thing is when you realize it helped ..

the best way to learn a language is still moving there and just speak it .. but when you are in a class room you have to put some effort into learning the system, as you won't have an opportunity to pratice it that often!

 

or just watch ALOT of TV in that particular language .. helps alot too ..

[The Dark Something or other]

Check this site out: "DeLatinised" English

 

It is under construction, but still has much stuff.

[Ludozee]

or just watch ALOT of TV in that particular language .. helps alot too ..

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Lol, did that too. When I was a kid I always watched "the A-team" on the RTL+. There was Hannibal, Murdock, BA Barracus and...Gesicht

[Yst]

the death of the..    ..distinctive (masculine, feminine, neuter) noun gender.

 

 

And for that you should be grateful. Objects shouldnt have a gender, it's not natural.

 

 

 

..like those bloody jerries have it.

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*flashback to school*

Ludozee:

-der des dem den

-die der der die

-das des dem das

-die der der die

errr, i mean die der den die

 

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And Old English just beats out German for number of noun case inflexions.

 

Modern English - Definite Article

 

The

 

Old English - Definite Article

 

Nom Acc Gen Dat Inst

Masc se

[The Dark Something or other]

I am on-off studying Old English. It's awesome. :shades:

[Yst]

I am on-off studying Old English. It's awesome. :shades:

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It is my long-time obsession, and chief academic pursuit. Texts on my desk right now, as always, include: A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, A Guide to Old English, The Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon, Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader...oh, and about 10 others related to Old English. To simplify things, it would be safe to say I own pretty much every major study text published in the last 100 years on Old English language and literature (all the way back to a 1905 version of Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer).

 

Uncovering the heritage of the English language is a difficult thing to do, tied up as it is in fragments of myth laden with superimposed Christendom, and written in a language which only a few take the trouble to learn (quite understandably), but it's somehow become part of my cultural identity.

[The Dark Something or other]

I am on-off studying Old English. It's awesome. :shades:

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It is my long-time obsession, and chief academic pursuit. Texts on my desk right now, as always, include: A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, A Guide to Old English, The Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon, Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader...oh, and about 10 others related to Old English. To simplify things, it would be safe to say I own pretty much every major study text published in the last 100 years on Old English language and literature (all the way back to a 1905 version of Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer).

 

Uncovering the heritage of the English language is a difficult thing to do, tied up as it is in fragments of myth laden with superimposed Christendom, and written in a language which only a few take the trouble to learn (quite understandably), but it's somehow become part of my cultural identity.

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I couldn't agree more, min gesi

[Aponez]

Now swedish teachers,

[Yst]

I am on-off studying Old English. It's awesome. :shades:

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It is my long-time obsession, and chief academic pursuit. Texts on my desk right now, as always, include: A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, A Guide to Old English, The Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon, Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader...oh, and about 10 others related to Old English. To simplify things, it would be safe to say I own pretty much every major study text published in the last 100 years on Old English language and literature (all the way back to a 1905 version of Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer).

 

Uncovering the heritage of the English language is a difficult thing to do, tied up as it is in fragments of myth laden with superimposed Christendom, and written in a language which only a few take the trouble to learn (quite understandably), but it's somehow become part of my cultural identity.

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I couldn't agree more, min gesi

[The Dark Something or other]

Pollington's book teaches OE as if it were a modern living language. Everyone is agreed it is brilliant. Can be bought from Anghlo-saxon books. http://www.asbooks.co.uk/

 

 

The gesithas: http://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/index.html

[Kaftan Barlast]

Perhaps you scholars can answer me why Americans seem unable to pronounce "cursed"? As Ive been playing Gothic2 im beginning to get increasingly annoyed over the fact that none of the voice cast is able to voice it correctly.

 

 

It is suppose to be "curs-d" with a sort of not really pronouncing the end whereas the yanks say "curs-edd".

[Lucius]

Now that we're at what annoys people, I personally double my blood pressure when someone spells "armour" without the "u". <_<

 

Oh and by the way; this quote gave my nationalistic self a sense of pride:

 

"And that is called paying the Dane-geld;

But we

[Rosbjerg]

oddly enough I felt the same way .. lol

[Jellybelly]

It is suppose to be "curs-d" with a sort of not really pronouncing the end whereas the yanks say "curs-edd".

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This is what I call phonetic transcription! :D

[Starbreeze]

Svenska? Kul!

(Swedish? Fun!)

[The Dark Something or other]

Perhaps you scholars can answer me why Americans seem unable to pronounce "cursed"? As Ive been playing Gothic2 im beginning to get increasingly annoyed over the fact that none of the voice cast is able to voice it correctly.

 

 

It is suppose to be "curs-d" with a sort of not really pronouncing the end whereas the yanks say "curs-edd".

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Actually, curs-edd is the correct pronounciation. Just like "learn-ed".

[Kaftan Barlast]

Inconcievable! I refuse to accept this as truth.

[The Dark Something or other]

Then you must DIE!

 

 

The -ed used to be so pronounced, and thus pseduo-archaic stuff tends to pronounce it as such in order to give the effect of old fashionedness. However, there are a number of words where the -ed suffix is still pronounced -ed. "Learned" being the most obvious one.

[SteveThaiBinh]

The correct RP pronunciation of cursed is /kз:st/

 

If you want /kз:sed/, you can write curs

[Kaftan Barlast]

The correct RP pronunciation of cursed is /kз:st/

 

 

Hah!

[The Dark Something or other]

The correct RP pronunciation of cursed is /kз:st/

 

If you want /kз:sed/, you can write curs

[The Dark Something or other]

The correct RP pronunciation of cursed is /kз:st/

 

 

Hah!

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Except, as I said, when trying to be pseudo-archaic one harks back to the former pronounciation. :"> :ph34r:

[Kaftan Barlast]

With that out of the way, can you give me an in-depth comment on how Richard Burton pronounces "lurid" ?

[The Dark Something or other]

Not really; dat guy iz wakk!!