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keshab 
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English to Bengali
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SITE LOCALIZER | I love my languages | Apr 3, 2011 |
Mostly,all languages are beautiful to the native speakers, especially when they are monolingual. It becomes a question of choice when the speaker knows two or more languages.
To me, Bengali is the language of romanticism. I am not saying this because my mother tongue is Bengali, it is fact that Bengali is one of the sweetest languages of the world in pronunciation. According to sweet and complex pronunciation, Bengali has a similarity with French (although I do not know French, wis... See more Mostly,all languages are beautiful to the native speakers, especially when they are monolingual. It becomes a question of choice when the speaker knows two or more languages.
To me, Bengali is the language of romanticism. I am not saying this because my mother tongue is Bengali, it is fact that Bengali is one of the sweetest languages of the world in pronunciation. According to sweet and complex pronunciation, Bengali has a similarity with French (although I do not know French, wish one day I will learn it).
But as a teacher I prefer Hindi because its grammar is more easy and scientific and contrary to Bengali,its pronunciation is just according to its script. Also Hindi is the language by which I can communicate to whole India. To know my country, I have to learn Hindi. Hindi has a golden past. It is enriched by many great persons like Tulsidas,Kabir,Guru Nanak etc.
So friends! I love my languages which I know.They are beautiful to me. The literature, Poetry written in these languages just make me proud. I think this happens to almost everybody. ▲ Collapse
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is the language you would consider quite soft and melodic. It has the grammar almost identical to Russian, with its phonetics much more pleasant. Just find in Wikipedia an audio of someone speaking Ukrainian. You will surely fall in love with it!
Still, Chinese is the language I consider No. 2 when it comes to melody.
| | | | | The most beautiful language... | Apr 3, 2011 |
...is silence.
| | | | | @Amy - yes. @Topic: Russian, small lead. | Apr 3, 2011 |
Amy Duncan wrote:
As for my native tongue, (...) I have no way of judging what it sounds like...has anyone else found this to be true about their native language?
Absolutely!
Exceptions are a) when someone uses it in a special way (emotionally charged, mostly), and b) when I absolutely don't expect to hear German somewhere -- then I might not recognise it at first and can finally hear the sound of it for a few seconds.
(And no, it doesn't send me off screaming! So it might or might not be true that it is a sort of luck that I can use the vast possibilities of German without being bothered by the "nasty" sound, which I am oblivious to.)
@Topic ... Russian. I love these sounds of an idling chopper bike (without being fond of bikes) and find Cyrillic appealing. But it is a small lead, as I find it very easy to like languages.
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Italian is definitely the most beautiful language. The sound of it is amazing to the ears.
To speak, sing, whisper...it's simply awesome!
| | | | Georgia Morg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:16
Portuguese to English
| Brazilian Portuguese | Apr 3, 2011 |
...but, please, not the version spoken in Rio!
| | | | | French, of course... | Apr 3, 2011 |
I was taught 3 foreign languages at high school:
-German: easy. I lived on the German border, and as an eight year old I watched German TV (with the Mainzelmännchen). But in the fifties and sixties German was not yet very popular. I was not motivated to work for a high grade.
- English. A bit more difficult. But after school it was what I used most in varous jobs. Sometimes I came home, realizing that I had spoken only English during a full afternoon...
_ ... See more I was taught 3 foreign languages at high school:
-German: easy. I lived on the German border, and as an eight year old I watched German TV (with the Mainzelmännchen). But in the fifties and sixties German was not yet very popular. I was not motivated to work for a high grade.
- English. A bit more difficult. But after school it was what I used most in varous jobs. Sometimes I came home, realizing that I had spoken only English during a full afternoon...
_ French. The most difficult, but the most compelling also. The highest language grade in the final exams on high school was for French. It's the language of l'amour! (But I married a wife as Dutch as I am).And I never got to use French, except for 3 weeks of holiday each year. My children would laugh, when I started reading road signs loud, when we drove into France: Mom, he does it again!
I have read the whole thread, but I am surprised, that I am the first to mention French!
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| | | | Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 09:16
Portuguese to English
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| Portuguese dialects | Apr 3, 2011 |
Regarding the Portuguese in Rio, I like it too, but feel the most beautiful version of Portuguese is that in Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil. It has a tune to it, a bit like English spoken with a Welsh accent. Example: "Ô guria, com'é qu't'vais" (going up at the end, and with the "vais" pronounced "VAI-sh"), [Translation: Well, lass, how are things?]
By the way, for those not familiar with the dialect of Rio, I have a post on my... See more Regarding the Portuguese in Rio, I like it too, but feel the most beautiful version of Portuguese is that in Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil. It has a tune to it, a bit like English spoken with a Welsh accent. Example: "Ô guria, com'é qu't'vais" (going up at the end, and with the "vais" pronounced "VAI-sh"), [Translation: Well, lass, how are things?]
By the way, for those not familiar with the dialect of Rio, I have a post on my blog at http://paul-translator.blogspot.com/2011/02/rio-dialect-carioques.html - with some key phrases if you plan to come over for the World Cup in 2014 or the Summer Olympic Games in 2016! Benvindos ao Brasil e à Cidade Maravilhosa! ▲ Collapse
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jmorri
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:16
French to English
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| many to choose from. . . | Apr 4, 2011 |
Arabic, French & Wolof. Love the gutturalness and rhythmicity of each of them.
I also like many Latin American variations of Spanish, particularly Panamanian and Cuban. And let's not forget creole languages; the rhythms and tones of Kwèyòl/Kreyol, the French (and to a lesser extent Spanish and English), African & Native American blends spoken in countries including Dominica, St. Lucia and, of course, Haiti have a wonderful musicality. As do Jamaican Patois and Kriolu of Cape Verde... See more Arabic, French & Wolof. Love the gutturalness and rhythmicity of each of them.
I also like many Latin American variations of Spanish, particularly Panamanian and Cuban. And let's not forget creole languages; the rhythms and tones of Kwèyòl/Kreyol, the French (and to a lesser extent Spanish and English), African & Native American blends spoken in countries including Dominica, St. Lucia and, of course, Haiti have a wonderful musicality. As do Jamaican Patois and Kriolu of Cape Verde. All of these countries export beautiful music, which is clearly no coincidence.
English gets an honourable mention for the sheer versatility, range and openness. I think it can sound beautiful depending on the accent, of which there must be hundreds at least, despite the ugly imperialist reasons for its ubiquity. ▲ Collapse
| | | | La Classe
Local time: 17:46
French to English
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| Of course French... | Apr 4, 2011 |
I love my mother tongue Hindi a lot. But I feel that French is very sweet language..
Cheers!!!
| | | | wonita (X)
China
Local time: 08:16
TOPIC STARTER
Paul Dixon wrote:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
some people have quite a few beholders, others not even a single one...
[Bearbeitet am 2011-04-04 07:02 GMT]
| | | | Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 14:16
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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| On what level? | Apr 4, 2011 |
Script: Japanese, Chinese
Sound system: Estonian
Russian sounds cute too, it belongs to the same language family as my language, however has a softer pronunciation of some consonants which makes it sound cuter.
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Evans (X)
Local time: 13:16
Spanish to English
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| Beauty is also in the words of the poet | Apr 4, 2011 |
The most beautiful language is poetry. And poetry is produced when a poet manages to mine the very depths of his or her language to convey meaning through words that carry beauty in their sound, form and rhythm.
I have a soft spot for Brazilian Portuguese when sung by the likes of Milton Nascimento.
And an Irishman can sell me anything over the phone by speaking English; I will agree to almost anything just to keep him talking.
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Certainly Italian.
No doubts for me.
Thanks.
Bin Tiede wrote:
I like Japanese, especially the Japanese spoken by Japanese women, sounds like a poem.
| | | | Adrian Grant
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:16
Portuguese to English
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| Horses for courses | Apr 4, 2011 |
Songs - Portuguese
Films - French
Arguing in the street - Italian
World domination - German
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