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e4808mc
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English as a Second Language
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Apr 20 16:07 UTC 1997 |
Welcome to Grex. There are a lot of ways you can use our system, and we are
happy to help people who want to practice written English. Try typing
"join language" at an Ok: prompt to find the conference where lots of
languages are discussed. If yours isn't there add your welcome to this
item.
To get started, I'll ask Grexers to enter a welcome in whatever language
they are fluent in.
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albaugh
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response 1 of 69:
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Apr 20 17:29 UTC 1997 |
Kumusta po kayo? (formal "how are you?" greeting in Tagalog (Philippines))
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adania
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response 2 of 69:
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Apr 21 00:17 UTC 1997 |
This response has been erased.
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adania
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response 3 of 69:
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Apr 21 00:19 UTC 1997 |
Baruch haBah. (welcome in Hebrew)
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albaugh
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response 4 of 69:
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Apr 22 02:39 UTC 1997 |
I guess that "beinvenue" is the French word for "welcome". Especially for
someone you knew, I guess "Bonjour! Comment allez-vous?" would be more
commone, as in "Hello! (Good day!) How are you? (How do you go?)"
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kami
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response 5 of 69:
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Apr 25 01:03 UTC 1997 |
Failte Romhat! (you're most welcome, in Irish)
Hola, que tal? (casual Spanish- hello, what's up?)
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kaplan
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response 6 of 69:
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May 4 23:53 UTC 1997 |
This item has now been linked from the Language conference to the Intro
conference.
Welcome!
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rain
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response 7 of 69:
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May 5 09:21 UTC 1997 |
hai
I
hello
hai aggy this is arthi
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otaking
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response 8 of 69:
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May 5 12:03 UTC 1997 |
Mushi-mushi (Japanese "Hello" for the telephone)
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animesh
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response 9 of 69:
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May 8 10:09 UTC 1997 |
hi i am animesh firast intro duce your self
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racherla
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response 10 of 69:
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May 9 18:14 UTC 1997 |
Hi Aarthi Niranjan Iam glad to receive hai from you , Accept my hai and best
wishes also.
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sripv
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response 11 of 69:
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May 10 04:46 UTC 1997 |
Namaskar (Indian greeting)
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baptun
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response 12 of 69:
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May 10 18:03 UTC 1997 |
Namaskar Sridhar
p
pass
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reetish
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response 13 of 69:
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May 12 09:49 UTC 1997 |
kaise hai app ?
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e4808mc
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response 14 of 69:
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May 13 21:03 UTC 1997 |
welcome to grex baptun. It really does get easier
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shammu
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response 15 of 69:
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May 18 10:38 UTC 1997 |
Nulvaravu . (It means WELCOME in TAMIL Language ).
Tamil Language is one of the Regional Languages of INDIA.
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albaugh
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response 16 of 69:
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May 19 15:45 UTC 1997 |
I learned that "SOWkeeama" was a/the Tamil greeting. How do these differ?
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atticus
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response 17 of 69:
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May 22 02:28 UTC 1997 |
Enthundu visesham? ("How are you in Malayalam, a language spoken in Kerala,
India)
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srw
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response 18 of 69:
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May 25 16:25 UTC 1997 |
I have heard the "namaskar" greeting before. Is that Hindi?
I have been told that there are about 26 languages in India. I know of
the names of only a few.
Hindi - the official language of the Government in New Delhi, and the
regional language around that city.
Tamil - spoken in the Tamil Nadu state, I think including the city of
Madras.
Malayalam (I just learned this) - but I do not know where Eerala is.
There are a lot of grexers from Bangalore, Mumbai, and Calicut. I think
each one has a different regiuonal language but I do not know what they
are.
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atticus
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response 19 of 69:
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May 26 16:03 UTC 1997 |
Some of the languages spoken India are Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, Kashmiri,
Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Marathi, Bengali, Naga, Manipuri etc.
To answer Steve's query: Kerala (Steve, please note the spelling ;-)) is a
tiny state arranged along the western coast of India at its southern tip. The
state is known for its natural beauty -- forests, backwaters, and
all-pervading greenery -- and its total literacy. Malayalam is the language
spoken; Kerala is called "Keralam" in Malayalam :-)
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atticus
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response 20 of 69:
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Jun 1 18:31 UTC 1997 |
re Kevin's #16: 'Nalvaravu' = Nal (good) + Varavu (Arrival) => Welcome
'Sowkyam' = Well-being
'Sowkyama?' =~ How are you?
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roshang
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response 21 of 69:
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Jun 3 09:57 UTC 1997 |
'Kay mhanta?'=how are you?'<from Adinath>
'Kaay chaalal aahe?'=what's going on?'<IN Marathi (maharashtra India)
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shammu
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response 22 of 69:
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Jun 6 13:42 UTC 1997 |
Explanations given by atticus is excellent.
Most of the languages spoken in Northern India are so much similar to Hindhi
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And Southern Indian Languages are completely Different from each other with
very exceptions.
Namaskar in Hindi is equivalent to Vanakam in Tamil
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kami
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response 23 of 69:
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Jun 10 02:44 UTC 1997 |
Wow! That *is* different. Do you know the derivations of the two greetings?
That is, where they came from or what their literal meaning would be if you
disected the words?
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shammu
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response 24 of 69:
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Jun 13 04:50 UTC 1997 |
Tamil Originated from travidians (They had come down from North).
There is a big argument which lanuage originated from which.
Frankly speaking I dont know which came out first.
As I said earlier there a are quite a few similarities in southern languages
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Few say Tamil originated from Telgu and viceversa.
But iam not sure of it.
Literal Meaning of Vanakam is
It means "HELLO".
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