please teach me a useful phrase in your language.
By Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
August 16, 2008 3:15am CST
We English are famous for our laziness at learning other languages so please teach me a useful phrase in whatever language you speak. If you could tell me what the phrase is in English and give me an idea of the phonetic pronounciation that would be really great. Thank you all in advance. 
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6 responses
@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
16 Aug 08
Hi I am from the Philippines so It will be tagalog! A phrase I would like to share with from my language is! "Kapag nadapa ka, bumangon ka ng may dangal". If I were to translate this to English, what this would mean is " If you fall, you get up with pride!"To break this down phonetically - "Cup-ahg nud-ah-pa car boo-mung-on car nung my dung-ahl"
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
22 Dec 08
In my country Wizzywig, we sometimes say phrases like: "G'day mate! How ya goin'? Flat out like a lizard drinkin' are ya?" (Phonetic breakdowns are a challenge I'm afraid, but the faster said and the more all of the words are strung together, the better!)
Translated into the Queen's English, this basically means: "Good day Sir! How are you? You look as if you are very busy!"
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@Wizzywig (7847)
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23 Dec 08
I have used the first part previously and will try out the lizard bit over the next few weeks methinks I'm often told that I talk too fast so I should be able to manage the speed with a bit of practice. In the part of the country where I currently live, I'm often greeted with (phonetically) "eye-ya dook..." (rhymes with book) "...your-reet?" (Hello dear, are you alright?)
I'm often told that I talk too fast so I should be able to manage the speed with a bit of practice. In the part of the country where I currently live, I'm often greeted with (phonetically) "eye-ya dook..." (rhymes with book) "...your-reet?" (Hello dear, are you alright?)2 people like this
@karen1969 (1779)
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25 May 10
And where I live in Bristol, I often think the locals are talking a different language, as I'm from Lincoln. One thing that Bristolians say that I find annoying is "Where did you put that down to?" I mean, why do you need that "to" on the end? It doesn't make sense!! 
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
16 Aug 08
Dear friend,my mother tounge is Oriya, one of the many diverse languages prevailing in my country.Diversity of cultures and languages is the unique strength and spirit of India. We have a variety of local phrases and proverbs,built around our community system and cultural base.For example, the proverb like "Barking dogs seldom bite" is uttered like " bhukila kukur kamude nahi ". Have a nice day!!
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@daisychinese (302)
• China
31 Oct 08
Hi, here!
My mother language is Chinese. Here is a phrase I would like to tell you. That is "sheng bu jiao bai bu nei" .
It means: when you win, do not pride; when you lose, do not give up.
I hope you like it.
@ushaqwer (95)
• India
16 Aug 08
my mother tongue is telugu.let me say a phrase.''nenu ninnu chaala premisthunnanu'',which means i love you so much.''nenu ippude bonchesanu'',which means i have just taken my food.this phrase is in a formal way.if you want it in casual ''nenu ippude thinnanu''.
@zhangw (145)
• China
15 Dec 08
"wir ai ni" means "I love you"
We also use English words to sign a Chinese character's pronounciation, but the pronounciation of Letters are different from English,for exampe,"ang" has the same pronounciation with English word "on".If we can type international phonetic symbols here, it will be better to know how to pronounce
