Please close the door
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Ah bon? Pourquoi pas?Agnes E. said:Oui, mais on l'utilise de moins en moins car c'est très autoritaire. De plus, ce n'est pas très correct du point de vue grammatical... même si on l'a dit pendant très longtemps !!
Yes, I'll await it.Inara said:
Of course, it helps! Thank you very much.marco_bcn said:
in my language:
phff-cha ch-zke phffla-phffla gue-phffla-phffla hugo
^^
phff-cha ch-zke phffla-phffla gue-phffla-phffla hugo
^^
Eh, what is YOUR language?canadian_french_homework said:
Hi,
Here is another way to say it in Zulu. This one is better for a sign because it is more general. Rather than, "I would like you to close the door", it simply says "Please close the door".
Awuvale umnyango.
awu-....-e = please
-val- = close
umnyango = door
Here is another way to say it in Zulu. This one is better for a sign because it is more general. Rather than, "I would like you to close the door", it simply says "Please close the door".
Awuvale umnyango.
awu-....-e = please
-val- = close
umnyango = door
First of all, thank you very much!abc said:I'll convert these into Vietnamese font next time.
Translations:
- Xin ddo'ng cu*?a la.i
- Xin khe'p cu*?a la.i
- La`m o*n ddo'ng cu*?a la.i
- La`m o*n khe'p cu*?a la.i
Second, what do those asterisks mean?
And third, what does each translation mean, please?
Hi Whodonit!
I got it: Xahish edirem gapini örtun
(azeri)
The "sh" in azeri is "S" with a litlle thing like a tale down, I haven t got it on my typeboard
be well!
Inara
I got it: Xahish edirem gapini örtun
(azeri)
The "sh" in azeri is "S" with a litlle thing like a tale down, I haven t got it on my typeboard
be well!
Inara
Thanks a lot. Do you mean "Xahiş edirem gapini örtun"?Inara said:
maver said:
Thank you very much.Lin said:
Another form that is quite common in Hong Kong : 請順手關門. This is actually Cantonese. The meaning is the same. (Please close the door as you go.)JJchang said:
Thank you very much. A bit off-topic: Does "廣東話" mean Cantonese?charlie2 said:
Yes, absolutely.Whodunit said:
Yes that is it. But now I have a doubt. You know this "xahish edirem" means "I ask you a favour", maybe for a sign it is better "We ask..." So I suppose that would be: "...edirik..." though I wouldn t bet the spelling is allright. As the topic is not closed yet, let me do some further investigationsWhodunit said:
Okay, since you're not quite positive, I'll maintain the old one. And by the way, the topic will never be closed.Inara said:Yes that is it. But now I have a doubt. You know this "xahish edirem" means "I ask you a favour", maybe for a sign it is better "We ask..." So I suppose that would be: "...edirik..." though I wouldn t bet the spelling is allright. As the topic is not closed yet, let me do some further investigations
In finnish:
Suljethan oven, kiitos.
and in swedish
Stäng dörren, tack.
Suljethan oven, kiitos.
and in swedish
Stäng dörren, tack.
Thank you very much.Dragonleo said:
Who, you're welcome!Whodunit said:
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Please = làm ơn; xin
close = đóng; khép
the = the definite article is a mystery to the Vietnamese
door = cửa
Please close the door:
a) Xin đóng cửa lại .
b) Xin khép cửa lại .
c) Làm ơn đóng cửa lại .
d) Làm ơn khép cửa lại .
e) Xin làm ơn đóng cửa lại .
f) Xin làm ơn khép cửa lại .
g) Làm ơn xin đóng cửa lại .
h) Làm ơn xin khép cửa lại .
Lại in this case can mean again and is also one of those particles that soften the tone of the command/request. Without lại, all of the sentences from a)-f) will sound abrupt and incomplete and not very Vietnamese.
khép means carefully, gently, softly close a door/gate/hands/legs...
The best ones, in my opinion, are f) and h).
~*~
We (Vietnamese typists) use the asterisk and other special characters to represent the Vietnamese diacritics when Vietnamese fonts are not available.
Okay, so far so good, but ... is there ANY difference between làm and xin?abc said:The best ones, in my opinion, are f) and h).
Thanks again.
Kapi kapayiniz, lütfen (no dots on any of the 'i's). There are both types in Turkish with different sounds. These would sound very much like an English schwa. With the dots, the sound is more like English hit or see, depending on stress.
There is a far more formal way of saying it that would be perhaps on a sign near a door. It would come out something like "It is requested that the door be closed". I'll work on it.
There is a far more formal way of saying it that would be perhaps on a sign near a door. It would come out something like "It is requested that the door be closed". I'll work on it.
Thank you, but did you notice this post?egilmela said:
HanneM said:
Thank you. I think I'm going to wait for it.Tabac said:
I did not use any software to translate!!!egilmela said:
I have taken a few Norwegian classes and translated it on my own. I realized I was taking a risk and figured a native or advanced speaker would correct it.
Thank you very much for that.
Also, just to remind you: we are looking for the equivalent of "Please close the door" that would be found on a door.egilmela said:
Your sentence means "Could you please close the door?" That sounds more like a polite personal request than an official posting.
That's why I'll perhaps stick with Hanne's version.elroy said:
elroy said:
Yeah, but then again, we use "De" and "Dem" if we would be polite. Like this:
Kan De være så snill og lukke døren? But in english it would have been like this: Could thou please close the door? And that is very old fashioned. And in norwegian we don't use please so much as in english. So, it could be like this in a more informal way: Lukk døren
If you will, we can talk directly on msn [egilmela at hotmail dot com]
Yes, but the point is that is a personal request and not an impersonal posting...egilmela said:
If you are using the 'stänga dörren' version in Swedish, you can as well use the 'luk do/ren' in Norwegian - they are both impersonal commands - not quite polite, but not rude either - just impersonal.
(sorry for not having the signs, I'm lost with this keyboard)
(sorry for not having the signs, I'm lost with this keyboard)
*apologize*
I still have to work a lot on my grammar.....
I still have to work a lot on my grammar.....
So you think it's ok with "Stäng dörren" in Swedish and "Lukk døren" in Norwegian for an official sign? I mean a sign like "Do not touch!" or "Keep off!" ...egilmela said:
A little off-topic: You should ask him for PM-ing you, or you have to give your MSN address in your profile.egilmela said:
Thank you very much. It's never too late. BTW, where's the difference between them? I suppose, formality.elastika said:
Writing some pronunciation clues would be great.
Thanks
Supercrom
Thanks
Supercrom
For what language?supercrom said:
Dún an doras, más é do thiol é.
That's ' please close the door ' in Irish
That's ' please close the door ' in Irish
how big is this sign going to be?
Hi Benjy,Benjy said:
I just counted 30 languages and 3 pages. It looks great, but the world consists of 6,912 languages.
but of those languages how many have a standard written variety?Whodunit said:Hi Benjy,
I just counted 30 languages and 3 pages. It looks great, but the world consists of 6,912 languages.
ps kudos to teanga tiger
celtic languages are cool. plus they are a heritage that it would be a shame to loose.
I don't know. I can speak only 0,03 % of them. Haha. Do you like Celtic languages? I do not, because I don't know them.Benjy said:but of those languages how many have a standard written variety?
ps kudos to teanga tiger
You only like languages you know?!Whodunit said:I don't know. I can speak only 0,03 % of them. Haha. Do you like Celtic languages? I do not, because I don't know them.
Oh, I should rather have said "... because I don't know any word of them".elroy said:You only like languages you know?!
I don't want to begin it, because my interests are somewhere else, but not in Celtic languages. 
But I'm not looking for a direct announcement to someone. It should be a sign, so that I don't have to use the direct formal address "vous".Camille said: