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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Back when I was a kid, you put me down with a dictionary and I'd have forgotten the word I was looking up by the time I'd made it through the dozen byways I'd gotten off on before finding the word I was looking for.



I still do this, but don't find it a problem, enjoy the
diversions.


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makes me wonder.....

100 words for

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Avy, it must be nice to understand those old languages. Dictionaries to me are like cars, I just only care for the function.

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Originally Posted By: Candy
makes me wonder.....

100 words for




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In India, to learn the local language everytime you shift states is a necessity. I know only 3 languages well. All the rest are functional.

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Originally Posted By: Avy
I know only 3 languages well.


Marathi, Urdu, and English?

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Marathi, Hindi, and English. The functional languages I know are Kannada, Tamil and now Konkani (still learning). Urdu is the language I love. I am not very good at it. I am constantly looking up the Urdu dictionary because I read a lot of Urdu poetry. I know this line up sounds impressive, but all Indians are bi,tri,quadri lingual.

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I'm impressed! ! !


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Originally Posted By: Candy
makes me wonder.....

100 words for




Yuk,yuk


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Originally Posted By: Avy
Marathi, Hindi, and English. The functional languages I know are Kannada, Tamil and now Konkani (still learning). Urdu is the language I love. I am not very good at it. I am constantly looking up the Urdu dictionary because I read a lot of Urdu poetry. I know this line up sounds impressive, but all Indians are bi,tri,quadri lingual.


My understanding is that on a basic conversational level, Urdu and Hindi are pretty much the same. When you get into specialized registers, the vocabulary is different. And of course the scripts are different.

I know some Hindi, and a little amount of Sanskrit and Tamil.

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