Inga Nielsen R.I.P.

[Corno Dolce]

Some sad news.......

The distinguished Danish Soprano Inga Nielsen reposed.

May her memory be eternal.

Вечная Память,

Corno Dolce

[intet_at_tabe]

Some sad news.......

The distinguished Danish Soprano Inga Nielsen reposed.

May her memory be eternal.

Вечная Память,

Corno Dolce

My dear friend Corno Dolce

Sad Yes, but please tell me, what does the sentence or the words "Вечная Память", mean? Is it from the Talmud?

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Intet,

In Russian Вечная Память means "Eternal Memory". It is part of the Pannykhida for the Dead = Memorial service for those who have reposed. It is a gift of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Here's a vid with the portion of that service which is sung:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GMJ3qCSSyAY&feature=related

Cheers,

CD

[intet_at_tabe]

Hi Intet,

In Russian Вечная Память means "Eternal Memory". It is part of the Pannykhida for the Dead = Memorial service for those who have reposed. It is a gift of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Here's a vid with the portion of that service which is sung:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GMJ3qCSSyAY&feature=related

Cheers,

CD

Of course you speak Russian too beside Swedish, English, Afrikaans and Dutch too!! Realy impressive, Corno Dolce.

You would have had a great opportunity to be employed by our company in Brussels 15 years ago as a simultanious interpretator, with all these fluently spoken different languages
Thank you dear sir for the lesson on the Russian Orthodox Church.

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Intet,

I don't speak Afrikaans - I only knew that phrase which I shared with our forum colleague Johan from South Africa.

Cheers,

CD

[intet_at_tabe]

Hi Intet,

I don't speak Afrikaans - I only knew that phrase which I shared with our forum colleague Johan from South Africa.

Cheers,

CD

Corno Dolce

What languages did you speak, while traveling in South East Asia? I know they speak french in Vietnam, but probably not in Korea - more likely chinese?

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Intet,

The languages that I communicate with are: English, Swedish, German, Russian, and Chinese. I know just enough French and Italian to squeak by.

Cheers,

CD

[Mat]

That is impressive. How long did it take you to learn Chinese?

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Mat,

Four years and four thousand characters is what it took and I practice writing characters every day.

Cheers,

CD

[intet_at_tabe]

Hi Mat,

Four years and four thousand characters is what it took and I practice writing characters every day.

Cheers,

CD

The Magician from Oceania, dear sir Corno Dolce - Hats off for you my most admirable friend Duce point.

Fluent in 4 foreign languages + your own native Swedish and then enough French and Italian to get by. You´re surely amasing dear sir Corno Dolce.

How does one ask for - 1 cold Tuborg - in Chinese and Russian?

[Corno Dolce]

I'm translating the phrases phonetically---

Russian: Odna piva tuborg pozhaloosta.

Chinese: Ching gai wo ee bai tuborg peejoh.

Cheers,

CD

[methodistgirl]

If you listen real hard, you will probably hear her singing with the angels. I'm sorry to hear that.
judy tooley

[intet_at_tabe]

I'm translating the phrases phonetically---

Russian: Odna piva tuborg pozhaloosta.

Chinese: Ching gai wo ee bai tuborg peejoh.

Cheers,

CD

You´re so kind dear sir Corno Dolce.

[intet_at_tabe]

Hi Mat,

Four years and four thousand characters is what it took and I practice writing characters every day.

Cheers,

CD

My friend Corno Dolce

This may be a stupid question. When you mention the 4000 thousand characters in the Chinese language, what excactly do you mean then? Is it words? Or letters? Or perhaps specific expressions?

Please dear compadre endulge me here, if you can.

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Intet,

Chinese characters are logograms: each symbol represents a semanteme or morpheme(a meaningful unit of language)as well as one syllable; the written language can thus be termed as morphemo-syllabic script.

In the Kangxi Zidian there are over 40,000 characters. In the Zhonghua Zihai there are over 80,000 characters. Fear not dear sir for even the most well educated Chinese rarely have a working knowlege of more than 15,000 characters. The trick is to memorise the 214 radicals and know the number of strokes in each character so that you can look it up in either of the above-mentioned Chinese dictionaries.

Since illiteracy has been such a great problem in China, Beijing has promulgated a system of "character simplification" whereby it would make it easier for the masses to learn Chinese. The flip side, I fear, is that many Chinese will then start losing out on being able to read the Classic texts in Chinese Literature. I had the option of studying the simplified system or the classic system. I chose the classic system so that I could have access to great canon of classical Chinese literature, such as works by Zhu Xi who was a famous educational philosopher. Here is some info about him:

http://www.iep.utm.edu/z/zhu-xi.htm

Cheers,

CD