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Article #16Re: What does that EU language sound like ... and: Czech, anyone?
From: Jarek
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:42
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:42
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Das ist doch Genitiv! Uzytkownik "Christian Feldhaus" <me@privacy.net.invalid> napisal w wiadomosci news:1h3vshy.n7big015axaysN%me@privacy.net.invalid... > (English text below.) Vor kurzem bin ich auf diese Seiten gesto�en, auf > denen man sich die 20 Amtssprachen der Europ�ischen Union anh�ren kann: > > http://scic.cec.eu.int/listen/index.htm > > In jeder der genannten Sprachen steht dort ein kurzer Text �ber die EU > und ihr Motto "In Vielfalt vereint". Was die Sache m.E. interessant > macht: Wenn man den Ton anschaltet (bzw. angeschaltet l�sst), h�rt man > den Text, gesprochen von einem Muttersprachler (mal m, mal w). > > Nun hat mich jemand gefragt, ob es gewisserma�en "Zufall" ist, dass in > der tschechischen Version die W�rter prosperity, tolerance und > solidarity genauso geschrieben werden wie im Englischen (d.h. Endungen > wie -ity und -ance sind im Tschechischen �blich) oder ob das "Importe" > aus dem Englischen sind. Ich habe keinen Schimmer und frag' deshalb mal > hier :-) > > [en] > > A while ago I came across an interesting site that lets you listen to > any of the 20 official languages of the European Union: > > http://scic.cec.eu.int/listen/index.htm > > In each of these languages, you can read a short text about the EU and > its "United in Diversity" motto. More interesting IMO is the option to > turn (or leave) the sound on and listen to the texts, more or less > clearly pronounced by native speakers. > > Now somebody asked me whether it is mere "coincidence" that in the Czech > version words such as prosperity, tolerance and solidarity are spelled > as in English (IOW, such -ity and -ance endings are common in Czech > too), or whether that might be imports from English. Since I have no > clue, I thought I might ask here :-) > > Christian
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