How fascinating!
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Benjamin Barrett
Jan 12, 2014, 3:29:17 AM1/12/14
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It's important to use keywords in the source language so that learners can focus on the target language. (Page 91 of the Language Hunters Kit mentions English as a bridge language, but whatever language the learner is most comfortable in should obviously be used.)
When searching for a Japanese equivalent of "How fascinating!" for Japanese native speakers, I asked two Japanese native speakers, but neither had any idea when I explained the concept, so I went with "sugoi!" (凄い！)
Today, one of the people I originally asked suggested "hee, sou nan da!" (へぇ、そうなんだ！)
That doesn't make total sense when there is a performance error, but it might work.
The wiki (http://wiki.whereareyourkeys.org/Main_Page, down right now) has:
• Danish: Hvor fascinerende!
• Japanese: すごい (sugoi)
• Spanish: ¡Qué fascinante!
For Italian, Google Translate provides "affascinante" for "fascinating," but the Italian Wiktionary (https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/fascinating) says it's "emozionante."
Do other people have equivalents for this in other languages?
Ben Barrett
La Conner, WA
Learn Ainu! https://sites.google.com/site/aynuitak1/videos
When searching for a Japanese equivalent of "How fascinating!" for Japanese native speakers, I asked two Japanese native speakers, but neither had any idea when I explained the concept, so I went with "sugoi!" (凄い！)
Today, one of the people I originally asked suggested "hee, sou nan da!" (へぇ、そうなんだ！)
That doesn't make total sense when there is a performance error, but it might work.
The wiki (http://wiki.whereareyourkeys.org/Main_Page, down right now) has:
• Danish: Hvor fascinerende!
• Japanese: すごい (sugoi)
• Spanish: ¡Qué fascinante!
For Italian, Google Translate provides "affascinante" for "fascinating," but the Italian Wiktionary (https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/fascinating) says it's "emozionante."
Do other people have equivalents for this in other languages?
Ben Barrett
La Conner, WA
Learn Ainu! https://sites.google.com/site/aynuitak1/videos
Benjamin Barrett
Jan 13, 2014, 11:54:59 PM1/13/14
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Alan Post, the wikikeeper has restored the wiki :)
Stefan
Jan 14, 2014, 1:17:01 AM1/14/14
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Portugues (Brazil): Legal!! :)
lojban: .ui.u'esai (for example; http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure/lessons/less1attitude.html • http://dag.github.io/cll/13/1/ )
strangely enough, didn't find anything good in German yet.
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Benjamin Barrett
Jan 14, 2014, 5:54:38 AM1/14/14
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That's great, thank you! I've added them: http://wiki.whereareyourkeys.org/How_Fascinating#
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