Talk:Common phrases in different languages/table

Format talk

This table has become next to unusable, because it is too big. Try to find out how to say "how much" in Slovene and you'll know what I mean. Not to mention the footnote mess (on a different page no less). I think we should scrap the table format and go with a simplified list approach, incorporating the footnotes where they belong.

German

• German: deutsch /doych/
• how much: wieviel /vee-feel/

Slovene

• Slovene: slovensko
• how much: koliko (see the main page if that helps... // Let someone explain rules for wiki English pronunciation. I really can't explain to say črmrlj (a bumblebee) in Slovene. // ----XJam [2002.03.26] 2 Tuesday (0))

If nothing else, use SAMPA. --Juuitchan

AxelBoldt

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I've done about half of them here; if anybody wants to continue the process...

... and now they're finished. See Common phrases in different languages. --Damian Yerrick

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It's getting gigantic. What about splitting it in subpages, one per language? Or even better, make this page a list of links to the languages described, and put those phrases as a section in the article on the language itself.

2002/08/06 Perique des Palottes

Yeah, why not? --Juuitchan

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It's big. It needs to be split. Until we do that, how about a table format or some such, like the below? We can fit at least four languages per line; either alphabetize or categorize (Germanic, Romance, etc.). We'd end up cutting out at least three-fourths of the English equivalents with only a </td><td> between languages. --Geoffrey

English	French	(other languages)
Hello	Bonjour /bo(n)-zhoor/	...
Please	S'il vous plaît (/seel-voo-play/)	...

just as a suggestion: eliminating the attempts to indicate pronunciation would narrow the table, and the word or phrase could become a link to a sound file of someone actually saying the phrase... -- Someone else 23:32 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

That'd be a lot of sound files, unless there be one for each language. And who's going to say the phrase? It might work as an extra, but for me I find written pronunciations easier. What about linebreaking? This example gives the speaker character in computers with Webdings - we may wish to upload an icon for greater compatibility.--Geoffrey 21:07 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)

Hello X /heh-low/

Bonjour X /bah(n)-sure/