Re: Hello to you all!

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:58:48 +0100, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:

>En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <IJzeren_Jan@...>:
>Welkom op de lijst! (ja, ik ben die Fransman die steeds meer Nederlands
>wordt :))) ).
Thank you. I will definitely enjoy your company!

>Well, I live in Den Haag, Maarten in Rotterdam and you in Amsterdam...
Not exactly in Amsterdam. I actually live in Zaandam since almost two
months.

>Time for a dinner! Of course, you're invited here, as Matt said, my
beloved half is rather good at cooking :)) .

Sounds delicous, especially 'cause I'm rather good at eating :)...

>Nine?! Even by Dutch standards it's quite a lot!
I know, but it sounds more than it is! I mean: one native tongue, five
languages at school, which leaves only three more languages to learn. When
is was 18, I started to learn Polish, just for the fun of it. Now I am a
Polish translator. When I studied East-European Studies, I had to learn
Russian (most of which I forgot already, even though I live with a Russian
girl). And the subject of my thesis prompted me to learn at least some
Ukrainian. But if I may say so: my French is jolly rotten, and so it my
Russian, not to speak of my Ukrainian.

>> of three (North-)Slavonic languages, and one family of three distinct
>> Indo-European languages, inspired by Tocharian.
>
>Tocharian? Wow, this one interests me :)) .
Tocharian-inspired, not Tocharian-based. Although I would definitely enjoy
trying to create some kind to present-day revived Tocharian once.

Only recently I started to make a few translations in my langs. The funny
thing was, that I immediately found out what I did not like in them. As a
result, every translated sentence led to changes in both grammar and
vocabulary. This means that they are currently all under construction.
Anyway, it's quite difficult to work on several languages simultaneously.

Sorry for reacting this late, but I belong to the category of people, who
have Internet access only at work, and since I never go to work during the
weekends... ;)

Toedeledoki,

Jan

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