I lived for 2 years in the Stuttgart area!

I picked up a pretty healthy stock of Seychelloise Creole words from my friends. It put me in good stead in later years when I frequently had to travel to our international HQ office in Paris. I endeared myself the people there when I pointed out (in French) that the official language of our company was English. We could all speak it, and I would suffer, or we could speak French and they could suffer, and I felt that they ought to suffer! I then treated them to some pretty gutteral Creole mixed in with my French, and made a load of instant friends.
Friends who pulled out all the stops to help our Kenya division whenever possible.

¿De dónde eres?

@DUCHESSA De la República Dominicana. ¿Y tú?

@Elsantoasauro Argentina. Vivo en New York.

By the way, that last line says that I don't speak a lick of Mandarin.

No, the last line says you are learning Italian.

@BestWithoutGods
That was cute❣?

Duchessa: I suppose it is possible that the Chinese characters do not show up on all devices. They do show up on my computer, after the Italian line. Ciao e buona giornata.

I am witb you on thus one, but not with tgat gun toting chick, sorry ! ?

I'm eager to learn lol

@Perseo1965 If you don't speak a language "all the way" ....how could you be a "translator".

@Perseo1965 Dear, to be a translator you must speak the language...as in "being fluent". "Éso" en este caso es un adjetivo demostrativo que remplaza -en este caso... una parte de tu oración.....por lo tanto lleva tilde.
A ver si hablas tanto español como para comprender esta lección de gramática. Punto

@Perseo1965 Do you know from which country they originate ?

@Perseo1965 Correct. IsiXhosa is from the Eastern Cape Province of S. A. One of the 11 offical languages of S. A.

That's a lekker selection. I never really picked up Afrikaans, other than a few expressions. But I can manage a pretty convincing version of Van der Merwe speaking English. Being third generation Kenyan I learned Swahili and a smattering of Kikuyu instead.

@Petter So where did you pick up a smatterling of Afrikaans ?

@VAL3941 Most Kenyans did. After the Boer war, many Afrikaaners trekked north, and settled in the highlands of Kenya, mainly around a place called Eldoret. I went to school with their descendants. (1950s)

@Petter verh interesting, did not know that. Read a lot about the Boer war and can't remember pick that up anywhere. Come to think about it there must have been a few that did not agree with it.

@VAL3941 Try this:-[researchkenya.or.ke]

@VAL3941 Also this from Reddit:- [reddit.com]

@VAL3941 and this:- [afrikanerway.wordpress.com]

@Petter Thanks for the info. Will certainly read up on it.

@VAL3941 My pleasure. The Kenya Boers were lekker people, often generous to a fault and damned good rugby players!

Isn't "bien venidos". Is "bienvenidos" (All together, it is a single word)

Is "Bienvenidos".

@Perseo1965
Thank you for saying that. I hope your 1st impression of our site can be elevated. Please feel free to look around and jump right in. You'll find some very interesting conversations and good people for the most part. If you have any questions, please feel free to msg my privately. Enjoy the site ❣?

@Gina1960
Pretty sure it's the thought that counts. BIGLY!