Calling all polyglots......

Fixey

OK, I am coaching a Womans Rugby team this year and our team theme for the year is to warm down in as many languages as possible! This means counting to tem in that language. If anyone can help it would be good

The ones we have so far are English, Japanese, French, Spanish and Maori...

Idela format would be.....

Maori..........Phoneticly

Tahi...........Tar he
Rua............Roo a
Toru...........toh roo
Wha...........Fa
Rima...........Ree ma
onu............on ewe
Whitu.........feet ewe
Waru..........wah roo
Iwa............e wa
Tekau.........Tea cow


Cheer

MountainPro

unfortunately i can only speak english..

but if its rugby your coaching you surely cannot leave out Welsh...one of the greatest (if not the greatest) rugby nation in the world.

(the pronunciation is below the word)

1 - Un
een

2 - Dau
die

3 - Tri
tree

4 - Pedwar
ped-ooar

5 - Pump
pimp

6 - Chwech
ch'ware'ch

7 - Saith
sigh'th

8 - Wyth
oo-ith

9 - Naw
naaw

10 - Deg
dairg

FredC

As you are from NZ you should know this one.
Yan, Tyan, Tether, Mether, Pimp, Sethera, Lethera, Hovera, Dovera, Dic.

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limerickman

The Irish language (Gaelige - pronounced Gay-l-ga) is as follows :

1. Aoin (pronounced as "hay-in")
2. Do (pronounced as "dough")
3. Tri (pronounced as "tree")
4. Ceathair (pronounced as "ca-here")
5. Cuig (pronounced "cue-ig")
6. Se (pronounced as "Shay")
7. Seacht (pronounced "shocked")
8. Ocht (pronounced as "hucked")
9. Ni (pronounced as "knee))
10 Deich (pronounced as "deh").

Good luck !

DiabloScott

Russian:

Adin ah DEEN
Dva d'VAH
Tri TREE (roll your "r")
Chtire ch TEE reh
Pyat PATT
Shest SHAYSST
Cem SYEMM
Voycem VOYsyemm
Devyat DEVyut
Desyat DESSyut

I know a bunch more but that would be bragging.

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Fixey

Please feel free to brag

davidmc

Whats "Rugby"

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DiabloScott

OK, these phoenetics are horrible, but:

Italian

Uno UUno
Due DOOeh
Tre TRAY
Quattro QWATtroh
Cinque CHINKway
Sei SAY
Sette SAYteh
Otto OATtoh
Nove NOvay
Dieci diAYchee

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limerickman

Rugby Union - it's a game played with an oval ball, developed in England in
19th century by a guy called William Webb Ellis.

It's a worldwide game - best played by (and I'l have to restrain Fixey here !)
New Zealand (called the All Blacks), France, Wales and South Africa.
England have recenetly come to the fore too.

It's no dissimilar to American football - except it tougher !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

davidmc

That's true, no doubt. For some reason, it hasn't caught on here. don't know why. Thanks Lim.
Here's some Japanese:

ichi (one)
ni (two)
san (three)
shi or yon (four)
go (five)
roku (six)
shichi or nana (seven)
hachi (eight)
kuu or kyuu (nine)
juu or jyu (ten)

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Fixey

Bless you Lim for not mentioning those green and yellow cheating wanna be's from across the ditch
Johny come lately's will tell the world they invented the bloody game just coz they have had thier grubby mits on the Webb-Ellis twice.......Sun shines on a dogs bum atleast twice it appears

Fixey

Ty Dave, Rugby will never be big in the USA I feel and this is my reason. The game is played without pads, players use 21mm studs on there boots (between 9 - 11 per boot) if a player on the ground is between you and the ball you use your boots to "Ruck" him out of the way (Often just by stomping on his back and legs). I fare rucking in the USA would probably end up in law suites. Over here if a player rucks you with a bit much vigor you simply wait till the next maul then crush his "Gaulies" to paste, all in good humor of course

seim

can't forget german...

1-einz..... eyenz
2-zwei.... zv eye
3-drei.... drrrr eye
4-vier.... v ear
5-funf.... foonf
6-sechs.... sex
7-sieben.... sea ben
8-acht.... ahhcht
9-neun.... noyn
10-zehn.... zane

I know, I know, my phonetics are probably way off.

davidmc

I applaud you guys for keeping at least that game "true to form".You are correct, our version of football has come down simply to the use of "force". We don't have "cleats" or "studs" on our shoes anymore (we use glorified tennis shoes) & we don't play on real "grass turf". We now play on "plastic grass" (astro-turf). Pepole still get seriously hurt (paralyzation)by bad sportsmanship such as "spearing" (lancing) & "blind-siding" (attacking someone from their "blind-spot". There are other's that are equally dangerous but I don't follow the sport anymore because of a) the outcome has no bearing/relevance on my life. b) I don't have time to devote to the innumerable hour's that must be spent in front of the tele'. I beleive all of this came about simply because of the littany of serious injuries sprawled across the game day field & not lawsuits because players are "well aware" of the dangers inherent in football.

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