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Title: Language Game
Post by: Hypno on July 27, 2017, 12:51:48 PM

Alright so, I came up with an idea for a game (possibly hard game) where you have to try and translate a word, sentence phrase, or even part of a song. It an be any language you'd like.

The aim of the game is to be the first to earn 50 points (100 or more if you guys want). 50 points racks up a win, and someone can keep track of the wins. I have a feeling that someone with good language knowledge will do good here :p

You can try and guess the language or the word, sentence, or phrase.
You have to guess the language of the word/sentence/phrase first, and then you can guess the word/sentence/phrase itself and translate it in english in the same post. If you don't know the actual word/sentence/phrase/song lyrics you can pass that part.
It is encouraged to try not to use Google Translate, okay? :)

5 people get to guess, but the first person to answer THE FULL word/sentence/phrase/song lyrics correctly gets to make the next phrase. If nobody answers the full word/sentence/phrase/song lyrics correctly, then the person with the closest guess(s) can make the next word/sentence/phrase/song lyrics.

Point amounts:

For words:
0 points for getting everything or the word wrong
1 points - guessing the language at least
2 points - guessing the word correctly

For sentences/phrases/song lyrics:
0 points for getting everything wrong
1 point - guessing the language at least
2 points - guessing part of the sentence/phrase/song lyrics
3 points - guessing the whole sentence/phrase/song lyrics

This might be tough :sducky
If there are any flaws in my explanation or the rules, please tell me :sducky

Edit: I forgot one thing! I forgot to start!

Sisi ni sawa (should be an easy one :p)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on July 27, 2017, 02:49:33 PM

That is pretty easy if you've heard the song.  :p The language is Swahili and it means "we are the same" if I'm not mistaken.

Title: Language Game
Post by: Hypno on July 27, 2017, 02:51:47 PM

Thank you for answering honestly (hopefully!) because you can very easily cheat in this game.
You get 3 points Sovereign, and you may choose the next thing for us to guess.

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on July 27, 2017, 02:55:06 PM

Nope, I knew the song already so I didn't cheat. I truly hope this isn't too difficult but it has been heard in some piece of news in the recent years.  :)

Achhe din aane waale hain.

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on July 30, 2017, 09:27:06 AM

could this be finnish? :p

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on July 30, 2017, 09:47:16 AM

Nope, nope, nope!   :lol

Title: Language Game
Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on July 30, 2017, 10:11:22 PM

Tis German but don't know what you're saying.

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on July 31, 2017, 02:55:06 AM

Sorry, but no.  :)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Littlefoot fan 1990 on July 31, 2017, 09:47:46 AM

is this language Dutch?

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on July 31, 2017, 09:51:35 AM

Hmm, nope. 2 more guesses!  ;) I'll say that this language isn't European.

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on July 31, 2017, 06:23:42 PM

I don't even know that many languages :sducky

indonesian?

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on July 31, 2017, 06:25:18 PM

That's a closer guess but still not quite correct. :sducky

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on August 03, 2017, 10:51:50 AM

closer hmm... Filipino? Or whatever the language of the philippines is called :sducky:

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on August 03, 2017, 12:06:38 PM

Nope, and that was the 5th guess. The language is India's main language Hindi and phrase was the slogan used by the BJP party during the 2014 election campaign. It translates into Good times are coming.

Ducky may have the next turn as he was closest to the truth.  :)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Hypno on August 03, 2017, 12:39:28 PM

I think I'll add that to the rules ;)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on August 06, 2017, 09:13:54 PM

Pokoj  :)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on August 18, 2017, 03:42:23 PM

This a pure guess but could that be Littlefoot in Hungarian?

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sneak on August 18, 2017, 05:02:39 PM

is it "quiet" on some Polish?

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on August 20, 2017, 02:38:04 PM

neither of your guesses are correct. Though, I think you got the correct language family already :)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Hypno on August 20, 2017, 02:42:21 PM

Pokoj...something like Poko. ...Japanese I think? I believe that's the pronounciation of something, but what?

Maybe we should add more guesses. This game is pretty hard, maybe some hints could be said too?

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on August 20, 2017, 02:47:38 PM

That's wrong as well. I already said the language family of the two first guesses was already quite a good guess. So, to confirm, it is a slavic language we are looking for :)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on August 20, 2017, 04:58:15 PM

That definitely sounds like a West Slavic word. If it's not Polish, perhaps Czech?

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on August 20, 2017, 08:01:38 PM

Not quite, but it's close :)

Title: Language Game
Post by: Sovereign on August 27, 2017, 03:02:49 PM

Then we have Slovak left of these languages unless it's not Silesian which would be kind of cheating, really.  :p

Title: Language Game
Post by: Ducky123 on August 27, 2017, 06:34:50 PM

yes, it is slowakian :)

I don't think you'll guess the word though, it's not exactly commonly used. Should I reveal?