Hotstepper:

datz jokes, lol, some r true and sum r not, lol
Canadian r just easy ppl and dont fuss or pokenose like Americans,
etc, good nite

Hotstepper:

Canadians are not strange, compare to Americans, they r very friendly. I am Canadian and loving it, i guess one man's food is another man's poison

Hotstepper:

@tiffcisco, my 1st question to is "have u gone 2 canada urself"? cuz 4get about what you hear from people cuz ppl tend to be bias.

u call their health care CHEAP ehhh, does US have any?

apart from their cheap health care, CANADA is far beta than US, try visiting dere

a study by the an american sef ranked CANADIAN EDUCATION as the best in NORTH AMERICA, 4GET  US and its ivy league kiniko cuz havard had a debate with Uni. of Ottawa couples of years ago and they bearly survived.

Canad gat lesser skool but all standardized, a whole big TORONTO gat only 3 universities while in US up to 10 in one city, lol

Take a trip dere and only sum1 who is netural and have been to both countries can make a good argument and he/she must have done a good analysis,

gabrywyl:


awwww. . . Thanks girl  So uhm,  . U're dating a Naija guy? well, actually yoruba is quite easy to learn provided you have a very good memory. my case, I really have a very bad memory so I only talk Yoruba when I have the mood to remember. heheh!   Uhm. . . I guess the only way to learn how to speak Yoruba is to mix around with Nigerians whom speaks in Yoruba and just pay very close attention to the words which they are speaking. Remember it and when you have the opportunity one day, go and ask them what does it means. And then they will tell you and if they are in the mood, they will teach you more than what you ask. Remember to spend them food and drink after that  like guys. . . Most of them always wants beer. But not all. Than whenever you have any opportunities to use the sentences which you have learn, you use it to the extreme and keep using it untill its in your head. If possible, ask them about the spelling as well so that when you come in here to nairaland and you have the opportunity to use the sentences, you use it and it will stay in your memory forever.

Thats what I do. when a group of people speak a completely in a different language and you happen to be there, never ignore their conversation even if you dont understand or they are not talking to you. Always listen attentively and try to grab phrases. And also by doing that, you'll be very surprise that you might be able to actually understand what they are talking! Thats how intelligent the human brain can be.

Haha u r so funny! I have a pretty good memory, sometimes lol!! I have, of course, messed it up a bit over the years, lol!! Im very happy to hear its a pretty easy language to learn. I just recently moved back home after living in China for a while, and I must say that mandMandarinby far one of the HARDEST languages to learn. I quickly made friends who could speak englEnglish MandMandarinently. They were my saving grace while there.

I think you are right abt ur techniques for learning. My boyfriend and I recently took a couple trips together, (he for business I just went to hang out with him while he wasnwasn'tking) and when he'd be with his nigeNigerianiness partners and friends speaking yoruba I would notice that I'd sometimes zone out cuz I had no idea what they were saying. Now, what worked is that I am a trained actress, so I'm very good at "acting" (and looking) like I'm listening. (as most men hahaha, jk guys!!) A passpasserby-erld have thought many times I definitely knew what was going on, but didndidn'tl like talking lol! I will keep this in mind next time.

Abt the pidjin, the other day I was talking to his brother on the phone. And while I dont think he was pupopurposelyaking pidgin, Im sure it was slipping in lol!! Cuz I kept going huh, lol! I find it very difficult to understand him sometimes, but not my boyfriend. His brothers wife is half philFilipino half germGerman maybe he is thinking, well she can understand me so you prob can too, lol!! But um, they've been married for a while lol!!!

Ok so yes, I will remember this! Next time everyone is talking, pay attention!!!!! and ask questions!!!, At the right times of course! When I think about it, this is how I learned spanSpanishof course many of my friends are spanSpanishd my 2 best friends first language is spanSpanish I was surrounded by it. Ok I am up for it!!! Let the work begin!!!!!

OgidiBoy:

Why would anyone want to go to Canada sef, Canadians are very strange people. Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Canadian.