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    general Language exchange

    Suukorak replied to SasQ's topic in General Discussion

    No, you got it right; "ils" is used for any group which contains at least one masculine member. Some languages have a neuter gender, but not French. Yes. This is the correct pronunciation. If you play a string instrument you'll know there's a way to pronounce "bowing" that sounds like "low". What a mess. I like this, but I think it would benefit from a translation, so people know what's being said: "Hello everyone! My name is Twilight Sparkle. I am a unicorn. I like to read magic books. I have many books. I live in a library. Also, I am French. French is easy with My Little Pony!" Here's some more on French: word order. The basic sentence structure takes the same order as English: Subject-verb-object. "Je mange une pomme." "I eat (am eating) an apple." However, adjectives generally come after the noun, as opposed to before in English. "un lit doux" "a soft bed" There are exceptions to this rule, such as for adjectives referring to size, hence "Mon Petit Poney" for "My Little Pony" Notice that nouns always come with an article, and that the article changes depending on the gender of the noun. We have "le/la" for "the", with "les" for both genders in the plural: "le soleil" "the sun" "la lune" "the moon" "les étoiles" "the stars" We have "un/une" for "a", with "des" for plural: "un jour" "a day" "une nuit" "a night" "des heures" "(some) hours"
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    Plausible, I suppose. Would explain some of Sunset's early troubles that she didn't have a steady family to fall back on. I wonder if there's an EQG Sunburst out there somewhere... Shoot, now I want to see EQG Sunset and Sunburst hanging out doing sibling stuff.
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    general Language exchange

    Suukorak replied to SasQ's topic in General Discussion

    All righty then! I'll start, like SasQ did, with basic colors: Rouge Orange Jaune Vert Bleu Violet Noir Gris [Blanc] Rose (les couleurs) I'll also throw in basic pronouns: moi (me) / je (I) tu (you) il (him) elle (her) nous (us) vous (you, plural or formal) ils (them, masculine) elles (them, feminine)
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    I second that vote of thanks, Ganondorf8. This thread is one of the first I check whenever I come here. This time, for a change, I have something to contribute. I don't think they've been posted before, apologies if I'm reposting something unknowingly. Pillows, by mirroredsea. Sunny is just adorable and delightfully happy. Here's one for which I can't find the source, for the life of me. But it's unbearably cute. Ribbon - Sunny X-Mas 1 by Katakiuchi4u. Those freckles on her nose are to die for. A wink from sunset by Artmlpk, another heart-stopper. And finally, an untitled Sunny by nakanoart. I don't know what to say about this one, it's just awesome. Enjoy, everybody, and thanks for keeping this going!
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    general Language exchange

    Suukorak replied to SasQ's topic in General Discussion

    I'm interested in Japanese too, and I can teach basic French, if anyone wants to know. Agreed there. I had immersion school in elementary, and "regular" language class after. The "regular" class always felt stilted in comparison. Not to mention boring.
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    Of course, that could backfire if the person arguing has E's. One.
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    One. I see this is a test of speed on the part of the non-E people, and a test of resistance to schadenfreude on the part of the E people.
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    One again. Not technically a prime number. [Wikipedia page]
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    Dangit, back to two. The first prime number. Edit: ninja'd! One.
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    And that's an even XX, folks.
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    Seventeen is the most random number for number theorists. But we're on eighteen: 2*(3^2)
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    Sixteen. Or 2^2^2. (can't figure out powers)
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    One of the coolest I've seen is the Witcher 2 intro (warning: it gets a bit bloody) The one that sticks with me the most is from Total War: Napoleon, though. Honorable mentions for HAWKEN, Total War: Empire, Total War: Shogun 2 and (I don't know if this counts, since it doesn't play at game launch?) the epic promotional-trailer sort of things for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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    I haven't quite watched 10 animated series from the past 7 years (though I have watched some older ones), but here are as many as I have seen, ranked: 1. Star vs. the Forces of Evil 2. My Little Pony 3. The Legend of Korra 4. Young Justice 5. Phineas and Ferb 6. Gravity Falls 7. Lego Ninjago 8. Futurama 9. Rick and Morty Okay, now that I look at it, it's almost 10. If allowed older shows I would throw in Avatar: The Last Airbender just after Gravity Falls, and Teen Titans after Ninjago.
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    I guess sort of? In my childhood I was never all that interested in comic books (except for Bionicle comic books, of course, but that was just because I loved everything Bionicle), but I've recently gained more interest. I'm finding it a rather difficult sort of thing to enter, though; all the storylines are in the middle of something, and they're always crossing so you can't just isolate one and trace it back to the origin. Plus the resources like the wikis are so complete they're just overwhelming and of no help at all. I guess what I really need is a friend who knows everything whom I can ask whenever I come across something I don't understand. I wonder if I should start a new thread about this? I bought a bunch of collected editions recently, and they're mostly good, but once in a while I come across something I don't have the context to understand, or, in a weirdly infuriating way, incomplete collected editions, which really threw me for a loop (I bought a collected edition called "The Joker: Death of the Family", and it was only after reading the whole thing - and being quite confused - that I figured out I was missing half the story, that I should have also been reading "Batman: Death of the Family"). Anyway, as for what I'm interested in, I mostly have read DC comics so far, because I watched Young Justice which made me want to read the Justice League comic books, which led me to be interested in the rest of the DC universe. I have read one Spider-Man comic book as well, and I liked it, but I'm worried that if I really got into both universes, that would be too overwhelming (not to mention expensive!) and I wouldn't be able to remember it all.
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    I'm reading the Witcher series of books, by Andrzej Sapkowski. Currently approaching the end of Baptism of Fire - so two more to go and then I'm done. They're big, long books, but I'm surprised how little actually gets done at the end of each one. Make no mistake, they're not boring or repetitive, but there's a lot of talking and mood-setting. He once spent like five pages explaining how the characters all gathered some ingredients and made soup. There was also some veiled emotional point he was getting at too, but if I were the writer of these books, all that's happened in the past three would have fit in one book. Still, wonderful books, and they make the Witcher games that much richer as well.
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    I wear them because I'm near-sighted. Not very badly - I can still walk around, use computers, or read books just fine. In fact I only seriously needed them to read the whiteboard at school, and because I'd like to see the details on far-away things when I'm walking around (like reading street signs without having to walk right up to the pole holding them up). Never once wanted contacts, because I have a sort of visceral reaction to putting things in contact with my eyeballs. Could hardly manage eyedrops the one time I ever needed them. I never thought of them as a fashion statement or anything, but I wear them whenever I'm in public, so the few times my friends see me without them, they're all surprised at what I look like glasses-less. Anyone else get this reaction?
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    Clouds eat... um... moisture in the air? Also, is that a lightning bolt made of ice?
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    Sunset doesn't have flaws. Best ponies don't get flaws. I would say one big contrast is between her personality in the original Equestria Girls and in Rainbow Rocks; it just takes the movie some time to show us the difference. It takes a while to prove to us that she's not the villain anymore, that she doesn't have the same goals that she used to, and doesn't even use the same means. A good way to defeat the Sirens in old-Sunset style would have been to take them down from inside, sow discord between them, etc. And we see that this could work. None of the Sirens is all that happy with the other two, and when they talk to Sunset, she could have joined them. But she doesn't, and instead chooses to defeat them with straight-up friendship and harmony. Not to mention the fact that she calls for help when she thinks she needs it, admits ignorance when faced with something she doesn't understand, and trusts her friends to help her. I'd say Sunset's redemption is already complete by the beginning of Rainbow Rocks. Instead, what we see of her character growth is her understanding of friendship, trust in herself, and confidence. Rainbow Rocks is like her graduation from friendship school. She watches the Rainbooms spiral out of control and nearly tear themselves apart, and doesn't interfere because she still thinks of herself as the student. Finally, when it's critically important, she has to say something, and she realizes that she was right all along. She learns to trust her instinct more, gains an equal footing with the other girls (both in their estimation and in her own), and learns to speak up not only for herself, but for her friends' interests as well. It's a lot like Starlight Glimmer's character arc in season 6: her crimes were so bad and her change so complete that she doesn't trust herself to have changed, even when she really has. But she learns to get over it and carry on, to do what has to be done in the present and not be trapped by the past. In fact, I think it's that aspect that speaks to people (including me): we all have points in our lives where we screwed up (maybe not as bad as Sunset, but exaggeration is the key to drama), and she reminds us: not only are mistakes are not irredeemable, but learning from them doesn't mean losing confidence in ourselves. Thanks for asking this, in answering it I thought a good deal about the movie and I think I understand it better now, how it works, why I like it. I think I might even enjoy it more next time I watch it. Plus I sort of wrote a mini pep talk into the end there.
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    Is this 26, or three?
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    Aaww, that's the cutest Sunny ever! You guys are making me want to draw Sunny again!
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    @@Moonlit, best Xmas gift ever! When you finish it, post it here. I'd love to read it.
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    I started with TNG, and I admit it's got some of the best episodes. But a lot of it could also be weak, and the stories didn't really tie together. The characters - with the exception of Data and maybe Worf - seemed static to me. I moved on to TOS, and though I liked seeing where everything came from, in general it wasn't as engaging as TNG. There are, of course, gems (Trouble with Tribbles!) but not as many. Then I watched DS9, and I loved the character growth and all the continuity that they added. The quality didn't peak quite so high as TOS or TNG, but it was more consistent, and putting the episodes together into arcs made them all work better. I wonder if people don't like it as much because they tried to watch it the way you would watch the earlier series, just pull a random episode and go. I think, for full effect, DS9 should really be watched in order. So overall, TNG had the best episodes, but DS9 was the best as a series. And yes, @@BronyNumber42, I agree that the books are good too. Not necessarily better than the episodes, since I get the feeling that each book tries hard to upshow the others and so lands in the "destroy the universe" hole a few too many times. But they certainly help build the world further. My favorite was "The Lives of Dax", if anyone's read it. Really expands the character in all her lives, not to mention expanding the world a lot.
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