Evilstoat wrote: > > > Hello. I hope you'll forgive the intrusion. I was hoping, belatedly, that someone here might have watched this past Thursday's episode of "ER" and would be able to translate Luka's conversation in the bar (or even tell me if it was Croatian that he was speaking -- someone on a message board seems to think it was Italian, but it sounded very Slavic to me). > > Any chance that any of you can help me out? I've just been signed on as a summarizer for the alt.tv.er Web site, and while I've already posted my summary, it occurred to me that I should try and get some info if I could. > > Thanks for any help you might be willing to give. :) > > Cecelia Any clues ? Know Luka is of Croatian ethnicity, but have never seen the TV show ER. Don't have the foggiest of what he may have said ? Italian is a Romance language akin to Latin as are French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. For example : Ciao chao Hello. Hi. Piarcere. pee-ah-chair-re Lieto di conoscerla. lee-e-to dee ko-nosh-air-lah I am pleased to meet you Posso ? pos-so May I ? Vi dispiace ? vee dees-pyah-ah-che Do you mind ? Buonasera. bwo-nah-se-rah Good evening Come si chiama ? koh-mei see kee-ah-mah ? What is your name ? Mi chiamo.. mee kee-ah-mo My name is .. Ciao. Goodbye. Croatian is a South Slavic language similar to Slovene and Serbian. Zdravo. Can be Hello or Goodbye. or Ciao (Italian equiv.) for those you don't care for Zdravo. Drago me je. I am pleased to meet you. Mogu li ja ? May I ? Jel vam smeta ? Do you mind ? Dobro vec^e. Good evening. Kako se zovete ? What is your name ? Zovem se.. My name is .. Do vid-enja. Goodbye.