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I noticed that many new forum members around here introduce themselves when they first join, and I haven't done that yet, so...

 

Hello! I represent the Democratic Co-Kingdom of Zogradia, a nation run by two kings with a fair hand (or two) in the middle of the Philippine Sea with an alright economy, but a strong spirit! I just wanted to say "hello" to all my neighbors*!

 

:twpflag:

 

*Neighbors was a metaphor, Zogradia is an island nation.

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Island nations rejoice!

 

Zogradia has a lot of Arabic cultural influence, which is why Zogradiaball is often seen wearing a keffiyeh. We're also part Russian, German and Korean.

 

(BTW: Qatar isn't an island nation [bahrain is, though])

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Waaaaaat? It does!

 

You say “Koekjes zijn lekker,” not “Jij bent lekker...”

 

Well, I mean unless you're a cannibal or a sphynx.


welkom, lekker om jou te ontmoet. 

 

In Dutch: Welcome, yummy to you to meets.

 

I would say Welkom, leuk je te ontmoeten.

 

Then again, some of the weirdness has to do with the fact that Afrikaans doesn't conjugates verbs and Dutch does.

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Waaaaaat? It does!

 

You say “Koekjes zijn lekker,” not “Jij bent lekker...”

 

Well, I mean unless you're a cannibal or a sphynx.

 

In Dutch: Welcome, yummy to you to meets.

 

I would say Welkom, leuk je te ontmoeten.

 

Then again, some of the weirdness has to do with the fact that Afrikaans doesn't conjugates verbs and Dutch does.

 

Or maybe I wanted to see Welcome, yummy to meet you o.o maybe I'm hungry. >.> hmmm? 

 

Lekker means nice. For example, lekker eet (have a nice meal) <--not exactly a direct translation, but it essentially means that. We can be very lazy with words. Also lekker dag (have a nice day). You have to pay attention to the sentence context.  

 

pfft, now that I think on it, I should have just said  "Welkom, Bly te kenne." Though that is more formal for my taste. The previous statement was the informal way.  

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