Polylingua

Sharon High School Editors Zachary Jay Liza Evans

May, 2011 Volume 4, Issue 1 Foreign Language National Honor Societys Literary Magazine

A note from our Advisor

Welcome to another edition of Polylingua. I am sure that you will enjoy reading the creative submissions from impression on those we meet by being understanding and compassionate. Learning a foreign language encompasses so many different skills. In our classes, we try to encourage spontaneous speech by asking questions, gesturing and maintaining a conversation. A simple conversation about what you did last night requires so many different skills. When we begin to use our newly acquired skills to talk to people from other cultures not only do we learn a lot about others, we also make connections to our own lives. Eventually, through more conversation, we learn about what motivates people. We listen to stories, gossip and jokes. We eventually realize
that were all the same just under a different cover.

Whats Inside A French Song A French Poem Chinese Poem Latin Song Spanish Story Why Study Latin?

our students. We were fortunate this year to hear the inspiring words 2of wisdom from Mr. Siri

This summer I challenge you to start a dialogue with someone from another culture, exude your positive energy, listen carefully and ask questions. Listen to yourselves and listen to the world around you. You may be amazed at what you hear! Mr. Christopher Brillant, FLNHS Advisor

Karm Singh Khalsa, Director 3 of the Boston Language

Institute. He was our very 4 first guest speaker in 2008 5and graciously offered his time once again to speak to 6 our inductees at our 7 ceremony in March. He mentioned the importance of 8 exuding positive energy as well as listening to others. To me, that means not only having a positive attitude, but also making a lasting

Mr. Innes

Sra. Block

When Sharon High School opens its doors next August, the 200s hallway wont be the same. The Foreign Language Department is saying good-bye to two long time faculty members. Combined, they have over 60 years of classroom teaching experience and will be sorely missed by the SHS community.

Merci beaucoup, Mr. Innes! Muchas gracias, Sra. Block!

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May You Be Safe and Sound

By:Aayushi Mehta

sound , Zhu ni ping an, zhu ni ping an, May you be surrounded by good cheer . Rang na kuai le wei rao zai ni shen bian. May you be safe and sound , Zhu ni ping an, zhu ni ping an, May you be safe and sound , Zhu ni ping an, zhu ni ping an, My biggest wish is that youll be untroubled forever , . Ni yong yuan dou xin fu, shi wo zui da de xin yuan.

May You Be Safe and Sound Are you in a good mood now? , Ni de xin qing, xian zai hao ma? Do you still smile? , Ni de lian shang, hai you wei xiao ma? Life is so worrisome and bitter , Ren sheng zi gu jiu you xu dou chou he ku, I wish upon you more joy and less agony , . Qing ni dou yi xie kai xin, shao yi xie fan nao. May you be safe and sound , Zhu ni ping an, zhu ni ping an, May you be safe and

Did you know that you cant really see the Great Wall of China from the moon?

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By : Michael Clifford Quand on est fatigue et sendormit On va un monde diffrent dans lesprit On peut faire plus que dans le reste de sa vie Tout sans sortir du lit Vole a la lune ou se bat avec des monstres Ou sallonge dans un champ et touche le ventre Tout-cet doit terminer au dbut du jour Jusquon se couche et rve encore Translation: When one is tired and falls asleep One goes to a different world in the mind One can do more than in the rest of ones life All without getting out of bed Fly to the moon or fight with monsters Or lie in a field and feel the wind It all has to end at the start of the day Until one goes to bed and dreams again

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Rhythm of Love: A Latin Translation

Revolvunt ubi ridet mihi Surgit simili flucturi Momentum conpetere se labra meum Modo habemus nocem Sed donec manicans solem es meus omnis meum Lude musica tranquilla et detorque modo amoris Ubi luna es demissa Omnis lacrimae tuae resident Omnis lacrimae tuae adisccabunt Et postquam diu abivi Cantillabis tamen una Et tenebo te in meo animo Modus facis amorem ita suptile Modo habeamus nocem Sed donec manicans solem es meus omnis meum You'll still be A beautiful song to be et detorque modohumming Lude musica tranquilla along sung amoris And I will keep you in She's got blue eyes my mind deep like the sea The way you make love That roll back when so fine she's laughing at me We may only have She rises up like the tonight tide But till the morning The moment her lips sun you're mine all meet mine mine We may only have Play the music low and tonight sway to the rhythm of But till the morning love sun you're mine all mine Play the Music low and sway to the rhythm of love When the moon is low We can dance in slow motion And all your tears will subside All your tears will dry And long after I've gone

By: Anna Kasdan Meum kaput haeret in nubibus Orat ut descendam Dicit, Puer, desine ineptire circum Ego narrow eae, Amo conspectum de hic sursum Calidus sol et ventus sunt in mea aricula Videbimus mundum de super Dum vertit modo amoris Modo habeamus nocem Sed donec manicans solem es meus omnis meum Lude musica tranquilla et detorque modo amoris Meum pectus pulsat simile typano Nervus citharae ludendus Carmen pulchrum cantadum Habet ocula caerula profunda simile mari My head is stuck in the clouds She begs me to come down Says "Boy quit foolin' around" I told her "I love the view from up here Warm sun and wind in my ear We'll watch the world from above As it turns to the rhythm of love" We may only have tonight But till the morning sun you're mine all mine Play the Music low and sway to the rhythm of love My heart beats like a drum A guitar string to the strum

A French Song
By : Jordan Greenberg, Tal Heller, Julie Fishman, Melissa Jay and Sruti Parvataneni
This is a song we came up with in French class using vocabulary from a Petit Nicolas story called King. Little Nicolas is around five years old and goes to the pond with his friends to catch tadpoles. Our song is based off the song Baby by Justin Bieber and can be sung to the same tune.

Un Ttard
Un jo ur je suis, all au square Il y avait, un tang O je tai vu, un ttard Et avant a je navais jamais pch l. Refrain : Et je pensais mon ttard, ttard, ttard, oh Mon ttard, ttard, ttard, non no Mon ttard, ttard, ttard, oh oh Tu seras toujours le mien, mien. Je tai mis, dans un bocal Je tai gard, jtais fier Tu tais mon amour, tu tais mon cur Et nous serons toujours, toujours, toujours ensemble. together. Refrain Quand mme, tu as grandi Tu es devenu, une grenouille Tu me manque, jai beaucoup de peine Maintenant jai un bocal et un cur que ne sont pas plein.

A Tadpole One day I went to the public garden There was a pond Where I saw a tadpole And I had never fished there before Chorus : And I thought my tadpole, oh My tadpole, tadpole, tadpole, My tadpole, tadpole, tadpole, You will always be mine, mine. I put you in a jar I kept you, I was proud You were my love, you were my heart And we will always, always, always be

Chorus Anyway, you grew up You became a frog I miss you, I have a lot of pain Now I have a jar and a heart that is not full.

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Un Cuento en Espaol
By: Jillian Mann

En un lugar muy lejos, donde siempre haca calor y los animales del bosque vivan juntos,

tena un deseo.

Soaba con el da cuando iba a ganar la competencia de

. Dos semanas antes de la competencia, el ratn, Miguel, decidi

que iba a practicar mucho con el equipo de atletismo y solo tambin, porque quera tener xito. El domingo, estaba corriendo en

y de repente, pas un grupo de

. El ratn estaba acercndose y los conejos estaban rindose a la vez.

Un conejo muy grande, Jos, ech

a Miguel, lo empuj, y dijo, No vas a ganar, eres muy pequeo y no puedes

correr bien. Miguel tena ganas de llorar y por eso tena

en sus

. Era el peor da de su vida pero

entenda que las palabras de Jos no iban a cambiar su

de ganar. Sali de esa seccin del bosque y volvi a su

para encontrar a su abuela. Supo que ella estaba en

y estaba preparando la cena, cuando lleg. l le dijo, Abuela,

Crees que yo tengo la oportunidad de ganar la competencia de atletismo?. Ella se puso

en

de Miguel y le dijo,

Yo tengo mucha confianza en tu habilidad, pero t necesitas saberlo. Tu corazn puede decirte. Miguel tena sueo y por eso

fue a su

para dormir, pero durante este tiempo, no saba que algo muy interesante iba a pasar. So con la

competencia, y todos los animales que iban a participar hacan cola. Haban muchas

en

y estaba lloviendo.

Cuando la competencia empez, Miguel se cay, y los conejos y los otros ratones continuaron. Finalmente, Jos gan y grit Yo

gan, t perdiste! en

de Miguel. De repente, Miguel se despert y grit, Esto no va a pasar. Era un ruido muy alto y la

abuela de Miguel vino a su cuarto y estaba muy nerviosa. Quera saber qu estaba pasando. En un momento, cuando vio la cara de

Miguel, supo que l tena miedo de la competencia. Ella le dijo, No es posible recibir

para cada competencia, y no es

posible tener xito todo el tiempo, pero corres bien y debes entenderlo. En realidad, no puedes jugar

,o

pero el atletismo es tu deporte, y lo que pasar no es importante. Te amo, y ninguna competencia de atletismo va a cambiarlo. Los resultados de la competencia, si Miguel gan o Jos gan no son importantes los consejos de la abuela cambiaron la punta de vista de Miguel.

Why Study Latin?

Pourquoi tudier le latin ? Malgr le fait que ni les peuples qui viennent de Rome ni les tudiants des langues du monde ne parle gure le latin non plus, son esprit et son influence dure encore. La majorit des mots dans le dictionnaire anglaissoixante pour centvient du latin. Le mot dictionnaire lui-mme vient du participe pass dictus qui veut dire (encore un mot avec cette racine aussi) to say or to tell . Donc, en employant la connaissance minimale du latin, on peut dterminer la dfinition des mots anglais. Voil des exemples ici : Trouvez le mot en anglais qui correspond avec un mot latin do sa racine vient: A. Vestige: a trace 1. Nox, noctis : night B. Aquanaut: sailor 2. Iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctus : to join C. Draco Malfoy: an evil Harry Potter character 3. Melior, melior, melius : better D. Nocturnal: something awake at night 4. Fugio, fugere, fugi, fugititurus : to flee E. Conjunction : a link to phrases and clauses 5. Aqua, aquae : water + nauta, nautae: sailor F. Ameliorate : to make better 6. Malus, mala, malum: bad G. Fugitive : a runaway 7. Vestigium, vestigii : footprint Mais il y a aussi des faux amis: des mots qui sont similaires, mais qui ont des dfinitions compltements diffrents. Le mot puer , en franais est une verbe qui veut dire to stink , mais en latin, cest le nom pour boy ! Si on sintresse aux sciences, tous les noms scientifiques des herbes et des animaux sont latins. Par exemple, un canis familiaris veut dire exactement le chien de la famille et un ursus maratimus est un ours qui vient de la cte de la mer . Mais la raison la plus important que le latin est pertinent est que cest amusant ! Cest un casse-tte grammaticale avec des rgles plus compliqu que le franais parce quil faut dterminer le partie du discours de chaque mot qui peut se placer nulle part dans une phrase. Les langues comme lespagnol, le portugais, et le roumain sont la plus comme le latin, mais la grammaire est compltement universelle. Nous employons une grammaire des penses, nimporte dans quelle langue, qui inclut toujours les sujets et les verbes. On ajoute les complexits comme les objets directs et indirects ou des propositions subordonnes. Ils donnent les formes diffrents dans tous les langues et le usage nest pas la mme, mais pour comprendre le latin, il faut comprendre et pouvoir manipuler les sorties des mots. En tudiant le latin, un nouveau monde se rvle de la culture, lhistoire, et les textes des romains qui vivaient dans une socit plein de philosophie, de technologie, et des traditions bizarres sur lequel beaucoup daspects de nos vies modernes sont bases.

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Why Study Latin? (English version)

Despite the fact that neither people who come from Rome nor world language students often speak Latin anymore, its spirit and influence still stays. Most words in the English dictionarysixty percent come from Latin. The word dictionary itself comes from the past participle dictus that means (note that the word dire in French (that means to say or to tell) and comes from the same root) to say or to tell. So, using minimal knowledge of Latin, you can determine the definition of English words. See some examples here: Find the English word that corresponds with a Latin word from which its root comes: A. Vestige: a trace 1. Nox, noctis : night B. Aquanaut: sailor 2. Iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctus : to join C. Draco Malfoy: an evil Harry Potter character 3. Melior, melior, melius : better D. Nocturnal: something awake at night 4. Fugio, fugere, fugi, fugititurus : to flee E. Conjunction : a link to phrases and clauses 5. Aqua, aquae : water + nauta, nautae: sailor F. Ameliorate : to make better 6. Malus, mala, malum: bad G. Fugitive : a runaway 7. Vestigium, vestigii : footprint But there are also false friends, words that are similar, but have completely different meanings. The word puer in French is a verb that means to stink, but the same word in Latin is a noun meaning boy! If youre interested in science, all of the scientific names for plants and animals are Latin. For example, a canis familiaris literally means a dog of the family- a domesticated dog and an ursus maratimus is a bear that comes from the seashore- a polar bear. But the most important reason that Latin is pertinent is that its fun! It is a grammatical puzzle with rules more complicated than those of the French language because you need to determine the part of speech of each word and it can be placed in any order within a sentence. Languages like Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are the most like Latin (theyre romance languages, after all), but the grammar is completely universal. We use a grammar of thoughts regardless of whatever language we speak that always includes a subject and a verb. We eventually add complexities such as direct and indirect objects and form subordinate clauses. They take up different forms in any language and the usage is never exactly the same, but to understand Latin, you need to understand and be able to manipulate all types of words and parts of speech. In studying Latin, a new word of culture, history, and Roman literature reveals itself that lived in a society full of philosophy, technology, and bizarre traditions on which many aspects of our modern lives are based.

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