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    Default Calling all #eoff linguists

    Basically for an event I will be attending this weekend, I am making a sign that says "Free Cake" in multiple languages. That's "free" as in "no cost", gratis not libre. Can any of you tell me how to write that in various languages that you know? Spanish and Chinese would be the most appreiciated, (I have French, German, Polish and Japanese already sorted)

    Edit: sorted languages:

    French: Gâteaux gratuit
    German: Kuchen kostenlos
    Polish: Darmowe ciasto
    Japanese: 無料なケーキ
    Chinese: miǎn fèi dàn gāo (I am not copying the symbols)
    Danish: Gratis kage
    Welsh: Cacennau am ddim
    Spanish: Pastel Gratis (I don't know what Cerveza Gratis so I'm not using it)

    I asked here because "free" is a tricky word to translate properly, because of the multiple meanings.
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    pastel gratis might be spanish!

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    Esperanto: senpaga kuko

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    Default Chinese

    free: miǎn fèi


    cake: dàn gāo


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    it always freaks me out when I see chinese written with those crazy inflection marks or whatever they are. What are they, jojo?

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    They're accents :3 It shows you how to pronounce the word. There's 4 accents in total ^_^ I always get the 2nd and 3rd accents confused, they sound pretty much the same imo. :\


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    cake-o free-o jk. i think rubah is right
    Oh gods, why? ಥ_ಥ


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jojee View Post
    free: miǎn fèi


    cake: dàn gāo
    Yup totally not azn at all nope no way no how.


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    I'm not a very good linguist.

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    I'm not! xD I'm just... well versed in many things x]


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    ree-fay ake-cay

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    Dutch: Gratis taart


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jojee View Post
    They're accents :3 It shows you how to pronounce the word. There's 4 accents in total ^_^ I always get the 2nd and 3rd accents confused, they sound pretty much the same imo. :\
    can you record yourself saying that really slow and then at normal speed?

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    Danish: Gratis kage.

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