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| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6896 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes  5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 3193 of 3737 07 January 2014 at 9:07am | IP Logged | ||
... when you are really in a hurry but still manage to Google some obscure mushroom names ;)
I have never heard of 'mleczaj', must be a specialist word. I googled it and there are apparently many kinds of 'mleczaj'. One of them is commonly known as 'rydz' (and that's a mushroom name that is generally known to Polish speakers, along with muchomor, pieczarka, kurka, prawdziwek and a dozen of other mushrooms). (Sorry for not replying to your e-mail, I will (finally!) have a bit more time starting next week. :)) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5164 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 3194 of 3737 07 January 2014 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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The mushroom is entered in my flashcards as mleczaj rydz or rydz - it's good to know that the
mleczaj bit isn't common. I am always amazed by Poles' knowledge of mushrooms (and plants and flowers and trees, for that matter)! Next week sounds great to me! Just let me know when. :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 3195 of 3737 07 January 2014 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you are cooking and you are trying to remember every ingredient's name in four languages. Stop cooking to look up the words you don't know.
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| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4632 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 3196 of 3737 07 January 2014 at 3:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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When a good friend of you who works in the foreign office tells you that his next posting is Albania and invites you to visit him, and your first thought is to look for Albanian language resources so you can prepare for a visit in a year's time.
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| Cristianoo Triglot Senior Member Brazil https://projetopoligRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4114 days ago 175 posts - 289 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, FrenchB2, English Studies: Russian | Message 3197 of 3737 07 January 2014 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you watch Matrix I movie and get annoyed when you see them spending their time
learning fighting skills instead of languages. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6098 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 3198 of 3737 09 January 2014 at 4:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when you're reluctant to throw out old Christmas cards written in your TL
(and you decide to keep them to study and compare forms of seasonal greetings). 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5044 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 3199 of 3737 09 January 2014 at 6:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when you secretly use your mom's shampoos and conditioners because all the instructions are in Italian.
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5002 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 3200 of 3737 09 January 2014 at 10:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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When your friend forbids you to learn Portuguese because you might go to Lisabon together some time in future and you already know too many languages :-D (but I think I'll make her learn Portuguese with me. Portugal is one of her dreams and I think I'm enough of a language nerd to convince her ;-) )
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