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| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5857 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 17 of 63 17 November 2011 at 4:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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(Those who learn Slavic languages will understand the following!)
An imperfective verb walks into the bar, and did not complete his act of walking. A perfective verb walks into the bar and completed his act of walking. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 18 of 63 17 November 2011 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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A homonym walks into a bar and hurts his head.
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 19 of 63 17 November 2011 at 4:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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A genitive case walks into Harry's bar.
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6584 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 20 of 63 17 November 2011 at 7:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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粵語落吧，人哋睇唔出佢係男定女。
This one translates even worse! "Cantonese walks into a bar. People can't tell if (s)he is a man or a woman." 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6584 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 21 of 63 17 November 2011 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm gonna make an attempt at a French one. Here's to all you francophone Tolkien fans:
Un nain, un elfe et deux ents entrent dans un bar. Le nain dit "je veux de la bière!", l'elfe dit "Je veux du vin!". Les ents tout simplement gesticulent qu'ils veulent de l'eau. Le barman demande: "Les ents, ils ne parlent pas le français?" Le nain réponds "Il me semble que toi non plus tu ne sais pas parler le français! Tu ne sais même pas que les 'ent's sont muets!" Translation: A dwarf, an elf and two ents walk into a bar. The dwarf says "I want beer!", the elf says "I want wine!", and the ents simply gesticulate that they want some water. The bartender asks the dwarf: "Don't the ents speak French?". The dwarf replies "It seems to me you don't speak it, either! You don't even know that the 'ent's are silent! With apologies for my horribly rusty French! Edited by Ari on 18 November 2011 at 6:42am 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| HMS Senior Member England Joined 5109 days ago 143 posts - 256 votes Speaks: English* | Message 22 of 63 17 November 2011 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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And English teacher had a nasty accident and ended up in a comma.
There's got to be one about German separable verbs somewhere?! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| M. Medialis Diglot TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Sweden Joined 6359 days ago 397 posts - 508 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese, French | Message 23 of 63 17 November 2011 at 11:43pm | IP Logged | ||
I had to look at it for a minute before I got it. Laugh Out Loud on this one. XD 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6867 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 24 of 63 18 November 2011 at 1:01am | IP Logged | ||
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Man walks into a bar and says ouch
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