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Tristano’s log 2015 [EN|FR|NL|RU|ES] | ||
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4040 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 65 of 177 04 February 2015 at 11:14am | IP Logged | ||
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Good points fellas.
I can easily imagine myself upset if in my workplace I started to hear people constantly saying 'ma chi e' lo stronzo che ha scritto questo codice' 'questo codice e' una merda' 'adesso lo prendo a calci in culo' or 'che cazzo e' sta roba!' :D Even more surprised if it comes out from the mouth of foreigners. So in my case I can simply apply the 'I would never say it in Italian, then I don't say it in English or any other languages too'. Different is the case where a thing that it is perfectly acceptable in my country it is not in an another. I would avoid to hit on a girl in Saudi Arabia, for example, while in The Netherlands it is quite normal. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 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 66 of 177 04 February 2015 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you tried to hit on a girl in Saudia Arabia you would most likely find yourself in jail and punished to receive 100 lashes or something.
As for swearing, I think it is very important to learn swear words, but in order to know them, not necessarily use them. A native will normally know when it is appropriate to swear, but coming from a foreigner it can seem misplaced and stupid. I would certainly never swear at the workplace, being in French or English (although I might have muttered a foul Norwegian word to myself on some occasion). That being said, even public figures sometimes use foul language, as when Nicolas Sarkozy uttered his famous Casse-toi, pauv' con". 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4040 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 67 of 177 04 February 2015 at 1:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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That is why I would avoid to do it :P
Yes I think it is indeed useful to learn the swearwords in order to understand them. -- Spoke in French today at lunch, the first 15 minutes I had more problems than usual after my 60 minutes of Spanish conversation yesterday evening. My brain is hating me :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4040 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 68 of 177 05 February 2015 at 9:02am | IP Logged | ||
Hey I received the feedback from my teacher of my first Spanish conversation ever :)
:) :) :) And today second conversation, this time with a lady! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4040 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 69 of 177 05 February 2015 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Very great second conversation! My teacher told me that I could be a B1 already. It's incredible, I speak Spanish and I
don't even know how. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| nikolic993 Diglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 3773 days ago 106 posts - 205 votes Speaks: Serbian*, English Studies: Italian, Mandarin, Romanian, Persian | Message 70 of 177 05 February 2015 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4040 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 71 of 177 05 February 2015 at 8:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks! I hope to have a good level of Spanish for when I will go in Andalusia! :)
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4040 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 72 of 177 06 February 2015 at 7:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, the teacher of today totally destroyed me.
Grammarrrrrrrrr :) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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