LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5048 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German
| Message 2089 of 3737 05 January 2012 at 4:08pm | IP Logged |
Iversen wrote:
You should learn Finnish: it has a "go away" case and a "come now" case. And for getting things done maybe adopt the Russian "Instrumental" case. |
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Interesting, I could have way too much fun with those cases xD, Maybe the "go away" and "come now" case could be the Bipolar case...? I don't know, this gives me so much to think about when I'm at the dentist today, I just hope I don't start laughing...
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 2090 of 3737 08 January 2012 at 3:36am | IP Logged |
LebensForm wrote:
I understand that, but then again I primarily listen to German music and whenever I turn on the radio here, I am reminded why that is the case :/ Todays top 40 is just plain annoying... |
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I know exactly what you mean! Compare:
Justin Bieber - One Less Lonely Girl
Unheilig - Hexenjagd
They're not even remotely in the same ballpark.
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psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5589 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French
| Message 2091 of 3737 09 January 2012 at 12:35am | IP Logged |
When you get all excited while watching a movie that you have seen many times but, because you now have a big screen, high def TV, you notice something new.That is, while watching the classic James Bond movie, "From Russia, With Love," you notice that in the scene in the train dining car, there is a sign on the upper wall for "Berlitz".
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 2092 of 3737 09 January 2012 at 8:35pm | IP Logged |
When you receive the best birthday present and card ever!
Edited by Teango on 09 January 2012 at 8:35pm
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Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5727 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto
| Message 2093 of 3737 18 January 2012 at 12:55am | IP Logged |
When you're at church camp with the sweetest, cutest single girl in the church and she asks you about your crappy summer job. You tell her about it, and say the one thing that made it bearable was hearing the internationals speak other languages, including Jamaican Creole. She asks you what a creole is, and you talk to her about languages a little.
Talking to a girl you like about a subject you like makes you think that working at your crappy summer job was all worthwhile :)
Edited by Michael K. on 18 January 2012 at 1:04am
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ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6140 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian
| Message 2094 of 3737 18 January 2012 at 8:27am | IP Logged |
When you spend the evening listening to a documentary in Polish and writing a very detailed, three-page-long explanation of and study plan for Mandarin for a friend...and yet you speak neither of those languages.
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rivere123 Senior Member United States Joined 4828 days ago 129 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 2095 of 3737 21 January 2012 at 5:16am | IP Logged |
When the English Wikipedia blackout isn't a big deal, since you could satisfy your curiosity in some other language.
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mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5922 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
| Message 2096 of 3737 21 January 2012 at 8:46am | IP Logged |
The English Wikipedia blackout was just the motivation I needed to read Italian, so it was great for me.
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