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| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6901 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes  5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 2753 of 3737 04 December 2012 at 11:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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... when you hate YouTube for advertising: not because there are ads between videos (you
can live with that) but because they are never ever in your target language because of your stupid IP. 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2754 of 3737 05 December 2012 at 12:45am | IP Logged | |||||
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When the 80+ year old neighbour who's partly Swedish gives you his dictionary (he's tried to study it some 10 years ago), and you think it's a nice coincidence... till you realize any language but French or Mandarin would be a nice coincidence for you. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5589 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 2755 of 3737 05 December 2012 at 4:08am | IP Logged | |||||
You know you are when the OP stirs both anger and envy in you because you would love to date someone for the opportunity to learn from a native speaker. Angry that your partner is not bilingual and envious that the OP's has such a great opportunity and you do not. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jellitto Diglot Newbie Finland Joined 4898 days ago 17 posts - 32 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English Studies: German, Swedish, Japanese | Message 2756 of 3737 05 December 2012 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
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...when you think you have a cool mother as she ponders with you which language she should start learning next and that becomes a bit difficult because she already has studied the most commonly learned European languages earlier.
...when you discover your mothers old language textbooks and want to start studying these languages right away. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6149 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2757 of 3737 05 December 2012 at 4:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When you cannot translate the phrase, spare time, because your brain no longer understands the concept.
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2758 of 3737 05 December 2012 at 5:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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... when at the dentist's your only thought is how the Icelandic word for check-up ('skoðun') is declined and whether it's masculine or feminine.
... when you leave the dentist's office and, seeing the sign for the exit, you immediately think: выход! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6149 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2759 of 3737 06 December 2012 at 9:54am | IP Logged | |||||
Ist es sicher? (Is it safe?) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4871 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 2760 of 3737 06 December 2012 at 10:16am | IP Logged | |||||
Translating that is easy: In Norwegian, it is "språklæring", and in Japanese it's "外国語を勉強する時" Edited by stifa on 06 December 2012 at 10:17am 6 persons have voted this message useful |
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