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| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5482 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 289 of 3737 20 January 2010 at 4:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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When after you have completed one of your exams, instead of preparing and studying for the next, you change the language on your iPod to Ukrainian to see the differences and similarities between Ukrainian and Russian.
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| Rina Newbie United States Joined 5545 days ago 35 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Korean | Message 290 of 3737 22 January 2010 at 2:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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...When it's the first day of math class and you haven't managed to remember how to do any of the problems on the review sheet. You have, however, managed to translate all the instructions into German.
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| Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5529 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French | Message 291 of 3737 22 January 2010 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you write an email to a friend with sentences in your target languages with the vocab you have learned, even though you may not know how to spell the words correctly - and then decide to add this sentence...
"Wann Ich noch ein kleiner Junge war hat mein alter Vater immer volgendes gesagt: "Donnerwetter am Freitag is besser als eine Abekatze im Gepäck am Dienstag." Ich glaube dass das sehr wahr ist. Sie auch?" ... for no apparent reason except it is fun. Edited by Rikyu-san on 22 January 2010 at 5:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 292 of 3737 24 January 2010 at 8:36am | IP Logged | ||
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...when someone asks you what you're thinking about, and you make something up because you don't want to say something like "German word order" or "Mandarin tones". Edited by Levi on 24 January 2010 at 8:37am 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| genini1 Senior Member United States Joined 5469 days ago 114 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 293 of 3737 24 January 2010 at 2:02pm | IP Logged | ||
... when you purposely make up something that you know will get them to leave you alone so you can go home and do anki reps. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| MegatronFilm Triglot Senior Member United States peligrosa.tumblr.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5939 days ago 130 posts - 275 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 294 of 3737 24 January 2010 at 5:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when your siblings take a language course and you self-appoint yourself as their language coach/drill sergeant.
You say things like "How much do you really want to learn this language?!". They do their homework half-heartedly and they give you strange looks when you excitedly and thoroughly do your French homework. After trying to do practice drills with them, you end up knowing the language they're studying more than they do. *Sigh* I wish my family were more passionate about languages. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5482 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 295 of 3737 24 January 2010 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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You know you are a language nerd....
when, instead of being excited about not having homework after exam week, you are instead looking forward to using that time to catch up on your Russian studies. when you are on the computer, and your mother asks what you are doing, and you must explain to her that you are researching the word root system of Semitic languages, in particular Arabic. It is then you know you are a true language nerd when you continue talking about what you have learned in great detail, but even more so, when it is more detail filled than the actual Wikipedia page you were viewing. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5810 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 296 of 3737 24 January 2010 at 6:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you’re completely ignorant of the geography of your country but can talk in details of obscure african
countries only because you’re interested in their languages. кынд скри ын ромынэ ын алфабетул кирилик, дешь е комплет инутил ши архаик. Edited by MäcØSŸ on 24 January 2010 at 6:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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