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| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4254 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 3393 of 3737 03 September 2014 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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When each attempt at cutting down active languages results in new ones surfacing.
"I don't have time to learn Hungarian... holy crap a Basque course is being offered at my university! Don't mind if I do..." "I'll have to put any Romance language on hold for now... but Duolingo's Danish course is in beta, I guess I'll try it out..." 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 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 3394 of 3737 05 September 2014 at 1:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you have to add your (computer) bookmarks from scratch, and you start a folder for HTLAL where you bookmark some of the subforums and also several important threads, including this one.
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 3395 of 3737 16 September 2014 at 9:02am | IP Logged | ||
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You know you're a language nerd when your mom calls you and says she's inviting the
family to a holiday on Cap Verde, "and that's great, because they speak Portugese, so you could be our guide!" "Mom, I don't speak Portugese." "Well, you've got six months." 16 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 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 3396 of 3737 16 September 2014 at 10:58am | IP Logged | ||
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challenge accepted, it seems?
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 3397 of 3737 16 September 2014 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | ||
When your friend wants to visit Portugal with you some day and forbids you to learn Portuguese ("You already know too many languages!") :-D But otherwise, it is the same thing. My dad plans to buy a car in Germany next year so I'd better speed up my progress! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 3398 of 3737 16 September 2014 at 1:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Challenge accepted! I'm now 30 lessons into Assimil Brésilien, so by the time we go to Cap Verde I'll be able to fail to understand their Portuguese just like a native Brazilian. 9 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Via Diva Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation last.fm/user/viadivaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4235 days ago 1109 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German, Italian, French, Swedish, Esperanto, Czech, Greek | Message 3399 of 3737 16 September 2014 at 1:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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A little bit post factum, but:
... when you write a poem in German despite your self-persuaded A1-A2 and then hear that it's actually not bad. Oh, and then continue doing that even despite the absence of any comments. Edited by Via Diva on 16 September 2014 at 2:27pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Humbaraci Ahmet Tetraglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4220 days ago 5 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2, German, French Studies: Turkish | Message 3400 of 3737 17 September 2014 at 3:57am | IP Logged | ||
When you immediately notice that "tell" has a different meaning in each of these two sentences 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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