Ishikawa Minoru Diglot Newbie Portugal Joined 6764 days ago 31 posts - 33 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Japanese
| Message 177 of 377 31 July 2006 at 3:55pm | IP Logged |
zyrorl wrote:
Dave M wrote:
E portuguese que você fala como nativo? |
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Claro. Nasci na austrália, mas os meus pais são portugueses. Vivi em portugal por 8 anos. |
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This sentence translates into: "Sure. I was born in Australia but my parents are from Portugal,where I lived for 8 years.
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Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6871 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language
| Message 178 of 377 31 July 2006 at 4:01pm | IP Logged |
And I am guessing the first one says "You speak Portuguese like a native?" [lit. "[It] is Portuguese that you speak as a native?"]. I don't speak Portuguese, but I think I'm correct...It took me a minute or two to figure them out using the Spanish and some French I know.
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Ishikawa Minoru Diglot Newbie Portugal Joined 6764 days ago 31 posts - 33 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Japanese
| Message 179 of 377 31 July 2006 at 6:08pm | IP Logged |
Journeyer wrote:
And I am guessing the first one says "You speak Portuguese like a native?" [lit. "[It] is Portuguese that you speak as a native?"]. I don't speak Portuguese, but I think I'm correct...It took me a minute or two to figure them out using the Spanish and some French I know. |
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That's right.It's funny you make use of Spanish and French to figure out the meaning,because I generally make use of Portuguese to make sense of other neo-latin languages.
I just wish I could speak many more languages,that everyone on this forum could,so we could post in whatever language we felt like.That would truly be an enlightening experience.
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James007 Newbie United States Joined 6705 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes
| Message 180 of 377 31 July 2006 at 6:56pm | IP Logged |
I just got off the phone with Ziad... WOW! He is totally awesome. He is very nice, precise, and he has a great sense of humor. His English was perfect. I was so nervous (I could barely talk), but it turned out well.
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Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6871 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language
| Message 181 of 377 31 July 2006 at 10:32pm | IP Logged |
Are you calling him on Skype or to his homephone? I talked to him briefly on his homephone, but I cannot seem to reach him by Skype.
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nox Diglot Groupie Croatia Joined 6864 days ago 62 posts - 62 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English Studies: German
| Message 182 of 377 13 August 2006 at 6:33am | IP Logged |
I talked to him a week ago or so. My microphone is broken :( so we only typed. He was busy, I guess, I did most of the typing (excited :)) and then suddenly he jsut stopped answering. :(
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Dave M Groupie United States bfmfightwear.com Joined 6929 days ago 56 posts - 63 votes
| Message 183 of 377 13 August 2006 at 7:37am | IP Logged |
He teaches at home, basically he stays in hs living room and students walk in and out all day and a few students he works with through Skype. All in all don't take it the wrong way his schedule is very tight and every student is essentially his lifeline . We are going over and overe the biography section to get it right and Im looking at what videoconference tech we can use. Their is always one student walking in while Im walking out and so on.
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Polyglot2005 Senior Member United States Joined 7191 days ago 184 posts - 185 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 184 of 377 13 August 2006 at 9:19am | IP Logged |
Dave I emailed Ziad and he will be my language teacher, im going to use skype, but i'm not familiar with it. Do i need a microphone and/or anything else?
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