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| Guido Super Polyglot Senior Member ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6528 days ago 286 posts - 582 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Danish Studies: Russian, Indonesian, Romanian, Polish, Icelandic | Message 801 of 3737 09 July 2010 at 7:32pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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... when you talk to your mother in French, to your brother in Italian and to your sister in Portuguese.
... when you're asleep and talk in German in your dreams. ... when you plan to watch 800 hours of Dutch TV. ... when you pick up a map of the world and colour the countries where the languages you want to learn are spoken. Guido.- 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5535 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 802 of 3737 09 July 2010 at 10:13pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I was ecstatic the first time I looked at a Korean phrase and realized that I *knew* something was misspelled. A few months earlier I would have simply assumed that it was a word or grammar construction that I didn't know, but since I've seen that particular grammar form so many times now the context made it obvious to me what was supposed to be there. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 6075 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 803 of 3737 09 July 2010 at 10:29pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
True, there are a good few language groups on there I believe 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5924 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 804 of 3737 09 July 2010 at 11:27pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I was also thrilled when I received the following email from Amazon.com:
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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 805 of 3737 10 July 2010 at 4:55am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Well, one of the best things to do I think is just to find some friends who speak your target language. That way you can get some great practice reading the colloquial form of your language, and it gives you an excuse to write your statuses in the language. :) And best of all, you get to show off your language skills to all your friends! Edited by Levi on 10 July 2010 at 7:33am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| johntm93 Senior Member United States Joined 5327 days ago 587 posts - 746 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 806 of 3737 10 July 2010 at 6:10am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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| Asiafeverr Diglot Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 6342 days ago 346 posts - 431 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, German | Message 807 of 3737 10 July 2010 at 6:51am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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When you go through the trouble of learning a dialect even though nearly all of its native speakers can
already speak another language you already know. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 808 of 3737 10 July 2010 at 7:30am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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...when you can maintain a conversation in your target language drunk.
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