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| nikorizzo Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4924 days ago 26 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, Greek, French | Message 1689 of 3737 02 June 2011 at 11:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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...when you mumble to yourself in Spanish about correctly using the subjunctive
...when your family tells you that you were talking in Mandarin in your sleep ...when as you're typing this post, you have a tab open in your browser about traditional vs. simplified characters in Cantonese ...when you sit in English class so bored that you make random words on your paper using the Greek alphabet ...carrying flashcards (blank and filled out) with you everywhere just to make sure you keep up with your studying and learn new words. ...when you write Chinese characters in both simplified ad traditional just to make sure you remember both ...when you spend hours on the internet learning about Polish grammar even though you have no intention or reason to learn Polish ...when you SNAP at people when they say they can speak Chinese and go, "Chingchongchingchong," then curse at them IN Mandarin I really need help 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4932 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi | Message 1690 of 3737 03 June 2011 at 2:49am | IP Logged | |||||
Hilarious! Everyone here is so inspiring. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TannerS Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5609 days ago 58 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 1691 of 3737 03 June 2011 at 3:23am | IP Logged | |||||
That happened to me the other day as well. I wanted to say auflauern, but there isn't a good one word English equivalent that I know of. Can anyone provide me with one? Lie in wait just doesn't suit me as well as the German. Also, when I asked my college roommate if I did anything weird in my sleep that I didn't know about, he said I sometimes muttered things in what he supposed was Spanish, German, or Russian in the early morning as I was just waking from my sleep. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hjordis Senior Member United States snapshotsoftheworld. Joined 5186 days ago 209 posts - 264 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 1692 of 3737 03 June 2011 at 3:55am | IP Logged | |||||
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| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5050 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 1693 of 3737 03 June 2011 at 5:01am | IP Logged | |||||
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I've been told I've mumbled stuff in German in my sleep... awkward stuff at that...
YKYALN when you cut your hair, dye it blond (to look like a certain German singer) and speak with a German accent for a 24 hr period convincing people that you are actually just "visiting" the states.. yes I actually convinced a few people lol. Also, when you teach a random 4 year old boy that you see in a book store how to count to 10 in German, ya this could be seen as creep-like behaviour... When you actually know more words to patriotic German songs, than songs from the United States. When you refuse sexual advances from your non-German speaking boyfriend because you're too busy reading an article about the Genitiv case and how it's not used as much. 2 persons have 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 1694 of 3737 03 June 2011 at 6:34am | IP Logged | |||||
I was a bit worried about that as well, but I'm not particularly tempted by Russian at the moment so I just went for it. (I would like to learn Russian but not quite yet.) Japanese, on the other hand, could be a bit more tempting (especially since I've been learning æ¼¢å— along with my Korean studies), which is one of the reasons I haven't tackled the kana yet. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4932 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi | Message 1695 of 3737 03 June 2011 at 9:34am | IP Logged | |||||
auflauern waylay or ambush? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 1696 of 3737 03 June 2011 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yep, it's up to 5 of 7 now. C'mon guys, vote for the future of language nerds everywhere! We can't let the morons beat us. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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