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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2561 of 3737 21 August 2012 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | ||
I've added a link to your quote above, just in case... ;) Edited by Teango on 21 August 2012 at 3:54pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4828 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2562 of 3737 21 August 2012 at 7:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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...taking the scenic walk into town, around a nature reserve, your head down practising
out loud the present tense of a verb because you like the sound of it. You vaguely knew it, but just heard it being used for real in a podcast. Looking up, you see someone striding towards you in the opposite direction, easily within earshot. Suppressing the urge to say: "Goddag. Hvor smukt det er her! Godt at vejret er fint i dag, er det ikke?"*, You quickly look down again and sink back into your bubble, pretending unconvincingly that it must have been someone else speaking. *"Hello. How nice it is here! Good that the weather is fine today isn't it?" Edited by montmorency on 21 August 2012 at 7:36pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mashmusic11235 Groupie United States Joined 5499 days ago 85 posts - 122 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese | Message 2563 of 3737 21 August 2012 at 8:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you read a comment on YouTube that's written in Portuguese (which you've never
studied) and understand it due to your high-intermediate Spanish. And then realize the comment was actually written in Italian. I'm sure this or a similar situation has been described on here, but I felt I should share anyway ;) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2564 of 3737 21 August 2012 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you have a Lithuanian family around to view the house, and seize the moment to try out some phrases you learnt once from a waitress in a restaurant!
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| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4888 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 2565 of 3737 21 August 2012 at 9:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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...When you're off on holiday for two weeks and are hoping to find lots of YKYALNW posts in your inbox when you come back :oD seriously fellow language nerds, I LOVE this thread :oD hehe.
...When you hope that your shyness and social awkwardness doesn't prevent you from practicing the Greek that you've been studying the past few months in preparation for said holiday! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| onurdolar Diglot Groupie TurkeyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4652 days ago 98 posts - 147 votes Speaks: Turkish*, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 2566 of 3737 23 August 2012 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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... when you order Integrated Korean books online after watching some k-pop video even though you know you have no time to spare learning another language.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 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 2567 of 3737 23 August 2012 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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When a "Finnish-speaking" Russian waitress needs a Finn's help translating what you said from colloquial to standard Finnish.
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| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4828 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2568 of 3737 24 August 2012 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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...you overhear Spanish in your local supermarket, and you wonder if it's from Spain or
Latin America, so your ears start flapping for clues, and you are disappointed when they move away. You don't quite have the brass neck to follow them down the supermarket aisle for further clues......but then you try to remember what they were buying in case that gives a clue... 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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