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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5009 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 3633 of 3737 24 July 2015 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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When it bugs you that you suddenly cannot remember how to say "cockroach" in French, even though you are sure you used to know the word. But you can still remember it in Spanish, which is nice.
This thread, if it gets discontinued, will be among the hugest losses of the forum migration. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yrek Pentaglot Newbie Poland Joined 3587 days ago 34 posts - 37 votes Speaks: Polish*, Japanese, Korean, English, Mandarin Studies: Vietnamese Studies: Hungarian, Mongolian | Message 3634 of 3737 24 July 2015 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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When google starts offering you ads in your target language (today I got an English
course ad for Portuguese speakers on youtube while watching a vid that had nothing to do with Portgual or English). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6783 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 3635 of 3737 24 July 2015 at 5:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you start studying Mandarin (today) not because you want to live there or even
necessarily travel. Just because it's intriguing. Also, do you guys know about the Amazon Echo? It's this cylindrical speaker - you talk to it - it talks back. Of course they only made it understand English, doh! :| Would love something like that to help me master tones. 1 person has 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 3636 of 3737 25 July 2015 at 3:31am | IP Logged | ||
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When you use kanji flashcards as bookmarks!
(I'm also seriously considering graduating to coasters...) Edited by Teango on 25 July 2015 at 6:25am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 3637 of 3737 25 July 2015 at 10:25am | IP Logged | ||
I do this with my flashcards. If you came to my house, you'd find 3x5 file cards with foreign words and phrases all over the place, used for everything except actual study. They do make very good coasters, bookmarks, grocery lists, impromptu dustpans, etc. Also, I had a language nerd moment when I took a wrong turn driving and ended up at a bookstore. I didn't intend to go to the bookstore; it just kind of happened. Two cool new phrasebooks came home with me. Meant to be. Edited by meramarina on 25 July 2015 at 10:26am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6783 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 3638 of 3737 25 July 2015 at 1:36pm | IP Logged | ||
I like the idea that when you're driving and you stop paying attention the most likely place you are to end up is a bookstore. :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 3639 of 3737 25 July 2015 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
If there were a bookstore for every time I stop paying attention, there would be a LOT more bookstores in the world! And very happy language nerds! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5171 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 3640 of 3737 27 July 2015 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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When, after reading a few posts about French TV shows, you feel this strong urge to start watching shows in
French with (French) subtitles just to see how much you can pick up without doing any other studying. Because every language nerd needs to have at least a passive knowledge of French, right? And then you start thinking of all the other languages you ought to have at least a passive knowledge of . . . 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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