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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes  1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 721 of 3737 15 June 2010 at 8:21am | IP Logged | ||
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... and if you have to bring some of your dictionaries to the bookbinder to have them repaired for expensive money because you have "overused" them.
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| Tally Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Israel Joined 5608 days ago 135 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English*, Modern Hebrew* Studies: French | Message 722 of 3737 15 June 2010 at 11:05am | IP Logged | ||
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When you actually dream that you are doing Assimil French. Even if you're not currently
studying French. (Last night!) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kary Groupie Canada Joined 6149 days ago 85 posts - 113 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish, German | Message 723 of 3737 18 June 2010 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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You create comparative phonetic charts, using IPA, for the languages you speak/are learning/plan to learn in the future. (At 2 in the morning when you can't sleep.)
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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6919 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 724 of 3737 18 June 2010 at 3:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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You have a blog about languages and language textbooks.
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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 725 of 3737 18 June 2010 at 4:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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You're counting the days till your copy of Assimil's "L'Égyptien hiéroglyphique" arrives in the post.
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| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 726 of 3737 18 June 2010 at 4:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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...if you want to think in your foreign languages at your workplace where you're are supposed to communicate with customers only in your native language (German).
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| MegatronFilm Triglot Senior Member United States peligrosa.tumblr.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5938 days ago 130 posts - 275 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 727 of 3737 18 June 2010 at 7:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you just had to sign up and comment on a music site that did a piece on a Cuban singer because they listed
one of her songs as "Veinte Anos". You teach them the importance of the diacritical tilde and that "Viente Anos" means twenty anuses and that "Veinte Años" means twenty years. Edited by MegatronFilm on 19 June 2010 at 2:22am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Olympia Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5981 days ago 195 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Old English, French | Message 728 of 3737 18 June 2010 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | ||
It's actually "Veinte años." But I've done that as well. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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