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| Jacob_Kap Pentaglot Newbie IsraelRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5107 days ago 11 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Arabic (Levantine), Russian, Modern Hebrew*, Arabic (Egyptian), German Studies: Arabic (Written), Japanese, Swiss-German | Message 1 of 27 12 December 2014 at 12:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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I believe all of you were in this situation before.
You: "Yes, I can speak French/German/Japanese/Russian/anything else..." Them: "Oh really? Say something in this language!!" What do you actually say? Do you have a permanent answer for this question? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4582 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 2 of 27 12 December 2014 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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I hate being asked this question so much!
In Esperanto I normally say "Kion vi volas ke mi diru?" (What do you want me to say?) and then they're either satisfied or they make a more specific request which I try to fulfil. In rare occasions when the person in question is seriously annoying me I say "Forfikiĝu" and tell them it means "How are you?". 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Slayertplsko Heptaglot Newbie Slovakia Joined 4832 days ago 24 posts - 29 votes Speaks: Slovak*, Czech, FrenchB2, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish | Message 3 of 27 12 December 2014 at 12:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'll say something along the lines of ''you know, it's strange when people ask me to say
something in X, as I never know what to say. I'm mean, they ask you to say something, but what do you say? Hello? How are you? Or something clever? I don't know what to say.'' in that language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5235 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 4 of 27 12 December 2014 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Io non sono un circo.
Je ne suis pas un numéro de cirque. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| AlexTG Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 4637 days ago 178 posts - 354 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Latin, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 5 of 27 12 December 2014 at 1:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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I quote a poem or song lyric. I gave up on the "what do you want me to say?" approach
because on-the-spot translation is sooo stressful. Edited by AlexTG on 12 December 2014 at 1:07pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5981 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 6 of 27 12 December 2014 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I remember many years ago learning that a friend's dad could speak fluent Russian, so I myself commited the "say something in..." crime.
He responded by saying "What do you want me to say?" in Russian. And when I asked him what he meant, he launched into a word by word breakdown and turned it into a little language lesson. But maybe he'd already figured out I was a potential language nerd. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| chiara-sai Triglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 3707 days ago 54 posts - 146 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2, French Studies: German, Japanese | Message 7 of 27 12 December 2014 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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‘You don’t really want that, do you? I mean, I could literally be insulting you right now and you wouldn’t know,
you silly*!’ *I’m not actually gonna use heavy insults of course, that would be rude! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4582 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 8 of 27 12 December 2014 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | ||
I guess that's just me then :D 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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