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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6470 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 1 of 39 17 December 2008 at 8:58am | IP Logged | ||
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Post a short memorable citation from a well-known song or book or movie, the kind of citation that you don't need to look up to remember. The next person must guess what place this was taken from and may then post a citation of his own. Comments on the work are welcome too, in any language. If nobody guessed the citation's source after 24 hours or more, you can post the next citation without figuring out the previous one, and the original poster should give the solution.
I believe this game will be fun. Some of the citations you will probably recognize for having read/watched/heard the work in another language. Some of the citations will be new, an incentive to dive into another culture. And don't forget that sometimes knowledge of these citations is vital for understanding puns and allusions, so we're even improving our understanding of the language at an advanced level. I will go first, with a German citation: "Die Geister, die ich rief, die werd' ich nun nicht mehr los." Any guesses? Edited by Sprachprofi on 17 December 2008 at 9:01am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6151 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2 of 39 17 December 2008 at 11:36am | IP Logged | ||
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Is it related to the film Fantasia ?
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| FrancescoP Octoglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5950 days ago 169 posts - 258 votes Speaks: Italian*, French, English, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Norwegian Studies: Georgian, Japanese, Croatian, Greek | Message 3 of 39 17 December 2008 at 12:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Kind of ;)
It's from Goethe's "Zauberlehrling", which was waltdisneysized in Fantasia 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6470 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 4 of 39 17 December 2008 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's right :-) This sentence has now become a saying used even by the ones who never had to study the Zauberlehrling. And it's enough to just say "Die Geister, die ich rief..." and trail off, and people will understand that you're in this kind of situation where you wanted something and got too much of it.
Francesco, give us the next citation, unless you want to hand over your turn to DaraghM or somebody else. Edited by Sprachprofi on 17 December 2008 at 12:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| monaubergine Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5842 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 5 of 39 17 December 2008 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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French citation:
"Cap ou pas cap" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6151 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 6 of 39 18 December 2008 at 4:39am | IP Logged | ||
This is from the film, "Jeux D'Enfant", and means "I dare you". This is a very odd film about two people who dare each other to do more and more outrageous things. I think the guy was very messed up in what he did to the girl. I'm thinking about the train and engagement scenes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6151 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 7 of 39 18 December 2008 at 4:53am | IP Logged | ||
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My quote, which is very easy is,
"Lorsque j'avais six ans, j'ai vu, un fois, une magnifique image.." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FrancescoP Octoglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5950 days ago 169 posts - 258 votes Speaks: Italian*, French, English, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Norwegian Studies: Georgian, Japanese, Croatian, Greek | Message 8 of 39 18 December 2008 at 5:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, man, this is easy... :)
We're talking about 星の王子さま, also known as Ο Μικρός Πρίγκιπας What about this, folks "come sa di sale lo pane altrui, e come è duro calle lo scendere e 'l salir per l'altrui scale" 1 person has voted this message useful |
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