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| robsolete Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5386 days ago 191 posts - 428 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin | Message 73 of 124 19 March 2010 at 7:44pm | IP Logged |
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Spanish words I love:
My friends and I would say this in high school all the time, just to annoy the Spanish teacher: 'La ciudad fue destruida por los pollos grandes.' (The city was destroyed by the giant chickens). Maravilla (marvel) sounds exactly like it should. An idiom 'andar pisando huevos' (to walk on eggs), much like the English version. Another favorite idiom is 'pagar el pato' (to pay for the duck), which is often used when someone rips you off or sticks you with the bill. Another random word: 'amarillo' just means yellow but I still like the way it sounds. With the trilled r and the 'll' it's one of the most Spanishy Spanish words to my ear. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ManicGenius Senior Member United States Joined 5482 days ago 288 posts - 420 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, French, Japanese | Message 74 of 124 19 March 2010 at 10:37pm | IP Logged |
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Japanese:
DaiSuki (love/really like) - Sounds like... DIE SKII!!!! NINTENDO (it counts, don't lie) Shinjiranai (I cant believe it/not possible) English: (most likely all American slang) Balls out. Balls to the wall. Fail. Win. (Pardon this please, but I do love it) f**kin A 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| apatch3 Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6186 days ago 80 posts - 99 votes Speaks: Pashto, English* Studies: Japanese, FrenchA2 | Message 75 of 124 08 April 2010 at 10:11pm | IP Logged |
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APPROXIMATIVEMENT !
not to forget SUBARASHI!! ^wow I just realized we're studying the same languages great minds think alike XD Edited by apatch3 on 08 April 2010 at 10:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6471 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 76 of 124 08 April 2010 at 10:22pm | IP Logged |
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Swahili: ninanunua (I buy)
Just sounds funny. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Frieza Triglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5354 days ago 102 posts - 137 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2, French Studies: German | Message 77 of 124 09 April 2010 at 6:49pm | IP Logged |
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French:
époustouflant (~awesome) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| brian91 Senior Member Ireland Joined 5445 days ago 335 posts - 437 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 78 of 124 09 April 2010 at 8:19pm | IP Logged |
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I enjoy saying "malhereusement" and "seulement" in French. Nice.
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| Kounotori Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5345 days ago 136 posts - 264 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 80 of 124 10 April 2010 at 12:26pm | IP Logged |
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In Japanese I've always liked 舞い上がれ (maiagare; soar, fly high, be whirled up) because it just sounds so poetic to me (it's made up of the verbs 舞う mau; to dance, flutter about and 上がる agaru; to rise, go up).
最低! (saitei; horrible, the worst, the lowest) is also an awesome exclamation, despite its negative meaning. Edited by Kounotori on 10 April 2010 at 12:29pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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