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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5053 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 2985 of 3737 02 July 2013 at 3:32am | IP Logged | ||
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When you get excited for a forum regular who moves a language from "Studies" to "Speaks."
When you remember the meaning of a word in one language because you know what it means in a closely related language. Like bala in Portuguese means 'bullet' (and 'ecstasy'), and that's easy to remember thanks to Lola Rodríguez de Tió's unforgettable lines: "Cuba y Puerto Rico son de un pajaro las dos alas. Reciben flores y balas sobre el mismo corazón." :P Edited by espejismo on 02 July 2013 at 4:10am 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6599 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2986 of 3737 02 July 2013 at 4:16am | IP Logged | ||
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When you add this example to anki, although you already know the word from criminal case.
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2987 of 3737 02 July 2013 at 1:27pm | IP Logged | ||
Or you feel you've wasted the commute time listening to Pimsleur, when you should've used something more challenging. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6661 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 2988 of 3737 03 July 2013 at 8:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you watch the trailers for the movie Despicable Me 2 and try to figure out which language the minions are speaking...or at least which language it most resembles.
The minions are those yellow creatures that seem sort of like sentient tater tots. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zarmutek Newbie United States twitter.com/manueljoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4727 days ago 28 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2989 of 3737 04 July 2013 at 10:10pm | IP Logged | ||
Funny you would say that, because the next polyglot conference will actually be held in Berlin, Germany June 2014, while the American one next year (from my understanding) will be held in November 2014 in Montreal. So, in essence, you could actually continue your German study! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| MarlonX19 Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 4167 days ago 40 posts - 51 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: French | Message 2990 of 3737 04 July 2013 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | ||
This has happened to me a lot lately by the way. Sometimes I know how to say stuff in English but on the other hand I don't know how to say the same stuff in my native language (Portuguese). And I am always forgetting what the word ''Selfish'' means in Portuguese, I know what it means in English but I always forget its meaning in portuguese, no matter how many times I've looked it up on dictionaries... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5173 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 2991 of 3737 05 July 2013 at 12:57am | IP Logged | ||
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When an acquaintance's offer to teach you Arabic makes you consider changing all your well-organized plans
for your linguistic future. Sigh. Why do all languages have to be so tempting? 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2992 of 3737 05 July 2013 at 11:58am | IP Logged | ||
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When you learn a word in your target language, only to discover, it also exists in your native language. The word was xylophage.
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