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| pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5517 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 73 of 88 27 May 2012 at 11:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Some from Polish:
Ciebie to chyba miękkim pyrtkiem robili! Literally: You must have been made with a soft penis Meaning: when expressing surprise that someone did or said something stupid Błąkasz się jak smród po gaciach Literally: You're wandering around like a fart in trousers Meaning: someone is walking around without purpose Zrobić kogoś w konia Literally: to turn someone into a horse Meaning: to trick someone Z duszą na ramieniu Literally: with a soul on a shoulder Meaning: scared (ex. I went into the dark room z duszą na ramieniu) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| jmike129 Newbie United States Joined 4333 days ago 5 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin Studies: Old English | Message 74 of 88 21 December 2012 at 8:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Ego pedicabo vos et iurambo!
I will sodomize and face f**k you! - Actual quote from Catullus. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4633 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 75 of 88 21 December 2012 at 11:55pm | IP Logged | ||
The correct form of this quote is: "Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo." Edited by Josquin on 22 December 2012 at 12:10am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4915 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh | Message 76 of 88 22 December 2012 at 1:38am | IP Logged | ||
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I like German "Es ist mir Wurst" (it's sausage to me) meaning it's all the same to me.
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| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4967 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 77 of 88 22 December 2012 at 12:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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tu leży pies pogrzebany
her ligger hunden begravet här ligger en hund begraven da liegt der Hund begraben It's so funny! The Internet says it comes from one grave of a dog with this epitaph scribbed on. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4455 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese | Message 78 of 88 22 December 2012 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Clumsy, this idiom is found in Latvian as well:
'Tur tas suns ir aprakts.' I find it peculiar indeed. Perhaps a German native speaker could explain in what situations, if any, this might be said? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4633 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 79 of 88 22 December 2012 at 6:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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'Da liegt der Hund begraben' means something like: 'That's the cause of the problem.'
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| A boldog eb Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4171 days ago 7 posts - 9 votes Speaks: Hungarian Studies: Estonian, German, Russian | Message 80 of 88 07 February 2013 at 1:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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From Hungarian "nekem Nyolc" literally "To me it's eight" The meaning? "It's all the same
to me" or "I'm not bothered" 1 person has voted this message useful |
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