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| Ismeme Granger Newbie United States Joined 4363 days ago 26 posts - 65 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2385 of 3737 13 June 2012 at 4:50am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you're at a water park and the biggest disappointment is that they don't translate
the rules into your target language. When your favorite part about the water park trip(aside from hanging out with friends) is being able to overhear conversations in your target language. When you try to construct sentences in English where the adjectives agree in gender(well...not exactly) and number, like they do in Spanish. When you do this without thinking about it and laugh at the results(such as 'Affordables Treasures' among other things). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4832 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 2386 of 3737 13 June 2012 at 8:43am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you try shadowing for the first time and your friend asks you if you're having a manic episode.
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| vermillon Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4459 days ago 602 posts - 1042 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, German | Message 2387 of 3737 13 June 2012 at 9:17am | IP Logged | |||||
This one will keep you busy for a while in France! A lot of cities have the adjectival form based on Latin, Old French, or the local non-French language. Britanny for instance has a nice stock, of which I'll name only two: Saint-Quay-Portrieux : quinocéen Saint-Brieuc : briégois (from Brieg, the britton name of Brieuc) 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| seldnar Senior Member United States Joined 6913 days ago 189 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, French, Greek | Message 2388 of 3737 13 June 2012 at 10:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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Have you seen the site www.habitants.fr ? It lists
the demonyms for towns and cities in France.
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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5372 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 2389 of 3737 14 June 2012 at 4:47am | IP Logged | |||||
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when a friend returns from vacation and brings you a chocolate bar from Aruba and you are more excited about the wrapper being written in Dutch than you are about the chocolate (which is delicious, by the way)
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| drfeelgood17 Bilingual Hexaglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6230 days ago 98 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog*, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Japanese, Latin, Arabic (Written) | Message 2390 of 3737 14 June 2012 at 10:18am | IP Logged | |||||
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When, like me, you can never go out without carrying a bag stuffed full of grammar books, language course books, dictionaries etc..in other words a walking language bookshop!
When your iphone or similar device contains more language audio than music. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Einarr Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom einarrslanguagelog.w Joined 4394 days ago 118 posts - 269 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian*, French, Russian Studies: Swedish | Message 2391 of 3737 14 June 2012 at 11:41am | IP Logged | |||||
Amen to that! And just because of the book overload in my bag I decided to leave the heavier ones at home, due to my shoulder being in pain. This, however, surely does not prevent me from having at least a book (in my target language) and a dictionary with me all the time. About the phone - I surely should lit a candle for my brave htc that manages to handle the loads of pdf fles and apps I've stuffed it with. The worst thing is that it enables me reading while walking, which has proven to be a rather dangerous activity - especially if it's dark outside, and your read is captivating. :D ..when you answer to a question like: Which ones of your possessions would you take with you if a natural disaster (an earthquake for instance) strikes? Answer: My language manuals! The grammars!! Duh 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| drfeelgood17 Bilingual Hexaglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6230 days ago 98 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog*, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Japanese, Latin, Arabic (Written) | Message 2392 of 3737 14 June 2012 at 11:47am | IP Logged | |||||
I couldn't agree more :) Only language books/materials are worth saving in a natural disaster! And nothing beats a good grammar book for bedtime reading. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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