Anyone here speak Spanish? A different language? Anyone have any interesting language experiences?
Here's a spanish experience: During a conversation with my teacher (in spanish, of course), she asked me how I was feeling. I wanted to say "Embarrassed" and I figured since some words are cognates (similar in english and spanish), embarazzado sounded good. Well, turns out that embarazzado means pregnant. So, my teacher quaintly asked me "You're pregnant?" We had a good laugh.
Hablo español y yo tengo tres años de español. En el proximo año, no puedo sacar la clase de español porque no tengo espacio para la.
Si tu puedes hablar (o escribir) un otro idioma, entonces nos habla.
(Mi español no es perfecto).
Post edited by: Soulfire, at: 2007/06/05 16:32
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/06 00:57
By: deelishislydark
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Ay! Soulfire que lo está bien. Tengo tomarlo desde que preescolar y yo apenas lo he bajado. Yo no lo puedo hablar realmente. Puedo leer, entender, y para escribirlo realmente bien aunque. ¿"Su embarazada"?
Trans: Soulfire it's okay. I've been taking it since pre-school and I've barely got it down. I can't really speak it. I'm able to read, understand, and write it really well though. " Your pregnant?"
You crack me. You know that.
Usted lo habla realmente bien en mi opinión. Yo le entendí por lo menos.
Hope you understood me.-Dee
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/06 01:05
By: deelishislydark
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Oh! Experience wise. Once I was trying to say my favorite animal: the blue whale. Which is "ballena azul" in espanol. But it got mixed in translation and she thought I said my favorite animal was "blue balls".
So embarrassing. Dee
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/06 01:05
By: deelishislydark
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Oh! Experience wise. Once I was trying to say my favorite animal: the blue whale. Which is "ballena azul" in espanol. But it got mixed in translation and she thought I said my favorite animal was "blue balls".
So embarrassing. Dee
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/09 20:13
By: Kenny16
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If you think saying you're pregnant in class, I can totally top that: a couple weeks ago my teacher asked me if I would enjoy my summer vacation and I answered "voy a disfrutarme" which may sound like "I will enjoy myself" but really means "I will mastrubate." Yo estuve muy "embarazzado."
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/09 21:09
By: deelishislydark
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Wow. That tops mine you win Kenny. I'm sorry.
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/10 14:08
By: eversweet
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i speak Indonesian/Malay and a fair bit of French. and i haven't got any fun stories to share ~Megan~
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/11 21:52
By: Jet34
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Yo se un poco de espanol (dos anos). Je parle aussi le francais. I know American Sign Language. And there are many more I want to learn.
I just love languages. I must say it is distubingly easy to accidently say one is pregnant, even in French. Saying "I'm full" is slang for "I'm pregnant." Madame was very careful to point that one out.
We should start a non-English chat room for practice. It's fun.
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/12 00:01
By: deelishislydark
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I know a couple of words and phrases in French.
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/12 08:53
By: Fiyero
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I speak English and Spanish and can speak a bit of Japanese.
I'm gonna start learning French soon.
Oh, I can read and write in Russian.
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/12 20:55
By: UnoriginalName
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I'm currently aspiring to be fluent in French. The only time I've ever really used it outside of school was when I bought ice cream in France Just saying...
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Re:Foreign Language?
Date: 2007/06/13 03:29
By: barely.conscious
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eversweet wrote: i speak Indonesian/Malay and a fair bit of French. and i haven't got any fun stories to share
We learn indonesian in year 7+8..i liked it, but had to ditch it for art. Don't remember too much of it. I'd like to learn french one day. More is never enough
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