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Re: How To Learn A Foreign Language

Posted: August 20th, 2016, 10:20 am
by Cuchulainn
QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: katastrofaI discovered that I understand Italian quite well. I cannot speak it though -- mostly because all attempts to imitate the Italian accent make me burst out laughing. (I have the same thing with the Slavic languages.)did you have a nice time in Italy?It was marvelous, thanks. Though I liked Florence much better than Venice, which felt a bit backwater :-) The bike tour across Tuscany and wine & olive oil tasting was great too. I had been told that Italy is amazing, but it still blew me away. You stick your head in a dog kennel: ceiling -- Titian, walls -- Tintoretto! The Italians are my kind of people too. They don't have the whole English bullshit but are neither brash like Americans nor hysterical like Spaniards.QuoteOriginally posted by: tagomaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: katastrofaI discovered that I understand Italian quite well. I cannot speak it though -- mostly because all attempts to imitate the Italian accent make me burst out laughing. (I have the same thing with the Slavic languages.)did you have a nice time in Italy?Sarà perchè ti amo. What?Ci sara una storia d'amore, un mondo miglioreCi sara un azzurro piu intenso, un cielo piu immensoCi sara la tua ombra mi fianco vestita di biancoCi sara anche un modo piu humano per dirsi ti amo di piuMy grandma loves those old Italian songs. I know them by heart :-)
Mr. Bloom loved Italian
–Puttana Madonna, Che Ci Dia I Quattrini! Ho Ragione? Culo Rotto!
–INTENDIAMOCI. MEZZO SOVRANO PIU ...
–DICE LUI, PERO!
–MEZZO.
–FARABUTTO! MORTACCI SUI!
–MA ASCOLTA! CINQUE LA TESTA PIU ...

Re: How To Learn A Foreign Language

Posted: August 21st, 2016, 10:57 am
by katastrofa
- Caffè doppio, por favor.
- Allora, due caffè.

Re: How To Learn A Foreign Language

Posted: August 21st, 2016, 11:48 am
by Cuchulainn
- Caffè doppio, por favor.
- Allora, due caffè.
Piacere, molto gentile.
Senti. Allla grappa?
Prego :)
Buona giornata.

Re: How To Learn A Foreign Language

Posted: May 7th, 2025, 10:59 am
by tags
I have been working in an international environment where company language is English and pretty much no one is English-native (UK, US). AIn't either English-native.  It seems to me, my pronunciation while speaking in English has deteriorated over time. Could this be due to that envinronment of not native speakers? (It is a serious question!)

Re: How To Learn A Foreign Language

Posted: May 7th, 2025, 11:16 am
by Cuchulainn
"I bet there's a bad bat under my bed" 
bad bad bad bad

Pidgin English => Venn diagram.

Re: How To Learn A Foreign Language

Posted: May 7th, 2025, 11:23 am
by Cuchulainn
https://nrcwebwinkel.nl/amfile/file/dow ... ct/265825/

https://www.bruna.nl/boeken/righting-en ... 9076542652

I stopped talking to the Dutch in English after about 6 months.

"Chick it out"

Re: How To Learn A Foreign Language

Posted: May 7th, 2025, 1:34 pm
by Cuchulainn
The best English on the mainland is spoken in Luxembourg.