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Beyond basic pleasantries, all you really need is
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:17:26
In Reply to: OT: how many languages do you speak?, Siegfried, Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:53:23
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how to ask...
"how do I get to (fill in the blank)"
"where's the bathroom?"
"I would like (fill in the blank for train tickets, food & drink, where you want to go, etc)
Or at least that's what an old girlfriend said when leaving for a summer internship in Denmark. Of course in Denmark you can do that. Doesn't work so well in other countries!
Interestingly, if all you're doing is being a casual tourist, you don't NEED a whole lot more, but some conversational stuff is very nice to have. The pleasantries are important and make one look less like another dumb American (like a relative who went to Italy and complained that they didn't speak English).
I can navigate, order food, and get things I need in French and sometimes German. But that's about it, unfortunately. Would like to do more but it takes time to learn this stuff.
Posts in this Thread:
- OT: how many languages do you speak?, Siegfried, Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:53:23
- Funny story, Eric Law, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:58:48
- Latin, No Snaab, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:36:50
- Beyond basic pleasantries, all you really need is, Noel, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:17:26 <-- Viewing This Message
- gonna disagree, Siegfried, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:44:52
- We don't really disagree., Noel, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:00:24
- I've got another fun story to tell, Siegfried, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:38:29
- Uh... :), vvk, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:20:42
- Oops, vvk, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:22:47
- Re:, Siegfried, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:49:00
- 50+, Reality, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:13:44
- Does swearing count?, JMJ in NC, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:46:51
- Re: OT: how many languages do you speak?, jonathan, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:56:41
- About six, Kristjan , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:58:31
- 3+, BlaaSaab, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:12:59
- Re: 3+, Street, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:49:25
- Amazed at how many multilingual people we have here, turrbo , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:28:21
- Re: OT: how many languages do you speak?, JohnA , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:07:33
- Speak 4 languages, Can ask for lunch in 6 and, Joeychess, Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:16:49
- Regretably, monolinguistic, MI-Roger , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:42:51
- 2 (n/m), Siegfried, Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:53:57
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