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jmh wrote : Por favor. Si no prefiere hablar en Ingles, es possible hablar en Espanol, porque no ententendio nada Aleman! (no hablo Espanol hace muchos anos, lo siento Juan Maria por Espanol muy malo)!
Not worri. You’re spanish is prefect!.
Enjoy!
Now seriously, quite good, although I’m missing the ‘eñes’. Can you see a tilde over the n in the word “eñe”?.
I’m not sure if foreign computers can display this character.
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belligerentyouth wrote: I always thought that's is how you learn and I must say, there are alot of very rude people here in Europe, all speaking multiple languages, willy-nilly!
So Juan Maria can/should pull out the Spanish at will :-)
Speaking a language that cannot be understood by someone is as rude as you want it to be. You can speak ignoring completely or even scorning the foreign one or you can be as natural as possible and try to integrate or, at least, not exclude completely this person.
On the other hand is the willingness of the foreign to understand what is being said. I know people who get infuriated when, being in Barcelona or La Coruña, are addressed in Catalonian or Galician. Being a little patient and asking not to speak too quickly, a Spaniard can perfectly understand those languages. I’m sure that these same people would try harder, and understand most conversations, if they were in Italy or Portugal.
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juanmaria demands: Enjoy!Uff Da! 
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When it's ano for año it's so much fun.
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When it's ano for año it's so much fun.
This problem, which arises in written form in Spanish, also exists in spoken form in Italian, with exactly the same words involved. Ano in Italian = ano in Español, anno = año - and the difference in pronunciation between one N and two is subtle but noticeable. In my early days of Italian study I would tell people how old I was, without pronouncing both N's in anno, and boy was I the butt of some jokes.
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Hyla comments: I would tell people how old I was, without pronouncing both N's in anno, and boy was I the butt of some jokes.
Was the idiom in Italian the same as in Spanish, "I have (e.g.,) 25 years"? That'd make it really funny.
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Was the idiom in Italian the same as in Spanish, "I have (e.g.,) 25 years"? That'd make it really funny.
You got it. The standard reply was "poverino" - "poor guy," said in a tone of mock sympathy.
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A former diplomatic colleague of mine was posted to Japan for a number of years. His wife speaks nearly flawless Japanese having lived in the country for a number of years and was a major asset to him. But she encountered some funny situations, mostly arising from the general xenophobia which Japanese tend to exhibit.
One day after they had moved into their new apartment in Shibuya-ku, the lady of the house went grocery shopping in the local shops. When she went into one shop, the proprietoress and a female customer began talking about her, in Japanese of course. "She's a bit fat". "She's got good clothes". "Don't like the way her hair is done". That kind of thing.
She asked for whatever it was she wanted in accentless and perfect Japanese. Dead silence for a moment. Then the proprietoress' forehead nearly smacked into the counter as she bowed, and the customer exited out of the door quickly, they were that embarrassed. Loss of face, you know ...
The long and short of it was that Dot never paid full price for anything in that shop again!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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>Not worri. You’re spanish is prefect!.
Kind, so you are, but. Have a good one!
[Sorry about the missing ñ. The only way I could think of doing it was to open Word, use "insert symbol" then paste. I think that there is an ALT-No I can use as it's not on my keyboard but I don't know the right number. I promise to look it up before I write ano not año!]
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