tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086842505739893915.post7111958777736237974..comments2023-06-27T17:18:17.451+02:00Comments on Die Murmeltierjahre im Land des Frühschoppens: Why English?tonicitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784905499333468630noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086842505739893915.post-88206601709903766082007-06-10T18:20:00.000+02:002007-06-10T18:20:00.000+02:00Absolutely agree :)If only I had been brought up i...Absolutely agree :)<BR/>If only I had been brought up in Spanish and Chinese!! ...or arabic, japanese or German for that matter!<BR/><BR/>As for Germans...well, it´s payback time!! Let them sweat with our Preterito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo the same way we did with their twisted (to our eyes) gender: Die Sonne, Der Mond, Das Mädchen ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086842505739893915.post-69888237796020626732007-06-09T21:17:00.000+02:002007-06-09T21:17:00.000+02:00Alba: Visca! Tu ets el puntet de Barcelona!!! :)Ib...Alba: Visca! Tu ets el puntet de Barcelona!!! :)<BR/><BR/>Iban: I'm lucky, but Catalan and Spanish do have a common root. It would be much better to be brought up in a Romance language, a Germanic language and (why not?) a Slavic language! :)<BR/>German is really tricky, but seeing how painfully German speakers learn romance languages (subjunctive mood, fourteen different verbal tenses...) I'm happy not to have to learn all that stuff!tonicitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784905499333468630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086842505739893915.post-11606798553456123202007-06-08T12:25:00.000+02:002007-06-08T12:25:00.000+02:00As you say, you have been really lucky to be broug...As you say, you have been really lucky to be brought up in bilingually... so imagine how it must be for people whose mind has only been "shaped" in a language :)<BR/><BR/>I speak more than 2 languages, and funnily enough I've always been under the impression that bilingual people had a different approach, that somehow they were ready to take on as many languages as they wanted because of the fact that they started up with two... so it's interesting to read this... But then, you know...German is so tricky ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086842505739893915.post-5215333095891206492007-06-04T19:01:00.000+02:002007-06-04T19:01:00.000+02:00Weeeeeeeeeeeee! Si! Vull dir... yes! It works! Ver...Weeeeeeeeeeeee! Si! Vull dir... yes! It works! Very nice blog, cuñiao! And thanks for the advice...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086842505739893915.post-52883579517494083852007-06-04T19:00:00.000+02:002007-06-04T19:00:00.000+02:00Let's see if it works...AlbaLet's see if it works...<BR/><BR/>AlbaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com