tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546956.post112486532663749101..comments2024-03-09T20:43:59.063-05:00Comments on The Language Lover's Blog: Whoops, wrong languageLanguage Loverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17095286029520305813noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546956.post-1125374036188174742005-08-29T23:53:00.000-04:002005-08-29T23:53:00.000-04:00Hee hee...I can imagine that, since Russian is unl...Hee hee...I can imagine that, since Russian is unlikely to be a person's first foreign language. I also find it extremely difficult to go <I>between</I> my foreign languages (e.g. Spanish to German). It feels like my brain's trying to shift from first to third gear without going through neutral (English). Or like my friend who couldn't drive anywhere in town (say, library to grocery store) without going home in between. :)Language Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288480400454374958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546956.post-1125364591415038512005-08-29T21:16:00.000-04:002005-08-29T21:16:00.000-04:00One German teacher I had was a native English spea...One German teacher I had was a native English speaker, but his German was good enough to be basically bilingual, and he spoke of not knowing whether his last sentence had been in English or German.<BR/><BR/>In Russian class, for at least the first two months, I had incredible trouble saying "Da!" instead of "Ja!" and "nyet" instead of "nein." It was, at times, flustering to have German practically bursting out of my mouth instead of the Russian I was struggling to learn. My teacher said that that was common, and that for the first few weeks at least, we'd have a lot of Spanish, French, etc., leaking out in class. :)Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11273693064723932376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546956.post-1124994929372852432005-08-25T14:35:00.000-04:002005-08-25T14:35:00.000-04:00Hi! I'm moony from the JB forum! Nice to visit you...Hi! I'm moony from the JB forum! Nice to visit you :)Eminahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447870524500924485noreply@blogger.com