by Sandra » Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:07 am
-When did you last travel to a country where you didn't speak the language? What were the first words you learned? Why did you learn these ones? Do you still remember any of them?
I went to China with no previous knowledge of the language. The first words I lernt were: thank you, hello, goodbye, the numbers. I had to learn these as a means of basic communication, and yes, I do still remember them.
-List some English false friends for speakers of another language. What do they mean in English? What does the equivalent word mean in the other language?
Constipated in English means that you cannot go to the bathroom and in Catalan means that you got a cold.
Carpet is something to cover the floor and in Catalan it's a folder
Embarrassed is a feeling of shame and pregnant in Catalan.
-When did you last travel to a country where you didn't speak the language? What were the first words you learned? Why did you learn these ones? Do you still remember any of them?
I went to China with no previous knowledge of the language. The first words I lernt were: thank you, hello, goodbye, the numbers. I had to learn these as a means of basic communication, and yes, I do still remember them.
-List some English false friends for speakers of another language. What do they mean in English? What does the equivalent word mean in the other language?
Constipated in English means that you cannot go to the bathroom and in Catalan means that you got a cold.
Carpet is something to cover the floor and in Catalan it's a folder
Embarrassed is a feeling of shame and pregnant in Catalan.
