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Living in a country where the language is different from your native
Thread poster: Daniel Frisano
Melina Kajander
Melina Kajander
Finland
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:) Dec 14, 2016

Tom in London wrote:

Daniel Frisano wrote:

Melina Kajander wrote:

Although I don't quite understand why your daughter's wedding would not be "a nice experience", but maybe that sounds different / has different connotations in Italian?


She was referring not to the wedding day, but to the whole process ... meeting, dating for a few months, getting married, being married and possibly having children. Apparently all that is an "experience" now.


It could be worse...it could be a journey.

Ah, now I see what what was meant - although I think journey actually describes it better than experience...

(And a few months seems a *very* quick journey of that kind to me, but that might be a cultural difference... )
 
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Spain
Local time: 21:04
English to Russian
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Totally agree Dec 15, 2016

I am Russian living in Spain for almost ten years already. And really I can totally agree with you. Speaking another language every day really influences a lot. I am doing my best to preserve my knowledge, besides, I am graduated in Russian philology so I am supposed to have very high level of my own language. I read a lot in Russian in Internet, I purchased some books on Russian stylistics and grammar, so I think this is the way not to lose your level, above all when your income depends on it.<... See more
I am Russian living in Spain for almost ten years already. And really I can totally agree with you. Speaking another language every day really influences a lot. I am doing my best to preserve my knowledge, besides, I am graduated in Russian philology so I am supposed to have very high level of my own language. I read a lot in Russian in Internet, I purchased some books on Russian stylistics and grammar, so I think this is the way not to lose your level, above all when your income depends on it.

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