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Maybe a day at most. Even days where I was alone, I would usually go get lunch somewhere and have to talk to the workers. That isn't substantial communication, but it is still verbal communication.

Comedy can be tough. The issue is that a lot of jokes are culture specific and won't make sense or be funny to another culture.

Another issue is that jokes can be based off of language and will obviously not work in a different language.

I would love to visit a Spanish speaking country. I can speak it well enough to get around now, but I really want to be fluent one day. I think it would be awesome to be fluent in the language of the country you were visiting.

Words with double letter always catch me up. Tomorrow is probably the best example. I have spelt that word in about as many as you could possibly imagine.

What is the one mistake that you can't stand in English?

Personally, I hate when people use "ignorant" to mean "rude". It is actually comical because they are being ignorant by misusing the word ignorant.

I usually read at a steady pace. I tend to get tongue tied, so I try not to read too quickly. There is no need to read quickly out loud. The whole point of reading out loud is to have people understand what you are saying.

I think technology definitely has something to do with it. I myself use abbreviations, but that doesn't mean I do not know how to smell. I too am annoyed when people can't tell the difference between their, they're, and there. That is just basic grammar.

It really comes down to budget. My school never offered German. I think all schools should at least offer Spanish, if they only offer one language. At the end of the day, spanish is more useful for everyday life in the US than any other foreign language is.

It really depends on the quality of the dub. Typically the Japanese voice actors are better. On occassion though, I prefer the American voice actors. For example, I can only watch the dubbed version of Rurouni Kenshin because I cannot stand Kenshin's voice in Japanese.

I would say that the version found inside the Gutenberg Project is a good English translation of Miguel de Cervantes work.

You can find the English version here, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/996

And the Spanish version here, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2000

You can download both to your computer for a comparative reading if you want.

Don't think there is a side-by-side version of Cervantes nor Shakespeare works.

Thank you! Just so you know, there are side by side versions of Shakespeare. We used one in my  highschool to read Romeo and Juliet.

Yes! I made the same assumption for years until I began to write professionally and found that it's grammatically incorrect using "each other" when more than two persons are involved in a relation, action or activity.

Correct form is "one another" when there are 3 or more individuals involved

Huh, that is really interesting! I would imagine that less than half of native speakers know this. I know all of my college educated friends use each other incorrectly as well. I guess it is one of those rules that just slips under the radar.

I think work books are good when you are learning basic grammar and vocabulary. After that though, you are better reading literature or academic books in a particular language. There are so many nuances to every language that you can't always pick up from doing work books.

I really enjoy certain dialects of Spanish and French. I also kind of enjoy Japanese when spoken by women on Japanese tv. It has a weird calming affect to it.

I love slang. At the end of the day, language is situational and brings people together. If you are in an area that uses certain slang words, go with it! That makes your neighborhood unique and allows you to communicate more effectively because everyone is using the same words.

Maybe it would help to clarify if you say that "each other" refers to two people only.  In other words, it is a reciprocal action in which two people are involved.  As to  your example, "The boys like each other," another way of explaining it might be to say that the each boy likes the other boy. 

When more than two people are involved it should be "one another" to indicate reciprocal action or relationship.  Thus if there were five boys, it would be "The (five) boys like one another."  So I would definitely point this out as it might help to make the meaning more clear.

Is this true? I have always been under the impression that you could use "each other" with more than 2 people. Not arguing with you, just generally interested. Is there a rule or something for why you can't use "each other" with more than 2 people?

I'm quite fond of nostalgia. I'm not sure if others find it beautiful, but I do. I think I enjoy the word because of the meaning. I love being nostalgic and thinking back to great memories in my life.

It is really a shame, but that is the way it goes. You can't cut budgets from more important subjects like English and Math. You can live without being bilingual. It's much harder to live without knowing english or math.

It has really never helped me because I find that the pronunciation and annunciation can differ in music. If anything, it confuses me more.

I think it could be useful though if you translated the lyrics and listened to the song over and over.

I haven't read Don Quijote since high school. I would like to read it again, but don't to translate every word.

Is there a side by side spanish english version of Don Quijote? If not, what is the best english translation of the book?

I'm honestly not great. I can recognize Japanese and Spanish, but that is because I am familiar with them. I can also recognize italian and portuguese because they are similar to spanish. Anything else though, and I am taking a blind guess.

It can be useful. Especially of you are already familiar with the movie in English. I remember that we watched Lion King in my spanish class. I new that movie so well that I was able to connect the Spanish parts to the english parts in my mind. It was a really awesome way to learn!

Not yet! Nobody has really even addressed it yet. I have been asked how well I speak the other language, but it was never a focal point.

I hope that one day it does come in handy. I would love a job where I got to use my  other language on a daily basis.

Great question? I noticed that my English had gotten worse when I was learning Spanish. I would just forget how to say basic words in English. It was kind of comical really because I was taking one step forward with Spanish, but taking one step back with English. It was like I wasn't improving at all.

Do you ever wish that you were a native speaker of a different language?

I love english, but definitely see it's flaws when I learn other languages. Still, I have a sense of pride and comfort with my english.

That is just me though. Are there any times when you wish you were a native speaker of something else?

What is your favorite foreign film. I have seen a few in Japanese, but most of the foreign films I have seen are in Spanish.

My favorite is probbaly "El secreto de sus ojos". It is an awesome crime thriller.