Comical Mistakes When Speaking a Foreign Language

[Perikles]

An English friend of mine, living here in Tenerife, has started Spanish lessons. She discovered last week that, contrary to what she had thought for a year, her neighbour's dog does not have the name venaquí

[conejodescarado]

Originally Posted by Perikles

An English friend of mine, living here in Tenerife, has started Spanish lessons. She discovered last week that, contrary to what she had thought for a year, her neighbour's dog does not have the name venaquí

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

An English friend of mine, living here in Tenerife, has started Spanish lessons. She discovered last week that, contrary to what she had thought for a year, her neighbour's dog does not have the name venaquí

Ni tampoco se llama como tú.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by conejodescarado

Diríamos "It's (too) hot in my house", lo que implica también tú tienes calor. Decir "I'm hot in my house" puede querer decir "Estoy caliente" (un poco provocativo ).



I don't want to go to the beach, because it's very sunny and I get hot at (or on) the beach.

1) No se puede estar "in" la playa. "In" quiere decir "dentro".
2) "It's a lot of sun" sería "There's a lot of sun", pero se dice "it's very sunny".
3) "I'm hot" quiere decir "Tengo calor ahora". "I get hot" es más general.

Yeah

Today it had hot in my house

[conejodescarado]

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Those aren't actually mistakes and the story is rather bad, but I guess it's always fun to try and invent subtitles for languages we don't know at all.
...and wow! Mario Cimarro!

[conejodescarado]

Haha, yeah I understood the joke, it's just funny how ridiculous the subtitles are

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Those aren't actually mistakes and the story is rather bad, but I guess it's always fun to try and invent subtitles for languages we don't know at all.

This one seems popular (although a bit off-topic)

[CrOtALiTo]

Someone have seen the videos where get out Hittler saying only crazy things.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Perikles: One or two years ago there also used to be a Fanta website where one could choose fragments of Indian movies and invent any kind of subtitles to send to your friends.

Btw... if anyone has access to The King's Speech in Spanish, as subtitled in Mexico, don't read any of them. The guys who did this work seemed to have been sleeping —bad grammar, spelling mistakes, sentences where the idea in English was totally missed... Awful.

[Luna Azul]

Originally Posted by Sancho Panther

LOL @ #4 and 5

Reminds me of a former lady colleague who used to love holidaying in Spain but was everlastingly moaning about amorous waiters and barmen pestering her. Then one hot day in Britain she came into the office where I worked and started complaining about the heat and finished by saying "¡Estoy muy, muy caliente!" I laughed 'a carcajadas' then said to her " For goodness sake Mandy, you can't say that, it means "I'm really, really horny".

Her face crimson she fled from the office, then it dawned on me that she'd probably been continually saying that to the waiters and barmen - poor girl!

It's a little late to reply to this but I'm new here..

I found this very funny.. I can't imagine what those waiters and barmen thought.. was she pretty?

[Sancho Panther]

No guapa - digamos '¡llamativa!'

[CrOtALiTo]

Llamativa likes to be beautiful likes a women.

That car is very gaudy for its red color.


I'm will be waiting corrections for my post.
Sincerely I don't know who I should to express Llamativo in English.

Thank you for your advice.

[Caballero]

I'm not quite sure what llamativa (callative) means.

[conejodescarado]

Originally Posted by Caballero

I'm not quite sure what llamativa (callative) means.

It means loud/bright/striking. "Callative" doesn't exist in English

Llevaba la camisa muy llamativa = He was wearing a really loud shirt.

[chileno]

More like "eye catching" in this case...or properly "attractive".

Llamar means atrae also. (and it ain't spanglish either)

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Caballero

I'm not quite sure what llamativa (callative) means.

I got it.

Then the word callative means?
Llamativo in Spanish translations.


I can use that phrase for mix up this phrase.

Your is dog is callative for everyone, it's cute.


I will waiting your corrections.

Sincerely yours.

[irmamar]

Crotalito, "callative" is not an English word.

[Sancho Panther]

"Showy" is another way of saying "Llamativa", or if you're speaking of a loudly dressed man "Flashy"!

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Crotalito, "callative" is not an English word.

Sorry until today I have seen your post.

Then what does it mean?

Callative.

How could I say Llamativo in English, I need the word for explain some many expression in this language.