61= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:18:00
TO #49 and #51
You can also try "I hate to say....". This is a gental way to say something unpleasant but you have to say.
62= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:19:00
Spanish!!! took 3 yrs of courses but now i remember nothing of it T T
all the verb tenses are gone from my brain....
but it's weird, sometimes when i want to formulate a simple sentence in japanese, spanish comes to mind first...
it's the over way around when i want to speak in spanish...it's ironic
63= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:22:00
I had the same feeling as #62 when I was learning Japanese.
When I should speaking English, Japanese sometimes comes first and I don't know how to express myself in English.
64#49发表于：2011/4/26 11:26:00
to all above offered me suggestions, thanks sooooooooooo much
you know, sometimes, i actually know how to be polite, but when i worte an email, the only sentence came into my mind is " as xxx, please do xxx", it just be formulized...i hate formulization!
65= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:28:00
#62
i thought that spainish is the easiest language in the whole world
though it has so many verb?conjugation, but the grammatical part is easy
i spent so many years on english, but i should say i do not catch it
66= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:29:00
i find spanish and japanese very similar
take the verb "mirar" (watch/look) in spanish for instance, in first person it's "miro"
in japanese, it has the same meaning but used differently
67= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:33:00
This post helps a lot!!!
do learnt something here!!!
BTW, #63 I have the same problem with you though I'm not learning japanese seriously…
68= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:34:00
i know spanish is easy, especially when my 2nd language is french n they are so close
but it's the verb conjugations that i keep forgetting
one thing i will never forget, pelo = hair, pelos = body hair XD
we used to make that mistake on oral presentations since in french, hair is in plurial
69= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:35:00
I am 53L
Actually it depends on what kind of message you are going to delivery. For example if you are writing an e-mail to ask for information, (such as ask a company whether it could provide your company with the detailed price of its goods) you can write in an aggresive way. This kind of e-mail?has to be straight forward.
However, as most of the GNs said above, on some occasions where you have to be soft and mild, just use?polite expression.. "could you please" "It would be very kind of you"..
70= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:35:00
#66
spanish pronounciation is similar to the japanese way,except "rr" XD
spanish word spelling is similar to english
71= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:43:00
pelo = hair, pelos = body hair
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HUY, i wrote one sentence “....es una chica muy guapa de pelos largos”, ?it has been a joke among my friends for a long time
72= =发表于：2011/4/26 11:45:00
*handshake*
we understand each other XD
73= =发表于：2011/4/26 12:03:00
I am going to attend an interview held by german embassy tmr morning called APS test which is the?precondition for applying to german unis.
I did prepare all answers for those prospective question but still got nervous :s
Anyone here knows the test and can?give me?some tips?
74= =发表于：2011/4/26 12:43:00
#63, I have the same problem, though with Japanese and Norwegian! It's always Japanese accidentally popping out when I meant to say something in Norwegian though... And then I'd resort to French when I scramble to correct myself. I wonder why that never happens in the reverse or with English or Chinese...
75= =发表于：2011/4/26 13:09:00
because u are fluent in both english and chinese. when u are using these
two languages, u can formulate ur ideas and thoughts monolingually and
there is no need to rely on another language for vocabularies.
anyway to those who asked how to make ur tone sound less aggressive, the
use of past tense like would, might, and could helps to soften ur tone.
besides those mentioned by 69L,u could consider using "would it be
possible if u could....." just to give the impression that u are suggesting a possible option but not demanding the other party to necessarily carry
out the action.
76= =发表于：2011/4/26 14:02:00
OMG u guys!!
chatting in english about spanish and all that...how many languages do you know?
77= =发表于：2011/4/26 14:14:00
I am living oversea but english is not good as well. My idea is writting it down makes no sense. coz u always focus on the grammer, spelling?but not pronouncation or fluence. I suggest skype or chatting face to face~~The time taken to reply is also important, if you r chatting with a foreigner, thats weired if u think for ages.