Levi's Questions

[Levike]

Thanks.

When did Superman get Polish citizenship.

[JuxtapositionQMan]

Thanks.

When did Superman get Polish citizenship.

Wait, are you asking a question or are you trying to say "Superman did get Polish citizenship."?
If it's the former, the answer is that he's Superman! He can fly over the border and nothing they do will have an effect on him unless they can manage to bond Krypton.

[Levike]

Ooow, forgot the question mark again.

No problemo, I'll just buy some kryptonite from the Russians.

I'm so waiting for 4th of May, that's when I'll find out which country I'll be going to.
No turning back now.

[Levike]

Is the sentence "I one don't even want to taste that" correct.

[Ciarán12]

Is the sentence "I one don't even want to taste that" correct.

No. Perhaps you meant "I for one don't even want to taste that"?

[JuxtapositionQMan]

Is the sentence "I one don't even want to taste that" correct.

No. Perhaps you meant "I for one don't even want to taste that"?

Punctuation!
"I, for one, don't even want to taste that."

[Ciarán12]

Is the sentence "I one don't even want to taste that" correct.

No. Perhaps you meant "I for one don't even want to taste that"?

Punctuation!
"I, for one, don't even want to taste that."

I have a somewhat idiosyncratic use of punctuation, I prefer to have the punctuation reflect the prosody of the sentence. I am fully aware that segments such as "for one" in that sentence would normally be flanked by commas, but whenever I read it with commas I insert a pause which I don't have in the spoken version and it annoys me no end.

[Levike]

Thanks.

I know this isn't the Spanish subforum, but how would you say the same sentence in Spanish?

[Ciarán12]

Thanks.

I know this isn't the Spanish subforum, but how would you say the same sentence in Spanish?

My Spanish isn't great, but I'd say something like " Yo por mi parte, ni siquiera quiero probar esto"

[Levike]

Hmmm, maybe.

I once translated this sentence literally from Romanian.
It came as "Yo uno" from "Eu unul", so you can easily guess the result.

[Ciarán12]

I have a Collins dictionary app that's very reliable on my iPod, I just found the example sentence "I for one am not going - Yo, por mi parte, no voy". To be clear, the meaning in English is "I, at least" or "The following may not be true for anyone else, but at east one person thinks so and that is me"

[Levike]

Thanks you.

That was exactly what I was looking for.

[Koko]

Thanks you.

That was exactly what I was looking for.

If you want to say "thanks," you just say "thanks."

[Levike]

I"M GOING TO WARSAW!

And I'm gong to be paid for it, mouhaha.

And I'm going to learn in ENGLISH, so that is going to be ... interesting.

They also offer intensive Polish courses for which my response was: Yeah right.

[JuxtapositionQMan]

They also offer intensive Polish courses for which my response was: Yeah right.

Which is probably why they do the English course.

[Levike]

How should I use the preposition "to" after the verb "to listen"?

Should I always put it after it?

In high-school in English classes, this was a very interesting problem,
we all said "to hear" instead of "to listen".
Oh dear German ...

Another thing: Could I say "It's equal for me" instead of "I don't care".

[Ciarán12]

How should I use the preposition "to" after the verb "to listen"?

Should I always put it after it?

In high-school in English classes, this was a very interesting problem,
we all said "to hear" instead of "to listen".
Oh dear German ...

"To listen" withou the "to" following it is intransitive, so for example "I listened intently as the professor spoke".
When you want to give it an object you need "to", e.g. "I listened to the professor", "I love to listen to music" etc.

"To hear" doesn't imply any specific intention on your part, you can hear something without trying. "To listen" implies that you actively trying to hear something.

Another thing: Could I say "It's equal for me" instead of "I don't care".

No.

[Levike]

But isn't there something with "equal"?

[Halfdan]

But isn't there something with "equal"?

Maybe you're thinking of the German "es ist mir egal"?

[Levike]

Maybe you're thinking of the German "es ist mir egal"?

Yes, and in Romanian we also say "mi-e egal", so I was supposing many languages have this.

So I should take it as a no ...