Foreign language question game !

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Here's a variation on the conventional question game. It's slightly more work, but you can learn tidbits of foreign languages in the process ! It can be a lot of suspense and fun because you don't know what the previous question means (till you look it up) !

I'll start off by asking a question in a foreign language - i.e., not English, but a language that is translatable online (using something like Google Translate). Each subsequent poster will then do two things:
1 - Look up what the previous poster's question means (to understand it), and then answer that question in English.
2 - Post a new question in a foreign language of their choice, for the next person to figure out and answer.

(If you can't translate the previous question, just ask a new one, to keep it going !)

Simple ! Here's an example:

Let's say I started by asking

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"Wie alt bist du ?".
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You look it up (German) and figure out it means "How old are you ?". Your response then could be:

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I'm 25 years old.

Eres el diablo?
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... and so on !

Come on ! Let's do this !
 
(Lol I think translation software is killing this game already lol But it's still fun)
 
DarkSelene said:
Well, thank you. 
Como você encontrou esse fórum?

I found this forum by total accident, when looking up "Lethality of loneliness" (a TEDx talk) online.

Welche Kleidung tragen Sie gerade?
 
Grey sweatpants and navy shirt.

Te gustan los dias lluviosos?
 
Magalie said:
Grey sweatpants and navy shirt.

Te gustan los dias lluviosos?

Yes, I do, unless it brings a melancholic and sad mood to the day; Generally depends on what kind of rain it is and how is my mood. I have a lot of symbolism for rain as I think it's possible for a skilled writer to express many different moods of human mind by describing different settings of rainy days or nights.

Yabancı yazarların kitaplarını okumayı seviyor musun?
 
(You guys are doing a terrific job with this game, BTW ! I love the spirit, and the questions !)

I love to read books written by authors from anywhere, as long as the book tells a dark and melancholic story. The last book I (immensely) enjoyed reading was "Drinking: A Love Story" by an American author.

Hast du gehört, das Lied "99 Luftballons" ?
 
Honestly? Yes, but just like 10 seconds or so XD

你多大了? (hope I got it right)
 
Interesting idea for a thread!

Yes, I suppose.

An féidir leat a Bainim do do shrón le do theanga?
 
(From you will do, if you're a woman)

No, I haven't tasted a real Neapolitan pizza !

Warum ist die welt so verrückt ?
 
Die Menschen glauben sie sind besser als alle anderes, andere Menschen wie Pflanzen. Dafür, sie denken sie sind die Mitte der Welt. Wenn eine hat Idéen wie diese, es geht weniger schwer schlechte und böse Sache zu tun.
(I hope my old school german talking isn't too terrible)

Tycker du bäst om fisk eller grönsaker?
 
Veggies! (I would have answered in Swedish but my Swedish skills are horrible xD)

Kuinka sinä voit tänään?
 
lonelyfairy said:
Kuinka sinä voit tänään?

(Very interesting language you picked ... Finnish)

I am doing very well, thank you :)

Warum sind die Menschen so einsam in dieser Welt?
 
Everyone has their own reason to be/feel lonely.

Invece tu?Perche pensi che la gente si sente cosi sola in questo mondo?
 
Mi piacerebbe tanto sapere il vero motivo per cui ciò accade. Non so.. probabilmente siamo troppo egoisti e ci aspettiamo che le altre persone contribuiscano a riempire il vuoto che abbiamo nell'anima, mentre noi stessi siamo a volte i primi a non tentare di rendere questo mondo un posto migliore per noi stessi e per gli altri.
Poi ci sono anche persone che non si rendono conto di quanto feriscono con le proprie parole e/o azioni o che magari lo sanno benissimo, ma a cui non importa niente della sofferenza altrui.
Ammetto di non avere una vera risposta alla tua domanda, ma solo queste riflessioni che ho scritto qui, in italiano, un po' impropriamente (dato che avevamo deciso di rispondere in inglese, come regola). Spero comunque qualcuno legga tutto ciò perché non ho mai nessuno con cui parlare di questi argomenti ritenuti "difficili" o "noiosi" da tutti i miei connazionali che conosco.

Sorry about that long reply ^^;
Hábleme de un lugar que ha visitado en el pasado y que te gustó mucho
 

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