Quando estamos falando outro idioma, especialmente um que não tenha o mesmo estilo que o nosso, nós acabamos soando divertidos e às vezes soamos estranhos…
Já dei boas risadas ouvindo algumas coisas assim:
I have twenty ears. – A pessoa estava querendo dizer “I am twenty years old“; com certeza “he only has TWO ears”.
I lost the bus. – Será que a pessoa TEM um ônibus? Você pode perder (to lose) dinheiro, chaves, jóias, mas definitivamente vocẽ não perde o ônibus.
You MISS the bus.
Let’s go to the shopping. – OK, we go shopping (verb) at THE MALL.
My head hurts – Did someone hit you in the head? A dor de cabeça que tratamos com uma aspirina é chamada “headache“.
I look at the t.v. every night. – (A pessoa OLHA pra televisão toda noite)… Interessante, o que eu vou dizer? We watch television.
I am winning $ 1000.00 per week in America. – Did you win in the casino or the lotto? Quando você está trabalhando, you EARN money, you can WIN the Pan American games.
I am going to eat a lunch now. – Lunch = Almoço, então “Eu vou comer UM almoço”??? Estranho, não? Lanche = Sandwich. “I am going to eat a sandwich now“.
Já ouviu alguém dizendo coisas assim?
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When speaking another language, especially one that does not have the same style as ours, we can, at often times make ourselves look funny and definitely sound strange…
I was able to have many good laughs hearing these kind of things:
I have twenty ears. – I suppose the person was saying he was twenty years old, surely he only has TWO ears.
I lost the bus. – Did the person HAVE a bus to begin with? You can lose money, keys, jewelry, but you definitely cannot lose the bus. You MISS the bus.
Let’s go to the shopping. – OK, we go shopping (verb) at THE MALL.
My head hurts – Did someone hit you in the head? The pain in the head we have that causes us to take an aspirin is called “headache”.
I look at the t.v. every night. – (A pessoa OLHA pra televisão toda noite)… Interesting, what can I say? We watch television.
I am winning $ 1000.00 per week in America. – Did you win in the casino or the lotto? You EARN money when you work, you can WIN the Pan American games.
I am going to eat a lunch now. – Lunch = Almoço, hence “Eu vou comer UM almoço”??? Strange, no? Lanche = Sandwich. “I am going to eat a sandwich now”.
Can you remember a time you heard someone saying one of these things?
