I’ve heard of a lot of languages that I can’t actually speak or understand. German is a major enough language that anyone who’s spent enough time among humans to learn two languages is more likely to have heard of it than not.
“Heard” not “heard of”– there’s plenty of languages I’ve heard of that I might not recognize as such when hearing it without context. Or even if I’ve heard them a little, I might misidentify them. (Like, I had a friend who spoke Shona, and I heard a little bit of it from her. If I had to determine whether a sentence I heard was in Shona or Zulu, I’d be guessing.)
Based on the strip where Andi and Amanda come to the apartment for the first time. Selkie knows enough that she can make complex sentences on the fly. So maybe not fluent, but proficient maybe? Like she’s finished German 1 kinda
Alright, since nobody else has done it as far as I can tell…
See if I can make this work…
|| “Wie gut ist dein englisch” apparently translates into “How good is your English?”. ||
Not surprised, given the context. Sounds like a Selkie move…
Huh, I tried to keep the actual translation hidden, so it only reveals when you click/tap on it, but seems it either isn’t activated or I screwed it up. And considering you can’t see the coding I tried to use, I’d say not activated…
The ONE piece of coding I remembered how to use, and it doesn’t work…
Oh well…. 😛
Nice riposte, Selkie. Well done.
It’s all in the way you tell the story.
I forgot she learned German from Asuka. She’s trilingual. Take that, kid!
Well, she’s only been learning it for a year or so, since her adoption, so trilingual may only include a few basic phrases. Still, enough to impress.
Also, Vemn recognizing the language means he’s at least heard it before.
I’ve heard of a lot of languages that I can’t actually speak or understand. German is a major enough language that anyone who’s spent enough time among humans to learn two languages is more likely to have heard of it than not.
“Heard” not “heard of”– there’s plenty of languages I’ve heard of that I might not recognize as such when hearing it without context. Or even if I’ve heard them a little, I might misidentify them. (Like, I had a friend who spoke Shona, and I heard a little bit of it from her. If I had to determine whether a sentence I heard was in Shona or Zulu, I’d be guessing.)
Based on the strip where Andi and Amanda come to the apartment for the first time. Selkie knows enough that she can make complex sentences on the fly. So maybe not fluent, but proficient maybe? Like she’s finished German 1 kinda
Amazement is independent of language.
Bless her. Selkie is living proof that it isn’t what you say, but how you say it that matters. LOL
I think it’s funny that she still has the speech mannerism in English but can speak German okay… ish.
Selkie knows a little German? The neighbor is short?
Alright, since nobody else has done it as far as I can tell…
See if I can make this work…
|| “Wie gut ist dein englisch” apparently translates into “How good is your English?”. ||
Not surprised, given the context. Sounds like a Selkie move…
Huh, I tried to keep the actual translation hidden, so it only reveals when you click/tap on it, but seems it either isn’t activated or I screwed it up. And considering you can’t see the coding I tried to use, I’d say not activated…
The ONE piece of coding I remembered how to use, and it doesn’t work…
Oh well…. 😛