Assumptions that you didn't speak the language

[VictorButler]

<p>Since many of us are not able to travel and are staying home, I thought it would be a good idea to start this thread. While traveling or in your hometown, people assumed you do not speak or understand their language and spoke between each other until you replied in their lingo. What kind of reactions did you get?<br>I'll start with a story of mine, I was in line for a ride at Universal Orlando and behind me was a Brazilian teenage tourist group. I am a fluent Spanish speaker, and can understand everything in Portuguese and speak decent enough.<br>One of the teens asks the other what time it is, to which the other replies "Não sei, pergunta o Albino gordo" (I don't know, ask the fat albino) and points to me. So the guy asks me the time and I tell it to them in English.<br>Line keeps moving and 10 minutes later the same guy asks me this question as a conversation starter,<br>"Do you speak Portuguese?"<br>So I naturally replied with<br>"Sim! Eu entendi tudo o que você diz!"<br>(Yes, I understood everything you said"<br>Suffice to say the whole group nearly soiled themselves when they realized their mistake <br></p>

[AngelaJohnston]

Every language is interesting and difficult to understand if you are not native. I would like to learn some Portuguese but now I'm on the A2 level of English and I'm dealing with a lot of English grammar.

[FaithMillsM2V]

There are a lot of online lessons on English grammar free to attend like tutorials on youtube. Good luck!

[MrStuden]

I remember when I first started learning English, I had a lot of funny moments in my life due to the fact that I mispronounced some words. I also couldn't understand the English grammar because it has some really difficult tenses like future in the past and etc. I even thought about taking some extra English lessons but my friend recommended me a great site (https://englishlinx.com) with English grammar. So, even I started to understand the grammar rules, and the way I spoke and explained myself got better. And I feel more confident and could even speak with some foreign students from my school who studied there from all over the world.

[MaxForsyth]

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I remember when I first started learning English, I had a lot of funny moments in my life due to the fact that I mispronounced some words. I also couldn't understand the English grammar because it has some really difficult tenses like future in the past and etc. I even thought about taking some extra English lessons but my friend recommended me a great site (https://englishlinx.com) with English grammar. So, even I started to understand the grammar rules, and the way I spoke and explained myself got better. And I feel more confident and could even speak with some foreign students from my school who studied there from all over the world.

<br>Thanks for sharing this with us. I have an exam in two weeks and I need to learn English grammar till the exam. So, I've found your response really useful.<br></p>

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