Comment on Sometimes when I say danke (thanks or thank you) some of my friends will say (and the spelling is wrong but it's as close as I can get) they will say danata or maybe it's dinata.

amio@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Not confusing at all. When one person decides to switch languages mid-conversation, it is common to do the same, switch to another language again.

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  • sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

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  • JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It feels paranoia inducing, because why are you switching languages while we’re talking? And who are you trying to hide our conversation from? The feds? 😂😂

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    • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Honestly it was and is just a fun thing to do

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    • morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Feds can translate. No one’s trying to hide anything.

      I like to say graçias because I find the phrases “thanks” and “thank you very much” can often be interpreted to be sarcastic, and the phrase “thank you” can sound overly formal. Likewise, “you’re welcome” can sound overly formal, hence de nada.

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    • Soku@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I work in multinational company and I can say ‘thank you’ in 6-7 languages. I say abrigado to a Polish guy and spasibo to the Italian just for fun

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    • Bimfred@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I think in two languages and sometimes one of them is better for expressing my thoughts, even if it’s not the language that we’ve been using for the conversation so far. And sometimes it just happens mid-sentence.

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• beanson@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Where I live people have mixed langauge conversations fairly regularly by mixing their native language with whatever they’re trying to learn - usually German or English, so that reaction is probably automatic.

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