I'm a French exchange student in Brazil, the struggle is real
8 years ago by guest · 2227 Likes · 8 comments · Popular
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pichuzi
· 8 years ago
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Eu te diria pra ouvir música, só tentar ficar longe do funk :) [I'd tell you to listen to music, just stay away from funk :) ]
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ecumenicalmatter
· 8 years ago
I then becomes the struggle of "what words can I understand" instead of "which ones can I not understand"
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pichuzi
· 8 years ago
Yes, but that's how I learnt english, also from movies, series, games (mostly) and other sites like funsubstance
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yeroc790
· 8 years ago
Was it a challenge to filter out internetish?
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pichuzi
· 8 years ago
Yes, also learning the meaning of acronyms like lol and wtf took a while XD, in the end you have to read a lot and try to figure out words by context and if you can't, ask someone or in the most extreme cases... google translate the word and try to use it on context :)
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unicycle
· 8 years ago
When I moved to Sweden the first few months were me just smiling, nodding, and hoping that nobody asked me a question other than "How are you?" or "What time is it?"
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guest
· 8 years ago
Cool, in wich state are you?
igor_souz4
· 8 years ago
That was me, forgot to sign in.
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