Spanish fail
I was visiting some friends near Malaga and staying in there villa. My Spanish was (and is) kinda basic - I'm good in restaurants and bars but thats about it.

Swimming in their pool one day, it was a little cold so I started saying "mi fresa" thinking I was saying, I'm cold.
Of course, seeing the spainards rolling about laughing already told me I'd made a mistake.

Fresa means strawberry >.<
(EvilMeister, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 13:27, 10 replies)

auf deutsch
you don't say 'I'm hot', you say 'it's hot' as saying 'i'm hot' means you're horny!

Similarly for 'I'm cold', as that means I'm gay.

win all round with that one!
(twiceydrinker hmmm is it pint time?, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 13:46, closed)

'Tis the other way round in German.
"Ich bin kalt" (I am cold) means you're frigid.

"Ich bin warm" (I am warm) means you're gay.

What happens in Spain if you're a cold, gay strawberry?
( .Yeti., Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:04, closed)

Double fail
As 'mi frio' does not work, either. You should have said, 'estoy frio'.

I'll leave your English errors alone, for having been too pedantic already, for one day...
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Tue 23 Mar 2010, 13:50, closed)

yes but
considering my spanish was one step up from "Sausage, egg and chips" in a really shouty voice, it was a valiant attempt.

Plus, your mum...
(EvilMeister, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:29, closed)

Just be even more pendantic
You should say "Tengo frio" - literally "I have cold".
(lolwhites, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:46, closed)

dont worry
I know ex pats who have lived down here for years and still wouldnt know how to count to 10 in spanish.
(Miggyman, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 16:08, closed)

ridiculous isn't it
the number of teachers I know/employ who still don't speak Spanish is appalling
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 17:11, closed)

Ich bin ein berliner :)

( Damien's Hearse, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 13:52, closed)

My hovercraft is full of eels.

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Wed 24 Mar 2010, 0:00, closed)

je suis la vache qui rit
questi romani sono pazzi.
Yumitripella go long bis.
Ich kann nicht Deutsch. Ich habe alles vergessen.
Ja sam Ivan!
and something about smoking a sausage in dutch.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 14:02, closed)