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Ask for help > Can I say so?
Can I say so?
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savvinka
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Can I say so?
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Hi, everyone! Hope you have a nice day.
I need yr advice. Can I say so:
My mother-in-law is a difficult person to get on with
Thanks,
Olga
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6 Jul 2010
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blunderbuster
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Yes! ;o) I hope it is not true, though, for once.
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6 Jul 2010
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edrodmedina
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My mother-in-law is a difficult person to get along with. |
6 Jul 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi Savvinka
Your sentence seems grammatically correct  , though, I myself would consider it a VERY BIG MISTAKE.
ALL, all, I mean all that cross my life, either mine or someone else �s, are DIFFICULT PEOPLE TO LIVE ALONG, so and only if I were your teacher and IF you were my student, I would correct it to:
All mother-in-laws are difficult people to get on with
The Portuguese word is SOGRA; we usually play with it, pretending we are speaking "kind" of Russian and we say:
How do you say "sogra" in Russian?
And the answer
"SOSTORBA"
This means, in Portuguese, sHE, the mentioned one, only bothers.( s� estorva )
Never,never met one I could say - she is a kind woman.
Now, and when you spite to air you get it back, now I am a mother-in-law.!!!!!!!!!!
Kind of difficult thing to manage, but my new boy, son-in-law, is a wonderful guy.
Well, I am not giving up my role, of course, we are just talking - it �s important people keep their traditional roles, so that we all know who is who.
Hugs
Linda
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6 Jul 2010
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Catalina Sorina
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@ Olindalima: In Romanian we have the word "soacra" for "mother-in-law", and we have a saying, "soacra, soacra, / poama acra", which would be "mother-in-law, mother-in-law, / sour fruit"... but we all hope our mother-in-law will not be a sour fruit!... ... at least until we get one  .
Hugs to everyone,
Catalina |
6 Jul 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi Catalina
I �ve just learned a new word in Romanian !!!!! WOW ! It �s quite similar to ours
SOACRA = SOGRA
We both have languages that come back from old Latin, so this is not to be astonished, but it �s always funny when we think some other language may be very difficult and, suddenly, we discover these similarities.
Besides, we have other similarities LOL - it seems that soacras/ sogras are kind o poama acra,both in Romania and in Portugal; in Portuguese, this could be, not a common translation, but to follow the route of similarities = fruto acre. ( acra = acre )
This is what I call a REAL LESSON!
Thanks, teacher
Linda
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6 Jul 2010
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savvinka
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Hi, Linda,
When I asked for help I meant to ask people to correct mistakes if any and didn �t think anout my sogra. I can see the sentence made you recollect yr mom-in-law. Will you agree if I say that it �s one of the interesting things in teaching languages - you teach them grammar and at the same time you can discuss everything!
As to my matrimonial experience- my sogra is nice and clever, but I prefer to be in a distance!!!
Life has taught me! BTW, in Russian we say (in translation) "Mom-in-law is a long tongue." There is a window plant with long sharp leaves, we call it "mom-in-law tongue".
Have a nice evening,
Olga
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6 Jul 2010
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Catalina Sorina
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I just love this intercultural thread!!!!!
@ Linda: Lots of  s,
@ Olga: Well, I guess we took it from Russia, because we too have a plant called "mother-in-law �s tongue" , especially in the eastern part of Romania.
Have a nice day everybody,
Catalina |
6 Jul 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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Savvinka
I KNEW, I KNEW,
there had to be some deeply , cultural language, which must have the right word to define this specimen......
And the award goes to....
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only one which , in fact, put in evidence the most perfect, terrible, spooky, frightening aim of a LONG TONGUE / SOACRA / SOGRA.
That �s their most hilarious and terrifying face.
Hugs
Linda
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6 Jul 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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Me again
I was not that correct, when speaking about
LONG TONGUE / SOACRA / SOGRA
We also have something, here, in Portugal, we call mother-in-law �s TONGUE.
Sorry, I didn �t mention it, because I feel deeply sad, deeply unhappy, because we call such a bad name to some wonderful, delicious cookies that, in the old days, when I was a kid, were sold on the beach.
Fortunately for me, at that time, I could eat them and didn �t have to think about the name. Meanwhile, they disappeared!!!!!
The cookies, not the -in- laws.
LOL - love this forum
Linda
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6 Jul 2010
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