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[embersandashes]

[even years after joining AX and needing to become at least conversationally competent in the various languages of that world, Azula still isn't convinced that it's not a waste of time-- it would be so much less complicated if everyone spoke the same language, the way she had in her original universe]

[but waste of time or not, it's still the way things are, and she still spends quite a bit of time practicing-- and it's been a long time since she's used the community for that purpose]

[in German]

Tell me if you can understand this.

[/German]

[in Hungarian]

Tell me if you can understand this.

[/Hungarian]

[in Latin]

Tell me if you can understand this.

[/Latin]

[in Meth]

Tell me if you can understand this.

[/Meth]

[in Spanish]

Tell me if you can understand this.

[/Spanish]

[and that's it; she doesn't bother to offer an explanation or a translation for people who have no clue what she's saying]

Comments

[notmynature]

[She tries to say most of those...no luck. Little need to know different languages in her world. Even here, it's automatically translated.]

Uh... Huh?

[embersandashes]

I used to practice with people here. I'm attempting that again now.

[notmynature]

Practice what again?

[embersandashes]

Languages. I need to be passable in all five of them for my job.

[notmynature]

I got the English one down. Kinda.

[She tries the Spanish again.] That one sounded pretty cool.

[embersandashes]

That's Spanish.

[notmynature]

What does it mean? [This really is kind of new stuff for Ellie.]

[embersandashes]

I was saying "Tell me if you can understand this".

I'm looking for other people who speak these languages, or at least understand them.

[notmynature]

Yeah? How'd that go? There's a lot of people here so should be pretty easy, I guess.

Spanish

[archerartemis]

A little? Still learning.

Spanish

[embersandashes]

How long have you studied Spanish?

Re: Spanish

[archerartemis]

Just started a year ago, but I'm working off French, which I learned from my mom.

Spanish

[embersandashes]

Do you learn in school?

Re: Spanish

[archerartemis]

Yeah, and my grades are pretty good so far. They probably wouldn't be if I didn't already know a language close enough to it, and even then I get confused on the difference between, say, "citron" and "limon."

Spanish

[embersandashes]

Luckily that's not something that's likely to come up very often.

Re: Spanish

[archerartemis]

Yeah, but I still keep saying citron instead in class.

Spanish

[embersandashes]

It's a good thing you're practicing now, then.

[handwritten]

[lifeisbrief]

Is that Latin?

[she doesn't know it, but she can recognize it]

Oh, and isn't the first one German?

[handwritten]

[embersandashes]

The third was Latin. And the first was German, yes.

[handwritten]

[lifeisbrief]

Are you practicing?

[handwritten]

[embersandashes]

I am. It's been quite a while since I started learning them, but I'm not perfect at them yet.

[handwritten]

[lifeisbrief]

Well, the key to languages is always practice, so I'd say you're doing well.

[handwritten]

[embersandashes]

If course. I don't do things halfway.

[handwritten]

[lifeisbrief]

I'm sure you'll get very far in your studies, then.

[handwritten]

[embersandashes]

By many standards, I already have.