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Portmanteau phrases
Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Started conversation Sep 8, 2004
<<Try to steer the conversation towards a topic of interest to you
....and by extension, have some phrases memorised so that they can trip off the tongue - preferably phrases that can be adapted to different situations:
Ma singe est dans l'arbre.
Je voudrai une banane, pour ma singe qui est dans l'arbe.
J'aime le football, que je joue avec ma singe qui est dans l'arbre.
I've found that in German, there are few conversations that cannot be negotiated with a combination of 'Ja, genau!' and 'Wie bitte?'
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