The Office - Foreign Languages

[ivanxdxd2012]

FYI "Diego" is the Spanish equivalent of "James". wikipedia --> Diego

[SuzieGuru]

I did the same thing that Jim did, only with French. Great way to mess with someone =)

[FernandoLuis191]

Also, we don't translate names, and if we did "Jaime" would be a bad translation of "John". It should be "Juan". Also, you never say "soy fantástico".

[mahavishnuxc]

@FernandoLuis191

Hey man, RELAX.

I'm from Spain, so I say this with love when I say:

RELAX, so Jim's Spanish isn't perfect... he's not a native speaker. Just let it go.

[FernandoLuis191]

Withing 30 years, English will cease to be the language of business. Fact.

[MezaseMaster]

@FernandoLuis191 Putting "fact" at the end of your sentence does not make it a fact.  Fact.

[FernandoLuis191]

@MezaseMaster Sorry, but it's true. No empire lasts forever, and the U.S. will be remembered as one of the shortst ones. Fact.

[MezaseMaster]

@FernandoLuis191 I can't even imagine how anybody who thinks and talks like you would enjoy a show like the Office... unless you sympathize with Dwight the way most viewers sympathize with Jim. Observation.

[Hunter725R]

gotta learn some chinese at least. thanks dwight. lol xD

[AgentTBaggs]

When Jim says "Yo soy fantastico," it's incorrect. He should have said "Yo estoy fantastico." You use "estar" to say where you are and how you feel. You use "ser" for everything else.

[PFlolmachine]

@AgentTBaggs A nadie le impota gilipollas

[TheSirroman]

@AgentTBaggs Jim says: "yo estoy fantástico". I think that you should wash your ears.

[PlagueisTheWise]

@TheSirroman Not a single chance that he said "yo ESTOY fantástico", he clearly says "SOY". Besides, at least here in Spain you'd never say "estoy fantástico" meaning "I'm great/I feel great", you'd say "estoy muy bien" or "me encuentro genial".

"Soy fantástico" = "I'm awesome" (an awesome person)

"Estoy fantástico" = "I look fabulous"

"Me siento fantástico" = "I feel fantastic/great"

I hope it helps...

[TheSirroman]

@PlagueisTheWise ¿No escuchas el sonido de la T? Por lo menos aquí en Argentina he escuchado esa expresión muchas veces, y es totalmente aceptable para contestar como te encuentras hoy o como estás. "¿Como estás? Estoy fantástico."

[PlagueisTheWise]

@TheSirroman Si no pongo en duda que en otros países sea válida la expresión "estar fantástico" (es por eso que he matizado que "al menos en España..."), pero lo que definitivamente no dice es "estoy fantástico". Dice, y claramente "yo soy fantástico", lo cual es un error comprensible en alguien cuyo idioma no hace distinción entre esos verbos copulativos. Y lo estoy escuchando con unos auriculares (como suelo hacer con series de habla inglesa) para no perder detalle de la pronunciación...

[alexamerling20]

Luckily I already know a bit of German already, just need to learn some Chinese :P

[Theruilcreator]

was这个白痴redet da,好搞笑。

[TheCarlScharnberg]

I've never taken a Spanish lesson in my life, but it's still pretty easy understand. Jim: "Good morning! How are you? Good? (can't hear what he's saying) I'm fantastic. What's up?" Figuring how to repsond would be a little more tricky, though. I would probably go for, "nada. Hasta luego!" Get out of that situation, quick. Haha!

[TheSirroman]

@TheCarlScharnberg Claro que sí.

[TheCarlScharnberg]

@TheSirroman Klart det/of course.

[HulloMiguel]

Hola Jaime...!

[blackshades2014]

oh how i love it when jim messes with people xD

[Mrgoodfella2468]

HA-HA!



[GasMaskedMidget]

I was about to say he should have said "Como estas" but then I realized that he was using Usted. Wow he's good haha

[PoutingXEvoke]

Jim sounds pretty hot speaking spanish :D

[slimfiggi]

dwights german is pretty good for an american xD

[ColorPaintSketch]

John Krasinski is actually fluent in Spanish, he taught English in Costa Rica before he was on this show.. pretty cool

[FernandoLuis191]

@ColorPaintSketch To know how really fluent he is you must speak Spanish as your native language. You never say "soy fantastico". Also, he speaks it with English bowels.

[ColorPaintSketch]

@FernandoLuis191 1. I don't speak Spanish, I'm just stating a fact about JKrasinski's life. 2. English "bowels"...? Bowels=intestine. So...

[FernandoLuis191]

@ColorPaintSketch I meant vowels -_-. But yeah, any romance language sounds odd when spoken by native English speakers.

[Dmgdude87]

What episode is this?!

[frootiloopi]

¿Buenos días Miguel, como está, bien? Yo soy (in fact is estoy) fantástico

[SlayaSS1]

dwight is secretly a nazi lol

[RDBeatnik]

It should be Herr Scott.

[GrymHood]

@RDBeatnik

You say that as if Dwight knows what he's talking about ever.

[TheBlondieGirl12]

I'm sorry but does no-one else notice that this is one of Jim's sexiest moments?

[ZphykTESHD]

...

hahaaaa!

[clauderoubillie]

pantastico!

[vjott]

Germaneese?

[cmarshall497]

I love how Jim is trying to sound experienced, but its a complete fail. Its not "soy fantastico" its "estoy fantastico." I'm really surprised that Oscar Nunez didn't catch that...

[n3crocannibal]

@cmarshall497 its a tv show

[cmarshall497]

@n3crocannibal I know....just saying.

[voodoo1313]

@cmarshall497 Do people call you 'Actually' too?

[TheMisterKibe]

Guten Tag Herr Michael!

[NykxMuzik]

...or a chineese german hybrid.

[telam92]

@NykxMuzik i would like to see that

[DontReadThisUsername]

great account bud! I'm subscribed!

[ItEnds2Nite]

This was awesome, my favorite part of the episode.