August 11, 2015

demais

The first time I saw this written in Brazil, I laughed so hard. I said, "D+?! Isn't that a really bad grade? That's not much of a compliment at all!"

Mark explained to me that it was "demais" abbreviated. The chocolate is actually saying something like, "you're the best" or "you're awesome."

So, if you get a D+ chocolate bar from me someday, don't be offended!

I think learning abbreviations and idioms is probably one of the hardest parts of learning a language, right? I mean, can you imagine the looks you'd get if you said, "It's raining cats and dogs out there," to someone who didn't know English?