Jokes and puns show a mastery of the language they’re written in.
I know a little Spanish, I can write technical documentation in Spanish well enough with some translation assistance. I can’t make a joke in Spanish, though. I especially can’t make a pun, which relies on knowledge of both the joke and the “straight intention” of the pun.
If you can make a pun in another language off the top of your head I’d probably consider you fluent in that language for all intents and purposes.
Jokes and puns show a mastery of the language they’re written in.
I know a little Spanish, I can write technical documentation in Spanish well enough with some translation assistance. I can’t make a joke in Spanish, though. I especially can’t make a pun, which relies on knowledge of both the joke and the “straight intention” of the pun.
If you can make a pun in another language off the top of your head I’d probably consider you fluent in that language for all intents and purposes.
Multaj viroj diras ke vi ne kapablas pluvi. Sed, Mi vidis virinon, kiu pluvis sur ŝia koramiko.
Many men say that you can’t rain. But, I saw a woman, who was raining on her boyfriend.
It’s an incredibly bad joke, but I think it qualifies.