and they reply in German, "Yes, I'm French," that doesn't--language doesn't necessarily tell you how people feel about their identity. Some sage once said, I don't know who it was, but I love this expression, that a language is a dialect with a powerful army.

然后他们用德语回答,"我是法国人",不一定--语言不一定能代表,对自己的身份认同,有个哲人说过,我忘了是谁,但我特喜欢这句,说语言就是有强大军队撑腰的方言

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I think it's a great pattern for sharing how you feel about wanting more,

它也可以用来表达，对于某事你要得多，

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And it's a way to communicate how you feel that about this possibility is not existing for you.

当你想谈论一些不会在你身上发生的事情时，你可以用“If I were”句型来跟人交流。

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