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Are we dangerous here?

 
 
SMickey
 
Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2017 04:39 pm
Hi.

I'm a S. Korean who is not very good at English.
I need your help.

Say, a woman is kidnapped, and she happens to call the police and says,
'I'm in danger.'

Here, it wouldn't make sense at all if she said
'I'm dangerous.'

Right?

If you get to encounter a shark under water,
you are not very likely to survive because sharks are very dangerous.
But people keep killing them.
Then, sharks are in danger, right?

Let me show you a clip which makes me confused.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pWi7Px5yYo

A woman and a man exchanges words.
It begins at around 0:40.

The woman seems to have said,
"Are we dangerous here?"

And the guy replies,
"Oh, yeah, we're dangerous.'

Both seem like native speakers,
and I find it kinda weird.

I figure, under the circumstance, they should've said,
"Is it dangerous here?" or
"Are we in danger here?"

Why on earth did they say 'We are dangerous.' not 'We are in danger'?
Do you, native speakers, find their conversation totally okay?

Please help me clear that out.
Thank you.

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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2017 05:28 pm
@SMickey,
Your interpretations are correct.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2017 06:39 pm
@SMickey,
Quote:
'I'm dangerous.' Right?
Not at all Mickey

Quote:
But people keep killing them. Then, sharks are in danger, right?
Yes

Quote:
they should've said, "Is it dangerous here?" or "Are we in danger here?"
Yea, Mick, without however reading the context

Quote:
Why on earth did they say 'We are dangerous.'
Good q, SM. Mebbe esl or typo
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Blickers
 
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Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2017 09:21 pm
@SMickey,
The woman means "Are we in danger". However, she does not appear to be a native English speaker, so she asks, "Are we dangerous" by mistake.

The man, a native English speaker, mimics her mistake, probably because he figures that when things are blowing up around you, it is not a not a good time to get into a discussion of proper English usage.

In American action movies it is something of a tradition to add a little humor at various times when things are scary onscreen, just to give the audience a break from all the fear and horror going on. This is one such instance.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2017 09:37 pm
@Blickers,
Good'n Blick
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 21 Mar, 2017 09:45 pm
@Blickers,
That was pretty good, Blickers. Smile
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izzythepush
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Reply Wed 22 Mar, 2017 04:05 am
@SMickey,
Blickers is right. Ignore Dalehilman, he likes to mislead people learning English, his replies are always confusing and more often than not wrong.
centrox
 
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Reply Wed 22 Mar, 2017 11:39 am
@Blickers,
Blickers wrote:
The woman means "Are we in danger". However, she does not appear to be a native English speaker, so she asks, "Are we dangerous" by mistake.

This is correct. She speaks in a foreign accent.

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SMickey
 
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Reply Thu 23 Mar, 2017 08:09 am
@izzythepush,
Does he? Okay, I'll keep his name in mind.
Thank you.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 23 Mar, 2017 11:20 am
@SMickey,
He does, Contrex is super reliable. He really knows what he's talking about. I'd take his word as gospel.
centrox
 
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Reply Thu 23 Mar, 2017 12:50 pm
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:
Contrex is super reliable. He really knows what he's talking about.

I'm not any kind of a genius, far from it. I just know how to Google for grammar guidance and I tend to check things before I hit 'Reply'.

izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 23 Mar, 2017 02:26 pm
@centrox,
I never said you were a genius. I'm not a bloody sycophant. You know grammar, I was never taught it. I have to furrow my brow and pour endlessly over primers to get my answer, and even then I'm not certain.
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