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Languages
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Not Meowth
Cat, are you drilling?
I thought that was just the sound you make in the pause between sentences.
oh hey, the languages thread is back up! this means I can ask a question I've been meaning to ask for a while of non-native English speakers:
at least to us americans, most non-English languages have something that defines them. (to us. when we don't speak those languages.) Spanish is defined by taking English words and putting o's (and sometimes a's) at the end of words, French is defined by having lots and lots of vowel clusters that are either unpronounceable or just ... aren't pronounced in general (so you want to speak French? step one: the last four letters of any given word are silent. Congratulations, you speak French!). German has harsh consonant sounds, gratuitous use of the "aye" sound (as in "ein"), and lots of strange vowel combinations that never seem to sound like they should. (Even worse than French I mean.) The example I gave when telling this to my friends was something like "Ich bein den webenhauser!" or something which obviously doesn't make any sense but sounds vaguely German! I could go on but I'm getting bugged to go get ready for school so I'm just gonna end here.
but my question is: most languages have something that non-speakers of that language think defines the language. What defines English?
at least to us americans, most non-English languages have something that defines them. (to us. when we don't speak those languages.) Spanish is defined by taking English words and putting o's (and sometimes a's) at the end of words, French is defined by having lots and lots of vowel clusters that are either unpronounceable or just ... aren't pronounced in general (so you want to speak French? step one: the last four letters of any given word are silent. Congratulations, you speak French!). German has harsh consonant sounds, gratuitous use of the "aye" sound (as in "ein"), and lots of strange vowel combinations that never seem to sound like they should. (Even worse than French I mean.) The example I gave when telling this to my friends was something like "Ich bein den webenhauser!" or something which obviously doesn't make any sense but sounds vaguely German! I could go on but I'm getting bugged to go get ready for school so I'm just gonna end here.
but my question is: most languages have something that non-speakers of that language think defines the language. What defines English?
Not Meowth
Cat, are you drilling?
"I bein the weave hauser!"
what the hell google translate I swear "bein" means something ._.
damnit now I wish I still learned German screw you leafpool
I don't know German either. I was just making something up for the point of having an example. :V
while I'm here, I can characterize Italian and Latin as well: Italian is a language where every word (or at least every name) ends in either i or o. The language itself is characterized with "a" sounds after everything (It's-a me, Mario!). Latin is characterized with having lots and lots of words suspiciously similar to English words except ending in "us" and "um" instead of whatever the English words end in.
while I'm here, I can characterize Italian and Latin as well: Italian is a language where every word (or at least every name) ends in either i or o. The language itself is characterized with "a" sounds after everything (It's-a me, Mario!). Latin is characterized with having lots and lots of words suspiciously similar to English words except ending in "us" and "um" instead of whatever the English words end in.
1. Luftballon
Banned
- Pronoun
- it
english is defined by "wtf why does that not work the way this does? it's the same damn thing!"
- Pronoun
- he/him
What the hell, google translate? 'Bein' means leg! Maybe it's case sensitive?
MentheLapin
Oh, Reflux, you're so big and strong!
Could 'bein' not just be a typo? As in, meant to be 'bin'?
Music Dragon
Doosic Maggon
- Pronoun
- she
Jag menar, det märks ganska tydligt att ditt språk är influerat av engelskan, men det är i alla fall begripligt. I mean, it's fairly obvious that your language is influenced by English, but it's comprehensible anyway.
Otherwise correct.
Yup.
that's actually what I was thinking but I was wondering if there was anything else. x3
Lorem Ipsum
Member
- Pronoun
- x
Zeph
from up here the sky is my thoughts
- Pronoun
- he
J'suis tout a fait d'accord. :D Le francais fait partie de ma vie, en fait. Il n'y a aucun jour ou je ne passe pas de temps en le parlant, soit a quelqu'un d'autre, soit a moi-meme.
Et a ce type-la qui a dit que le francais ne consiste que des voyelles 'euhhh' - Tu me rends triste :C
(Mon clavier est débile. Les seuls accents que je peux insérer, ce sont les aigues. Pardonnez-moi.)
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Tarvos
helt plötsligt blev det tyst
Monsieur, je vais a la Belgique souvent et quand je suis la, tous les gens parlent comme ils savent seulement une voyelle. J'ecoute le meme. Bluh bluh bluh.
Et aussi, les gens a Bruxelles ont toujours oublie leur neerlandais. Mais monsieur, JE NE VEUX PAS PARLER FRANCAIS
Alors chaque fois je dois parler francais, c'etait tres mauvais. Moi je prefere l'allemand...
Et aussi, les gens a Bruxelles ont toujours oublie leur neerlandais. Mais monsieur, JE NE VEUX PAS PARLER FRANCAIS
Alors chaque fois je dois parler francais, c'etait tres mauvais. Moi je prefere l'allemand...
