What Language(s) Can You Speak? (for fun)

[EEforMe]

I know English and I’m almost done with Spanish 2 in school. Me encantan uh chickens muchas y sé más. Yo tuve uh chickens desde tuve solo ocho años

 

[maceleneo]

No guarantee for German, though. Some of those words are real tongue twisters ! Like....Appenzeller Spitzhauben !

German phonetics is super regular, you always know how the words you read should be pronounced... still sometimes you just can't! When I hear German, I recognize all the words I know, with English it doesn't work that way: people may use words I know and I still can't understand them because of the pronunciation.

 

[cherrynberry]

German phonetics is super regular, you always know how the words you read should be pronounced... still sometimes you just can't! When I hear German, I recognize all the words I know, with English it doesn't work that way: people may use words I know and I still can't understand them because of the pronunciation.

Oh interesting! I’ve always thought German was extremely hard to pronounce.

Korean also has a simple phonetic system. Their alphabet (hangul) is honestly a genius idea…plus it’s extremely straightforward. For example, ㄱ is pronounced “g” and sometimes “k” and ㅏ is pronounced “a”. Together, 가 is pronounced “ga” or “ka”. You pretty much learn how to spell/pronounce before you even learn all the words.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Oh interesting! I’ve always thought German was extremely hard to pronounce.

Korean also has a simple phonetic system. Their alphabet (hangul) is honestly a genius idea…plus it’s extremely straightforward. For example, ㄱ is pronounced “g” and sometimes “k” and ㅏ is pronounced “a”. Together, 가 is pronounced “ga” or “ka”. You pretty much learn how to spell/pronounce before you even learn all the words.

I think the most interesting letter (if that’s what you call it) is this: ß. It makes a sharp S sound.
There are also the dots above some letter that change the sound too. Ö makes an ‘ou’ sound, Ä makes an ‘eh’ sound, and Ü makes an ‘ew’ sound, but it’s more like ‘ou’.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Oh interesting! I’ve always thought German was extremely hard to pronounce.

Nah, you just need to say the words as if you're choking on them. Or regurgitating them. LOL! Just joking!

 

[azurbanclucker]

German is fun. Don't have a word for it? Make one up!

 

[ManueB]

German is fun. Don't have a word for it? Make one up!

This is why it really helped me to have some notions of german when I majored in philosophy in college.
One sentence from Hegel in german = a whole paragraph once translated. Much clearer in the original tongue!

It's a very logical language... but not very pleasing to the ear, to say the least.

It is Uto-Aztecan, less than 1% can still speak it fluently. The closest other tribe that speaks a very similar language/dialect is, the Shoshone. In fact, we call them our relatives that live across the mountains.
We had Comanche Code talkers in both WW1 & WW2. Our code language was never broken either.
If you take a look at my interview, I begin it with introducing myself in Comanche.

Is it possible to hear Nʉmʉnʉʉ / Comanche on the internet ?
I know it's eventually the fate of all languages, but it must be very sad to see one of your mother tongue disappearing. A language supports and structures a whole way of thinking.

 

[cherrynberry]

German is fun. Don't have a word for it? Make one up!

Oh so just like the chicken keepers on FB then. Don’t have an answer? Make one up!

This is why it really helped me to have some notions of german when I majored in philosophy in college.
One sentence from Hegel in german = a whole paragraph once translated. Much clearer in the original tongue!

It's a very logical language... but not very pleasing to the ear, to say the least.

Is it possible to hear Nʉmʉnʉʉ / Comanche on the internet ?
I know it's eventually the fate of all languages, but it must be very sad to see one of your mother tongue disappearing. A language supports and structures a whole way of thinking.

I wonder if Comanche has different declensions or cases (google won’t tell me anything)

 

[007Sean]

Oh so just like the chicken keepers on FB then. Don’t have an answer? Make one up!

I wonder if Comanche has different declensions or cases (google won’t tell me anything)

There's really not much out there on the net. The Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Society is a good place to start....the really only way to learn the language is through total emersion or to be brought up speaking it.
ETA- to answer your question, yes, there are different meanings to the same words depending on the inflection and the pronunciation.

 

[Duckpip]

English and Italian were my first languages (I can't speak very fluently in Italian), and I know maybe about two French words.