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I have great respect for people who are multilingual

Some instances are more challenging than others!

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peterlee · M
I speak one of the six languages of Spain badly. It’s an Andalusian patois.

My French is Parisian. That causes problems in the Pyrenees.
iamthe99 · M
@peterlee Euskaraz hitz egiten duzu?
peterlee · M
@iamthe99 only on Sundays
I do as well, while at the same time I wish it was not even necessary in the first place (a unified means for a single species to communicate on this one planet would be one of the clearest signs ever of actual human evolution, which seems to have been stalled for centuries ... but language seems to be one of those social constructs where rationality leaves the building and emotional attachment takes over, paradoxically preferring barriers to a free flow)
ArishMell · 70-79, M
It's not ever so surprising the French order of construction is ever not so different from English, but it's interesting that so is the Vietnamese yet the Japanese is totally different.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@ArishMell I was also surprised at the Vietnamese.

On the other hand, German can employ a "nested" construction, which might actually be similar to the Japanese, oddly enough!
iamthe99 · M
You think Japanese is bad, you should try Irish!

 
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