Do you like your native language?
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I find my native language tends to lack the subtlety and sophistication of English, which is why these days I mostly think in English, but then again, English doesn't quite carry the weight and power of my native tongue. So as for whether I like my native language, yes it's all right.
English? I think it's great. Exceptionally versatile, and capable of absolute breath-taking beauty.
Finnish here, and yes, I like it a lot. For a couple of reasons.
For one, Finnish has very few exceptions to the grammatical rules. There is a lot of rules to make up for it, but it's a lot better than having few rules with a ton of exceptions and exceptions to the exceptions. So it's a very systematic language and I like that.
The spelling is phonetical, which means that a letter is pretty much always pronounced the same way, no matter where it is in a word. That makes it easy to learn to read, even if you don't understand what you're reading.
Finnish also doesn't use prepositions (or articles), but instead uses suffixes. And compound words are really common. These two things make for looong words and those are always fun. ("Sisävesiristeilylaivojen", "juoksentelisimmekohan", although the second one is stretching it a bit with the suffixes.)
And finally, Finnish is just so different from the more widely spoken languages like English and Spanish. Not necessarily that difficult, even though that's what's usually said about it, but different. (I mean, how hard can it be? Even children can learn it, after all.)
For one, Finnish has very few exceptions to the grammatical rules. There is a lot of rules to make up for it, but it's a lot better than having few rules with a ton of exceptions and exceptions to the exceptions. So it's a very systematic language and I like that.
The spelling is phonetical, which means that a letter is pretty much always pronounced the same way, no matter where it is in a word. That makes it easy to learn to read, even if you don't understand what you're reading.
Finnish also doesn't use prepositions (or articles), but instead uses suffixes. And compound words are really common. These two things make for looong words and those are always fun. ("Sisävesiristeilylaivojen", "juoksentelisimmekohan", although the second one is stretching it a bit with the suffixes.)
And finally, Finnish is just so different from the more widely spoken languages like English and Spanish. Not necessarily that difficult, even though that's what's usually said about it, but different. (I mean, how hard can it be? Even children can learn it, after all.)
Seems like I'm the third Bulgarian in this thread, whoop!
Bulgarian always sounded kind of dull and seemingly stuck between Russian and German in pronunciation. The grammar has always been a pain for me too. Can't say I like anything about it except the variety of "compact words" that save you a full sentence.
Bulgarian always sounded kind of dull and seemingly stuck between Russian and German in pronunciation. The grammar has always been a pain for me too. Can't say I like anything about it except the variety of "compact words" that save you a full sentence.
No swears? What do you do when you REALLY need to put emphasis on something?VMK said:
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What this guy said. I always wanted to be better at speaking Irish but I picked up Spanish quicker and easier in half the time. I can speak basic Irish but nothing impressive, unless it's in the past tense.Glademaster said:
I even did better in Latin for that one year I studied it.
I'm German myself and I study in the Netherlands.
I kinda like my native tongue, as it helped me learn other languages, and to be honest as German it wasn't too difficult to learn Dutch.
I have my problems with the pronounciation of some Dutch words but the grammar stuff was pretty easy.
Though I'm kinda in love with Asian languages and how they sound (at the moment I'm learning Japanese and tried some Chinese).
I kinda like my native tongue, as it helped me learn other languages, and to be honest as German it wasn't too difficult to learn Dutch.
I have my problems with the pronounciation of some Dutch words but the grammar stuff was pretty easy.
Though I'm kinda in love with Asian languages and how they sound (at the moment I'm learning Japanese and tried some Chinese).
Funny, my girlfriend is Danish and she hates her language because she says it's crude, boxy and boring.EvilMaggot said:Fuck yeah!"Danish" is (i heard somewhere) one of the most difficult languages to learn
but yeah.. "Danish" dates back to the Vikings together with swedish, Norwegian and Finnish. so pretty fucking proud!
Sure, I think Swedish is great. Not sure how one can dislike their native language to be honest.
Also, we got the word "lagom". Take that, rest of the world!
Also, we got the word "lagom". Take that, rest of the world!
French is my first language, and yes i like it very much. and i prefer my french canadian that is at least trying to get a word for everything, even new thing that didnt exist before, rather than just take an english word, like the french in france...
The thing I hate about the English language is also the thing I love about it. It's extreme LACK of formula makes it a ***** and a half to learn, let alone master, but that also makes it easy to modify. New words can be made up on the fly, dialects form within years, not centuries, and for some reason accents seem far more pronounced. Or at least I've never heard anyone speak say... French with a German accent (seems like it would jarring).
I'm from Ireland and we're in a weird position where our native language isn't used by anyone really. Anyone who says Ireland is bi lingual is lying. everyone speaks english and I'd say less than one in a hundred can speak Irish at a conversational level and less than one in four hundred are fluent.
So English is awesome fantastic for aesthetic and functional uses and the grammar is pretty straight forward compared to other languages.
Irish is a mess, a dead language with bizarre grammar and any half modern word is just stolen from English and mangled, telefón-telephone,carr-car,afraic-Africa.
So English is awesome fantastic for aesthetic and functional uses and the grammar is pretty straight forward compared to other languages.
Irish is a mess, a dead language with bizarre grammar and any half modern word is just stolen from English and mangled, telefón-telephone,carr-car,afraic-Africa.
Yeah, you can fuck about with English so much more than with other languages. It's like play-doh or something, to everyone else's lego.Daystar Clarion said:
Saying that, I like speaking French, although its grammar can be really frustrating sometimes.
That's probably because English is your native language. I've heard Italians speak French and the accent is unmistakable. And French Canadian accents are just fucking weird, but kinda endearing too.Jack the Potato said:
I kinda like the English language, mostly for the shape of the words and the ease with which it can be spoken. By that I don't mean it's easy to learn, just easy to say, which is handy when you have a speech impediment and a physical defect which tends to interfere with your speech. And as others have said, you can have a lot of fun with it.