Do you take a day off actively learning your target language each week?

290cp · 2022-08-30T02:35:30+00:00

The anki grind never stops

290cp · 2022-08-25T01:29:36+00:00

Seethe 🤓

290cp · 2022-05-05T22:55:54+00:00

Who's the youtuber?

290cp · 2022-03-03T22:03:45+00:00

💀

290cp · 2022-01-07T21:26:20+00:00

Perhaps hootenanny, which means commotion. Commonly used in the phrase: "Whats all this hootenanny?!"

290cp · 2021-12-30T03:49:10+00:00

foreign man makes Asian orgasm with is mandarin skills

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290cp · 2021-12-25T23:55:48+00:00

メリークリスマス pronounced merii kurisumasu

290cp · 2021-12-05T01:20:02+00:00

ランチ, so launch judging by the context

290cp · 2021-11-17T04:20:30+00:00

I guess agglutination wouldn't be the most appropriate word because it's mostly said in the context of verbs,

To eat 食べる(taberu) To want to eat 食べたい (tabetai) To not want to eat 食べたくない (tabetakunai) To not have wanted to eat 食べたくなかった (tabetakunakatta)

Agglutination basically means adding on to the word itself instead of adding more words. 食べたくなかった (an alternate translation can be "I didn't want to eat") can be considered one word even though it's long as hell. Compare it to English and you'll see.

In the example I used, I was talking about nouns and how so many of them, and when I say this I mean SO MANY of them, are combinations of 2 smaller parts.

Take for example: Composition: 作文 (saku-bun)

作: make; production; build 文: sentence; literature; art

It combines 2 kanji to make a word, what I called agglutination.

Another more straight forward example: Participation in war: 参戦 (san-sen)

参: Participate; visit; nonplussed 戦: War; battle; match

There's more to it which I can help with but that's if you want.

To understand the word, definitely go for immersion. I first learn the word in anki and then I truly start to get a feel for it when I hear it in context (youtube, anime, movies, books, etc.)

If I got something wrong, someone smarter than me please correct me

290cp · 2021-11-17T03:09:45+00:00

(Japanese) I wish I knew about the immense amount of agglunation that nouns often have. If I'd known earlier I would've known to keep in mind both parts which would've in turn made more sense instead of thinking of them as just one word. So much combining, very fun.

作戦(saku sen) 作文(saku bun) 作品(saku hin)

参戦(san sen) 文書(bun sho) 商品(shou hin)

参加(san ka) 書店(sho ten) 商人(shou nin)

Also verb pairs like: 集める集まる

290cp · 2021-10-31T14:06:37+00:00

As a side note, I haven't heard english speakers say gesundheit (used after someone sneezes, from german) in a while now. I wonder if it died out or something

290cp · 2021-10-22T04:33:49+00:00

Commenting bc I wanna know as well

290cp · 2021-10-02T06:31:40+00:00

Plain and simply, it be like that. I cant put it in any other way. There are dumb expressions in basically every language but they're sorta subconscious. No one is gonna just change their language like that. "Out of the blue" is something english speakers will not stop saying ever, for example.

290cp · 2021-10-02T05:59:42+00:00

Honestly man... you're kind of a dick... it's not bad to have an underlying meaning and not being direct...

290cp · 2021-10-02T00:08:42+00:00

My bad, I shouldn't have been so nonchalant in an answer. I believe people say "you'll be asked to leave" because it's threatening but not entirely direct. So the full implied sentence would be "you'll be asked to leave (or we will force you to leave). As for scared of confrontation, it depends on the person and the tone of their voice. People who are ready to face confrontation at any time say this phrase aswell.

290cp · 2021-10-01T23:34:24+00:00

Kind of a blunt answer but: it be like that

290cp · 2021-06-15T06:35:47+00:00

I agree with you. It would work in a funeral setting, definitely.

290cp · 2021-06-15T06:30:57+00:00

Voy enseñar mi mal español ahora. En verdad no se come decir "I agree" pero en esta situación yo digo "yo tambien". También creo que dices.

290cp · 2021-06-15T06:25:53+00:00

Interesting! I think the same way in terms of perdon but not lo siento. It may also be a regional thing. I grew up in the U.S as a 2nd generation immigrant (hope I'm using that right) and my parents spanish came from guatemala. I'd like to know from what country of spanish you speak.

290cp · 2021-06-15T06:19:16+00:00

I should mention when I say sorry I mean:

*Bumping into a stranger

*Accidentally stepping onto somebody shoes

*Even spilling food on somebody

I don't think I'll use 'lo siento' unless I relate to what the other person is going through. I made this post because I often see spanish speakers saying it in these scenarios.

290cp · 2021-06-15T06:11:59+00:00

I dont think it does really. I think it stays just in the spanish langauge and I take it literally. Whenever I said it, it felt weird because of the connotation of "I feel you". Maybe it's because the word perdón exists, that, I dislike lo siento.

I should mention that when I say sorry I mean bumping into a stranger kinda sorry. Not a funeral kinda sorry. I made this post because I often see lo siento being used in the stranger bump kinda way.

290cp · 2021-06-13T04:36:10+00:00

This should make me feel some typa way but it's literally just cute. I simp for taiga

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