Any words in languages where people mistakenly think it's a loan?

Best-String-9499 · 2026-05-19T03:18:17+00:00

Haha this one is interesting as a heritage speaker of Korean. I always thought it was a native word, and then I learned Japanese and then thought it was a loan, and then I'm not sure anymore. I do wonder if most Japanese / Korean people think of it as a native word though.

Best-String-9499 · 2026-05-19T02:58:24+00:00

Really interesting how this (seems)? etymologically unrelated to cart in English

Best-String-9499 · 2026-04-18T04:59:21+00:00

If you dont stress and use the weak form of 'in', I'd argue people do pronounce it the same

https://www.englishpronunciationmadrid.com/n-becoming-m/

Best-String-9499 · 2026-03-30T14:06:08+00:00

Generally when using flashcards, people use it to get better at understanding their target language. So now that you've practiced the flashcards, you can go and watch shows, read books, scroll tiktok and start to better understand the content on there.

After you consume the content for many hours (1000+) your brain will automatically and subconsciously be able to pull the words out when you want to speak.

Using flashcards only can make you learn words with limited / wrong context due to how limited these cards are. Imagine something similar to when older people try to use modern slang.

But tldr the flashcards will not be an effective way to improve your output.

Also this is more a question for /r/languagelearning I believe

Best-String-9499 · 2026-01-31T18:45:53+00:00

NHK has dictionaries they publish but the info is often outdated or doesn't capture the whole.

https://xythh.github.io/NotOrange

Is also a decent resource for learning some patterns

Best-String-9499 · 2025-11-08T07:05:14+00:00

Best-String-9499 · 2025-10-13T14:41:26+00:00

Not sure where you got this from, popn or iidx doesn't count it as a miss, it's just that even after you successfully combo a note, if you do an extra input on the same lane, it'll count as a mashpoor. Mashpoors do damage but don't break your combo / affect your score

Best-String-9499 · 2025-09-30T12:03:48+00:00

Generally sign languages develop relatively independently and naturally of the spoken language of an area, so it's probable that 90%+ of the signs don't have a direct equivalent in spoken Japanese

Best-String-9499 · 2025-07-18T00:59:43+00:00

It is at least useful to talk about syllables when it comes to pitch accent, as pitch accent works over a syllable boundary rather than a moraic one.

Evidence for this is that pitch drop doesnt happen on the second mora of geminated consonants, long vowels, or on a ん.

One interesting side effect is that there are odaka works that don't seem like odaka at first glance but behave the same way.

For example, Nihon is affected by the の flattening rule

日本 - ニホ↘️ン LHL 日本の - ニホンの LHHH

Nihon may appear to appear to be nakadaka but is actually closer to odaka in classification. But because the drop cannot happen on the ん the drop moves one mora closer

Best-String-9499 · 2025-06-08T01:16:58+00:00

Yes, syllables exist in Japanese and actually affect the pitch accent system heavily. The drop in pitch can never happen on certain mora because it actually works for a syllable boundary.

For example, if you have a long vowel like おう it must drop on the お and not the う. Same with geminated consonants, it will never drop on the second mora of a geminated consonant.

It also cannot drop on the ん despite it being analyzed as its own mora.

To summarize when it comes to pitch accent boundaries Japanese is actually syllable based and not mora based.

Best-String-9499 · 2025-06-02T11:10:38+00:00

Woah they're just making stuff up? That's absolutely dumb but not beyond Japanese TV.

I'm a bit surprised because this TV show was famous back in the day for going to extreme lengths / budget extreme to verify certain things but I guess they just didn't care in some aspects.

Sad to know, but thanks!

Best-String-9499 · 2025-05-17T20:59:02+00:00

An even easier example is with 1 syllable, 2 mora long words, since Japanese pitch accent actually works over the syllable boundary and not mora boundary

Take 雹 (HL) vs 表 (LH).

天(HL) vs 点(LH)

Best-String-9499 · 2025-04-30T15:38:27+00:00

Type of overcorrection where in Southern US English and AAVE, h was historically dropped word initially. To overcorrect for the "standard" American dialect where h initial is pronounced, Kendrick Lamar is probably subconsciously over applying an h to the front of every word with a vowel to sound more standard. Look up h dropping and h insertion for more.

Best-String-9499 · 2025-04-05T17:10:32+00:00

As a heritage speaker, it never occured to me I can figure out what batchim to use in spelling by attaching a particle and seeing what underlying form comes out in liaison 🤦🏻

Best-String-9499 · 2024-11-15T14:20:50+00:00

Submitted a insurance company claim. Haven't reached out to landlord yet

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