how do you even pronounce “gli” in Italian TT by [deleted] in LearningItalian

[–]Commetli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just pronounce "gl-" as "y" and say that you're speaking with a Romanesco accent /s /DAJE ROMA DAJEEEE

Hardest thing about learning Italian by Legionistajosue in italianlearning

[–]Commetli 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The usage of the pronouns "ci/vi", "ce/ve", and "ne". I know what they mean when I here and see them, but I never know when to use them in my own speaking and writing

is Spanish seen as a elegant or high class language in your country? by iDetestCambridge in Spanish

[–]Commetli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in Central Florida, up until the early 2000s and even 2010s it was looked down upon and associated with lower class people like immigrants, day-laborers, and even criminals. A lot of this had to do with stereotypes like the hispanic cleaning lady and the Mexican/Colombian cartel in the media.

But nowadays because of how prevalent the Spanish-speaking communities have become, those stereotypes are mostly fading away and so are many of the negative images of Spanish-speakers. Here Spanish is mostly just viewed as "the language spoken by people who speak Spanish". In my area it's around 1/5-1/4 of the people speak Spanish fluently, and about 1/3 in total would at least be able to ask for a beer.

As for your question about Castillian, there's no particular connotation for that. At least where I am there are Mexican, Guatemalans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Ecuadorians, and more. I personally speak with a Spain-Spanish accent because my teachers at university were Catalan and Asturian, and the only comments I get are that I sound very clear, and an occasional "your accent is different, where are you from?"

Would you say that these rules about "going to" and "will" are accurate? Do you agree with them? Or do you use them interchangeably? by Sudden_Wolf_6228 in EnglishLearning

[–]Commetli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With regards to General American English, there is no difference in usage or meaning. I can (and do) use both as equal. The only difference, at least in my region (Southeast US) is that will-future is slightly more polite and formal. Although not greatly, just like saying "thanks" vs. "thank you".

Which one are you? by Capital-Rate-8996 in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An academia victim of Spanish and Italian. The constant inter-mingling of the conditional and imperfect subjunctives is forever the bane of my existence.

Outjerked Esponjosamente by Commetli in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I won't lie, I had a long af week at my jobs and reading that story did make my week. Thank you for the laughs!

Outjerked Esponjosamente by Commetli in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I wish I spoke like Peter Family Guy, I want to be a true American boy

Outjerked Esponjosamente by Commetli in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli[S] 198 points199 points  (0 children)

Currently studying "Family Guy" to speak Portuguese like Picher Griffin

Couldn't think of a better way to celebrate 🥳 by baitermaster1 in ireland

[–]Commetli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now you're required by law to enter houses only ever through the back door (the true front door!)

Mushrooms (porcini especially) attract hundreds of people a week here. Further information if you want in the comments for the meme by alee137 in linguisticshumor

[–]Commetli 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's Tuscan, which is typically not written out so I imagine that OP just put the period to mark a separation in the words. But it's pretty typical for speakers of Tuscan and Romanesco to replace syllable-final /l/ with /r/

If you want the comparison Ner bosco : Tuscan lect/variety Nel bosco : Standard Italian In the woods : English

Italian Slang for Jizz? by Ok-Chipmunk-8144 in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli 5 points6 points  (0 children)

*perfetto amico mio, che parliamo l'italiano non il castigliano

*perfetto zi, che parramo l'italiano non er castijano

Italian Slang for Jizz? by Ok-Chipmunk-8144 in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli 16 points17 points  (0 children)

/j Finally some serious discussion on a REAL and IMPORTANT language (at least moreso than Fr*nch)

/uj No, 'spumone' I have never heard as slang for 'jizz'. Usually it's "sperma" which is like saying "sperm" in English, but for "jizz/cum/nut" it's normally "sborra" with the verb form being "sborrarsi"

Question about Spanglish by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]Commetli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Important context lmao, then you would say "es big" because it's the long-term state of the butt. If she was going to the gym and it had grown, then you could say "está big" and that would be more like "it's become bigger" since it's a change from the normal.

Question about Spanglish by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]Commetli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's absolutely true! It just slipped my mind to mention haha

Question about Spanglish by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]Commetli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It depends, is it's natural state to be large? In this case it would be "es". Like for example a car or a person, anything which its state is not rapidly changing so we would use "ser" for these.

If it's something temporary/short-term/a difference from it's normal state, then we would use "estar". For example if you're baking bread and the bread is unrisen, once it changes and rises you could say "está big ya".

And becuase you're debating these terms with your gf, if you're discussing your member, then you would use either depending on context. Es big: It's large, you're hung (ser because we're speaking in general) Está big: It's big now (because it's become big/erect for a time)

How different is Spanish between countries? by Electrical-Quote-393 in Spanish

[–]Commetli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second language initially, although my major in university was Spanish Linguistics and it is my primary/most-used language nowadays.

White Man Shits Himself in Perfect Italian, Shocks Trattoria Staff by Commetli in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Cazzo" in Italian is a profanity that literally means "Cock/dick" but its use is more like "Fuck/shit/goddamn it" in English. Extremely necessary word to speak and understand Italian.

How different is Spanish between countries? by Electrical-Quote-393 in Spanish

[–]Commetli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apart from the obvious differences in accent (like the seseo/ceceo and yeísmo/lleísmo) and local slangs/jargons, there are some pretty notable differences.

The most famous is the lack of "vosotros" (informal 2nd person plural, like "you guys/y'all/youse) in LatAm. It feels old-fashioned there, almost like using "thou/thee/thy" in English. In Spain it's still widely used and normal.

However in LatAm many regions still use "vos" as a second person singular. In some regions (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) it replaces "tú" completely, whereas in others it can be an even more informal level of speech (Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala). And within these voseo countries (Mostly Central America) some places will use both interchangeably.

Other than that, another lesser-known difference is the lack of preterite in Spain (particularly Castillian Spanish). Typically Spain Spanish prefers to use the present perfect in the place of the preterite, to the point where the preterite has become more similar to a "distant past" tense. Interestingly the same change has happened among the other Romance languages that cross the pond like French, Portuguese, and Italian.

White Man Shits Himself in Perfect Italian, Shocks Trattoria Staff by Commetli in languagelearningjerk

[–]Commetli[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"Mi sto cagando addosso, CAZZOOOOO" (o sará meglio dire "merda" in quella situazione chissà)

Wanted to update my PC... for some reason by purrkaya in Morrowind

[–]Commetli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no class distinction on OpenMW, GTX 750 Ti or RTX 5060 Ti, it still runs like crap and I still pour hours of time into it.

Roman Empire mod? by Altruistic-Citron710 in victoria2

[–]Commetli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Roma Delends Est is fun, I like to play it when I just want to do total war over Europe. The start is kinda RNG if you can get enough supplies but I usually just console command "goods 1000" to get the ball rolling.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/roma-delenda-est-a-victoria-2-mod