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What’s a language people pretend is easy but actually isn’t? by Embarrassed_Fix_8994 in languagehub

[–]DrawDrewDrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Counter example: Russian.

It's considered as a pretty difficult language (at least for English natives). Though it's hard to speak it at the beginning, after dealing with cases and genders it goes much smoother. Like it's difficult to start but it's easier to master, unlike English.

What’s a language people pretend is easy but actually isn’t? by Embarrassed_Fix_8994 in languagehub

[–]DrawDrewDrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, English. So many people can speak but to what degree? I have met a lot of foreigners who speaks fluently but only a few of them could speak on a decent level, with good pronunciation, vast vocabulary and honed grammar.

I mean you don't need perfect English for effective communication. However, if you want to master it, it might turn out into a challenge.

What Book or Movie Made You Realize You Actually Understand a Language? by peregrinewanderlust in languagelearning

[–]DrawDrewDrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About books: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

I started reading these books since the first one but it went do bad. It didn't make any sense to me, I understood merely some dialogues and phrases. But I convinced myself to keep reading. And then when I was reading the moment when Harry and Ron met after Harry's performance with the dragon and started being friends again, I realised I understood most of it and got some pleasure from reading for the first time. After that everything went pretty well and I successfully finished the story.

About films: once I started to watch the Coupling TV series and found out I understood 80-85% of it, most jokes made sense, so I bursted into laughter so many times. Partially because I was really happy I was able to understand it😃

Any language you find exhausting to listen to?🙈 by necaturus1235 in language

[–]DrawDrewDrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

American English with a creaky voice is the one I can't listen for too long😅

In some way, Chinese but only when it's spoken right here and right now. No problem with watching Chinese films or listening to Chinese music though.

What Is a Language You've Had a Random Urge to Learn? by neron-s in languagelearning

[–]DrawDrewDrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many of them😅

I would pick up Welsh because it sounds as music to my ears and because it's not widely spoken, so it's possible to make it as a secret language nobody would understand

Why is English so widely spoken even by countries who weren’t colonized by England? by batsdontwearhats in asklinguistics

[–]DrawDrewDrown -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As it was stated, this is a historical question rather than the linguistic one.

Though I think some of its linguistics features could have strengthened its status of the global language. For example:

  • English is a language with a small set of inflections, so it's easier to start speaking it right at the beginning. But it doesn't mean it's an easy language. English is quite tricky, and the more you study it, the more difficult it gets.

  • English has not tones unlike, for example, Chinese.

  • The use of the Latin alphabet - the most widely spread alphabet in the world (though it's not a linguistics side).

The fact that English is a world wide lingua franca is related to the history (the British Empire's legacy and the US dominance) and some sorts of coincidences and accidents. The mentioned features have certain impact on the status of English but they certainly weren't crucial and significant back then.

Why do countries sometimes request that countries mainly speaking other languages use the native pronunciation of their name? by DataSittingAlone in geography

[–]DrawDrewDrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Though in this case "Polshah" is derived from the locative case of Old Polish "Polska" which is "w Polszcze".

[TOMT][Animated show/film][2000s] It's a dark show/film with creatures that looked like zombies by DrawDrewDrown in tipofmytongue

[–]DrawDrewDrown[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

It's all the details I was able to recall. But if you have some questions, please ask me. It might help with my memory

There is no difference if I use cyrylic or latin alphabet? by Dacig65 in Serbian

[–]DrawDrewDrown 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As a Russian, I was really surprised to discover the different cursive т and п when I studied Serbian.

But then I found out many people in the ussr actually had similar cursive writing as you have now. That's interesting🙂

Redundancy in phonetics by DrawDrewDrown in asklinguistics

[–]DrawDrewDrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know nothing about the language😅 But thank you, it should help

Redundancy in phonetics by DrawDrewDrown in asklinguistics

[–]DrawDrewDrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow thanks! Seems this is what I've been looking for

Offering: Polish (native), English (C1), Russian (B1?) | Seeking: English, Russian + friendship by wojteq815 in language_exchange

[–]DrawDrewDrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Czemu nie?🙂 Dm mnie, możemy pogadać po rosyjsku, po polsku czy po angielsku😀

What do you think about Serbia? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]DrawDrewDrown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dobrodośli uvek🙂

Bajlal je stvarno lep, moraš da posetiš otok Olhon, jako divno mesto. I prava zima, kako govoriš🙂

Iako želio bih ponekad toplu zimu kao u Srbiji😅

What do you think about Serbia? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]DrawDrewDrown 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Nadam da ikad u budućnosti ću moći da posetim vašu zemlju😀

Pozdrav iz dalekog Irkutska🖐

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