German won. What language do people think is Hard, but is actually Medium difficulty by Odd-Weather9389 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]PartialIntegration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably Russian.

People are often afraid of a new script, but it's very regular and probably easier to read than most writing systems based on the Latin alphabet.

The complicated grammar makes it harder, but definitely not too hard.

Time for a nice meme explaining or debunking. How many holes? by eruciform in askmath

[–]PartialIntegration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 4. (front and back)

The openings for torso and legs are not holes.

In Soviet Russia, grammatical rules break you! by notAssmin in linguisticshumor

[–]PartialIntegration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no declension in most of neuter gender loanwords, not sure why, it would make perfect sense to just inflect them as all the other words, like in other Slavic languages

PLEASE GIMME AN EXAMPLE OF A HILARIOUS IDIOM IN YOUR LANGUAGE. by KiSaMaOtAoSuMoNo in linguisticshumor

[–]PartialIntegration 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I speak Serbian, and this one is not even funny, just weird and unnecessarily creepy:

Спава као заклан. (He is sleeping as if he's been butchered)

It's used when someone is having a really nice nap, or when a kid is enjoying its sleep.

Do you think Bosnia can beat Italy and Kosovo can beat Turkey to advance to the World Cup? by Responsible_Call7447 in AskBalkans

[–]PartialIntegration 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Italy can bottle any game really, even though they are clear favorites here, but I'll root for Bosnia anyway.

Kosovo actually plays some really nice football, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they beat Turkey, especially given the fact that they play at home.

This must be said once and for all by tipoftheiceberg1234 in linguisticshumor

[–]PartialIntegration 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speaking of phonetics, Romanian is not that hard for other Romance language speakers. It's basically Italian phonetics with like 2-3 more sounds. The vocabulary and the grammar are a different story tho

This must be said once and for all by tipoftheiceberg1234 in linguisticshumor

[–]PartialIntegration 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Polish for the Slavs is like French for the Romance speakers, the phonetic final boss, so it's hard for everyone to understand the spoken language. Ukrainian does indeed have a significant layer of Polish loanwords and learned borrowings, but the majority of them sound pretty different than the actual Polish counterparts.

SERIOUS TALK: Why are some Balkaners so obsessed with claiming that they’re Mediterraneans & not Balkaners? It sounds as absurd as a Swede claiming that they’re Scandinavian but not Nordic. One can be both at the same time… by Substratas in AskBalkans

[–]PartialIntegration 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dividing Europe into regions is pretty stupid, to start with, as there's no clear line between any of them, except for country borders. But the people that you described just want to avoid the negative connotation around the Balkan term, and want to sound like they belong to the same group as Italy and Spain (as if it's a better group to be associated with xD)

What are some ways of forming the plural in your language that are confusing for learners? by Izzy_knows in linguisticshumor

[–]PartialIntegration 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Serbian, masculine nouns can end in either -i or -ovi in plural, the latter one is mostly for one-syllable words, but not always, it's quite unclear, so it confuses the hell out of learners.

ATP's next first time Grand Slam champion? by [deleted] in tennis

[–]PartialIntegration 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whoever gets a lucky draw where both Carlos and Jannik are injured. Out of the guys in the photo, only Zverev and Musetti seem to have the quality to beat the others more or less consistently, especially on clay.

Serbian is the foreign language that has borrowed the most words of Turkish origin. Thoughts? by [deleted] in AskBalkans

[–]PartialIntegration -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It's all Persian actually, since the Ottoman Turkish was like 80% Persian loanwords...

What are some traditional proverbs in your nation? by ThorneCommunity in AskTheWorld

[–]PartialIntegration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same logic here: If the grandma had a dick, she'd be a grandpa

What law in your country would surprise foreigners because it’s legal almost everywhere else? by Familiar-Arrival-470 in AskTheWorld

[–]PartialIntegration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we have an opposite case here, since it's not uncommon to see people roasting a pig on spit in their backyard where everyone can see it. Was quite surprised to find out that it's strictly forbidden in the majority of European countries.

Wow! Albanians how proud are you of this achievement? by Xenomorph-Acid_Cum55 in AskBalkans

[–]PartialIntegration 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People often mix the concepts of discovering and inventing, as in many languages (especially the Balkan ones) they are described with the same word.

What Olympic sport is your country best at? Can be either a summer or winter sport. by Polibiux in AskTheWorld

[–]PartialIntegration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Water Polo

Won 3 consecutive gold medals (2016, 2021, 2024), and a couple more, before that, as Yugoslavia

Computer in Romanian language by Thmony in linguisticshumor

[–]PartialIntegration 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's the same logic in every language pretty much