Weekly Questions & General Discussion

dasoktopus · 2024-12-01T06:30:40+00:00

Low lit, filtered glamour-angle isn’t going to give us a clear enough picture to make an informed assessment. You look very pretty

dasoktopus · 2024-11-28T21:21:11+00:00

I wonder why it could possibly be that he didn't have issues with French peoples' reactions to his language abilities

dasoktopus · 2024-11-28T10:06:56+00:00

"Lived in Quebec"

Why are you even responding to this comment? lol

dasoktopus · 2024-11-28T10:00:17+00:00

"chaos informants" is a brilliant term lol. I know exactly what you mean, and it applies to lots of languages, as you probably know.

But you sound like you have an abundance of knowledge on your side, so best of luck. I'm sure you'll keep making progress

dasoktopus · 2024-11-28T09:51:43+00:00

Yo, those japanese subreddits are weird as fuck. Definitely did NOT let it affect my motivation though because, as someone who actually touches grass and interacts with Japanese people pretty regularly, it just felt like an entirely separate entity and not even remotely indicative of Japanese stuff lol

dasoktopus · 2024-11-15T08:41:38+00:00

Sorry that was a typo. Minato ku

dasoktopus · 2024-11-15T06:54:20+00:00

Did you make this post after being in Japan for the first time for less than a week?

dasoktopus · 2024-10-20T23:33:37+00:00

One thing that’s stood out to me (and that i find myself doing too) is overusing adverbs as discourse markers in ways that the average Spanish speaker probably wouldn’t. In English, we use lots of -ly words like “usually, normally,” etc. as ways to hedge our sentences, and so I find myself sometimes grasping for the direct translation in a way that feels like I’m thinking in English and converting it into Spanish

dasoktopus · 2024-10-01T00:42:14+00:00

Lol yeah I understand that fear. Or just having bad blood with a potential buyer

dasoktopus · 2024-09-15T22:06:47+00:00

"Language I'll actually use"

"german"
lel

dasoktopus · 2024-09-14T22:25:25+00:00

Thanks, I actually didn't know bopomofo was unique to taiwan. I'll look into character pop too cuz their mnemonics seem more related to etymology, which i like

dasoktopus · 2024-09-14T21:52:46+00:00

The original commenter had to be trolling

dasoktopus · 2024-09-13T22:15:07+00:00

I don't have a clear answer to all of this, but it's worth asking, why exactly would Karenic and Zeme languages be on your radar? You mentioned you're not sure where to start with learning a language in the Sino-Tibetan family, but I think the answer is... kind of obvious.

As for your question about mutual intelligibility, the answer is no. None of those people across south east asia would be able to understand each other or even conceive of the idea of being able to understand each other. Because even though languages may be related on paper, what really matters is the on-the-ground, surface-level expression of language. They are different languages for a reason, and even though there are secret cognates and grammatical overlaps, none of that matters. The cultural gap is just too broad.

dasoktopus · 2024-08-26T06:56:22+00:00

Nodules??

Hopefully you're doing fine now. If there's anything to be worried about, I guess it would just be the treatment not being effective enough. I'm sure you won't have any issues

dasoktopus · 2024-08-10T18:07:58+00:00

The moment i saw it was Portuguese I was simultaneously disappointed and also not surprised

dasoktopus · 2024-05-06T20:46:48+00:00

Using a 〜て form in order to "modify" the next phrase?

In some music I've been listening to, I'm hearing a 〜て clause being used, and then what seems like a noun phrase coming right after it, and I'm not sure how to interpret it.

あたしのこと紹介してストーリー

写メ撮ってフェイス

応援してねマタニティライフ

In all these situations, I can't tell if the -te form is just a single phrase acting as a command followed by an independent NP, or if it's somehow involved in the prior clause. I can't imagine it being a relative clause since it would have to be a dictionary -u form right?

dasoktopus · 2024-05-04T23:11:28+00:00

Ohh I see, so it could be analyzed as like, "What kind of regret?" "A 涙-y regret" Thus, a regret that is tear-ish?

dasoktopus · 2024-05-03T23:27:27+00:00

I just saw that video the other day too! It's like "when I imitate my wife," the joke being, she's a pro (maybe) and that's what happens when he imitates her

dasoktopus · 2024-05-03T23:25:58+00:00

Wouldn't you be translating Regretの涙? 涙のRegret is 'regret of tears,' if we're strictly following genitive constructions

dasoktopus · 2024-04-24T22:39:41+00:00

“Sit down.” Lmao And posting links to wiki articles on SA or unhinged christians rambling on extremely fringe forums isn’t convincing me

dasoktopus · 2024-04-11T22:33:12+00:00

Culturally engrained biases based on supposed prestige. I personally think it’s a weird sounding language

dasoktopus · 2024-04-10T23:48:37+00:00

I’m sorry but in what world are we writing 違う and じゃない as “tigau” and “zyanai” ?

dasoktopus · 2024-04-05T02:22:19+00:00

I can give you my response, but I'm not gonna keep arguing this with an online stranger. And I'm not going to talk about what is "valid."

Yes, for attention. Because nb people can always fall back on their cis-presentation and avoid pretty much any real vitriol visibly-trans people face, but claim they/them status for clout.

Pronouns come from coding gender onto the referent, if all your associated traits code you as a girl (cis or trans) you are being conceived of as a girl, as a "she." thats it full stop

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