...when you watch documentaries like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEWE8fEfgos
and, having paid more attention to the language than the content of the film, start researching the languages of the region
[in this case uyghur in north-west China]
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When you invent your own bloody language like J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Josip213 wrote:When you invent your own bloody language like J.R.R. Tolkien.
Or when his languages get you interested in languages in general.
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Xenops wrote:Josip213 wrote:When you invent your own bloody language like J.R.R. Tolkien.
Or when his languages get you interested in languages in general.
When his languages make you wanna learn Finnish and Welsh
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A quick question for our Finnish speaking members here...is "hyppytyynytyydytys" (bouncy/jumping pillow satisfaction) a real word? If so, my hopes for humanity are restored.
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I don't know if this has been mentioned before.
When you remember a dialogue or something you read or heard, but can't remember at all which language it was.
When you remember a dialogue or something you read or heard, but can't remember at all which language it was.
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Teango wrote:A quick question for our Finnish speaking members here...is "hyppytyynytyydytys" (bouncy/jumping pillow satisfaction) a real word? If so, my hopes for humanity are restored.
Well I'd say it's more a made up word. As you may or may not know in Finnish you can just stick words together to create new ones (the same way as in German). So this consists of three words:
hyppy - jump
tyyny - pillow
tyydytys - satisfaction
The word hyppytyyny exists, it's listed e.g. here.
I can also create a German counterpart: Sprungkissenzufriedenheit (1) or Hüpfkissenzufriedenheit (2). (Depending if it's more the device used to save people's lifes (1) or the one to just have fun (2). - The Finnish word hyppytyyny seems to mean both kinds of pillows.)
Basically it leads to the question, how you define a word in languages with lots of compound words.
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Today I learned that Helen Keller (the first deaf-blind person to earn a BA degree) learned to read Braille in 5 different languages (English, French, German, Greek, and Latin)! She also learned to speak English with the help of her teacher and lifelong companion (Anne Sullivan). Simply amazing!!
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I want to read this blog post about someone learning Finnish even though it is written in German, and I don't actually know how to read German . Hmm...maybe I should learn German.
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mick33 wrote:I want to read this blog post about someone learning Finnish even though it is written in German, and I don't actually know how to read German . Hmm...maybe I should learn German.
Oooh. That looks interesting. Thanks!
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