TIL that some languages apparently have words inherently differentiating one's status as a citizen or resident of the entity versus a member of a particular ethnic or cultural group? I don't quite grasp the whole thing, although I heard the point being made. What's interesting to me is a) that there is such a thing, which seems very revealing of something about a culture that would need such concepts built into the language, and b) that there seem to be people who think it's inaccurate to interpret the word choice as meaningful. Firstly, since languages have all sorts of concepts built into them, many very specific to their primary culture of use, it seems reasonable that such a thing could exist. Not that I would have thought of it before, since I'm not from a culture where that sort of subtlety functions. Secondly, if that is, indeed, the subtlety of the word choices, where one essentially and inherently includes people, and the other excludes, then I'd kind o...
Pauvre de toi.
ReplyDeleteMerci. Voulez vous faire le test pour moi? Ha ha.
ReplyDeleteJe... attempter le test, mais très maladroite.
ReplyDelete(That's what happens when I don't use Google translate. When I do:
Je voudrais essayer le test, mais très mal.)
Yo también.
ReplyDelete(Je ne parle pas francais tres bien mais je fait un effort.)
Merci mille fois.
ReplyDeleteMi corazon esta alegre pourque tengo tan buenos amigos.
Wow, if that wasn't awkward phrasing, nevermind the missing diacritics.
Voy a estudiar mas. Ojala que tendra buena suerte.
ReplyDelete(pourque es mas facil hablar en otras idiomas? No necesito esto ahora!)
Viel Glück!
ReplyDeleteBelki bu ÅŸok senin beynini kendine getirir?
ReplyDelete(Google Translate sucks at that last idiom, sorry.)
Je crois que tu es très fatigué, cher. Restes bien si tu peux.
ReplyDeleteZeynep Dilli I will have to parse that through Google! Until then, tessekur :)
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at how much I could understand without running translation software, but I don't think I would have the vocabulary at hand to say any of it without research.
ReplyDeleteAmanda Heyen Did you study any of the Romance languages?
ReplyDeleteFrench, in high school, plus some Spanish at my first "real" job. Throw in some German from a character I played about 14 years ago and my vocabulary is a giant mish-mosh train wreck. The worst is when I try to conjugate German and all I can think of is French verbs.
ReplyDeleteI sympathize. I took Spanish first, then French, then Spanish again in college, followed by Arabic. If I wasn't thinking I'd answer French questions in Spanish, to the irritation of my French teacher.
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