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| Tally Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Israel Joined 5403 days ago 135 posts - 176 votes  Speaks: English*, Modern Hebrew* Studies: French | Message 225 of 346 21 June 2010 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | ||
I find Maori to be beautiful actually Edited by Tally on 21 June 2010 at 2:59pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| johntm93 Senior Member United States Joined 5122 days ago 587 posts - 746 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 226 of 346 21 June 2010 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | ||
I don't really have a problem with people who like anime, just the ones who go out and dress like they belong in it and act like Japan is the best thing ever. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ubik Senior Member United States ubykh.wordpress.com/ Joined 5111 days ago 147 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Arabic (Egyptian), German, Spanish | Message 227 of 346 21 June 2010 at 10:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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I havent heard enough Maori to form an opinion on its beauty, but I will say that I partly agree with the first poster in that I really wouldnt want to learn "island" languages due to lack of resources and for me also, who would I speak to? But Maori is the one exception because I really would like to eventually move to New Zealand and I would love to be able to communicate with the Maori people there. Granted, I wouldnt *need* to, but I would want to.
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| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5243 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 228 of 346 22 June 2010 at 2:44am | IP Logged | ||
If you are talking about how the Sino-Korean number system exists along with the native one, I can see why you would say that. The Sino-Korean number system itself is very easy and logical, but there is often confusion when to use the native system and when to use the Sino-Korean. Personally I think that problem exists pretty much because of a bad language planning (seriously, what kind of a language borrows even the most basic numbers such as 1, 2, 3, etc?) and hopefully Korea will do something about that one day. But we didn't do anything so far, and the system is what it is. Anyways, don't let the number system discourage you too much if you want to study it! Edited by chucknorrisman on 22 June 2010 at 2:48am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5837 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 229 of 346 22 June 2010 at 6:33am | IP Logged | ||
English is one of the most exotic European languages. Think about it. No other European languages comes close. The cat's tail The cat I found yesterday's tail The cat I found yesterday under a tree's tail The cat I found yesterday under a big tree in the park's tail ^^ Unique!!! Another example The man I waited with The man I worked for Look at where the preposition is placed. At the end!!!!!!!! Another fairly unique feature 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Tally Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Israel Joined 5403 days ago 135 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English*, Modern Hebrew* Studies: French | Message 230 of 346 22 June 2010 at 9:44am | IP Logged | ||
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The English language has the largest vocabulary of all the world's languages, therefore
it's also a very expressive language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| j0nas Triglot Groupie Norway Joined 5337 days ago 46 posts - 70 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German | Message 231 of 346 22 June 2010 at 9:49am | IP Logged | ||
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no, it isnt
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| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5243 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 232 of 346 22 June 2010 at 1:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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English has the largest vocabulary due to indiscriminate and careless borrowing from Latin, Greek, and French. That is also one of the reasons for its ridiculous spelling irregularities.
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