> your first language
> do you like it?
> German
> yes
한국어
no
>>51691438
>First language
English
>Do you like it
No
> he hates the language that dominates the world
Croatian
Yes
it's a neat language
very logical and orderly compared to english and french
the case and gender system is nigh impossible to perfectly master for baka gaijins though
>>51691438
North American English
Yes. Much like my cunt, my language is ever-changing and adapts to the needs of its users. Truly a utilitarian language.
suomen kieli
yes
portuguese
no
but at least it's not spanish
>>51691438
>russian
>indifferent
>>51691519
>>Do you like it
>No
why not?
Spanish
Yes
>First language
English
>Do you like it?
No tbqhwyl, English is a disgusting language.
Kurdish
Yes
Icelandic
No
>>51691632
After branching out into other languages English just seems dull. I'd rather speak German over English
French
Yes, of course
>>51691557
>hating American
y tho
>>51691438
English
It sucks
>>51691809
Then leave, Jorge.
Basque
Of course
>>51691736
Of course, German is cool, but nevertheless English is very useful language.
>>51691519
>>51691666
>>51691809
>anglos in charge of loving their language
>>51691960
>he has a fetish for words
>muh guvmint hassa pruhteck werdz
Portuguese
Yes, i like the way it's flexible and can vary a lot
>>51691694
Why tho? I think Icelandic is the nicest sounding language there is
>>51692081
It's ridiculously complex and it's much less eloquent than English. If you want to say something heartfelt you end up sounding like a dumbass because the language simply does not allow for it.
>Faroese
>It's pretty neat
>>51691925
You'r language is fucking crazy
>>51692134
When i tried to learn Icelandic earlier this year i saw how complex it's grammar is and gave up, i just learned the phonetics.
I still think it sounds really beautiful t b h
>>51691438
>Finnish
>nope, it's useless
anony mous its oke
english
indifferent
>>51691438
日本語 japanese
i dont watch anime but yes
>>51692158
how mutually intelligible is it with other scandi languages? which one is it most similar to?
>>51692868
anon-tan don't be that way
>>51692943
Faroese is to Icelandic as Norwegian is to Danish. We can pretty much understand everything from the get-go, but there are a few words and idioms that are exclusive to one or the other.
English
Yes, I'm ever grateful for colonisation
English
Yes, of course. If you don't, you're a faggot.
>>51691438
Of course i love being, speaking, breathing, oozing french.
In all modesty and objectivity, this is the best language on this planet, which is fitting for the best people of the best country.
Death to subhumans and their apologists, not one of you will escape our wrath thanks to social medias.
>>51693017
really? i would have never guessed, i just went on the wiki for faroese and it didn't look anywhere near as archaic
thanks for a real answer bro
>>51691438
>Dutch
>Natuurlijk hou ik van mijn taal, kankermongool
>>51691925
lucky you, do you use it on a daily basis?
>>51693223
Yeah
>>51691438
I do. But I cant use my own language in many oversea countries.
>>51693134
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_language#Grammar
You can see how Icelandic looks pretty similar, especially how only Icelandic and Faroese adjectives have gender
>>51693251
tell us some swears in basque
>>51693309
Artaburu, astokilo, memelo, inozo, lerdo, ergel (variations of idiot/stupid/etc) sasikume (motherfucker), emagaldu (bitch, puta in Spanish). Kaka zaharra! ("shit!" or "no fucking way!", literally "old shit!") is a common interjection too.
They're mostly expressions rather than words by themselves. Like there isn't an equivalent of "fuck!" as in English. The different meanings are conveyed by different words.
Spanish
Yeah
>>51693195
Wat deze flikker zegt
>>51693588
> sasikume
that sounds Japanese
Portuguese
Yes
Swahili
yes
>>51693273
For me it is very hard to understand spoken icelandic, but if they speak slowly, I can start to understand what they're saying.
To the faroese, written icelandic basically looks like faroese with bad grammar, and vice versa for the Icelandics.
Studies have also shown that the people of the Faroe Islands are the best at understanding all the nordic/scandic languages, as our first language is related to icelandic and old norse, and that we have the danish school system, which teaches us Danish as well as a bit of Norwegian and Swedish.
>>51693696
http://projetbabel.org/basque/diccionario.php?q=sasikume
I've been told that Basque sounds like Japanese from a lot of people, mostly because the consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel form that some words have.
I love it but the digraphs should be replaced with diacritics equivalents. sz, cz, rz, dż etc are pretty terrible
>>51693833
they're awesome
szczesliwy is fun to pronounce. i like the unique spelling
>>51691438
I love it.
>>51691694
What's an Icelander doing in Sweden? I read that most of you guys who move, move to Norway.
>>51694531
Sweden pays you to go to school and my savings weren't amazing
>>51694597
Denmark pays way more
>>51694597
Fair enough, I assume Stockholm or Gothenburg?
>>51694733
Yep
>>51691621
Spanish sounds better
>>51694597
Is it a special deal with Iceland or can I just go study in Sweden no problem ?
>>51691959
For now.
>>51694828
Any Scandinavian can go life/study/work in any Scandinavian country no problem
>>51694898
>tfw no countrybros
b-but muh EU
Dutch
Yes
I love it when people say Dutch is a weird language. They're totally right.
>>51694828
>>51694954
If you aren't from a Nordic country you have to prove you are fluent in Swedish.
You have to have EU citizenship.
>>51694954
Are you white? I would think getting a work visa in another EU country would be easy
>>51694960
I can understand 1 out of every 10 words and the rest is pure gibberish. Your language sounds like grunts, people clearing their throats, some german words.
>>51694974
>you have to prove you are fluent in Swedish.
Really? Man, lucky me. I can't speak a word of Swedish. Scandibros 4lyf
>>51695011
Thanks!
Lithuanian
Yes
Only downside no good Lithuanian swears.
>>51694974
>>51694980
>>51695012
>paid to go to school
How do you guys pay for this? What are your tax rates? Is tuition really cheap?
Is there a limit on stipends? Or can people just study for decades and live off the dime?
How are the wealthy people taxed?
>>51694960
People usually say Dutch is an ugly language, not a weird one.
>>51695012
Yea. It's not a requirement for Nordic citizens because your are supposed to understand it I guess.
I think it's either studying high school Swedish or taking this test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_in_Swedish_for_University_Studies
>>51694980
I don't think I even need a visa being an EU member
And yes, white, blue eyed but dark haired (though I was blond when I was a kid)
>>51694974
Ah I thought english would be enough
I assume it's the same for Denmark?
>>51693127
Lol France is gay, cuz.
>>51695057
Eeegvarspelling grubba huvarrtik complement. Grubba langvag nest gud.
>>51691438
Español
>Do you like it?
Nah I've slowly forgotten it and english is my main language now
English
It's alright. Fucking yanks are ruining it though.
Faroese
Tons of inconsistencies, the ð sound disappeared in the 16th century although it's still kept for etymological and grammatical reasons (even though most people don't even know when to use it), limited vocabulary, genitive case almost fallen out of use entirely and replaced by just one (ugly) preposition + dative case.
The Faroese language is a useless peasant language that should have died out in the 18th century.
>>51695115
The average employee pays approx 40-50% of his wages in taxes (including tax on all purchased consumer goods). The "allowance" is only for Sweidsh citizens, and Scandinavians can get a citizenship after living there for only one year.
The allowance is ~$400/mo so it's not sufficient to live off of.
>>51695115
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_of_Europe
Click twice on "Maximum income tax rate"
>>51691581
Das nasty
ქართული
I love it.
>>51695115
It might be shocking to an American like you, but in the EU tax rates are much higher than in the US.
I don't know the specific tax rates for the Scandi's, but here in NL we have a tiered income tax system with an average of like 39% tax on income. This pays for our social security and education, as well as all the other stuff govt's spend money on.
>>51695336
>country named after a US state
You can't make this up
>>51695258
That's interesting. So it's kind of like a very weak version of communism. Slightly higher taxes, but there's a bigger safety net and more public resources.
How do people feel about that? In America we would rather have lower taxes and less of a safety. People at the bottom are not as comfortable, but if they succeed they'll keep most of their wealth.
My neighbor never went to college, started his own construction company and he's a millionaire. I think his tax rate is around 45%. I think that's too high.
english
idc, every language besides english sounds weird to me
>>51695384
Sakartvelo f@m
>>51695384
>Færeyinga Saga
>written 800 years ago
>describes Swedes as effeminate cowards
You can't make this up
>>51694834
what you mean?
>>51695384
Yeeeaaaahh.. no. Georgia first got their name from the "Kingdom of Georgia" in the year 1008 AD. Then they got conquered a bit, USSR took a bite of their land, and finally they became free again in 1991.
If anything, Georgia(US State) takes its name from Georgia(Country), not the other way round.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)
>>51695472
Lel. Strong foreshadowing
>>51695509
It's not foreshadowing, it just never changed.
Nederlands
De goeiste taal die er is.
>>51695555
Sowieso grote vriend! Belachelijk dat deze mongolen niet weten wat voor geweldige taal wij hebben!
Try to pronounce that, you foreigners!
>>51695508
Thank you Nederbro, although I think he probably was just baiting with a 200-year-old joke.
>>51695435
I helped you here my non-indoeuropean friend >>51695631.
>tfw Tbilisi and Bilbao are sister cities
t. Basque
>>51695548
>BTFO
>T
>F
>O
>>51695631
You're welcome Croa-brah! Btw; responding to bait still feels good if you're smug about your own intelligence and Wikipedia skills.
Finnish
Yeah I think so. But sometimes I hear my language more objectively and it tends to sound harsh, angular, cold, emotionless, ridiculous.
>>51695725
>>51695548
>bantering yourself
>"BTFO" word stacking yourself
Sick of mind and body
>>51695713
Thanks to you as well.
Also, I know a guy who lived in Basque Country for 8 years, helping out his friend at a farm.
>Basques are tough hardasses, but with biggest and most welcoming souls than any people I ever knew
His words.
>>51695424
Works if we feel enough connection and brothership. I'm ready to pay my taxes if it means the Svensson next to me can go to college.
Problem is, we don't feel solidarity with the sandpeoples. So the security net is going down...
>>51695883
Swedes would totally do that
but I'm not Swedish
Polish
No
>>51695475
Pretty soon our chinese overlords will take over and we will have to learn mandarin.
Finnish
Yes
>>51696007
cool story bro
swedish
no I hate it, I wish I could speak Finnish.
t. moved in finland at age of 3 from sweden
Russian.
Yes, I love it. One of the main reasons to live in this country.
>russian
>of course
Flemish
no absolutely not
it's super awkward to express any serious intimacy. In Dutch you can say "ik vind jou leuk" (I like you) of "jij bent mooi" (you're beautiful) but in Flemish this sounds extremely weird since our dialect never really uses "jou" or "jij", we say "u" and "gij/ge". The correct Dutch forms are only used in a professional setting (it's how the news anchors speak on tv). But if you use the Flemish forms like we do in daily life it sounds very... boerish? which kind of defeats the purpose of the phrases in question.
>>51695946
>we don't feel solidarity with the sandpeoples
HAH
>>51691438
English
No, but then I realized everyone else has to learn our lingusitic clusterfuck in school and I didn't. Now I like it.
>>51696152
have citizenship?
>>51696135
> One of the main reasons to live in this country.
>>51696266
I'm on vacation along with some of my squadmates.
>>51696107
I assume you live in a municipality with a lot of Swedish speakers?
>>51696266
>
What?
>>51695508
>Your first language
Portuguese
>Do you like it?
FUCK YES
lithuanian
yes
>>51696498
>Sitrunas viskas paskas :D
>>51696551
>suuoomii meemee aauttisttu
latin
yes
>>51696686 how are things in kartvelia the best baltic country?
>>51696551
Lithuanian is great. Especially when you compare it with Sanskrit. Gives you ancient feels.
>>51696686
>this UFO jumps in
I can't reproduce your pluto language.. Mr. Anonymshvili
>>51696806
Quiet and boring. As always.
>>51696883 same
>Slovenian
Love it. It's one of the most sophisticated and consistent Slavic languages, even though the vocabulary is fairly small compared to even other Slavic languages, let alone English.
>>51696436
>loving russia because of language
>>51691438
Russian
yeah cyka
Norwegian
Yes
Better than anglocrap.
>>51697160
Can I like a thing? Can I? Thanks a lot.
>>51695508
>Georgia(state) took it's name after a siht country
>Be British
>Conquer new territories
>Let's name it after the country of Georgia
but in reality it's named after King George III
/georgia/ here
>>51691751
You mean New Zealandish?
>>51697579
this response is so russian oh my god
>>51697863
Japanese
I like it
>>51698472
日本語はすごいね
>German
>Complicated.
I strongly dislike "proper German" but I love Austrian dialect in a quirky kind of way. I like speaking it too, but these days I feel like I can articulate myself better in English.
>>51696007
Never should have left our side
>>51691438
Japanese
I hate it because there are too many first-person singular pronouns. It was difficult to choose when I was teen.
>>51691438
> C
No, but it helped me to learn some similar languages like C#, Java, JS and PHP
>>51691438
>First language
Pyccкий
>Do you like it
Yes
>>51699120
Я тoжe люблю pyccкий, нo я нe люблю the pronunciation of любви (lyubvi)
>>51697863
What's exactly Russian in a generic 4chan answer to "Stop liking what I don't like"?
>>51699413
Любoвь, love
I like it ¯ \ _ (ツ) _ / ¯
>>51698526
ありがとう
>>51698968
人気 how do you read this?
> Japanese
> sure, why not
>>51699909
"Ninki"? Or "Jinki"? Not sure
English
Yes
Though I wish my parents bothered to learn the language of my grandparents and in turn only spoke it in the house.
People are lucky they have so much culture and media for learning English. Feel like I'm scraping the barrel finding good movies and music in other languages.
Flag.
Yes but should be standardised together with norweigan and danish. After that we will rule the world.
>>51699856
日本人は人種差別主義者か。
>>51700525
>After that we will rule the world.
There already is an African Union.
>>51700540
どうだろうね
何処の国にもあると思うけどね
日本が嫌いなの?
>>51691557
Chinese?
>>51700804
I think I understand what you said
>"It exists in every country. Why would Japan be different?"
If I got it right, I agree with you. But I'd been told that there were clubs in Japan in which white people are not allowed to enter unless accompanied by a 日本人 (and some simply don't let 外人 in, no matter what)
>>51701119
As far as I know it,
there is not the opportunity when most of Japanese contact with a foreigner
Therefore I do not know how I should cope when I meet for the first time..
this is my opinion
>>51701568
>tfw グーグル翻訳 disappoints
Ah, I see
But do the clubs I mentioned really exist?
>>51701752
Sorry,I don't know it..
Flag
Yes absolutely
C'est comme se torcher le cul avec de la soie
>Norwegian
>Yes
But my particular dialect is shit, one of the dialects if Norway I dislike more.
>>51691438
1. English
2. I'm loving it loving it loving it, I'm loving it like that.
>>51704218
hvilken dialekt snakker du?
>>51707511
Bokmål/utvanna oslo vest/"standard östnorsk"
(He said: What dialect do you speak?
I said: Bokmål/outwatered oslo west/"standard eastern norwegian)
It's not as bad as Bergen, and I still have many of the fun parts of the Norwegian like our crazy vowel system, but it's so shit compared to so much else.
>>51707801
Isn't Bokmål the dialect that Duolingo teaches? Shieeeeet
What makes it so bad?
Spanish
Very much, yeah
>>51707998
Bokmål isn't a dialect technically, it's a written language. Standard Eastern Norwegian is the general spoken version of Bokmål in eastern Norway.
>>51707998
It can barely be considered Norwegian at all. Like 70% of the vocabulary is from Danish, and it lacks many of the nice things about Norwegian too. It was based on how rich Norwegians spoke Danish, with some Norwegian added after that.
>>51707998
Bokmål is just the written standard, but it resembles the eastern norwegian dialect the most. It is not better or worse, it's just banter.
>>51708147
Actually it resembles the dialect spoken in Oslo and surrounding areas the most, other eastern parts have different dialects.
>>51708147
>>51708135
>>51708093
But if i speak only Bokmål, other norwegians can still understand me, right?
>>51708354
Absolutely everyone will understand you
>>51707998
>>51708354
It's Danish with C replaced by S and some Js here and there and it's what most Norwegians write. Yes, everybody will understand you. Chances are that if you speak Duolingo Norwegian they'll switch to English anyway.
>Spanish
>Meh, it's ok because is one of the most spoken languages in the world so I can interact with millions of ppl in my mother tongue. But it's also quite easy, I'd like my mother tongue to be a damn difficult language.
Like finnish, oh shit it's taking me ages to learn this gibberish language. Perkele
>>51708371
>>51708416
I've been learning Bokmål from Duolingo, should i continue to learn it and then learn nynorsk or should i learn nynorsk first?
>>51708798
You should continue with bokmål
>>51708354
Yes, they will understand you.
>>51708269
It resembles what is spoken in most of Eastern Norway currently, traditionally Eastern Norway had many different dialects that usually resembled Nynorsk more than they resemble Bokmål, but most of these dialects are extremely close to extinct today, replaced by spoken bokmål among most speakers.
Standard Eastern Norwegian is the dominant dialect in Oslo, Akershus, Vestfold, Southern Oppland, most of Telemark, Buskerud, probably Östfold, Hedmark, and if I am to guess, probably the northern parts of the Austagder coast.
Its grammar and vocabulary is also influential on the language spoken in most of Tröndelag, Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, and probably Western Norway too, but here they still have a non-Eastern accent that sounds different from "Standard Östnorsk", and they also tend to have different endings in conjugation, and a few unique words they pride themselves in. And they have different grammar to a greater degree. If you leave Eastern Norway, you'll find clearly different dialects, but if you look closer, you'll see that they use the words of Eastern Norwegian rather than the original words from their own dialects.
>>51708798
Bokmål will be more useful. But for high level Norwegian, learning Nynorsk could be useful too so you can see the patterns in the language more clearly.
>>51708798
omg. I wish people would stop telling learners about nynorsk. literally no one uses it (actually 5-10% of the population). you could live a lifetime in norway without needing nynorsk. if you understand bokmål, you'll understand nynorsk as well.
>>51708884
Unique words are also used in eastern norway. The same holds true for different endings. I'm from Ostfold and speak different when I'm home compared to when I'm at uni for example.
>>51708884
Why does Norway have so many dialects compared to other scandinavian countries? You guys seem to have a Brazil-level number of dialects
>>51709100
Low population density and mountainous terrain.
>>51709082
Can you post some examples?
>>51709100
The other countries put a bigger effort into exterminating their dialects. In Norway government has tried to encourage dialect use, so the death of the dialects has happened at a more natural rate than if they were outlawed.
>>51691438
no
wish it was french
Бългapcки
Yes. It's good for swearing. I can never hope to create such elaborate profanities in English as I can in Bulgarian.
>>51691438
>Norwegian
>Yes
>>51709240
Present tense we often use -ær endings
Jeg sparker en ball(Jei sparker en ball) => Jæ sparkær en ball.
I could add to this that our double L sound also differ, but I don't know phonemic orthography so it's hard to explain the difference.
This video is pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ABYbDABLE
>>51709594
I meant unique words
>>51695424
>Weak form of communism
I find it funny that americans rather use terms like these rather than using "social democracy".
As for tax rates, we have a lower company tax than you do but higher on private income as well as on capital gains. Plus what companies pay for each employee.
>>51709764
ente = ikke
å tælle = å gå
å hæppe = å leke seg
innante, utante = innenfra, utenfra
pæler = gummistovler
bæl, ille, gor = veldig
pælme, druse = kaste
slækk = slapp
lugnt, this one you know
godde = gidde
pært = fornærmet
pærte = tute
In general we use more swedish words aswell. Some of this are found in other dialects aswell.
>>51709594
Do you also still distinguish between maskuline and feminine plural?
ballær - soler
>Spanish
>Yes, argentinean spanish is great
>>51710312
I don't think it follows feminine and maskuline exactly, but we use both endings.
>Amharic
The alphabet is ridiculously long but at least the language is like 99% phonetic
English and Bosnian
Bosnian is shit
English is okay, not french or russian tier but not chinese or japanese shit tier either
>>51709433
Read shakespeare, they have pretty good insults. My favourite is when the capulet father calls his daughter a "vomity-looking object"(can't remember what that was in victorian english)
>>51695849
Finnish is cool and really funny to imitate
>English
>Yes
I think it's nice I can into Romance or Germanic languages without much difficulty. Depending on the speaker it can sound pleasant or horrible.
When it comes to my generic American accent, no. Everyone can agree it's bland.
>>51691583
>finnish
oh boy
>>51696007
If you lived in china for a year you would now how ridiculous this sounds
China had 5000 years to take over, they failed
English
I wish I knew French, the language of the Based God
flag
nothing is ever translated to it, besides kiddie shit. feels bad man
>>51719123
with your level of education it's not a problem. English is more useful then majority of languages
Japanese
No.Too difficult.
>>51696135
you mean one of the few?
>english
I like it but wish it wasn't my first language, wish I was born in Quebec instead or something
flag
yes
>Portuguese
>I LOVE IT, PORRA!
Urdu
its a pretty useless language
>>51691438
>English
>yes
Lucky I didn't get a ching chong language tbqh
>>51719890
Is Urdu similar to Arabic? Can you understand eachother?
>>51691438
>First Language
English
>Do I like it?
I'm grateful to be a native English speaker, and that I don't need to learn another language to be successful. However, I think English speakers should learn another language since so much of the world is learning English. It's not even people coming to English-speaking countries who are required to learn English. I find that a little unfair.
>>51720093
not even close
its just Hindi with a persianized script
It's literally the most useless language in that area. If you want to learn the history of great cultures and civilizations, learn Hindi, Tamil, or Farsi. The only reason anyone would ever learn Urdu is if they're working for an intelligence agency in the terrorism department, even then, most terrorists are Pashtun or Afghani, and they have their own language.
Pakis are probably the biggest keks on the planet
>>51691438
>Dutch
>Not really.
It's probably because i usually watch and play more stuff in english and i'm not really social but I usually think in english and not in dutch, sometimes i forget the original dutch word and can only think of the english word.
>>51709876
>I find it funny that americans rather use terms like these rather than using "social democracy".
Any politician who proposes such an idea will be called a communist. Taking peoples earnings and giving it to the community sounds a lot like communism to most people.
>>51720251
Don't native english speakers usually have to learn a second language like spanish?
Or is that shit voluntarily?
>>51720513
We dont have to learn it. We take classes, but only like 5% of students can actually speak spanish after taking classes in school.
>>51720513
Yeah I have to take French but maybe I'll learn 500 words and a few verb tenses if I'm an A student. No way can you consider a high school graduate bilingual if they took a French class in school. Some people put in the extra effort to actually learn the language, but most people don't.
>>51720558
>>51720638
Makes sense, most people here learn english to a reasonable degree because it's the most usefull. But it's the same for german and french, most people pass the classes but wouldn't be able to hold a decent conversation with it.
suomi perkele
yes, it's butiful
>>51693258
Why? Do they stop speaking Korean once they get abroad?
>>51717111
Chinese isn't that difficult of a language.
>>51691438
Greek
Ofcourse, beautiful language and I'm proud and grateful for it.
>>51691438
I like castilian, like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trhCkr_cP4E
It's a beautiful language.
>>51692158
>rare.jpg
>>51692640
Literally the closest thing to Elvish
>Français
>of course
>>51696135
That looks comfy as fuck
>>51722117
How is Arabic not your first language...?
>>51719808
Now tahts a rare flag.
>>51722241
Because that flag of his doesn't mean he's born there
>>51691438
1. English
2. Love it
It's a beautiful language, very hard to learn as a second (so I've heard) but extremely adaptable and malleable. From a linguistic standpoint it must be utterly fascinating
>>51692158
rare?
>>51722241
French family who stayed after independance
>>51722305
How common is that these days?
Do you have a community of other Frenchies who stayed behind?
How do the Arabs/Berbers treat you?
How's your Arabic?
1 Ireland
2 No cause muh heritage.
>>51722303
No one willingly moves to Tunisia.
Latvian
Yeah, I guess
We don't have much swearwords, so we take Russian swearwords and make them more Latvian.
Also we can understand 5% lithuanian
>>51721893
That's pretty damn beautiful.
>>51722400
It's actually quite common even though most of us are mixed.
There's a huge french community here, we have french schools, libraries etc... Also french language has a huge place here
Tunisians treat us like ones of them, since after all we're born and live here.
My arabic is good, i can speak without any problems but I never bothered to learn how to read (everything is written in french in cafes, cinemas, packages)
>>51722562
That's cool. Out of all the Arabic countries, Tunisia always seemed like the coziest place to live.
Do you consider yourself Tunisian? Do you like your life there? What're the best and worst parts?
>>51722457
Actually i did, i spent all of my life in France and moved here this summer
Basically
>french mixed family
>parents move to france
>born and raised in Paris
>move to Tunis for one year
>>51691573
>croatian
>a language
>>51722623
I consider myself both tunisian and french.
Also for the nice places i'd recommend sousse, tunis, bizerte, tabarka.
Worst part of life here is dirtyness, it's napoli tier.
Best part is that people are chill and easy going, stress doesn't exist here
>>51691573
>Croatian
>a language
>>51722325
>very hard to learn as a second
it's really not
Mongolian.
Eh, dunno. I don't speak it much except when I'm outside. Verb grammar is super convoluted and super archaic--it's amusing from a linguistic standpoint. Noun grammar is moderately complex, a bit more than that of Japanese or Korean.
Mongolian is in the middle of the pack when it comes to the 'grammar-centric' vs. 'word usage-centric' scale.It's not one-dimensional, though. Latin was complex as fuck in both regards, for instance.
Now, the language I use most is Russian, and I like it.
Spanish
Yes. Spanish is beautiful as fuck, alas, most spanish speakers and the ideas they communicate are not.
>>51693696
Basque has to be related to japanese in some way. I used to watch anime in basque because I live near Euskadi and it sounds japanese as fuck. I've also heard that the structure is similar and some words are similar. But I don't know how the hell can these 2 languages be related, maybe a really really old siberian root
>>51722743
This. It's one of the easiest languages to learn as second language.
Because of how much culture there is in English, if it were my second language, I could easily become more proficient in it than my native language.
>>51722835
See the Dene-Caucasian language family hypothesis. So it's more related to Old Chinese than to Japanese, at least theoretically.
>>51722325
Anon, I...
English is good as the current lingua franca as its grammar is nowhere near difficult. Yes, pronunciations are a shitfest of randomness, but I find it easier to learn how to pronounce a word once, than choosing between der, den, dem, das or die.
I didn't realize how great English was until I started learning Spanish.
I love the way Spanish sounds, and you'll probably never have trouble with spelling, but as much as people like to bitch about English spelling (which actually does have something resembling a set of rules), there's quite a bit of arbitrary bullshit that I see across several languages, including Spanish.
An object does not have a gender, but on Spanish or French, it sure as fuck does, and the fact that an adjective has to agree with that gender is just fucking silly (is it blue in different ways, depending on if it's male or female?)
