#language shitpost

[melonmard]

occidō and occīdō

there must be some pun there

[liminal-fuck]

bore da draig. dw i'n hoffi bwyta menyn. ob dw i ddim yn hoffi bwyta pys. hilfe mich

[dsm-wannabe-linguist]

baby: m-

monolingual english parents: omg his first word

baby: m-

parents: yes! mama! can you say mama??

baby: me pica el bagre y he absorbido sus poderes

parents:

[atleastitsnotasbestos]

The most German German words

Körpergröße

Tür

Tisch

Muschel

Streichholzschachtel

Straße

Kanzleramt

Augenblick

sezieren

Eichhörnchen

Hüftbeuger

hüpfen

Tupfer

Wattebausch

Reichhaltigkeit

Pünktlichkeit

[ravxnstudies]

professors: you should avoid making grammar and intonation mistakes when speaking your target language. otherwise you'll just confuse native speakers and they'll think you mean something entirely different than what you're trying to say.

native speakers: [incomprehensible slang and caveman noises]

[tchaikovskym]

Americans should stop blindly praising bilinguals because some Europeans do not deserve that. I'm sorry Patricia but the fact that you are bilingual means that you did not fuck up 12 years of obligatory English in school and not that you are smarter than others or talented at languages.

[the-bibrarian]

The textbook, in English: origin, source, base 

Me, in French: origine, source, base 

Truly, it's a wonder I ever managed to learn at all... 👀

[tchaikovskym]

Oh you think knowing multiple languages is fun? You do? Have you ever had the awkward pause before answering the question because your mind decided to answer it in not the right language and then you have to translate it through 3 different languages to get to the right one because your brain refuse to remember the right language? Huh? Have you accidentally spoken the wrong language at the conversation? Have you?