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one you've never heard of

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Why is there no kanji for tuah?

In アニメ語 there’s a kanji for hawk 鷹 but not tuah? How am I supposed to say hawk tuah to the cashier at Panda Express then? Are they stupid? 🙄

3 Comments
2024/10/31
05:00 UTC

71

Do you use 的 when speaking about a slave?

17 Comments
2024/10/31
01:32 UTC

5

I am creating a new logic puzzle…

… and to make it really pop off the page, I need a “Japanese-Sounding” name. Nothing too crazy because I want Americans to be able to pronounce it. Thank you

6 Comments
2024/10/31
00:43 UTC

13

Can someone help me read this (I'm really bad with hebrew trope)

3 Comments
2024/10/31
00:04 UTC

32

nipponjin cant pronounce anime correctly?

at school today there was some one who said he was a transfer student from nippon so i asked him if he watches any anime and he pronounced it like "aw-nee-may" so i corrected him because im nice and very good at nippongo then he smiled and said "i never heard it pronounced like ah-nih-may before, in japan we say aw-nee-may" and then i started screaming and crying and almost commit seppuku right then and there because he says anime like a stupid baka tourist gaijin poser and not a real nipponjin. why cant nipponjin pronounce anime correctly? are they stupid?

10 Comments
2024/10/30
23:07 UTC

39

Joker: Controversial, yet amazing Hispanic representation

For years, the Joker has paved ways for Hispanic characters in cartoons with his charming, yet devilish, sense of humor. His catchphrase: "You can't catcha me, Batman. Why you as slow as a taco on wheels! Vicente Fernandez!" is iconic.

He introduced the Spanish language to tons of Americans, too. "Harley, that's a mighty BUEN plan! Jajaja, it's taco Tuesday!" is another iconic line from the show. Let's not forget the guest stars that he brought in BTAS: Fat Joe, Luis Miguel, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Los Adolescentes Orquesta. And who can forget that time Cypress Hill did a PSA with the Joker on the dangers of marijuana usage in the youth. "Remember kids, to get high is no bueno." Simply ICONIC.

What are your favorite moments of the Joker? And was he the reason why you learned Spanish?

7 Comments
2024/10/30
21:18 UTC

83

0/10 for the Spanish version of Terraria. There is zero Spanish here. They're even using the English A instead of the Spanish Á.

9 Comments
2024/10/30
20:19 UTC

554

which one of you wrote this

53 Comments
2024/10/30
17:51 UTC

106

Luodingo’s soooo appolonian

5 Comments
2024/10/30
12:49 UTC

4

suggest and help me

suggest and help me

im in the college and i've a busy day between study my curriculum and learning languages.. that is a very hard thing to settle between them .. i know in here there are many ppl that can be good learners .. so can anyone suggest me to how to be a good one in balancing between them 🙂

11 Comments
2024/10/30
10:01 UTC

342

I’m A2 in Ukrainian and can suddenly understand alien speech, what means?

27 Comments
2024/10/30
07:50 UTC

29

Called my friend a cunt in Fr*nch class

I have Frnch 2 in school with my Canadian friend who doesn't speak a lick of Frnch and he was reading it out with horrible pronunciation. I turned to him and said "isn't the Quebecois accent beautiful?" To which he replied by saying "Tu es un putain" (you are an asshole) then I quickly responded with a word I just learned from YouTube. "Tu es une chatte" (your a pussy/cunt). He didn't know how to respond to it. It left him speechless. Idk whether he knew the word or if he was just shocked I got 'em. Dw both of us are just dicks to each other. No mal intent (ha Mal. Like in Fr*nch). Is this a gigachad alpha male polyglot moment?

4 Comments
2024/10/30
04:57 UTC

165

I can't read Korean. How much does detergent cost?

I want to use the hotel coin laundry but I'm lost.

48 Comments
2024/10/30
04:25 UTC

13

EVERY TIME I SEE ||FRENCH|| I FEEL SICK

I was doom scrolling on Reddit like always and I saw comment in ||french||. In that very moment I felt a sharp pain on my belly. The pain was so harsh that I almost threw up. Honestly, it could be the something that I ate that day but most likely is the ||french|| language but I'm not sure tbh.

8 Comments
2024/10/30
02:26 UTC

99

I'm so fucking sick of seeing english everywhere.

If everyone just used Japanese life would be more like anime. It's such a perfect language that slips out of my mouth butter smooth. Even the most casual sentences are poetic. Japanese doesn't have stupid sounding words that make me cringe, like english does. English is gross and untraditional. Calling someone stupid is shallow but calling someone a バカ or an アホ brings up a millennia of meaning. バカ外人. The worst thing is that english isn't even necessary. You see people leave words in their original, pure Japanese form all the time in anime. Onii-chan, keikaku, etc. Why are we not doing this to ALL of the words????? It's not "Good morning, big brother" it's fucking "お兄ちゃん、おはようー!(≧∀≦)" and I hate that nobody understands this. And yet people seem to think english is fine. They speak to me in this vile tongue, and bow at 48.2° instead of a perfect 45°. I've never seen someone do seiza in apology. Unrefined gaijin.

In Japan everyone speaks Japanese and everything is perfect as a result.

17 Comments
2024/10/30
01:34 UTC

18

Help me reconstruct what this person said in Chinese (pretty sure it was Mandarin)

2 Comments
2024/10/30
00:50 UTC

9

A simple quote by Sun Tzu☺️

13 Comments
2024/10/29
21:46 UTC

232

How to unlearn a language in protest

I just found out some speakers of my target language have done some really bad things 😭😭 I don’t want to learn a language spoken by bad people, you see, I want to only speak languages that only morally pure people have ever spoken (like english and japanese ect ect). If people know I speak this language, they’ll think I agree with those people, or maybe the language will pollute my morality??!! (bc as we know the Sapir Whorf fact is entirely real and proven)

Has anyone else ever gone through this? How can I unlearn this language in order to stop being cancelled on Twi— I, I mean X!! Forgive me daddy elon!

42 Comments
2024/10/29
20:58 UTC

68

Is English a non-phonetic nightmare?

How do you spell? How do you cope?

28 Comments
2024/10/29
20:06 UTC

23

rate my japanese study plan

ok so im gonna watch 7 hours of anime for listening practice (it is my hero academia by the way if you must know because that is the only good anime these days) and then im going to master every single variation of one verb per day and then instead of paying attention in school even though my grades are very bad and my mom says she will take away my internet i will watch more anime for listening practice. and then to practice writing i will argue with native nipponjin online on why bakudeku is a good ship. what do you think? kakkoii right (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

18 Comments
2024/10/29
20:05 UTC

30

Is this the hyperpolyglot method?

5 Comments
2024/10/29
18:35 UTC

22

I plan to make a documentary about me and my process of learning Spanish in the last 15 years. I’m A1 level, still a beginner. I will be seen like the Rocky or the underdog of languages.

It will be free on YouTube. I will interview the people around me that know my passion and commitment for learning Spanish. I will also have a basic conversation between me and my Chilean tutor and a random Spanish native speaker.

I will also put a link so you guys can buy me in cafe con leche. 🙂🙂

3 Comments
2024/10/29
14:47 UTC

58

Fuck it, what are the ugliest hanzi/kanji.

Personally I don’t fuck with 夏 鼠 非 龜 专

Everyone better leave my boy 骨 alone.

90 Comments
2024/10/29
14:40 UTC

16

people who did not speak English, how did you learn the language, share your tips

45 Comments
2024/10/29
13:32 UTC

343

Can you guys help me with kanji? What do these mean?

44 Comments
2024/10/29
11:19 UTC

131

I know 0 languages, AMA

55 Comments
2024/10/29
09:37 UTC

730

I am NOT learning Japanese because of anime.

I. AM. SO. FUCKING. SICK. OF. IT. Everyone keeps asking if I’m learning nippongo because of anime. I am NOT a weeb. These stupid fucking otakus can go commit seppuku with their baka aho anime and manga. I learn nihongo for REAL reasons. Ancient buddhist scriptures, reading the constitution of Japan, everything that is used in REAL japanese in daily life. NOT like those stupid fucking weeaboos with their fake ass reasons to watch their stupid freaking anime without subtitles. They all give up before they even learn へらかな, unlike ME, a REAL Traditional Chinese learner. Just stop fucking appropriating Japan. Just stop it.

70 Comments
2024/10/29
07:42 UTC

117

Just found out that Terraria is Spanish is still Terraria. Lazy translators

9 Comments
2024/10/29
02:44 UTC

222

Who did this

19 Comments
2024/10/28
23:47 UTC

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