Difference between revisions of "Languages"
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Languages are primarily a tool to transmit concepts and information via verbal communication, non-verbal gestures, and written scripts. | |||
They’re akin to different windows into different societies. | |||
Different concepts, slang, shorthands for the same everyday objects and events everyone around the globe experience. Different ways to internally think and converse inside your own head. These are the languages I wish to become fluent in, disregarding the amount of time it would take. It was a goal to become a polyglot, however that really seems impossible at this age. | |||
== Japanese / 日本語 == | |||
In early 2014, the interest to Japanese arose after a friend promised to gift a console which was only available in that region. Ergo, it was locked to this language. This is the time where the language was initially studied, and most hiragana / katakana and very basic kanji were memorised at this point, alongside many of the particles that go alongside them (わ, 々, の，を，と, for example) and their many functions. This is still progressing. | |||
To facilitate this, I've set the languages of many of my devices to Japanese, alongside memorising songs in the language in attempts to build vocabulary and learn grammar. While there are certainly better ways, like the rout memorisation technique used in schooling, it's better than nothing. | |||
== Spanish / Español == | |||
There isn't a natural instinct or desire to learn this language, but with being the [[wikipedia:List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers|second most spoken language on the globe]], alongside living in a Hispanic-dominated area of the country, there's no reason not to learn. My competency is not drastically higher than most others. | |||
== English == | |||
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It's spelled "no one". Who is Noone? Do they only come out at noon? | |||
It's spelled "lose". How do you loose money? Can you tighten money? | |||
Apostrophes do not make words plural in any case. Apostrophes either show ''possessiveness'' or missing sounds: for example, in "can't" (can<small><sup><s>no</s></sup></small>t)''.'' | |||
* Just because words that end with an <code>'s</code> happen to make the same as sound as a plural word, it doesn't mean they are the same. | |||
* Use <code>es</code> for words (except proper nouns) ending in s. | |||
* Don't pluralise proper nouns; pluralise the common noun, using the proper noun as a descriptor. [Not Nintendo "Switches", but Nintendo Switch consoles.] | |||
It's is always a contraction for "it is". Its pronoun homophone, "its", shows possession. | |||
* Possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes. It isn't "he's water bottle", therefore it's also not "it's water bottle" [which means "it is water bottle"].<br /> | |||
These errors legitimately make reading ''difficult'' to me as they make parsing text inconsistent. Having to stop in the middle of a sentence to decipher the meaning of the sentence breaks the flow of conversation. | |||
Revision as of 00:19, 15 April 2022
Languages are primarily a tool to transmit concepts and information via verbal communication, non-verbal gestures, and written scripts.
They’re akin to different windows into different societies.
Different concepts, slang, shorthands for the same everyday objects and events everyone around the globe experience. Different ways to internally think and converse inside your own head. These are the languages I wish to become fluent in, disregarding the amount of time it would take. It was a goal to become a polyglot, however that really seems impossible at this age.
Japanese / 日本語
In early 2014, the interest to Japanese arose after a friend promised to gift a console which was only available in that region. Ergo, it was locked to this language. This is the time where the language was initially studied, and most hiragana / katakana and very basic kanji were memorised at this point, alongside many of the particles that go alongside them (わ, 々, の，を，と, for example) and their many functions. This is still progressing.
To facilitate this, I've set the languages of many of my devices to Japanese, alongside memorising songs in the language in attempts to build vocabulary and learn grammar. While there are certainly better ways, like the rout memorisation technique used in schooling, it's better than nothing.
Spanish / Español
There isn't a natural instinct or desire to learn this language, but with being the second most spoken language on the globe, alongside living in a Hispanic-dominated area of the country, there's no reason not to learn. My competency is not drastically higher than most others.
English
…
It's spelled "no one". Who is Noone? Do they only come out at noon?
It's spelled "lose". How do you loose money? Can you tighten money?
Apostrophes do not make words plural in any case. Apostrophes either show possessiveness or missing sounds: for example, in "can't" (cannot).
- Just because words that end with an
'shappen to make the same as sound as a plural word, it doesn't mean they are the same. - Use
esfor words (except proper nouns) ending in s. - Don't pluralise proper nouns; pluralise the common noun, using the proper noun as a descriptor. [Not Nintendo "Switches", but Nintendo Switch consoles.]
It's is always a contraction for "it is". Its pronoun homophone, "its", shows possession.
- Possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes. It isn't "he's water bottle", therefore it's also not "it's water bottle" [which means "it is water bottle"].
These errors legitimately make reading difficult to me as they make parsing text inconsistent. Having to stop in the middle of a sentence to decipher the meaning of the sentence breaks the flow of conversation.