Langfocus Paul 🪬

There are numerous words used in daily conversation (mentioned in other clips from this video). Arigatou is not one of them though. It’s a coincidence that it sounds like obrigado.

It’s on my other social media like youtube and others, but I’ll also post it here soon.

Portuguese influence on Japan (and the Japanese language)

Aren’t Japanese and Korean related to Chinese?

Well, I can do that in numerous languages for just a few words too. Doing it continuously as you converse isn’t the same.

By “certain minority” I mean a minority percentage.

But you’re the same person, just with three different languages. Maybe you’re particularly good with pronunciation, or maybe you don’t fit the typical psychological profile of a language learner. Because what I’m really saying is that people feel a sort of imposter syndrome if they try to speak too well. But there is a certain minority of people who can’t relate to that at all.

It’s not a certainty, it’s a pattern.

I’ve been saying this for a long time: The people who learn a language with near-native pronunciation are the ones who closely identify with the culture of its speakers, to the point where they feel like they are part of the in group. If you feel like part of the out group, it almost feels like you have no business speaking with too authentic of an accent.

Yes, but a lot of people can’t understand anything he’s saying. If you’re from the UK, maybe it’s more familiar.

I changed the wording of my caption and forgot to delete one of the words in the original version, and now it’s no longer editable. Of course YOU have never made a typo because you are a superior and possibly divine being, so those who do make minor errors as they go about their lives deserve your judgement, ridicule, and libel. My native language is obviously English, but good job, bro.

My home country of Canada has 2 official languages (English and French). But some countries have a lot more. These are the countries with the most largest number of official languages.

Do you know what language this guy is speaking?

Of course the biggest difference is between Mashreqi and Maghrebi. But even when talking about the Mashreqi dialects, people are often thinking urban dialects with some white dialect. Rural dialects vary more. The interesting test is how well people born outside of the Arab World to Arabic-speaking parents understand different dialects, because they don’t have an education fusha and aren’t really familiar with white dialect. They often have lots of trouble understanding different dialects.

Is Arabic a single language?

Did you know these English words came from Arabic?

FRENCH words in Lebanese Arabic

What happens when Chinese speakers try to read Japanese?

Spanish & Portuguese have Arabic loanwords stemming back to the days of Moorish rule. Here are some examples of food vocabulary from Arabic.

Oy vey (And oy vavoy)