tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post6273750710515905581..comments2023-10-30T12:05:05.664+01:00Comments on Yugowife's (and family) bits and bobs: Learning TurkishSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06922320158164728213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post-63459382917737324662006-09-30T07:42:00.000+02:002006-09-30T07:42:00.000+02:00Good point Sandra and one of the very frustrating ...Good point Sandra and one of the very frustrating issues. Often the tones do coincide with emotion, but not always and the sound differences are small so it is very easy to get it wrong. More than most This seems to be a contextual language. You kind of know what a person is saying from the context of the situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post-52961213868672977812006-09-27T21:35:00.000+02:002006-09-27T21:35:00.000+02:00oups.. mon e-mail à moi: gabriela.ehrlich@invista....oups.. mon e-mail à moi: gabriela.ehrlich@invista.comgabrielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786200540262112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post-30190884356364248392006-09-27T21:34:00.000+02:002006-09-27T21:34:00.000+02:00Ciao Sandra....
Quelle surprise de te trouver ici ...Ciao Sandra....<br />Quelle surprise de te trouver ici avec un blog à toi et en Turique... waoouh...<br />Envoi-moi ton e-mail et je t'inviterai à rejoindre mon LinkedIn (plus facile de rester en contact).<br />Super ton blog.. je n'ai pas encore tout lu, mais tu as l'air d'être bien plus heureuse que la dernière fois que je t'ai vu..<br />ciao<br />Gabriela Ehrlichgabrielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786200540262112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post-12223057441424694272006-09-26T06:26:00.000+02:002006-09-26T06:26:00.000+02:00Adam, you would! wouldn't you? A sado masochistic ...<b>Adam,</b> you would! wouldn't you? A sado masochistic trait there...? A question: How can you use tone to express emotion if it's already used for meaning?!<br /><br /><b>Brooke,</b><br />As you well know, Serbian and Russian have their own difficulties. Especially the fact that absolutely every word is subject to the case system so you've always got to know if it's masculine or feminine you're dealing with, as well as it you're going to make it accusative, dative, vocative, genitive etc. Not to be underestimated!!!! <br /><br />Ahhh the challenges of learning a new language past 30... ;-)Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06922320158164728213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post-40919183454994908812006-09-26T04:36:00.000+02:002006-09-26T04:36:00.000+02:00Actually Thai is kind of fun. I love being slapped...Actually Thai is kind of fun. I love being slapped by a beautiful woman who thinks I just called her Bad luck! Also, the Thais love it when u speak Thai to them, even if u completely screw it up. My only real problem is that every time I ask a taxi to take me to Soi 18 I end up in Soi 11 and vice versa....the sounds are very similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post-41401926463273677802006-09-24T15:22:00.000+02:002006-09-24T15:22:00.000+02:00Ugh, and I thought Serbian was hard! Remind me ne...Ugh, and I thought Serbian was hard! Remind me never to move to Turkey or Thailand.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862273626734443436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30426821.post-55936885042161729182006-09-24T11:18:00.000+02:002006-09-24T11:18:00.000+02:00Sounds not fun at all. Try learning Thai. 44 conso...Sounds not fun at all. Try learning Thai. 44 consonants and 32 vowels, a totally different alphabet, no punctuation, no sentences, no paragraphs, no spaces between words and 4 tones (high, low, rising, falling). The tones are the real killer. Words that look the same to us non-Thais have totally different meaning to Thais, because of the tones. Example: suwaii with a high tone = beautiful. So, khun poo ying suwaii maak (u are a very beautiful woman). But suwaii with a low tone = bad luck (and in buddhist culture to say this to anyone is very, very bad!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com