kubica@fedia.io to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIt takes more effort to tell two language apart when you understand both of themmessage-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareIt takes more effort to tell two language apart when you understand both of themkubica@fedia.io to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoI know some Japanese, and I can usually recognize Korean because it sounds kinda like Japanese but I can’t understand anything.
minus-squarepsx_crablinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoI think the way they talk and pronounce the word is different and that’s how i differentiate them even when i don’t know a word from both language.
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 days agoThat is also my go-to recognising Korean; “Hey that’s Japane-- No wait I didn’t understand a single word, that’s Korean!” Sometimes I mishear completely different Japanese lyrics in South Korean songs, funny how that works!
I know some Japanese, and I can usually recognize Korean because it sounds kinda like Japanese but I can’t understand anything.
I think the way they talk and pronounce the word is different and that’s how i differentiate them even when i don’t know a word from both language.
That is also my go-to recognising Korean; “Hey that’s Japane-- No wait I didn’t understand a single word, that’s Korean!”
Sometimes I mishear completely different Japanese lyrics in South Korean songs, funny how that works!