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voron wrote:In one sentence the transcript says سوري and it took me a while to realize it has nothing to do with Syrians; it actually meant to represent "sorry" that the guy said in English.
vijayjohn wrote:The other guy mishears this as [ˈpoːri]
voron wrote:Actually, I'm not sure how much a 5th grade textbook will be useful (and appealing) to me; maybe I should jump directly to high school (grades 8-12). I'll try and see.
voron wrote:vijayjohn wrote:The other guy mishears this as [ˈpoːri]
Nothing can beat Mark and his testicles in the song that you posted in the What made me laugh thread.
vijayjohn wrote:
This made me want to see the original Tamil lyrics, and yeah, the buffalaxed version is way more entertaining.
Luís wrote:Overall I think a word sticks in your memory much better if you have to recall it. There's not much use in passively knowing a word if you can't remember it when you actually need it...
voron wrote:Karavinka, you've inspired me for something interesting. I just realized that among my languages there is a language where your recognition-only approach fits perfectly: it's MSA. Just like most Arabs, I only need passive MSA skills.
And I am going to try it with a very special text -- the Quran. It's estimated that there are about 2000 unique roots in the Quran; I'll be able to learn them all in a matter of months. I am so excited!
And sorry Zaza canê min, I'll have to ditch you. Learning 5 languages is too much. I'll return to you one day.
voron wrote:canê min
vijayjohn wrote:This reminds me of an old Bollywood song called "Jaaneman Jaaneman" and a Bengali song and a Telugu movie song with the exact same tune.
Karavinka wrote:Good luck! And it'd be interesting to see how much the rest of the MSA can get unlocked after learning the Qu'ranic roots.
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