tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post2775312730090943420..comments2023-05-06T18:03:50.244+09:00Comments on Talk With The World: Intro by NickAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019333835099272316noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-84331143440551033552008-07-24T12:17:00.000+09:002008-07-24T12:17:00.000+09:00To Ed,I'd love to write about linguistics, but I a...To Ed,<BR/><BR/>I'd love to write about linguistics, but I actually don't know much about it... which is why I'm thinking of reading up on linguistics before I decide what I should take my Masters in 4 years...<BR/><BR/>I definitely agree about what you said about Tagalog/Spanish... I think Tagalog is actually a pretty hard language to learn... but I think a Native Tagalog/English speaker should find learning Spanish easier... easier not easy! But only in terms of vocab, I hate verb conjugations, in any language!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10918378408917718643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-63284298308063337092008-07-23T22:56:00.000+09:002008-07-23T22:56:00.000+09:00And yeah, the whole Spanish thing - I personally a...And yeah, the whole Spanish thing - I personally am bothered when people start describing Tagalog and other Philippine languages as basically "easy (to learn) if you know Spanish and English". <BR/><BR/>Nothing could be further from the truth - you still have the Austronesian grammar to worry about! It definitely kicks ass, but it's challenging. Verb-initial order, a "focus" system that goes beyond active vs. passive sentences, reduplication and infixation that encode verbal aspect and mood. <BR/><BR/>It's interesting to see that most of those grammatical strategies are minimized in Indonesian and Malay, but in older languages like Old Javanese and Balinese, they were still being used.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674600513289363640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-56778913659422918662008-07-23T22:50:00.000+09:002008-07-23T22:50:00.000+09:00Salaamat po! 欢迎!いらっしゃい!어서어세요! Welcome!Salaamat po! <BR/><BR/>欢迎!いらっしゃい!어서어세요! Welcome!maxiewawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06356874719531506078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-15755738539947885782008-07-23T22:43:00.000+09:002008-07-23T22:43:00.000+09:00Great to have you here, pare! (Hehehe...) Maybe we...Great to have you here, pare! (Hehehe...) Maybe we can do a couple of collaborative entries on stuff like partial reduplication and infixation - I have lots to say on those subjects. <BR/><BR/>I love rambling about food, too. Where do you want to start first? Pinapaitan at dinuguan o lumpiang Shanghai at pansit Canton? ^^Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674600513289363640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-90634983526306183802008-07-23T21:34:00.000+09:002008-07-23T21:34:00.000+09:00Hello and welcome to the blog! It's really nice to...Hello and welcome to the blog! It's really nice to have you here with us. Looking forward to your posts! :)Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09152690294351576491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-34077275701340297402008-07-23T18:53:00.000+09:002008-07-23T18:53:00.000+09:00Maraming nagsasabi na matatas ang Tagalog ko, pero...Maraming nagsasabi na matatas ang Tagalog ko, pero madalas napapa-Taglish ako, kasi ganoon naman magsalita ang pangkaraniwang tao sa Pinas eh...Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10918378408917718643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-58007931756615426872008-07-23T18:38:00.000+09:002008-07-23T18:38:00.000+09:00Yay a Tagalog speaker! Gaano katatas ang Tagalog m...Yay a Tagalog speaker! Gaano katatas ang Tagalog mo?jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412183814805215021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-73331637083302168472008-07-23T18:22:00.000+09:002008-07-23T18:22:00.000+09:00Thank you nenuphar, Chinese is my favourite langua...Thank you nenuphar, Chinese is my favourite language group... especially Mandarin and Cantonese... I feel other dialects are way too hard...Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10918378408917718643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857732848037112916.post-4228111337096970122008-07-23T17:43:00.000+09:002008-07-23T17:43:00.000+09:00Nice to meet you, Nick! I am always impressed by ...Nice to meet you, Nick! I am always impressed by people who try to learn any Chinese dialect, whether or not they succeed. <BR/><BR/>I invite you to ramble on and on about food and eating as much as you like ;) :D<BR/><BR/>- Bouks (from KoreanClass101)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com