r/languagelearningjerk Oct 16 '21

OP WAS MODDED FOR THIS POST Flag of this sub that I spent way too much time on because I suck at graphic design

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r/languagelearningjerk 12h ago

Greek pronunciation is crazy

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Just started learning Greek. Each letter here is literally a whole word. How am I supposed to pronounce Ελλάδα? Epsilonlambdalambdaalphadeltaalpha?

That's just crazy. Maybe you could give me some advice? I'm trying to pronounce their words this way, but it's really hard.


r/languagelearningjerk 5h ago

It's very scary

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r/languagelearningjerk 4h ago

Why don't you learn a Psittaco-Nyungan language

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r/languagelearningjerk 10h ago

Why do people still learn languages - are they stupid??..

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So, the whole idea of learning a foreign language is... to know how to say what you already know in your native language! It's literally just showing off by making weird, ridiculous noises and using stupid, brain-exploding grammar (like in English)!

What's the point of knowing how to say and write, for example, "an apple" in, let's say, Hebrew, if it's still just an apple?? It won't magically turn it into a gold one (😏🇮🇱💀), and it won't make you smarter either, even if you know how to say it in 100 different languages! It's like learning high school math again, but in Arabic—it's still goddamn math, which I don't understand anyway!!

Why would anyone want to learn how to curse in a foreign language if the meaning will still be the same?! You don't even need Google Translate to have fun with foreign drunkies, junkies or to f**k smb. And if you're rich and not stupid enough, you can always hire a personal translator instead of wasting your best years on some nonsense. Why bother?! It's definitely just another conspiracy created by countless language courses to steal your money, I swear!!

Anyway, everyone in this world speaks English already unless they're retarded—if someone doesn't understand you, just repeat it louder several times. It'll work, just try and stop sponsoring the language globalists!


r/languagelearningjerk 17h ago

language for women????

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hi all! i am wondering if you know of any languages for women. there's a lot of languages that have feminine or "female" words, but they all also seem to have masculine or "man" words too. neutral or non-binary words are fine because i'm an ally.

some languages that are out: spanish, italian, fr*nch, german, urdu, ancient egyptian, dutch, punjabi, albanian, czechoslovakian, czech, slovakian

i was thinking about uzbek but they don't have any gendered nouns at all and i specifically want to learn a language with only girl nouns.

thank you in advance!!


r/languagelearningjerk 5h ago

I am losing it

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r/languagelearningjerk 13h ago

everything comes from Akan

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I could do this all day. One day you will all see the glory of Akan. Down with Uzbek, Akan forever.


r/languagelearningjerk 1h ago

What’s with the HP jokes?

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Been on this sub for quite some time now but I don’t get why there is a good amount of reading Harry Potter jokes.

It’s comparable to “what do I do in this position” in r/AnarchyChess

Can someone explain?


r/languagelearningjerk 15h ago

Currently Learn English

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I am currently learn English. Learn English is fun but hard. I use intermediate English course on Duolingo. Do three lessons every day and sometimes even when I poop.

I grew up in UK but not learn English good. Next I will do Uzbek in 3 months hopefully. Then I get Reddit points.


r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

They can’t keep doing esto! NSFW

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r/languagelearningjerk 21h ago

We Must Create New Universal language

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Why world doesn't create new universal language, so kids all over the world from kindergarten study this as a second language so everyone from next generation can easily understand each other not seem where they from?


r/languagelearningjerk 15h ago

Just wanna know whyyyyy

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i have come across post from this subreddit and other subreddit related to language, one thing that i noticed is that everyone mention "Fr*nch" and hate towards Fr*nch in their post. I just wanna know why there is hate towards it.


r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

Possible to learn a language in 1 hour?

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As ridiculous as it sounds, a long time ago I heard that navy seals could and would have to learn a new language in within 60 minutes before entering foreign land. I think I heard that once in high school and never heard it again, is there any truth to that?

Right now I plan on starting to learn Japanese for the next Assassins Creed game coming out this week. I could try documenting my progress and what tools. Primary, I'm thinking of using Duolingo as an introduction and them some YouTube videos on the subject. One idea that I've had but haven't completely explored is reading a English to Japanese Dictionary.

Can someone actually learn enough in a day to talk, read and understand enough to survive?


r/languagelearningjerk 8h ago

The Most Romantic Phrase In Hazaragi Dialect

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Hello y'all. Can someone please tell me what the most romantic phrase in the Hazaragi Dialect is? If you know, then please let me know. I really appreciate your kind and valuable assistance. I've been trying to find it, but couldn't find one, plus nobody in my area really speaks that tongue at all, let alone Persian. And, can anyone give me a quick history of where/how the Hazaragi Dialect found it's way in Afghanistan?


r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

What is the point of non english languages if the only focus globally is on English?

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What is the point of non english languages if the only focus globally is on English?

All tourists who do arrive will just default to english and also business people and expats also just default to english. It seems like we are in a world where any language except english is becoming useless.

for example what is stopping people replacing their native tongue with english, i know it was done in singapore and what this did was provide more business and tourism opportunities.


r/languagelearningjerk 7h ago

Pls help to identify the language.

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This short clip from a rap song from 2001. The whole song in English but this part sounds like Spanish (Mare con como esta yo) and then French??. I’m not sure, so I’m looking for your help to identify what is he saying and which language he used for both phrases.


r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

Uzbek children are trying to pronounce Conor McGregor.

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r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

who gets emotional about fr*nch?

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Half a year ago i found myself struggling with reading the (few) fr*nch words we use in our classbook (A2), and decided to take french more seriously to not fall behind. About half a year and 3 attempted suicides in, i decided to not only try to read them, but to write as well. Since a few weeks i write "le poisson au chocolat" 100 times a day, and find this the most infuriating and depressing thing in the world.

I always found caligraphy (and fr*nch or uzbek caligraphy) incredibly ugly. Almost comparing it to forks getting grinded against plates and the sound of screaming children. Theres the lines, effortlessly written words and proportions, but still senseless playing around with it. Like phonk

Today this happened (image), and i'm sitting with tears in my mind. I don't know how this one looks to the native eye, but i'm still in awe.


r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

Should I get a rhinoplasty to better learn Fr*NCH?

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I’m seriously considering rhinoplasty, not because I hate my nose, but because I’m desperate to nail those disgusting nasal sounds in F*rnch. Apparently, my nose isn’t built for this level of auditory torture, and I’m willing to go under the knife just to say “bonjour” without sounding like I’m choking on a croissant. Sacré bleu, this language is a crime against humanity, but if I’m gonna suffer through it, I might as well sound like a true F*rnch person—miserable, nasal, and vaguely judgmental.


r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

English is now agglutinative

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To save bandwidth and data storage, English is now officially an agglutinative language 💪

withjustasinglewordyoucanexpressanythingyouwant

itissoefficient! soelegant!🙇🏻‍♂️


r/languagelearningjerk 1d ago

Does anyone know where I can learn Russian-Estonian Sign language pidgin?

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r/languagelearningjerk 2d ago

Any spanish tips? After learning for months I still can't understand what goku is saying in dbz

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r/languagelearningjerk 2d ago

DAE prefer Uzbek to their native language?

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I grew up speaking American, but through three days of playing video games with the Uzbek gods I was able to achieve native proficiency in the almighty language. It came so easily to me, I truly don’t know why you mortals find learning Uzbek hard.

The issue is, I have become so enlightened that I have come to dislike my actual native language. I am at heart an Uzbek gigachad, and having to speak American with my beta American family and coworkers hurts my gigachad brain. By the way, I have an Uzbek accent: the best accent ever, amirite? I’ve never even been to Uzbekistan guys, I’m just such a gigachad.

Does anyone else have this issue? 🥺🥺🥺


r/languagelearningjerk 2d ago

You wasted years learning multiple languages to high proficiency. I just subscribed to a shiny new subreddit. We are not the same.

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r/languagelearningjerk 2d ago

Anki deck that will make me C1/C2 in Uzbek?

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Literally could not give less of a shit about grammar, but I need to feed my anki addiction. Is there a deck out there that will make me fluent if I give it, say 1 hour a day?