kubica to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoIt takes more effort to tell two language apart when you understand both of themmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareIt takes more effort to tell two language apart when you understand both of themkubica to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepruwybenlinkfedilink8•3 months agoI know some Japanese, and I can usually recognize Korean because it sounds kinda like Japanese but I can’t understand anything.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months 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!linkfedilink2•edit-23 months 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!