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sexism in languages
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17 Nov 2006 Fri 08:42 pm |
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I agree it does make it easier for foreigners to learn turkish but when it comes to other words I think German and Spanish are alot easier for English people.
For example the days of the week in German:
Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag.
English:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Turkish:
Pazartesi, Salı, Çarşamba, Perşembe, Cuma, Cumartesi, Pazar.
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 01:41 pm |
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Quoting kai: I agree it does make it easier for foreigners to learn turkish but when it comes to other words I think German and Spanish are alot easier for English people.
For example the days of the week in German:
Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag.
English:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Turkish:
Pazartesi, Salı, Çarşamba, Perşembe, Cuma, Cumartesi, Pazar. |
You think this makes Turkish harder to learn? Besides in what way English/German is easier in this example, apart from the fact that everything ends with "day" in English or with "tag" in German. You still have to memorize the first parts, don't you?
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 02:21 pm |
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Quoting aslan2: Quoting kai: I agree it does make it easier for foreigners to learn turkish but when it comes to other words I think German and Spanish are alot easier for English people.
For example the days of the week in German:
Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag.
English:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Turkish:
Pazartesi, Salı, Çarşamba, Perşembe, Cuma, Cumartesi, Pazar. |
You think this makes Turkish harder to learn? Besides in what way English/German is easier in this example, apart from the fact that everything ends with "day" in English or with "tag" in German. You still have to memorize the first parts, don't you? |
Very true...you still have to memorize them....only based on my opinion not everyone elses  and what I meant was also the saying of the weekdays in german.
Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday sound familiar.
Along with the Months in German are very similar to those of english too.
remember...Just my opinion 
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 02:24 pm |
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I think the sweeter the sound of the language the easier it is to learn. No offence intended to German speakers but I prefer the sound of the turkish words
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 02:47 pm |
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Quoting irishdon: I think the sweeter the sound of the language the easier it is to learn. No offence intended to German speakers but I prefer the sound of the turkish words |
 ...just to add i'm not German 
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 02:54 pm |
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Quote:
...just to add i'm not German |
Neither am I! 
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 02:57 pm |
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Quote: Quote:
...just to add i'm not German |
Neither am I! |
really well that makes three of us so far
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 03:03 pm |
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that's a lot of non-Germans. Are there no Germans out there using this forum? Just to balance things up a bit
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 03:16 pm |
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Quoting irishdon: that's a lot of non-Germans. Are there no Germans out there using this forum? Just to balance things up a bit |
My language has the same hard sound as German has. Does that count?
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 03:30 pm |
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Merhaba..
Im German. hope that means nothing bad for you guys...
In my opinion german and english are similar.
for example the word order...
The structure of a turkish sentence is quite hard for me.
Its ok when I read it. (than I can start with the end)
Its much harder for me to understand native turkish speakers.
First of all they talk very fast - I dont get where a word ends and where the next word starts...
I think English, spanish and french are easier to get.
Most of the people talk word for word -
we have words (not only letters who means something - e.g. suffixe)
... just my opinion
but this does not mean that I stop trying to learn turkish
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18 Nov 2006 Sat 03:54 pm |
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Quoting angel_: Merhaba..
Im German. hope that means nothing bad for you guys...
In my opinion german and english are similar.
for example the word order...
The structure of a turkish sentence is quite hard for me.
Its ok when I read it. (than I can start with the end)
Its much harder for me to understand native turkish speakers.
First of all they talk very fast - I dont get where a word ends and where the next word starts...
I think English, spanish and french are easier to get.
Most of the people talk word for word -
we have words (not only letters who means something - e.g. suffixe)
... just my opinion
but this does not mean that I stop trying to learn turkish
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Merhaba Angel. Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum. Nice to meet you. As an English speaker, I agree that there are similarities between German and English. What you say about Turkish people talking fast is true of any language, don't you think? If you are not familiar with a language it will sound as if the locals are speaking very fast and everything becomes a blur. That's part of the "fun" of learning a new language!
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