![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Amazing Languages
Apr. 2nd, 2025 02:48 amI wish I was better at languages, but regardless, I enjoy learning things about them. I love learning new language facts.
Mandarin Practice
Dec. 21st, 2023 09:48 pm我听不懂
wo3ting1bu4dong3
I don't understand
Literally, this phrase means 'I hear, but I do not understand'
A useful phrase for people who don't (or don't yet) speak the language .
However, there are some nuances that are useful to learn if you do want to communicate in Mandarin, as this phrase also implies a desire to completely end a conversation (as well as primaily applying to speech). This article discusses some useful variations on this phrase :
Beyond ‘Ting Bu Dong’: 11 Better Ways to Say I Don’t Understand in Chinese
wo3ting1bu4dong3
I don't understand
Literally, this phrase means 'I hear, but I do not understand'
A useful phrase for people who don't (or don't yet) speak the language .
However, there are some nuances that are useful to learn if you do want to communicate in Mandarin, as this phrase also implies a desire to completely end a conversation (as well as primaily applying to speech). This article discusses some useful variations on this phrase :
Beyond ‘Ting Bu Dong’: 11 Better Ways to Say I Don’t Understand in Chinese
Learning Languages
Jan. 27th, 2023 10:55 pmI really want to get better at both my Spanish and Mandarin. I think I just need to study them both.
I just need to accept that I am determined to be trilingual.
I just need to accept that I am determined to be trilingual.
Languages and Pronouns
Dec. 12th, 2022 11:43 pmLittle linguistic detail that English, Spanish, and Mandarin all share in common: they all have unigender first and second person pronouns. I recall a while back that I learned that isn't true of all languages.
Learning Languages
Dec. 7th, 2022 05:52 amIt should be super easy to learn languages on the internet, but it doesn't seem people are any more likely to be multilingual today than they were before the advent of the internet. I don't know if this is just a perception I have or if it's true for people in general. It has unfortunately been true for me.
Star Wars en Otras Lenguas
Nov. 1st, 2019 11:01 pmSo I'm still learning Mandarin and Spanish (and Japanese and French and feel free to throw some other languages at me if you want haha), and I thought I would share some very important vocabulary:
天行者崛起 - (tian1xing2zhe3jue2qi3) The Rise of Skywalker
天行者 - Skywalker
崛起 - Rise
星球大战 (xing1qui2 daz4han4) Star Wars
La guerra de las galaxias - Star Wars (literal translation is actually The War of the Galaxies)
la espada láser - lightsaber (literal translation is 'the sword laser', basically 'laser sword')
Because some dictionaries have the important words:
https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/lightsaber
El ascenso de Skywalker - The Rise of Skywalker
Darth Maul Translations
Sep. 5th, 2019 12:03 amI looked up how Darth Maul is referred to in the Spanish and Mandarin Chinese versions of Star Wars.
Spanish: Darth Mutilar
Mandarin: 达斯魔 (da2si1 mo2)
Spanish: Darth Mutilar
Mandarin: 达斯魔 (da2si1 mo2)
Spanish and Mandarin
Sep. 4th, 2019 11:45 pmWell, I guess my brain is doing languages now! I've been trying to practice my Spanish more lately so I can hopefully someday achieve my dream of becoming fluent in the language, and I'm also trying to be ambitious and learn a new and very different language--Mandarin Chinese! And maybe I'll learn a little bit of some other languages on the side. I think linguistics is a really cool field and I'd love to learn more about that too while I'm also trying to learn how to write and speak these languages.
Hola and 你好!
Hola and 你好!
Wish I was Better With Languages
Feb. 1st, 2019 12:20 amIf I knew more languages I could finally find out what some of these fanfics on AO3 are about...
