This is a beautiful expression and reflection of imbibing, inhabiting, two different languages! I love learning languages and the beauty that they hold. I feel the same way about French - I started learning it in middle school and only now am I appreciating it fully; living and working in France💕
Thank you Shreya for reading and leaving your thoughts! I love French too (I studied French for 9 years and did an exchange year in Paris). It's the subjonctif that first opened my eyes to differences in language that shape how we see the world!
Turkish goes one step farther and as well as only one you or I, has one word for he and she. Really interesting language grammatically, one of my favourites.
We used to have it with thee and thou (which still lingers in Yorkshire and Lancashire, see Kaizer Chiefs, I Predict A Riot "It's not very pretty I tell thee"). It's also present in Gaelic (thu/sibh, to the point I didn't use the informal thu until I was older) and from there has kept the dual grammatical formalities alive in Scots.
This is a beautiful expression and reflection of imbibing, inhabiting, two different languages! I love learning languages and the beauty that they hold. I feel the same way about French - I started learning it in middle school and only now am I appreciating it fully; living and working in France💕
Thank you Shreya for reading and leaving your thoughts! I love French too (I studied French for 9 years and did an exchange year in Paris). It's the subjonctif that first opened my eyes to differences in language that shape how we see the world!
Oooo. J'adore la grammaire française, surtout le subjonctif 🥰💕
Turkish goes one step farther and as well as only one you or I, has one word for he and she. Really interesting language grammatically, one of my favourites.
Oh wow! I'd be keen to know how that shapes how native Turkish speakers perceive gender. Thank you for reading and sharing this cool fact!
This is really interesting, Val! As a native English speaker, I never would have considered this perspective.
It's really cool once you start thinking about how language shapes our thoughts! And a bit depressing in the case of Thai and Vietnamese. 😅
We used to have it with thee and thou (which still lingers in Yorkshire and Lancashire, see Kaizer Chiefs, I Predict A Riot "It's not very pretty I tell thee"). It's also present in Gaelic (thu/sibh, to the point I didn't use the informal thu until I was older) and from there has kept the dual grammatical formalities alive in Scots.