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| CheeseInsider Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5123 days ago 193 posts - 238 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin* Studies: French, German | Message 25 of 60 27 January 2011 at 8:27am | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't know I don't know I don't know! Mandarin, French and German (and to a lesser extent, English) are all dear to me in different ways...
And gosh, you guys make me jealous, I wish I could see languages as colours hahaha. *If I could* I would think that German is a brownish green leaf that's been crumpled and lost some pieces but has had pieces of other leaves taped on so that it is... Okay, I don't even know haha. And it's super mountainous. And there's a landscape of aspen trees on yellow grassy fields. With blue wind swirling around. It's exciting and beautiful to listen to, and fun and at times goofy to speak. French, it's like a black night, a very harsh and rich language. With crimson ribbons falling constantly, almost to the point where it looks like blood is splattered on the floor. Great for arguing in, it's so soulful. It's also a light powdery green at the same time too. And sometimes it's grey nothingness, this is especially the case when spoken very quickly. It can be fun to listen to, but mostly it's powerful, and it's fun to speak it as well. Mandarin, it's a washed out orange fabric placed over top of a smaller yellow piece of frabric. The outer edge is orange of course, then the center is orange-y yellow. Surrounding it are cute yellow and blue cut outs of dinosaurs, suns, hearts, and chopsticks (of course). It's like eating extremely watery congee, it flows so well and it's cute and perky also which is where you get the bits of egg. Sometimes it can lend itself to the calm and tranquil side... Especially when spoken in a deep, bellowing voice. English... I don't know... It's like a tainted looking stream, not very appealing visually. But you taste it and you realize it tastes like any other fresh water stream/river. Nothing at all wrong with it once you delve into it. Not very stimulating though. Not extremely pleasant to hear, but non energy consuming, unlike French which tires me with it's extremely strong presence. And kind of soul destroying to speak, but I don't really believe in souls anyways haha. This is all of course... Just my (non-synaesthete/synaesthetic is that a word?) opinion. Edited by CheeseInsider on 27 January 2011 at 9:00am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6126 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 26 of 60 27 January 2011 at 11:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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For me right now, speaking Japanese is a sensation something akin to reciting the alphabet backwards. To be honest, I just don't practice speaking enough. With Finnish I'm still constantly searching my brain for words, so it's always "uh, uh, I think, uh, no that's not right." and I can't quite get a sentence out yet -- though really I'm still beginning with this one.
However, the sounds of both Finnish and Japanese have deep emotional hooks into my brain. Since I've been listening to more Finnish, I've been seeing my dead mother in my dreams more often. The language linked to my grandmother's house and her closets full of old lady stuff smell, and all her old lady buddies who would spend time talking in Finnish. To me the sound of Japanese reminds me of my aunt's house. She lived with my grandparents and this is the only place I saw my father speak Japanese. This house had that 'Japanese feel' to it, that I can't describe, but I know it when I'm there. Our house wasn't like that. Lately, I have been trying to get out to more groups where Japanese speaking people meet, and the funny thing is I can drift into an odd comfort zone, of just sitting and letting the incomprehensible language just wash over me. It is an oddly familiar thing. Maybe this is something that might be holding back my listening comprehension -- I don't know, but that's how it is. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 27 of 60 29 January 2011 at 1:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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I've noticed something else similar to this recently, which is that some languages naturally form combinations with each other that are just beautiful. It probably has something to do with my synaesthesia, but certain languages just are meant to go together and when they are, it's very exciting. For example...
Korean Swahili Portuguese (or Malay) I literally start bouncing in my chair and am very excited when I see this combination. I have no idea why, but it's something about the unique colors and feelings of the languages that just complement each other perfectly. Note that Malay could be substituted in for Portuguese here, but NOT Indonesian. This is probably my favorite combination -- so much so that I've considered taking up Korean, if only to complete this little jewel. This one to me is like a tropical fruit with lots of bright colors, chiefly orange, green, and pink or purple. Another one could be... Arabic Greek French Same as before, where each language perfectly complements the other two. This one is more of a bright blue with tinges of yellow and green. It reminds me of the beach. Yet another: Italian Swedish Finnish This one has both a bright and "sunshiney" bit and a calm part. It's mostly a mixture of soft pinks and purples, with some blue and yellow flashing through at some points. Here are some more which I really like: Dutch Italian Greek Irish Polish Thai Hungarian Icelandic Czech Arabic Spanish Mandarin Turkish Hebrew Welsh Bulgarian Italian Turkish Does anyone else find certain combinations like these very pleasing, or am I going to have to resign myself to the fact that I'm just insane? Edited by ellasevia on 29 January 2011 at 1:37am 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 29 of 60 29 January 2011 at 1:35am | IP Logged | |||||
Incompatible. Luxembourgish is really the odd one out there. Polish and Vietnamese are okay, although I would have preferred Ukrainian to Polish. With the addition of something else purple-ish we have a very nice combination: Vietnamese Ukrainian German (The order you write them in also makes a big difference.) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 31 of 60 29 January 2011 at 2:14am | IP Logged | |||||
I think it was the 'x' in Luxembourgish that was doing it. It simply didn't fit with Polish or Vietnamese. The best one I can think of that includes Luxembourgish is this one: Luxembourgish Esperanto Zulu I was originally going to say Xhosa instead of Zulu, because the 'x' would match in Luxembourgish and Xhosa. But then out of curiosity I tried Zulu in there and it worked even better, and now that I think about it, the combination of Luxembourgish and Xhosa would probably have been too overwhelming anyways. Don't ask me why... This combination reminds me of a warm café, when you're sipping some steaming coffee. And then there's a sprig of mint on the table. Edited by ellasevia on 29 January 2011 at 2:19am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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