Sidenote, but as a Finn it’s always so fun to read or hear Estonian. Very often I can get at least the gist of what’s being said, and with this phrase I was like 75% sure of what it meant (the 25% comes from the fact that many Estonian words look familiar but actually mean something completely different than what I’d expect.) Finnic languages are pretty rare with like 7 million speakers total, so getting this “oh this language sounds so familiar” feeling isn’t exactly common for us.
Somebody actually did a fun video on this where a Finn and an Estonian tried to guess what the other was saying.
People in the US: Can speak English, sometimes Spanish
People in Germany: Can speak German, had Spanish & French in school, can understand most of dutch natively and have learned some Turkish from their friends
You speak English because it is the only language you know.
I speak English because it is the only language you know.
We are not the same.
Ich spreche Deutsch und Englisch weil du nicht Estnisch sprichst
Eesti keelt pole olemas
Tõsi
Sidenote, but as a Finn it’s always so fun to read or hear Estonian. Very often I can get at least the gist of what’s being said, and with this phrase I was like 75% sure of what it meant (the 25% comes from the fact that many Estonian words look familiar but actually mean something completely different than what I’d expect.) Finnic languages are pretty rare with like 7 million speakers total, so getting this “oh this language sounds so familiar” feeling isn’t exactly common for us.
Somebody actually did a fun video on this where a Finn and an Estonian tried to guess what the other was saying.
Tere…
Doch nicht allen! Es gibt Dutzende von uns. Dutzende!
People in the US: Can speak English, sometimes Spanish
People in Germany: Can speak German, had Spanish & French in school, can understand most of dutch natively and have learned some Turkish from their friends
Also learning swedish on duolingo for fun
Ich hab Latein 💀
其實這個美國人還會漢語
沒明白，你在說的是誰？
Soy bilingue :)
Git gut.
It’s not matter of intelligence, it’s a matter of importance.
I prefer git rebase usually.