Try to guess the pronounciation of Yosemite
(2nd attempt, by adding acute/grave diacritical marks)
Would you like a schmoke and a pancake : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tymBXpQ1ZgQ
Point proven, imo.
All that is nothing compared to german grammar.
For starters there are 16 versions of 'the' and you've got to get them right according to one of the three genders and the four cases but to make things simple there are no genders in the plural hence only 16 versions rather than 24.
The genders you have to learn by rote as there is no way of predicting them besides 'man' and 'woman' because 'Junge' (boy) is predictably male but 'Mädchen' (girl) is neuter and it gets worse from then on. There are constantly new words added, many from english, but even I can't find any rhyme or reason in the genders they get assigned in german.
When I go back to visit family I avoid using Neudeutsch (words newly introduced into the german vocabulary) since I probably would get the grammar wrong and that would be rather embarrassing.
But the one who came up with the written word was an American, by the name Lafayette Houghton Bunnell.
Had he been French, or Spanish, the written name would have looked quite readable (possibly even identical to the unclustered original sentence)
It's very similar to Hawaiian in that phonetics play such a big role; unlike English where it's a free for all.
Yo-sem-it-ee
"ugh" is tough for the newcomers.
1. Ugh
2. Laugh
3. Cough
4. Thorough
5. Through
There's probably more.
Yo-sem-it-ee
"ugh" is tough for the newcomers.
1. Ugh
2. Laugh
3. Cough
4. Thorough
5. Through
There's probably more.
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