Monthly Archives: December 2009
Japanese language: Verbs 事故る
Japanese language: Verbs 事故る
Here is an interesting new Japanese verb. 事故る。Originally it is made up of the noun 事故accident and るto become the verb, to have an accident. It is interesting to note that this is not some new Japanese grammar rule because there are slang expressions from long ago like: 愚痴る、皮肉る、野次るand so one. It is unclear as to when this started but evidence of this grammer rule seems to be dated back to about the Edo period and can [...]
World greetings
World greetings
As an interesting long term project I would ask readers to submit a recording of their language/dialect’s greetings and I would create a world map something like a world language map. A lot of work for a motivated person but could also prove very useful for teaching language and cultures of the world for children and even adults. Anyone interested in recording a few expressions? Please leave a comment.
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Foreign language learning
Foreign language learning
As a foreign language teacher and part time linguist for many years I love teaching and learning languages. I speak three fluently and my newest acquisition being Mandarin Chinese. As a speaker of three languages and going on four, I have done interpreting for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Soccer in Japan in Japanese, French and English and I often get friends asking me if I get languages confused. Two I have no problem with since I get [...]