This was a really cool read! I'm a bilingual speaker (native English speaker and fluent in urdu), I'd love to be able to write stuff in Urdu too because sometimes English just doesn't do justice to the complexity of Urdu. What languages do you speak?
I'm leaning Hebrew, Vietnamesse,Thai, Japanese, Arab, German, Portuguese, Korean, Russian, Tukish, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese (since 2019 by myself) and English (always reinforcing)
as someone who speaks multiple languages i always want to tell people like this!!! i admire your polyglot-self so much and how your pieces are so reflective and thought-provking.
i loved the examples you used, this was sooooo interesting to read - i love studying language!
one of your best works yet, brilliant like always 🖤
Thank you for writing this! Loved it! It’s an interesting perspective to see that the word represents more than a statement of the fact but there is something deeply rooted in those phrases. I often think of the Portuguese word “saudade” which refers to missing someone yet it’s not the entirely same context as if you miss someone in English.
I am Romanian, fluent in English, Portuguese, French , Spanish and Japanese.
I used my multilingual identity as part of my creation, each language expressing a certain character, tone, voice.
I personally was not able to write when I was not a polyglot - even if I don't fully master each of my languages, they still are Mine, Uniquement, part of me.
This is one of those rare pieces that doesn’t just talk about language, it makes you feel its weight, its texture, its quiet power. I am a multilingual speaker myself. I loved how you highlighted the philosophy inside verbs how something as small as “make,” “take,” or “accept” can reveal entire worldviews. Also, your reflection on Arabic and the universality of virtues like integrity and steadfastness was wonderful.
Woah this was awesome!!! I never thought about it that way, but it does make more sense now, even when looking at some bits of language that I know, it's very true how their culture is a part of their language, it's hard to learn one without the other, but wow I didnt know basically any of that!! This will likely help me in my language journey, thank you for sharing!! And to follow fatima's example I am curious as to how you learned all of this, I ternet, do you speak many languages, or parents??? And what inspired this post??? Really enjoyed💕 (sorry for the long comment)
This was a really cool read! I'm a bilingual speaker (native English speaker and fluent in urdu), I'd love to be able to write stuff in Urdu too because sometimes English just doesn't do justice to the complexity of Urdu. What languages do you speak?
I named my son Sahir which has Arabic and Urdu roots. hearing all of its different translations really opened my eyes to the beauty of both languages
I'm leaning Hebrew, Vietnamesse,Thai, Japanese, Arab, German, Portuguese, Korean, Russian, Tukish, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese (since 2019 by myself) and English (always reinforcing)
as someone who speaks multiple languages i always want to tell people like this!!! i admire your polyglot-self so much and how your pieces are so reflective and thought-provking.
i loved the examples you used, this was sooooo interesting to read - i love studying language!
one of your best works yet, brilliant like always 🖤
Thank you for writing this! Loved it! It’s an interesting perspective to see that the word represents more than a statement of the fact but there is something deeply rooted in those phrases. I often think of the Portuguese word “saudade” which refers to missing someone yet it’s not the entirely same context as if you miss someone in English.
I am Romanian, fluent in English, Portuguese, French , Spanish and Japanese.
I used my multilingual identity as part of my creation, each language expressing a certain character, tone, voice.
I personally was not able to write when I was not a polyglot - even if I don't fully master each of my languages, they still are Mine, Uniquement, part of me.
This is one of those rare pieces that doesn’t just talk about language, it makes you feel its weight, its texture, its quiet power. I am a multilingual speaker myself. I loved how you highlighted the philosophy inside verbs how something as small as “make,” “take,” or “accept” can reveal entire worldviews. Also, your reflection on Arabic and the universality of virtues like integrity and steadfastness was wonderful.
Woah this was awesome!!! I never thought about it that way, but it does make more sense now, even when looking at some bits of language that I know, it's very true how their culture is a part of their language, it's hard to learn one without the other, but wow I didnt know basically any of that!! This will likely help me in my language journey, thank you for sharing!! And to follow fatima's example I am curious as to how you learned all of this, I ternet, do you speak many languages, or parents??? And what inspired this post??? Really enjoyed💕 (sorry for the long comment)