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Filipino culture rocks. The food, the festivities, the languages, the zest for life. Absolutely loved getting the chance to participate in it here and there. I
by tomrod 4y ago
Filipino culture rocks. The food, the festivities, the languages, the zest for life.
Absolutely loved getting the chance to participate in it here and there. I miss speaking to native speakers.
The distinction of verbs and nouns in Austronesian languages generally are pretty lax.
Also cool, Tongan and Samoan speakers found Visayan numbering mutually distinguishable -- "lima" for 5, for example.
- anon_123g987 4y agoEnglish has "verbing", too. > "[E]asy conversion of nouns to verbs has been part of English grammar for centuries; it is one of the processes that make English English." https://www.thoughtco.com/verbing-definition-1692587 https://www.thoughtco.com/verbing-definition-1692587 Just like "jawn" is not unique (not even within English), in my experience there's almost nothing really unique in any language.
- tomcam 4y agoVerbing isn't unique, but I do like to explore etymological quirks.