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It's really unfortunate though because these languages are some of the hardest for someone like myself to navigate through. For instance I can look at "poulet

by swalsh 14y ago

It's really unfortunate though because these languages are some of the hardest for someone like myself to navigate through. For instance I can look at "poulet et riz" and figure out its roughing something chicken. But "雞肉和米飯" means nothing to me.

jarek 14y ago
But does "kurczak z kaszą" mean anything?
- pawelwentpawel 14y ago
  Triggers a hunger response somewhere in my brain. "雞肉和米飯" definitely does not.
- tjr 14y ago
  "kaszą" looks like "kasha", but in the context of a whole arbitrary sentence (rather than in the context of talking about guessing at "chicken and rice" in other languages) I'm not sure I would have thought of that.
bfung 14y ago
"poulet et riz" meant nothing to me until I read your post in chinese... [touche! =P] 雞肉和米飯 is a really odd way of saying chicken and rice... if you google the phrase, the search results don't come up as good as the way native speakers would expect: google 雞肉和米飯: https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E5%92%8C%E7%B1%B3%E9%A3%AF&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS484US484&oq=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E5%92%8C%E7%B1%B3%E9%A3%AF&sugexp=chrome,mod=17&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E5%92%8C%... google 雞肉飯 (the more normal way in chinese "chicken meat, rice"): https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E9%A3%AF&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS484US484&aq=f&oq=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E9%A3%AF&sugexp=chrome,mod=17&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E9%A3%AF&... google "poulet et riz" https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS484US484&q=poulet+et+riz&oq=poulet+et+riz&gs_l=serp.3..0j0i30l9.1613424.1615262.0.1615449.13.13.0.0.0.0.200.1209.7j5j1.13.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.Zo0P1kLdVFE https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1CHF... Hmm... they are all chicken, but still pretty different from each other, especially if talking to a foodie! Maybe give M$ another 15 years, but for now, the best way to learn a language is to do it through the social method.

by swalsh 14y ago

jarek 14y ago

But does "kurczak z kaszą" mean anything?

pawelwentpawel 14y ago
Triggers a hunger response somewhere in my brain. "雞肉和米飯" definitely does not.
tjr 14y ago
"kaszą" looks like "kasha", but in the context of a whole arbitrary sentence (rather than in the context of talking about guessing at "chicken and rice" in other languages) I'm not sure I would have thought of that.

bfung 14y ago

"poulet et riz" meant nothing to me until I read your post in chinese... [touche! =P] 雞肉和米飯 is a really odd way of saying chicken and rice... if you google the phrase, the search results don't come up as good as the way native speakers would expect: google 雞肉和米飯: https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E5%92%8C%E7%B1%B3%E9%A3%AF&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS484US484&oq=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E5%92%8C%E7%B1%B3%E9%A3%AF&sugexp=chrome,mod=17&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E5%92%8C%... google 雞肉飯 (the more normal way in chinese "chicken meat, rice"): https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E9%A3%AF&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS484US484&aq=f&oq=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E9%A3%AF&sugexp=chrome,mod=17&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%9B%9E%E8%82%89%E9%A3%AF&... google "poulet et riz" https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1CHFA_enUS484US484&q=poulet+et+riz&oq=poulet+et+riz&gs_l=serp.3..0j0i30l9.1613424.1615262.0.1615449.13.13.0.0.0.0.200.1209.7j5j1.13.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.Zo0P1kLdVFE https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1CHF... Hmm... they are all chicken, but still pretty different from each other, especially if talking to a foodie! Maybe give M$ another 15 years, but for now, the best way to learn a language is to do it through the social method.