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I'm learning Spanish now after studying French and while I'm not fluent at all in Hindi or Marathi which I sometimes heard my family speaking growing up, the co
by anon291 2mo ago
I'm learning Spanish now after studying French and while I'm not fluent at all in Hindi or Marathi which I sometimes heard my family speaking growing up, the cognates are fascinating. The numbers are the most obvious. But even words like 'tu' (you) are the same in all the languages. Same with English and me as the first person.
Not to mention the verbs. Truly wild stuff to think no one noticed.
- stevula 2mo agoPeople noticed. They just didn’t come up with a theory of a common ancestor language. Or, in some cases, they assumed other European languages were originally heavily debased forms of Latin/Greek.
- BrandoElFollito 2mo agoFor a French, Spanish is not a particularly easy language. Italian is much closer to French, and easier to learn.