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Here are some more "modern" Frisian songs (no offense, Thomas R.!)
Wow! Frisian is definitely a "sister" language to English! The basic tonality of it is so close to how an English speaker pronounces words - towards the front of the mouth with very little or no typical Germanic guttural sounds. I think it would be extremely easy for an English speaker to get the pronunciation of Frisian down. I could, after a few listens, mimic what the singers were saying here and there. It was easy. That's a very pretty song by the way.
Wow! Frisian is definitely a "sister" language to English! The basic tonality of it is so close to how an English speaker pronounces words - towards the front of the mouth with very little or no typical Germanic guttural sounds. I think it would be extremely easy for an English speaker to get the pronunciation of Frisian down. I could, after a few listens, mimic what the singers were saying here and there. It was easy. That's a very pretty song by the way.
I'm wondering if that's how Old English actually sounded too. Both Frisian and Old English and Frisian are both the same branch of West Germanic languages.
Found this on YouTube: the Lord's Prayer recited in Old English:
I wouldn't mind bringing the language back. Since I'm into folk metal, perhaps an English folk metal band could step up to the plate and use the language in their songs. I think that'd be pretty badass
I'm wondering if that's how Old English actually sounded too. Both Frisian and Old English and Frisian are both the same branch of West Germanic languages.
Found this on YouTube: the Lord's Prayer recited in Old English:
I wouldn't mind bringing the language back. Since I'm into folk metal, perhaps an English folk metal band could step up to the plate and use the language in their songs. I think that'd be pretty badass
I agree. Let's kick all those damn French based words out! It is interesting to think what the language (and the world for that matter) would be like now if the Saxons had kicked the Normans butts back across the channel.
I agree. Let's kick all those damn French based words out! It is interesting to think what the language (and the world for that matter) would be like now if the Saxons had kicked the Normans butts back across the channel.
We could just bring it back right here on City-Data? Although the TOS specifies that posts must be written in English, it doesn't specify which version of English.
Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon.
That song is actually quite fast and I can imagine it's harder to follow for an English speaker. But if you take for example this one:
I'm pretty sure that most English speakers would grasp at least 50% of the lyrics even if they don't speak a word of Dutch. You just have to know that "zij" means she and that it's a love song. Try it
Chorus:
En zij, zij is de zon en de maan voor mij
Zij heeft het beste van allebei
Zo mysterieus en zo warm tegelijk
En ze doet iets met mij
Translation:
Spoiler
And she, she is the sun and the moon for me
She has the best of both
So mysterious and so warm at the same time
And she does something to me
Also notice the French influences, e.g. the first sentence of this song contains the world "kleur" which comes from French "couleur". Dutch has quite a few of those.
Im sorry but as an Englishman with a typical Englishman's 'grasp' for foreign languages I have to say that when I hear Dutch I dont understand a word of it!! (same for all other languages mind) :-D
I speak English and German. Dutch appears to be a bridge between both. However, I can understand spoken English and spoken German, but not spoken Dutch.
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It is interesting to think what the language (and the world for that matter) would be like now if the Saxons had kicked the Normans butts back across the channel.
