what does the english language sound like to a foreigner? (movies, accent)
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as a native english speaker, the spanish language sounds like a big run on never ending sentence, very rapid, it seems like you have to use a lot of words to get your point across.
the portuguese language sounds like they use a lot of sh- words, very weird.
the mandarin language doesnt even sound like they use actual words to communicate just a bunch of sounds.
so my question is what does the english language sound like to anyone who learned it as a second language or foreigners?
please keep in mind im not talking about ACCENTS just the language itself.
English is different to me than other languages. When I was a little girl and before I learned English I still had listen to English speaking movies and it sounded like this:
English is different to me than other languages. When I was a little girl and before I learned English I still had listen to English speaking movies and it sounded like this:
Back when I was learning English I thought that it sounded kind of stern and harsh because words are so short compared to my first language. I mean come on, "fox"? That's barely one syllable. And what's up with the word "hi"? Are you greeting someone or practicing taek won do?
Back when I was learning English I thought that it sounded kind of stern and harsh because words are so short compared to my first language. I mean come on, "fox"? That's barely one syllable. And what's up with the word "hi"? Are you greeting someone or practicing taek won do?
It already does I have many Cantonese friends and when they speak it, Cantonese sounds so rough and uninviting. It sounds like they're always cursing at each other
Mandarin sounds better except the "szh" and the "dszsch" sounds drive me crazy.
I think Thai sounds the prettiest out of East Asian languages
I'm curious, to non-English speakers from Europe who are familiar with European languages, does the British accent - particularly northern English and Scottish accent - sound more Germanic/Scandinavian than the American accent? I think the American accent sounds more distinctly 'English' in the sense it's not like Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian or German as much.
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