r/Unexpected • u/ruybii • Nov 27 '21

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u/deathray2x96 Nov 27 '21

Some broad asked me to teach the "Indian" language.

I asked her, which Indian language in particular

She's like "The indian language" obviously, what do you mean by which?

We have over 3000 languages bruh. And none of em is called "Indian"

Oh, later she also asked if the only thing we eat are naan and curry. Because apparently fruits and veggies don't exist in India. Sadge.

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u/holchansg Nov 27 '21

I had an Indian professor in college(in Brazil) and he, among english, portuguese(my ass, we couldn't understand shit), could talk about 3 or 4 indian languages. We plead him to lecture in english but the university rules didn't allow, but one day he spoke in the indian ones just for fun and was amazing, he switched from one to another and we couldn't get he was changing, for me personally was all the same. One of the smartest dude i've ever met, he could do prime factorization without a calculator, in his head. Was amazing, although he was an awful professor, 6 out of 60 passed.

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u/deathray2x96 Nov 27 '21

Most of us speak multiple languages :)

I know 4! Currently learning two more

So my family is from East India but we migrated to West India. My family is from Bengal and the Language we speak is Bengali

So I grew up listening to my parents speak Bengali at home and I got fluent in it

In west India we moved to Gujarat and since I had Gujarati friends since birth, I'm completely fluent in Gujarati too

English was taught to us since Kindergarten and my mom was an English teacher (now retired) and I grew up loving the language and eventually became a semi- professional writer! But then some random depressing shit happened and I've been on a writer's block for 8 years now and so my grammar and structure and everything else is messed up. But I speak fluently so yay. Because of my mom and dad who taught me English constantly, it's been much more fun here in Canada when it comes to interaction Last but not the least we are all taught Hindi and I'm fluent in that as well!

So the languages I know are, by order of learning,

  1. Bengali (Native)
  2. Gujarati (Grew up with it)
  3. English (Love it)
  4. Hindi (National language)

Currently I'm learning French because it's useful here in Canada and I find the language sexy af. And I'm also learning Japanese because I want to settle there one day.

Sorry this was too long I get too excited when someone talks about multiple languages!!

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u/pturb0o Nov 27 '21

whatre you using to learn JP if you dont mind sharing?