What's the biggest cultural shock when you were studying you're target language?

• Y

  y***

  2026-05-10

  My sarcasm is easily lost in translation so I've accidentally come off a bit rude or stupid at times... oops

• A

  a***

  2026-05-09

  > you're target language > you're Realising native speakers can't tell your and you're apart was indeed quite a shock. <:carmine_laugh:1077140746743840828> Jokes aside. For Japanese it was that cutting in while other people talk is not only accepted but even expected. 相槌 is a bit weird since that sort of thing is usually a sign of bad manners.

• A

  a***

  2025-01-01

  > studying you're target language studying your* target language <:crow:1170560348479311964>

• I

  i***

  2024-12-31

  Honne/tatemae

• A

  a***

  2024-12-31

  Homophones?

• Z

  z***

  2023-11-24

  Katakana is sometimes more difficult than Kanji 😂

• U

  u***

  2023-11-24

  the sense of humor kinda

• S

  s***

  2023-11-24

  英語のスペルが長すぎて諦めかけましたね

• M

  m***

  2023-11-24

  I was trying to remember but i probably forgor the biggest one

• J

  j***

  2023-11-23

  Japanese words can be written in 100 different ways but be read pretty much the same except for the pitch

• J

  j***

  2023-11-23

  words have different meanings depending on where you use it

• S

  s***

  2023-11-23

  everyone is smart

• M

  m***

  2023-09-08

  When to say 'yes' or 'no'. In Japanese and Korean, an affirmative response like「はい」means that what I was questioned is 'true', while 'yes' in English means that I 'do', response is unchanged and independent by the way it was questioned.

• N

  N***

  2023-05-25

  Topictionary using the wrong your 😡 /s

• J

  J***

  2023-05-25

  How context sensitive Japanese is. A word can have a different meaning depending on where you use it. It’s kinda cool

• M

  M***

  2023-05-25

  imagine using pronouns

• N

  N***

  2023-05-25

  Knowing so much about the target language culture than mine. But I don't even know if those knowledges are well known by The Japanese or not

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