True jokes about SLOVENIAN language

[Betonov]

Copy-paste from a friends web-page

[mookiemookie]

English isn't much better!

We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.

[Herr-Berbunch]

So, do you want this coffee or not?

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

So, do you want this coffee or not?

AS you have read, I said ''bi rada kavo'' and not '' bi rad kavo'', so I was reffering to a woman

[Herr-Berbunch]

Oi, woman, do you want this coffee or not?

[nikimcbee]

Slovenian is one of the most complicated languages on earth.

I thought Finnish was?
Followed by Chinese.

English is just stupid.

[Herr-Berbunch]

English isn't stupid -

Miss stuff still make sense.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I thought Finnish was?
Followed by Chinese.

English is just stupid.

Only because you yanks never got the hang of it

[U570]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

English isn't much better!

We***8217;ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn***8217;t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn***8217;t the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.

More for the 'English is stupid case'

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by U570

[CCIP]

You guys have the same number of cases and genders (and thus possible endings) as Russian (well, technically Russian also has a residual 7th case, but it only shows up in a small number of individual words - I'm sure you guys have that too).

It's not too bad for a speaker, just really kicks the learners in the butt
And really, what you get for it is some awesome freedom of poetic/emotional description that's simply not available in a lot of other languages. Slovenian is one of the most expressively nuanced languages in the world thanks to that and I'd rather it not lose that

(also, I guess being a linguist, I can't help but see this all as a good thing, haha)

[Catfish]

English was not so lightly accepted as the world language, because you can only think with the words you have and know - so any language which is easy to learn because of its simplicity, is also a poor one when it come to imagination. Or so some philosophers say

There are 14 entirely different words for conditions to be in an unlucky love, in portoguese. I am happy i was not born there ...

[yanhuasanyuexyz]

LOUL

[Respenus]

Betonov, you forgot to mention all the wonderful exceptions, for example, when a singular object has to be used as it were dual, or some names which conjugate completely differently to the rules. And let's not forget that each verb also has to conform 6 cases, three genders and three grammatical tenses.

Yes, the joy of speaking Slovenian...I don't know a student who wouldn't be ready to murder half the country during our GCSEs due to the Slovene language exams. As much as this may shame me, the complexity is one of the reasons why I've mostly switched over to English. Far, far easier (that and most of my literature is in English).