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I love how in Tamil, when you're sick, you say- "enakku odambu mudiyala" which literally translates to "my body cannot".

What a mood and a half. 👏 👏

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Our brains' ability to retain meanings and make connections between languages we know is so fascinating!

Today at a clothes' store I noticed that the changing room didn't have a latch. But when I went to inform the staff (in Hindi) I realised that I'd forgotten the Hindi word for latch, having not spoken to anyone in Hindi for a couple of months.

As I struggled to recall the word, a couple walked up behind me, talking to each other in Kannada. The lady then says in English to her husband: "you're such a lazy bum."

Suddenly I remembered the word I was searching for- kundi (कुंङी) !!

Here's how my brain made the connection-

I remembered that in school (a lifetime ago) my friends used to joke about the fact that in Kannada, kundi means "bum" while in Hindi, it means "latch." As the only non Kannadiga in the group (i still havent learned any) this was not a joke I thought I would have remembered.

All it took was hearing Kannada + the English word "bum" for my brain to produce the Hindi word for latch!!

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Hello to #langblr !!!

Hi! I am a Tamilian who-

speaks English at home (you can't judge me more than I judge myself)

code-switches her way through two different types of Tamil dialects (maami to rowdy girlies, put up your hands)

is regularly mistaken by native Hindi speakers as one of them

stumbles through Telugu (specifically the Telangana dialect) but still makes hilarious mistakes ("ledhu" instead of "kadhu," anyone?)

spent three years trying to pick up Kannada but can only say "nanage swalpa Kannada gothu."

learnt how to read and write Malayalam before learning how to speak

wants to learn as many more languages as she can in this haphazard manner!

Join me as I wing language learning (and the languages that I do know) !! I've been lurking on #langblr for a while now so it's time to dip my toes right in!