r/NonPoliticalTwitter 6h ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/dboti9k 6h ago

It's the same with German. I had a German friend and every time I wanted to learn and use a cool new German word with him, it was the same word in English.

u/BextoMooseYT 3h ago

Well to be fair at least english is a germanic language lol. Tbf I don't know if it really makes a difference, cuz I feel like there's a pretty good chance they're just straight loanwords, rather than evolving alongside each other or stemming from the same base or anything