Languages to Learn
Languages to Learn
  • 30
  • 314 114
"Jalan" in Malay and "Ala" in Hawaiian, are they related?
The Proto-Austronesian root *zalan meaning “path”, “trail”, “road”, “way” or “journey” is extremely widespread and is found from Taiwan to Madagascar to Easter Island. If you’re in Hawaii and you are travelling on an “alanui”, the first part “ala” is a reflex of this root and it is probably one of the oldest words in the Austronesian languages.
Map Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Formosan_languages.png
ms.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Labelled_map_of_the_Philippines_-_Provinces_and_Regions.png
I’ve got great news for my subscribers! uTalk has agreed to give me a 20 percent discount on all languages on their language learning app! Just click on the link in the description below and you’ll the landing page where you can sign up for an account and learn a new language!
uta.lk/languagestolearn
มุมมอง: 11 408

วีดีโอ

The origins of the words "jadi" in Malay and "yari" in Tagalog and their distant cousin "genesis"
มุมมอง 2.4K10 หลายเดือนก่อน
Jadi (meaning "to become / happen") is an ancient loanword from Sanskrit that has been borrowed into dozens of Austronesian languages in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippnes. It is also related to "genesis"! Come find out how this came about! Map source: Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1687_Sanson_-_Rossi_Map_of_Asia_-_Geographicus_-_Asia-rossi-1697.jpg
Malay "balai", Tagalog "bahay" and Maori "whare" are related
มุมมอง 1.3K10 หลายเดือนก่อน
Many common Austronesian words are found in very distant regions, often with similar meanings. In this short video we will explore the Malay word "balai" and how it is related to similar words going all the way to eastern Polynesia.
How to say "I am..." in Turkish.
มุมมอง 424ปีที่แล้ว
This is an edited version of a previous video on Turkish grammar. Turkish grammar is complex but incredibly regular and consistent. This videos explains the usage of the verb "to be" and its different forms. This video was made in collaboration with uTalk utalk.com/ where you can learn more than 150 languages including Austronesian languages such as Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano,...
Where the word "durian" comes from
มุมมอง 1.5Kปีที่แล้ว
A short video on the origins of the word "durian".
Cebuano Grammar: SI and ANG focus markers
มุมมอง 1.1Kปีที่แล้ว
A detailed description of the focused markers SI and ANG in Cebuano. Like other Philippine languages Cebuano has a system of morphosyntactic alignment where any noun phrase in a sentence can be marked for focus. The focused noun then appears with the case markers SI or ANG while non-focused nouns take NI, KANG, OG or SA depending on their syntactic role. The voice samples by native speakers are...
How does a case system work?
มุมมอง 779ปีที่แล้ว
What are cases? Why do languages like Russian, German, Classical Arabic, Turkish and Finnish have them? Does having a case system make learning a language difficult? This video was made in collaboration with uTalk: utalk.com/en
Cebuano Grammar for Beginners - ANG, UG and SA
มุมมอง 1Kปีที่แล้ว
First video in a new series with my collaborative partner uTalk. Cebuano grammar for beginners. The particles "ang", "ug" and "sa" are some of the most common words in the Cebuano language. What is the difference between them? And how are they used?
New Changes Coming This Month!
มุมมอง 185ปีที่แล้ว
Some exciting new content coming in September! More Austronesian content, etymology, vlogs from language conferences and events all around the world, language lessons (Chinese, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Russian, Turkish and lots more!) courtesy of my collaborative partner uTalk and interviews with polyglots and linguists. Links: Polyglot Conference: polyglotconference.com/ P...
Penang Language Event on December 16-17!
มุมมอง 223ปีที่แล้ว
There is going to be a language event in Penang (Pulau Pinang), Malaysia from 16-17 December 2023! The event will be organised by world famous polyglot Richard Simcott th-cam.com/channels/7apIsxyw4hMirup9ZDF5tA.html and my alma mater, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Yours truly will also be helping out :) The event will be a hybrid one, with in-person talks on various language-related topics as well...
Tagalog is difficult for Malay-speakers to pronounce - here's why
มุมมอง 14Kปีที่แล้ว
Some of the features of Tagalog and other Philippine languages - in particular the lexical stress system and the verbal focus system - make them quite difficult and complex to learn. This is a Malay-speaker's perspective of the pronunciation especially the differences between stressed and unstressed syllables which can make learning the language a complicated task. In contrast, Malay has no str...
Loanwords in Malay: Minat
มุมมอง 941ปีที่แล้ว
A quick discussion regarding the etymology of the word "minat" in Malay - Austronesian or Semitic? This will be the first in a new series focussing on the etymologies of common words in Malay and their cognates in other languages.
Austronesian Alignment
มุมมอง 10Kปีที่แล้ว
An explanation of Austronesian Alignment, also known as the Austronesian Focus System or Philippine-type voice system, using Tagalog grammar as an example. The video shows a sentence with different nouns in focus plus changes to the verb. Hopefully, speakers of Austronesian languages that do not have Austronesian Alignment will have a glimpse into how the ancestral language functioned. Also ple...
Introduction to Palauan PART 2
มุมมอง 1.9Kปีที่แล้ว
A brief introduction to this beautiful language. "Irregular" verb forms will be discussed and compared with other Austronesian languages. Also, to any Palauan native speakers watching this, I do apologize for any pronunciation and spelling errors! (pronunciation tips are highly appreciated!) All images are from Unsplash and audio is from Filmora.
Brief Introduction to Palauan numbers Part 1
มุมมอง 3.4Kปีที่แล้ว
Palauan has an exotic phonology when compared with other Austronesian languages. Centuries of very systematic and intricate sound changes have made Palauan vocabulary sound totally different from those of related languages. But upon closer inspection. it turns out Palauan vocabulary isn't so different after all. Part 1 of a series dedicated to this beautiful and unique language. Image sources: ...
Why do Polynesians say "wai' / "vai", Malays say "air" and some Filipinos say "tubig"?
มุมมอง 52K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Why do Polynesians say "wai' / "vai", Malays say "air" and some Filipinos say "tubig"?
The Paiwan Language
มุมมอง 8K2 ปีที่แล้ว
The Paiwan Language
The Kilivila Language
มุมมอง 1.9K2 ปีที่แล้ว
The Kilivila Language
A Brief Introduction to the Balinese Language with Edmundo Luna
มุมมอง 3K3 ปีที่แล้ว
A Brief Introduction to the Balinese Language with Edmundo Luna
Rongo, Ongo, Longo and Lono
มุมมอง 7K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Rongo, Ongo, Longo and Lono
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 4: Mauka and Makai
มุมมอง 6K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 4: Mauka and Makai
Interview with Edward from PulanSpeaks regarding the CHamoru language
มุมมอง 1.7K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Interview with Edward from PulanSpeaks regarding the CHamoru language
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 3
มุมมอง 8K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 3
Tagalog speakers say "Walo", Indonesians say "Delapan" and Malaysians say "Lapan". Why?
มุมมอง 34K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Tagalog speakers say "Walo", Indonesians say "Delapan" and Malaysians say "Lapan". Why?
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 2 (WITH IMPROVED AUDIO)
มุมมอง 17K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 2 (WITH IMPROVED AUDIO)
Warlpiri Grammar PART 2
มุมมอง 2.2K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Warlpiri Grammar PART 2
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 1
มุมมอง 19K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Comparisons between Hawaiian and other Austronesian languages PART 1
Australian Aboriginal Languages: Warlpiri PART 1
มุมมอง 6K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Australian Aboriginal Languages: Warlpiri PART 1
Etymology #1 - Baskets, Fascists and Homosexual Slurs.
มุมมอง 2.3K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Etymology #1 - Baskets, Fascists and Homosexual Slurs.
Why can't Southeast Asians and Polynesians understand each other's languages?
มุมมอง 97K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Why can't Southeast Asians and Polynesians understand each other's languages?

ความคิดเห็น

  • @today1471
    @today1471 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why only Philippines have ng/nga. and hawaii make it simple .like their lazy and shorten the words 😊

  • @today1471
    @today1471 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I will do research on language of ibatan( from batanes) . To check id the still preserved the old Austronesian language

  • @richarddr1234
    @richarddr1234 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Balo" is the archaic word for "widow" in Filipino/Tagalog (today the Spanish loanword "biyuda" is used more often). It survives in other Philippine languages though. It's interesting though that the Filipinos continued to use "walo". Stress is in the first syllable for Balo while in the last syllable for walo, so that might have kept the words distinct enough.

  • @today1471
    @today1471 วันที่ผ่านมา

    base on videos. hawaii shorten the pronuciation of words. their language is like slang of proto austruonesian languages

  • @today1471
    @today1471 วันที่ผ่านมา

    wow . this imformative. I wish languages

  • @KimAbli
    @KimAbli 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    May sakit- is sick Masakit- is painful sakit- pain

  • @abbiem9027
    @abbiem9027 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    bugis/buginese (south sulawesi central of indonesia), we call water=wai , wai renung=drinking water, wai u enung = water i drink(i drink water), enu' ka' wai = drink i/me water (i drink water). wai aga ero?=water what <is that>? , aga mu enung?=what you drink. sea=tasi' lake=tappareng river=salo' fish=bale sea fish=bale tasi' lake fish=bale tappareng river fish=bale salo'

  • @josevil1513
    @josevil1513 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Minana in Tagalog means inherited from parents or other people. And you inherit only those thing with value like gold, house, land, etc.

  • @redplanet7163
    @redplanet7163 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Rambutan is a similar case. Where duri means spike and durian becomes spiky (fruit), rambut means hair. Hence rambutan - hairy (fruit).

  • @verusvoxdei6698
    @verusvoxdei6698 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Toraja language similar with japanesse sound language accent, toraja say : Agimoto = sudah cukup (enough) Susimoto = sudah seperti itu (like that) Tokinawa = baik hati (kindness) Yamoke = ayo (lets go, cmon) Baga = bodoh (stupid)

  • @byak6687
    @byak6687 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ive read about austronesian before but never delved deep into the similarities in our languages ! Recently i watched moana 2 which has motivated me to learn more bc i find the languages they spoke to be extremely beautiful and the fact it’s related to where i come from is very interesting especially also bc not much ppl even know about austronesian Stumbled upon ur channel and it’s very educating and inspiring to watch, thanks for ur research and hardwork to make videos like these!!

  • @SetaWaisavu
    @SetaWaisavu 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fijian 'cai ' is 'f...' , they don't look Asiatic too

  • @redplanet7163
    @redplanet7163 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sundanese "cai" must be a cognate of the Indonesian words "cair" and "encer" which both refer to something being watery - water itself being "air".. I had never realised this before. Also, in Indonesian "danau" means (fresh water) lake, which I'm guessing is related to "danum", the word for water in other Austronesian languages. This was a very interesting presentation.

    • @brosplit
      @brosplit วันที่ผ่านมา

      No, Sundanese predates Bahasa . Bahasa indonesia is a newer language derived from Malay; so the word "cai" in Sundanese DOESNT 'cognate' from Bahasa.

    • @redplanet7163
      @redplanet7163 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@brosplit I didn't say cai was a cognate FROM Bahasa Indonesia. I used the word "of". Yes Bahasa Sunda is older than modern Indonesian. My point is they are related and certain words from Javanese and Sundanese can be found embedded in Indonesian. I can't be sure but I'm guessing the words "cair" and "encer" are examples of that.

    • @brosplit
      @brosplit วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@redplanet7163 do you have short term memory loss? did you even read what you typed? "Sundanese "cai" must be a cognate of the Indonesian words "cair" and "encer" which both refer to something being watery - water itself being "air"."

    • @redplanet7163
      @redplanet7163 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@brosplit Hey Mr linguist...do you even speak Indonesian or Sundanese? Because I do. Encer and cair in Indonesian both mean "watery". I'm just taking a guess that those words have a connection with Sundanese cai. Damn dude, what's your problem? So what if the Malay/Indonesian word for water is air? All those words may have a common root.

  • @jesseferdinandpasco1661
    @jesseferdinandpasco1661 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Banlaw" in cebuano also means to rinse. Tagalog uses this word exclusively for things things whereas Cebuanos use it for the body of a person.

  • @jesseferdinandpasco1661
    @jesseferdinandpasco1661 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Examples of putting the wrong stress changing the meaning: 1. magandang hapo'n po - A beautiful Japanese 2. magandang ga'bi - a beautiful yam (taro)

  • @eyetuna8127
    @eyetuna8127 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I realized though that maybe because of this, Tag-lish is natural. Words aren't limited to be used as a noun, a verb, or a descriptor only. This extends to to foreign words. Luha (tears) - lumuluha (crying) Pula (red) - mamumula (will turn red) Tatlo (three) - magtatatlo (will be three as in "Magtatatlo na anak mo"/You will have three kids soon) Jacuzzi - Magjajacuzzi (will go to jacuzzi) Magbabasketball, magmemerienda, magmamah-jong, magwa-wine tasting, mag-popoker face, magfofood trip, etc.

  • @ManuelDesierto123
    @ManuelDesierto123 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So the reason we don't understand each other anymore is because of fucking colonizer . Gotcha

  • @ManuelDesierto123
    @ManuelDesierto123 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We don't use mata ng hangin . We use mata ng bagyo which means eye of the storm or typhoon.

  • @amaqteganang4948
    @amaqteganang4948 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sasak, Lombok 🇮🇩: Balu

  • @jaysboredman
    @jaysboredman 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Inum (E-noom) is to drink in tagalog

  • @jaysboredman
    @jaysboredman 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Aiyak (idk if im spelling that right but you mentioned it around 7:28) sounds a lot like iyak in tagalog which means to cry (water related?) Lol

  • @danielbriggs991
    @danielbriggs991 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Let me try: Bumili ang lalaki ng diyamante para sa babae. Binili ng lalaki ang diamante sa pamamagitan ng sampung-libong dolyares. Binilhan ng lalaki ng dyamante ang mall. Ibinili ng lalaki ng diyamante ang babae. Ipinambili ang sampung-libong dolyares sa mall. Thank you to ajmosqueda for the pronunciation of $10,000!

  • @mjy87
    @mjy87 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Tagalog translation should be "May sakit ako" which literally means "I have a sickness." "Masakit" means painful (Masakit ang ulo ko - my head is painful) and "Masakit ako" is awkward. In Tagalog, "sakit," depending on which syllable is stressed, can refer to illness, pain, or compassion. I come from Batangas, one of the "hardcore" Tagalog provinces, but I've never heard anyone use "mata ng hangin" to refer to anything. I don't think our ancestors have a specific word to refer to the cardinal directions when applied to winds since even the phrase we use today, "direksyon ng hangin," is partly derived from Spanish. Maybe "amihan/amianan" and "habagat/abagatan" sufficed.

  • @charlesmamigo
    @charlesmamigo 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In Cebuano Bisaya Moinum ko ug tubig,or Ako moinum ug tubig

  • @missheart6049
    @missheart6049 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another language in the Philippines called Cebuano (bisaya), we actually count similar to the proto-austronesian. Usa - one Duha - two Tulo - three Upat - four Lima - five Unom - six Pito - seven Walo - eight Siyam- nine Napulo - ten

  • @majortom8357
    @majortom8357 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The direct Filipino translation is off and conveys a different meaning. The common way to say "I am sick" in Filipino/Tagalog is "May sakit ako" or "Nilalagnat ako" which directly translates to "I have a sickness" or "I'm in a state of being sick" respectively. For a closer comparison, other Philippine languages, like Cebuano, have a direct translation. In Cebuano, it can be expressed as "Nasakit ko" or simply "Sakit ko" (it is common in Cebuano to drop prefixes especially in fast paced speech). This phrase literally translates to "I am sick".

  • @AMM0beatz
    @AMM0beatz 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Root word of ‘death’ or ‘dead’ Mati - malaysian Matay - filipino Mati - indonesian

  • @eleven2185
    @eleven2185 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember using the word “waig/wa-ig” in Ilocano, which means stream or brook

    • @stanlythomas1985
      @stanlythomas1985 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In our language kadazan/dusun water is vaig/waig

    • @stanlythomas1985
      @stanlythomas1985 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If river we call bavang or bawang

  • @趙守法-j5e
    @趙守法-j5e 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    water aqua

  • @ghotichooder89
    @ghotichooder89 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Weyhhh hampa orang utara ka?

  • @jgtbym601
    @jgtbym601 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a Japanese, I surmise that the ancient Japanese language is a hybrid of Austronesian, Han-Sino, and Altaic (not the best accurate term) languages. The word for fire is “hi” (short vowel sound, not the English greeting), which is only one syllable short of “ahi”. Thanks for this great videos and the others!

  • @norberto05121964
    @norberto05121964 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i have a theory. Air/vai might have caught on from local aeta/melanesian before austronesians arrived? it would make sense as the farther southeast you go, the more darkskinned peoples there are

  • @gunturindra5058
    @gunturindra5058 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In lampung way is river

  • @bernif97
    @bernif97 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Torajanese in south sulawesi say "wai"....

  • @bernif97
    @bernif97 หลายเดือนก่อน

    in Torajanese langguage sick is "masaki"" Torajanese is tribe in Indonesia Archipelego....

    • @Calypso_Xo
      @Calypso_Xo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kalau bahasa Bali masaki berubah jadi mesaki yang artinya nge sek di tujukan untuk hewan, bahasa Austronesia banyak yg sama tapi arti nya jauh berbeda😂

    • @bernif97
      @bernif97 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Calypso_Xo apakah karena terlihat menyakitkan 😁

  • @ArabicMadeinChina
    @ArabicMadeinChina หลายเดือนก่อน

    Phenomenonal video!

  • @gammaryland7207
    @gammaryland7207 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Masakit = pain in tagalog but not does not equal “sick”

  • @gammaryland7207
    @gammaryland7207 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tagalog actually says “may lagnat ako” 😢 cebuano says “naakoy sakit”

  • @colinubeh1180
    @colinubeh1180 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wait araw is day/sun in Tagalog? In Melanau we say lau. we dropped 'a' & harden the 'r' to become l.

    • @brianocampo7981
      @brianocampo7981 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The word for 'day/sun' in Tagalog is a bit more complicated than that. The proto-Malayo-Polynesian word was *qaləjaw, which then became *ʔal(ə)daw for the Central Philippine languages. The vast majority in this group like Bikol and the Visayan languages did well to preserve this form as either /ʔaldaw/ or /ʔadlaw/. Tagalog is a notable exception however - it instead showed L-elision on a lot of ancestral words and so had /ʔa:daw/ and then finally /ʔaɾaw/. This alveolar tap /ɾ/ in the final form is an allophone of /d/ when between two vowels.

  • @AussieRandomVideos
    @AussieRandomVideos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lake Toba Batak Austronesian Australian here

  • @ariapinandita9240
    @ariapinandita9240 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bhinneka Tunggal Ika...

  • @MrKhomenie
    @MrKhomenie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    in Javaness (the island of Java) in Indonesia: 1 = siji 2 = loro 3 = telu 4 = papat 5 = limo 6 = anam 7 = pitu 8 = wolu 9 = songo 10 = sapulu in Indonesia, we say: 1 = satu 2 = dua 3 = tiga 4 = empat 5 = lima 6 = enam 7 = tujuh 8 = delapan 9 = sembilan 10 = sepuluh any polynesian understand or get the similarity for the numbers ?

    • @verusvoxdei6698
      @verusvoxdei6698 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In Toraja said 1 = misa 2 = dadua 3 = tallu 4 = a'pa' 5 = lima 6 = annan 7 = pitu 8 = karua 9 = kasera 10 = sangpulo

  • @HidayatullahRanau
    @HidayatullahRanau 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Water south sumatera and lampung province is wai, in bugis and nusa tenggara and maluku wai too

  • @ae_marika.9551
    @ae_marika.9551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Māori I unstand all those words in the Hawaiian sentence. But I'd be confused in how they apply those words but id understand what they are asking. Māori: What = He aha Ka = (future tense) Hua = fruit or product Kōrero = language/speech i = informs from who in stative Mo = for In Māori we would say,: He aha te kupu Māori mo Instagram? What is the Māori word for Instagram? and understand but wouldn't use those hua rakau is fruit. Hua = Fruit or product

  • @ae_marika.9551
    @ae_marika.9551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Māori, Ka nui te mihi e Kara, tēnā koe i tō reo hononga i whakawhritia ai. Thank you for sharing the connections between our beautiful languages. I'm sick is; "he māuiui ahau" Fire = ahi Fault = hē, hara. Wind = hau, (matangi is there). Interestingly I can understand the Malay and Tagalog use of Mata nu hangin. Thank you, ngā mihi

  • @RicardoBaptista33
    @RicardoBaptista33 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wouldn't it be more logical for "Banyu" in Javanese to derive from the Portuguese "banho" or the Spanish "baño"? Since there was colonization of these two countries in this location in Southeast Asia. "Banho" means bath and depending on the context it means "wash the body".

    • @nilsfaerie584
      @nilsfaerie584 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That theory sounds pretty logical too. But the word seems to have too many similarities with Paiwan and Itbayaten. And I guess we can't derive their words for washing from "banho" without violating phonological rules (I actually don't know if final /o/ can transform into /aw/ in Paiwan and Itbayaten)

    • @kzm-cb5mr
      @kzm-cb5mr หลายเดือนก่อน

      Were the Javanese under the Portuguese in the past?

    • @udaramalam7348
      @udaramalam7348 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Javanese ngoko we use "air",

  • @sepetisionelatu5539
    @sepetisionelatu5539 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Tongan, ongo and longo both mean the same thing but it's uses depend on what the subject is.

  • @sepetisionelatu5539
    @sepetisionelatu5539 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Inland in English or mauka in Hawaiian is 'uta in Tongan and it's the place where we have our plantation etc and the opposite of it is "kolo" and that is where we actually live. So if l say "l am going to 'uta (plantation/bush)" it basically means l am going to the plantation or bush where we grow our own food etc. Sea in English or makai in Hawaii is "tahi" in Tongan.

  • @sepetisionelatu5539
    @sepetisionelatu5539 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sound change is so true. l am Tongan and to say "l am sick" in Tongan l would say, 'Oku ou puke (sick) but the word "mahaki" means disease as like "It's a bad disease" in Tongan "Koe mahaki (diseases) kovi (bad)" but at the end the meaning as you said is the same. Also on the sound change, we have two islands closer to Samoa than the main island of Tonga (Tongatapu). When these islanders talk in their normal way of carrying on a conversation l can't tell what the heck they are yacking about but they are Tongans lol. They have to slow down so l can understand what they are talking about. These are the Niua islands and the swing of their voice is closer to Samoans than Tongans and it's funny because we who live on the main island Tongatapu we can tell when islanders talk where they are from and the farther they are from the main island the easier it is for us to tell which island group they are from. When they talk they are like a machine gun lol. On the borrowing, if the sound is like English or any other foreign language it's not an original Tongan word for example, hotel is hotele in Tongan a new word just by sounding off the English, and spoon is sepuni in Tongan because we used our hands or leaf as spoon, car or ka in Tongan because we had no car, knife or hele and you see we had knife before the European shows up but it can also work the other way around lol. Airplane is vakapuna in Tongan and we did not have airplanes but it's basically two Tongan words that make this up as the vakapuna, vaka (ship) puna (fly) so we also make up words like this so it can explain a foreign object based on our understanding of it.

  • @notme437
    @notme437 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    אין מײַן שפּראַך (דער מאַמע־לשון), איך זאָג "listen" אַז אױסהערן!