What English does - but most languages can't
English has unusual linguistic features most other languages don't! These skills really make English unique compared to other languages around the world.
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~ Briefly ~
The second of two fun, experimental takes on features English lacks and has. Part one lives here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iLpKFA1ADQ
Last time we met skills English is missing compared to other languages, now it's time for what it does have:
- (its spelling system)
- suppletive ordinals
- obligatory plurals
- definite and indefinite articles
- possession with "have"
- perfect with "have"
- passive voice
- asymmetric noun-pronoun alignment
- particle comparative with "than"
- interdental fricatives
- rhotics
- r-colored vowels (ahem, "coloured")
- nounless adjectives with "one"
Thank you for watching, and see my sources doc below for even more!
~ Credits ~
Art, narration and animation by Josh from NativLang.
My doc full of sources for claims and credits for music, sfx, fonts and images:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rlNzQz2JRUOgE5BG9ppKzzMBbUI7r-4qOdLcd_vUqzA/
Видео What English does - but most languages can't канала NativLang
Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang
Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang
~ Briefly ~
The second of two fun, experimental takes on features English lacks and has. Part one lives here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iLpKFA1ADQ
Last time we met skills English is missing compared to other languages, now it's time for what it does have:
- (its spelling system)
- suppletive ordinals
- obligatory plurals
- definite and indefinite articles
- possession with "have"
- perfect with "have"
- passive voice
- asymmetric noun-pronoun alignment
- particle comparative with "than"
- interdental fricatives
- rhotics
- r-colored vowels (ahem, "coloured")
- nounless adjectives with "one"
Thank you for watching, and see my sources doc below for even more!
~ Credits ~
Art, narration and animation by Josh from NativLang.
My doc full of sources for claims and credits for music, sfx, fonts and images:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rlNzQz2JRUOgE5BG9ppKzzMBbUI7r-4qOdLcd_vUqzA/
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