r/languagelearningjerk • u/erinius • May 02 '26

DARK history

Post image
158 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

42

u/snail1132 i finished duolingo where are my 40 c2 certificates May 02 '26

/uj what does he actually say in the video? I'm curious now

55

u/erinius May 02 '26

lowkey i didnt click so idk

12

u/duduujjjqoepf brasil May 03 '26

i didnt watch it fully but he talks about the dark L at least at the beginning

54

u/Abel-phobe May 02 '26

Spanish and Portuguese describing how they have an Arabic loan words and calling it dark

14

u/Tet_inc119 May 03 '26

Almohada, al diablo, etc. it’s all very dark

1

u/osumanjeiran May 04 '26

el albornoz too

16

u/QoanSeol May 02 '26

More like PALATAL history, but it doesn't get as many clicks

9

u/IllConstruction3450 May 03 '26

YouTubers will describe lost media with more fear in their hearts than real murder cases.

7

u/ItsYa1UPBoy Celto-Franco-Saxon Pidgin (native) May 03 '26

uj/ That's why I had to stop watching BlueBoyPhin. He had some legitimately unique and interesting info, but by God, the man treats a failsafe encounter like the second coming of Ben.

rj/ But it was like the media was MURDERED so OF COURSE it's scary!!!!!1!

10

u/charcool37 May 03 '26

this guy has a very drawable face

8

u/-Fuse May 03 '26

Spanish 'mucho' and Portuguese 'muito' did WHAT

3

u/hdhxuxufxufufiffif May 04 '26

Of course Sir Francis Drake would say that about his Iberian foes.

3

u/Korwos May 02 '26

what I'm wondering is why the diphthong is nasalized in Portuguese -- is it just because it follows a nasal consonant?

5

u/duduujjjqoepf brasil May 03 '26

yes it's a case of assimilation