I mean, they HEAR us say weather and they said veather. We want turns into Ve Vant.
I mean, it may be hard, but give it a college try!
2006-08-12 20:49:05 · 6 answers · asked by Genie♥Angel 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I know there is no 'w' sound in Hindi however you would think after listening to us say it as w they would follow suit until they got it right.
I learned a second language myself and I emulated exactly what I heard to be as authentic as I could.
2006-08-13 05:25:02 · update #1
Coz there is no 'w' sound in the Hindi and vernacular alphabets. There is 'v' so they use that. Don't forget that Eng is the 2nd lang to most ppl in India, who begin to speak Eng only at the age of 3+ or later. By the the habit is set
2006-08-12 20:55:16 · answer #1 · answered by chikoko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becuase they learned their mother tounge first, it's hard for them to distinguish between sounds later in other languages. My parents speak Tamil, and after about 20+ years living in Texas, they've gotten it. For the most part that is.
But get this: There's five N's, and three different L's in Tamil. My parents can distinguish each L from the next, but I sure can't since I learned English as my primary language.
And I take offense at your "college" remark. My dad has a doctorate from LSU and my mom has two masters from LSU and Southern.
(Funny side note: there's no F in Tamil either, so everyone pronounces coffee, coppee. And my grandmother got a hoot out of my freind Stephanie's name which sounded like Stepany which means spare tire in India, haha.)
2006-08-13 04:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by retzy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some Germans have the same difficulty - for them it is because W and V are pronounced exactly opposite, so if they try to say "Very Well" they'll just trip over their tongue cause they have trouble keeping it straight... So, English speaking people have trouble making the "CH" sound, like "Ich mache nichts"... go figure....
2006-08-13 07:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by Helga J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All languages have sounds that don't exist in other languages. In many Indian languages and in German one of the sounds is 'w'. In German if they see w in their own language they say 'v'. If you don't have that sound then you actually can't make it with out a lot of training. If you learnt a language you would find certain sounds very difficult, try it and see.
2006-08-13 04:27:34 · answer #4 · answered by happyjumpyfrog 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And yet, if their friend is named Vicknesh, they manage the V just fine!
Vat can you do? Its wery bevildering.
2006-08-13 03:54:33 · answer #5 · answered by Tuna-San 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on a person's articulation.
2006-08-13 04:24:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋