Let's learn Japanese together?

[alanX]

Originally Posted by Seanus

Why do people make careers as linguistic specialists, focussing in on the more intricate points like that above? If they can do that, I can ask one question, tomodachi

Do you know why we pronounce "phone" as "fone?"
Do you know why we pronounce "thought" as "thawt?"
Do you know why we pronounce "through" as "throo?"
Do you know why there is an "s" in the word "island?"

I sure as heck don't, and English is my native language. I still don't know. There's weird conjugation's and irregularities like this in every language.
Why they happen is irrelevant.

But I can't blame you for asking. I'm sure people studying English sometimes ask "Well, why do I have to say 'eat an apple' but 'eat a banana?"

"Shoot one deer" and "shoot ten deer"
but
"Shoot one duck" and "Shoot ten ducks"

Do you know why this happens in English? If not, then don't even ask why it happens in Japanese. (Or any language, for that matter.)

Because the answer is simple; it just does.

[Seanus]

Kinda nullifies or negates the need for 'specialists', wouldn't you say? I agree with you, though. Why do we have seven different pronunciations of 'ough'? We just do. We can say deers but referring to different species. The same as monies.

Still, just because we don't have explanations, doesn't mean to say that the Japanese don't.

[Yuusuke]

Originally Posted by Seanus

Kinda nullifies or negates the need for 'specialists', wouldn't you say? I agree with you, though. Why do we have seven different pronunciations of 'ough'? We just do. We can say deers but referring to different species. The same as monies.

Still, just because we don't have explanations, doesn't mean to say that the Japanese don't.

monies isn't a word is it?

[alanX]

Originally Posted by Yuusuke

monies isn't a word is it?

According to Merriam-Webster, it is a word.

monies - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

[Seanus]

It is. For example, the monies of a country. It's an old plural of money.

[Yuusuke]

Originally Posted by alanX

According to Merriam-Webster, it is a word.

monies - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

make sense, but it feels like it shouldn't be a word.

[Seanus]

That's the nature of language. Many words in English feel like they shouldn't be, it just depends how you interpret those words at any given time. We borrow so many words, it's incredible.

[Yuusuke]

Originally Posted by Seanus

That's the nature of language. Many words in English feel like they shouldn't be, it just depends how you interpret those words at any given time. We borrow so many words, it's incredible.

yea true.

btw Seanus in your profile you use the particle "wa" but you spelled it ha.
you might wanna correct that romanji

[Seanus]

I was told by Japanese people that you write it as ha. Doesn't ha mean tooth?

[Yuusuke]

Originally Posted by Seanus

I was told by Japanese people that you write it as ha. Doesn't ha mean tooth?

yes, ha is tooth.

but write ha when your writing in hiragana, not romanji