Out of curiosity, why Hebrew? (I'm a Hebrew speaker)
> Language is an artifact of the culture that created it, and it crystallizes the values and beliefs of that culture. By learning the language, you can enter into an entire other world.
A common take, although I don't know if I would take it too far. Hebrew specifically has the advantage of having been re-created from nothing only a relatively short time ago (150 years more or less), so maybe in a sense it's more explicitly codified.
I'm genuinely curious what kind of things you think that learning Hebrew shows about Hebrew-speaking culture though - I'd love to be proven wrong!
This the current language I have been trying to learn lately. I think the hardest part to learning it has been finding good sources that teach it. Is the word order the part that you marvel at or something else? For me, it has been the simplistic way of saying things that seem like bad English but are beautiful Hebrew (For example, "The painter painted the painting with paint.").
dagav|6 years ago
edanm|6 years ago
> Language is an artifact of the culture that created it, and it crystallizes the values and beliefs of that culture. By learning the language, you can enter into an entire other world.
A common take, although I don't know if I would take it too far. Hebrew specifically has the advantage of having been re-created from nothing only a relatively short time ago (150 years more or less), so maybe in a sense it's more explicitly codified.
I'm genuinely curious what kind of things you think that learning Hebrew shows about Hebrew-speaking culture though - I'd love to be proven wrong!
point78|6 years ago
Learned Spanish and was relatively easy...now learning Russian and yes...mindfuck!
tmm84|6 years ago