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KnightFury

Hello, guys. I came up with a conclusion that I'm trying to prove wrong to myself. What's that? English. As a native Latvian/Russian, I speak both languages fluently and when I speak them, I have my emotions expressed correct. It happens that I'm fluent in English too, but when I speak it, I seem to lose my face. It's like I'm speaking in borrowed phrases from books or dialogues and not my own tongue.
As an example, I would say in Russian "прикинь, я спал всего час и сейчас вообще спать не хочу" which means "you know what? I've slept one hour last night and don't even feel like going to bed". In Russian, I hear emotion - I emphasize "YOU KNOW WHAT" and "DON'T EVEN" (bro), but even if I try to emphasize anything, it still sounds like a formal language expression. Just like a fact. Okay, I've slept one hour. Okay, I don't feel sleepy. Okay. That's it.
So tell me, please, is it just me or is English really that straightforward? Should I speak more of it so that I become more accustomed to it and express myself in the way I want to, or should I use some special words in my speech to sound it more natural, or is there actually nothing I can do?
Thanks.

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Alientcp

Watch any show. 50% of the things they say need to have a lot of body language since by itself its so inexpressive.

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trustnoone

Honestly its more like something you have to experience really, I would even imagine that in some areas expression would change a lot more then others. Like in Australia the words we express would be quite different to say the UK. I would imagine most English speaking countries get a lot of what they learn from moves and tv shows, so the US ways to express certain words would probably be the most common? I think.

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jbondguy007

...Motherfucker, do you speak it!?

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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masteryoda120988

This is the stupidest thread I have EVER seen on this site ever. English has becomes the global language not because it's the language of United States, but because it's easy as hell to learn, no mater what your native language is. It is by far one of the easiest language to learn for anyone. Yes, its straightforward. But that's what makes it so fucking awesome. That doesn't mean it can't express emotions. People do that, not languages. You can speak like a robot in any language. So you have no idea what you're talking about. You don't like English? Then don't speak it. Simple as that See if you can ever communicate with anyone outside your country in fucking Russian...

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Closed 10 years ago by KnightFury.