Adam An
@adamanlx.bsky.social
PhD student in linguistics at the University of Kansas. Morphosyntax, variation, change, revitalization, and a whole lot of food. "Big William & Mary guy." https://theycallmezeal.me [ædəm æn] he/him
Memories? Nightmares?
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Memories? Nightmares?
9. This is a weird one, but I'm too used to ending things in connectives like が、けど、から、んですが and the like that it's really hard to end on a ます without autopiloting into something that sounds like I have more to say
10. Never knowing how much of an accent to say English words in
10. Never knowing how much of an accent to say English words in
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
9. This is a weird one, but I'm too used to ending things in connectives like が、けど、から、んですが and the like that it's really hard to end on a ます without autopiloting into something that sounds like I have more to say
10. Never knowing how much of an accent to say English words in
10. Never knowing how much of an accent to say English words in
5. Being terrified of using the wrong formality level. If I ever hit the wrong person with だ I would feel like I just flipped them the bird
6. が instead of を with potential verbs
7. Never being quite sure what ている means
8. そう？ でしょう？ らしい？ The other そう？
6. が instead of を with potential verbs
7. Never being quite sure what ている means
8. そう？ でしょう？ らしい？ The other そう？
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
5. Being terrified of using the wrong formality level. If I ever hit the wrong person with だ I would feel like I just flipped them the bird
6. が instead of を with potential verbs
7. Never being quite sure what ている means
8. そう？ でしょう？ らしい？ The other そう？
6. が instead of を with potential verbs
7. Never being quite sure what ている means
8. そう？ でしょう？ らしい？ The other そう？
究極の（な？）外国語試験：期待しない時に話すこと
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
究極の（な？）外国語試験：期待しない時に話すこと
Maybe there's something about foreign preparations of green beans. I will absolutely house a green bean casserole.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Maybe there's something about foreign preparations of green beans. I will absolutely house a green bean casserole.
I'm dumb transitive should say SVO
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm dumb transitive should say SVO
The person who made the Wiktionary recordings has a really perceptually distinct contrast. But on YouTube I'm hearing people lengthen all stressed vowels, even before a geminate(!) and even in the careful speech register you'd expect to be extra contrast-y
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The person who made the Wiktionary recordings has a really perceptually distinct contrast. But on YouTube I'm hearing people lengthen all stressed vowels, even before a geminate(!) and even in the careful speech register you'd expect to be extra contrast-y
Numbing, not colorblind
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Numbing, not colorblind
Bei meiner C2-Prüfung werden sie mich fragen, "sagt man Abdrucke oder Abdrücke?" und ich werde einfach das Zimmer verlassen, ich weiß dass ich falsch sein werde
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Bei meiner C2-Prüfung werden sie mich fragen, "sagt man Abdrucke oder Abdrücke?" und ich werde einfach das Zimmer verlassen, ich weiß dass ich falsch sein werde