BrainKing - Diskussionsforum (Languages)

Languages

Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages

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Hrqls: I agree that in written form they are both ambiguous. English and all other languages are full of sentences that are not clear in meaning. However, I do believe that there should be a way to distinguish between the meanings of those sentences when they are spoken. I am almost sure of my theory about the first sentence --I am an English teacher.--

If you're a teacher who teaches English, you never put the stress on the word 'teacher' when you're saying that sentence. You somehow say the word 'English' more strongly.

I think a similar way should exist with regards to the second example too. But I'm not sure of the details.