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What does oof mean?
What does oof mean?
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@haruo4444
The sound-word for being punched
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it's a roblox phrase meaning someone kind of hurt you usually in roblox it is used as a sign of death but it could be used in our daily lives as a surprising sign
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Yes, what is a roblox??
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@thetrees it seem to be a online children game. I still don't understand what they meant though lol
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Ah! It seems that you are correct.
Anyway, oof! existed before Roblox 😁
Oof is an onomatopoeia - a word formed from the sound of an action
I forgot the word onomatopoeia before 😂
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@thetrees Haha that's ok! I understand now. If it is not weird 😖 can I ask your name?
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No, unfortunately.
Last year I studied Hiragana and some basic Kanji - learned basic words, etc. I worked quite hard on it - even took up calligraphy! But I stopped having time to devote to it.
It's a shame because I love the writing systems SO MUCH. I love Japanese calligraphy.
The Japanese and Korean writing systems are two of the best in the world. In general, syllabics just make more sense to me.
Anyway - how long have you studied English? You seem fairly proficient !
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@thetrees Aw that is unfortunate :( If you start having time again, I could help u!
Were you good at the calligraphy?
Also, thank you!! I have study for around 1 year, my wife can speak English and I want to speak her native language with her.
Have you study other languages?
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Oh wait! So your wife speaks English !! No way! That's why you're so good after just a year. 🤣
Where is she from?
I made a big study of syllabics last year. I learned the Cherokee and Cree syllabic systems as well as Kana and Hangul. Here - I'll say hello in Cherokee
ᎣᏏᏲ !!
Osiyo !!
At the same time, I learned the basics of a lot of languages.
But I had to make a choice at the end of the year - what to give up, and what to stick with.
So I chose two easy languages - Spanish and Indonesian - and two hard ones, Inuktitut (which uses Cree syllabics) and Maori (because I live in New Zealand).
I thought my calligraphy was pretty good !! I'd have to learn more of the language to get better, though. Unsurprisingly, one of my favourite Kanji to draw was 木. 😁
Sometimes I write Inuktitut in Japanese calligraphy style ... just for fun 🤷♀️
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@thetrees lol yes! She is from the UK.
Wow you are a very smart person!! Very impressed! Cherokee looks so difficult
Maori is New Zealands language? I have thought it was English 🤔 What does it look like?
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Cherokee is SUPER difficult - which is partially why I gave it up. It's also near-impossible to find good learning materials.
I'm not especially clever. Really! I just have weird tastes and interests - and I follow those things, to the exclusion of most other things. It's called "obsession". 😂
I always thought that Japanese people seemed very "obsess-y". I think that's why I like them so much and usually get along great with them. Who knows 🤷♀️
Before white colonisation, the Maori lived here exclusively.
Maori is beautiful. It's ultra-simple structure belies how hard it is to master. Here's one of my favourite Maori proverbs, which illustrates the simple/complexity of the language.
Kia mate ururoa, kei mate wheke!
It literally translates as
DESIRABLE / WAR / SHARK
BEWARE / WAR / OCTOPUS
Meaning: fight like a shark, not like an octopus!
Not bad, yes!? 😁
I'll say it
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@thetrees It can be hard to find material for sometimes...
Haha I don't think it's weird, I think learning a language requires courage(?). That is interesting! The obsessyness is kind of true lol
Maori sounds SO COOL though! The literal translation is very unique! How long have you been learning this?
also thanks for taking time to talk))
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It's been fun! But - it is almost bedtime in New Zealand.
I've lived here 20 years, and have picked up a lot of Maori just by existing here 🤷♀️ but I should have worked harder to learn it properly.
The courage to live well - to love life - to do good things instead of foolish or destructive things - this is the courage that interests me 👍
And that's the end of Trees' bedtime story 👍😁👍
Have a good evening, my friend , and - Arigatogozaimasu!!!
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Goodnight and Arigatogozaimasu to you too!
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@thetrees Okay! Goodnight! Those are really good and meaningful interests 😄
You too, see you! ゆっくりお休みください！
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@haruo4444 roblox is basically a popular game similiar to minecraft. You are able to create your own games and you are able to communicate with other people from around the world. There are various games (adventure, mystery...) sometimes you might need to pay but to download the game it is all free. You only pay for clothes for your character but that is an optional choice.
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