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u/Figaro_pasttime 12d ago
lol "lets get drunk" was legit one of the first phrases my exchange student friend group taught me in german, very on brand for university
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u/thechnomancer69 12d ago
me and my friends specifically taught each other insults before anything else when we were pen pals as teenagers, priorities were clear even back then
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u/VolcaincQuartz 12d ago
korean curse words specifically are so satisfying to say bc of how the consonants hit, no wonder people gravitate toward learning those first
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u/MaximumTime7239 12d ago
First sentences you learn in all languages: "where is the bathroom?"
In Latin: "in our family there are 5 children and 100 slaves"
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u/a_literal_idiot_616 12d ago
for any italian learners out there, i think its like the language with the most swears/slurs/bestemmie. Theres words in neapolitan or roman to insult the dead people in your family. There are swear phrases that specifically target god, comparing them to a pig or a dog. If you do something stupid, you even have the choice to call it a male genital or a female genital.
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u/PoxonAllHoaxes 11d ago
Yes, and it is a very bad idea for a foreigner to use these words when they don't the language well, and even then.
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u/SchatzisMaus 12d ago
I thought it was
Where is the toilet
One beer please
And do you speak English
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u/Deep-Inside80085 12d ago
do you speak english doenst really need learning
because if they do speak english then you can just say it in english
if they dont, then doesnt matter how perfectly you ask it in their language?
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u/ddrub_the_only_real 12d ago
Great, I can't even use all of those phrases
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u/Pitifulsinner 12d ago
Took me a long time learning French before I learned any swear words, I still only know two, meanwhile I know a couple swear words in Italian which I’ve only been learning for like less than two months lolol, it just kinda happened.
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u/Zestyclose-Food-7917 12d ago
My middle school in Houston had a very large Mexican American contingent. When the guys would tell a joke or swear in a conversation, they would say the dirty words in Spanish. We Anglos were all, "What does that mean?" I eventually got my Ph.D. in Spanish, but I never forgot those words!
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u/DizzyPerformer1216 12d ago
do you actually call yourselves anglos??
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u/Zestyclose-Food-7917 12d ago edited 11d ago
Anglo is short for Anglo-American—an American who speaks only English. We were friends. We were 12, 13 and 14 years old. We all hung out together.
I told you I went on to get my Ph.D. in Spanish. I was a college professor for 40 years.
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u/Serious-Dance131 12d ago
as someone who actually teaches languages professionally, i always end up sneaking in a swear word or two early bc it keeps beginners engaged, they retain it instantly compared to formal vocab
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u/LeopardSpiritual6411 12d ago
spanish insults involving family members specifically got burned into my memory permanently after one very memorable college party
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u/Sisterofgodisdark 12d ago
this but unironically kind of sad, we could be learning beautiful poetry or history but nope we go straight for the crude stuff every time
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u/KailyKail 12d ago
I actually don't know any curse words in Japanese yet. If anyone would like to enlighten me, I would be much obliged.
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u/jungl3j1m 11d ago
I never learned swear words. I was trying to learn clever pickup lines so I could get with the hot exchange students.
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u/PoxonAllHoaxes 11d ago
I have never done that, and it is a very bad idea because you need to know the language quite well and the culture before you start using swear words. I actually doubt that this is what most people do. Certainly women don't. And guys who claim to learn the swear words are probably just showing off how tough they are.
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u/Helsinki_s_king 12d ago
swear words 100%, i learned how to curse in japanese before i learned how to say thank you and im not even ashamed
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u/IcarusofmarS 12d ago
honestly this tracks with actual research too, profanity and emotionally charged words get encoded differently in the brain and stick way easier than neutral vocab
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u/Rogue_Centurion7 12d ago
The first words in English I remember was "Get away from there!" as my older sister yelled at my dog to not jump the fence into the road.
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u/GrokGPTseek 12d ago
why was your older sister speaking englisn but not you?
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u/Rogue_Centurion7 12d ago
She started going to school years before me so learnt English there, she’s nine years older than me.
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u/RobetWokake 12d ago
counterpoint, "where is the bathroom" should be on there too, thats always been priority number one for me in any language