If you were in a relationship with a language barrier, how would it work to watch shows or listen to music?

[PointTaken]

[Twalli]

Music that you don't understand the lyrics to is fine. I can't understand half the words in Rock the Casbah, and that's in my native language. As for watching shows, subtitles work, and through time we'll be able to struggle through another person's language. My sister had a 90-minute-long conversation with a woman in Italy who didn't know English, and my sister didn't know Italian. By knowing how words are formed you can get by until you become more familiar. Here's an example: dedos is fingers in Spanish. And dedos de pie is toes in Spanish. Knowing this by someone pointing to them and saying the word, I know that the similarity is digits. So we can connect on that. Other words may sound similar like the Latin word obesus which means fat, but sounds like obese. So drawing on a good command of your language, as long as the other language isn't wholly different (like an Asian language to an English speaker) you can get by in the beginning. Also English is the universal pidgin language and almost everyone outside of English-speaking countries learns ESL in school.

[TooHot2Care]

A LOT of shows are translated in subs now a days, broski.

play it in English so you can understand and in her language for subs so she can understand.

have your phone out with google translate when you wanna say something.

honestly? Sometimes it’s better when you don’t have words to express yourself.

Using my body and face to express myself is one of my favorite ways of being witnessed.

[PointTaken]

Bodily motions is a good way to express one's self. That's a universal language.

[Genie23]

I'd just download the subtitles for him/myself in that case while watching shows, movies... and music can be felt with heart. I heard some songs in different languages that I do not understand and I was still able to feel what the song was about. I could tell. Once the song is over, I ask them what was it about, translate it or I just google it. Problem solved. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Language can be learned. So, I'd learn his language to be able to communicate better in future.

[Genie23]

But if he or I cannot understand a single word we say to each other than that's a problem rather than tv shows and all.

[NathanDavis]

when I watch movies in Spanish... I do laugh like " jajaja "

and not my usual "haha"

[Genie23]

@NathanDavis LOL! That's interesting... I guess you're one of the people who picks up things subconsciously, lol.

(I didn't know what Jajaja until last year because I only saw people laughing like that on GaG)

[NathanDavis]

[Genie23]

@NathanDavis 🤣🤣🤣

[Pinay_ako]

Sorry can’t date someone I can’t understand or communicate without a translator. 🤣 relationships are already hard work. That’s another level. Ain’t nobody got time for that

[PointTaken]

I wondered how it would work by just talking. There's got to be some sort of connection or it just wouldn't work, right?

[Pinay_ako]

True but still both of us have to learn each others languages to make it work long term.

[AviatorTom]

Watching shows is easy. Turn on the subtitles in one language and the actual audio in the other. For music, no one really pays attention to the lyrics anyway... it's the tune and beat that are important.

[4ngelic]

subtitles for shows/movies

if he cares about listening to music he understands than i'd just listen to music in their language since i dont care if i understand the lyrics (already listen to a lot of foreign music anyways)

[PointTaken]

I listen to some foreign music also. Don't know the words but the music is good.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

His native language was Chinese, mine is Georgian, we communicated in English. We did okay, sometimes I was watching Chinese movies and just guessing things from the body language, sometimes he did same for Georgian movies, mostly we watched in English.

[menina]

That might be part of my life soon. 😂😂😂😂

I could just look for subtitles in his language. Or I could try to translate as many words as possible.

But of course, I couldn't date someone I couldn't communicate with. We might not be native speakers of the same language, but we must have a language in common.

[Mariena_Anne92]

I try once, doesn't work really well for me since I’m introvert and I like to talk a lot, I can talk all day without stopping and we have to communicate using google translate which is so tiring and confusing for me. So i decided to just stay as friend and try to teach him.

[Anonymous]

well, if you can read fast enough watch shows with English captions at the bottom of the tv. Music is trickier. I personally wouldn't date someone with a language barrier since I don't want to feel like I'm playing a game sureaids every time I try having a conversation with them.

[PointTaken]

Talking would be the hardest part. Would have to keep a translation app handy.

[DizzyDesii]

This is why I have to date someone who is fluent in English. I've had some international exes who thankfully were practicing English since childhood so although they were bilingual, we never had an issue when it came to music/shows because they knew both

[BCA6010]

It seems to me you'd have more immediate problems than listening to music or watching TV if you can't communicate with your date.

[PointTaken]

There's always body language.

[Adaeva]

Music is good in any language. You can watch a movie in you partners language and read subtitles in your language.

[PointTaken]

Music is good in any language. I used to listen to k-pop, German techno, Jamaican, and Hispanic music. Had no clue what they said but it was good.

[Adaeva]

I love Kpop.

[PointTaken]

I used to listen to a song called Tione. I don't remember who sings it. I tried to Google it.

[Adaeva]

Perhaps it is this one. Take Responsibility 4 Everything - little Tione
lyricstranslate.com/.../...-everything-lyrics.html

[PointTaken]

Nah. The song was in English the best they could. It was a song about a woman kidnapped by yakuza, tortured, beaten, then her body dumped under a grate near a factory. Sad song.

[shades777]

Thats a good point because I think about traveling to Africa, Asian and South America but I know know their native tongue so basically it would be based on appearances, and if I really think about it that would suck lol

[PointTaken]

True. There's very few universal words that all understand. The main one "hi"

[shades777]

Some men have taken the efrort to learn the language of the area so they have access to the women, culture and environment. Its literally unlocking a new map to explore, I think its rather exciting to force yourself to learn a new language, if push comes to shove you can now survive in another part of the world

[PointTaken]

I have been wanting to learn another language. It's better to have someone teach me than from a book. The books and classes will teach you the proper words of the language. Then when you use it to talk to someone they look at you oddly. Lol.

[shades777]

I think both book and dialogue is useful because you want to know what your saying and how to say it the way the locals do.
Its kind of like clicking for the definition from google and hear a generic voice say Tomato, Toe-May-Toe, but if you say it like your stuck in caramel people will think your from the short bus, also dialogues include slang that the book won't have

[PointTaken]

The slang is the main part. That's what the dialogs will really be helpful

[shades777]

your precisely right good sir

[Count_de_Monte_Volo]

I don’t know about the music or movies but I communicated happily with a lot of foreign customers with google translate.

[PointTaken]

I'm going to see if that will work for me to learn another language.

[Count_de_Monte_Volo]

And for context m, this was at a big-name car dealership.

[D_Bone_Steak]

Use subtitles for shows or movies... music... haven't really met chicks that like the same stuff I like, at least as far as in a romantic sexy time way.

[FunkyMonkee]

I never had a problem with it. My ex-fiance is from India and we listened to music all the time and watched a fair amount of t. v. and movies together. I taught her some of the stuff I knew and she taught me some of the stuff she knew.

[Nikki1989]

I listen to music that is in other languages all the time, so I don't see a problem there.

[MementoMori777]

There language and subtitles are my language or reversed, I don't know about communication tho, seems like it will be slower

[purplepoppy]

If there's a language barrier there is no relationship.

[electromagnetic]

Subtitles for movies and thumb up thumbs down for music.

[Anonymous]

As long as one of them can read the word marriage. Then whoever’s wanting into the country should be very happy

[PointTaken]

🤣🤣

[hiyamotherfers]

I am not in a relationship but I do have a friend that is hispanic.

[AsaKyo]

I wouldn't be with someone where there was an intense language barrier

[Shiningtempest]

@pointtaken I can only date a woman who's proficient or fluent in English because I don't want to deal with a language barrier.

[Jakartheg]

I would make fun of them in a language they couldn’t understand

[NathanDavis]

mute cinema...

[Jamie05rhs]

Learn their language.

[In_Trance]

It wouldn't work