Re: Running out of breath

ranjit_mathews_at_yahoo.com
Date: 03/12/05 

Date: 11 Mar 2005 21:34:30 -0800

Neeraj Mathur wrote:
> "Pekka Karjalainen" <pkarjala@mail.student.oulu.finvalid> wrote ...
> > My first language is Finnish. I learned English pretty early as L2,
but
> > didn't pay much attention to speaking it until somewhat later.
> >
> > I've noticed that I have a tendency to run out of breath
mid-sentence more
> > often in English than in Finnish when reading aloud.

> I've found this problem myself when trying to read aloud, for
example, a
> passage of Plato or Cicero. Less frequently, I have had problems with

> German, Spanish, or (very rarely) French. In all cases, the problem
> disappeared as time (and my studies) went on. (I am a native speaker
of
> English and Hindi.)

A digression, but I'm curious: If you say "no hay" in Spanish and it
sounds like stilted Hindi, is it because both words are cognates of
their Hindi counterparts?

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