#the turtles are bilingual

[raphaelesbian]

Thinking about the bilingualism of the turtles and just realized like

The mutant mayhem turtles must have ZERO knowledge of Japanese chjzjddh. Like Splinter does have an accent (though Jackie Chan is from Hong Kong according to Google, not Japan), but he's a normal New York rat. Not Hamato Yoshi transformed into a rat, like 2012/2018, and not a pet rat that belonged to Hamato Yoshi, like 2003. Zero connection to Japan at all

I'm just imagining them all in a big crossover. 2012 gives me the vibes of being the MOST connected to Splinter's culture, so they're all bilingual (to differing degrees), they know a lot about Japanese culture and mythology and all that jazz.

2003 I think has some knowledge of the language and culture. Splinter lived in Japan with Tang Shen, and then Yoshi took him to America. If he was smart enough as a rat to pick up ninjutsu, I think he is smart enough to know the language and the bits and pieces of the culture he would witness, being... a rat.

ROTTMNT, I do not see them speaking the language or knowing much of anything about the culture, lol. They probably know some, being around Splinter, but I don't get the impression Splinter often spoke Japanese, and he didn't really train them like the other Splinters. I think they would still pick up some habits from their dad, like we see them bow to him a few times, and I bet he's made them family recipes at least a FEW times. The kids would pick up on a few words I'm sure, either from Splinter or from Lou Jitsu movies lmao, but culturally I think they know very very little. The 2012 boys would be horrified to hear them butcher the language, but on the other hand I bet they know more Spanish than 2012.

And then Mutant Mayhem... Literally not a single word. Even the Rise turtles are surprised how little they know. Except MAYBE Donnie lmao, being a huge weeb, but if he's anything like the weebs I know the knowledge of the language is... incredibly limited. Plus he's a kpoppie, so he may know more Korean than Japanese.

The absolute culture shock if you threw them all in a room together

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🍂🐢🍁 Risetober 2023 🍁🐢🍂

--- Day 28: Bilingual ---

Day 28 of @sariphantom's Risetober prompts! I have this theory in my head that Leo doesn't know fluent Spanish, just enough to toss some Spanish words into his vocabulary here and there. He can usually make out the gist of what's being said, but won't admit it if something goes over his head. Hueso knows this, of course, and intentionally starts using Spanish words that Leo wouldn't know. Leo has yet to ask him for a definition.

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Setting aside the canon for stupid dad joke purposes.

[soapiemomorphine]

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bilingual tmnt 2012 and rotmnt head cannons!!

Ok so I’m Mexican American (ew america) and my mom was born and raised in Mexico

Yet I’m not bilingual

I’m taking Spanish class in my high school

This is what I think the rottmnt kids are going thru

My mother had to assimilate to get a job here. And I think that’s what rottmnt Yoshi had to do too.

But my mother refused to make my first language spanish, she wanted my life here to be easier.

I think Yoshi didn't want to be reminded of what he left behind.

He used his ninjitsu skills to become a movie star and actively runs away from his heritage from the show.

Not that he doesn't want to be Japanese, or that he wants to forget that part of himself, but he wanted to branch out and be Lou Jitsu, and japanese tradition and culture are not as important to him and his identity as 2012 Splinter.

He ran away from tradition.

I firmly hc that the rottmnt turtle know japanese in the way I know spanish; nothing beside the scoldings and the frustrated mumbling of their father.

"Kuso!" Their dad will yell as he stubs his foot.

"Konoyarou," He mumbles as he talks about a person who screamed at the sight of him.

"No Blue! Aho! Don't eat random stuff off the floor!"

I hc that rottmnt Splinter has a potty mouth, and because of the all his kids know is how to curse and scold someone in japanese, which you know, they use to insult each other.

The rottmnt kids have to go out of their way to learn japanese, it's an underlying language in their home and a part of their heritage, but they live like third generation immigrants.

As opposed to the 2012 turtles, whose first language was most definitely japanese.

2012 Splinter grew up, fell in love, and lived in Japan for the majority of his life. He loved his heritage and tradition, the only reason he moved to New York was because he was literally running for his life. It was chance that he ended up in America.

In Japanese schools, much like many other schools in different countries, have a class that teaches english bc ya know, it's the national language bc british and american ppl be pissbabies. So Splinter learned english, and like the good student he was, was good at it.

That why for he lived there he could live comfortably and could talk to others (like the pet shop owner), bc he already knew english.

Then he got mutated and four sons lmao.

So he raised them the way he was raised; traditionally japanese. The language, the tradition, the customs, everything.

So all the tmnt teetles are fluent in japanese, and a part of the reason they were not allowed topside before they were 15 is because they weren't done learning english yet.

They often forget words in english, and in the heat of the moment, it's the first language that comes up.

Raph and Mikey's english slang comes from the comics they've read and the movies they watched.

Leo's english mimics basic english textbooks and Captain Ryan's

Donnie sounds like an encyclopedia bc that's where he gets most of his vocabulary from.

TLDR: The rottmnt turtles only know insults and curse words in japanese while the 2012 turtles are bilingual; fluent in both Japanese and English because of the way their respective Splinters raised them.

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{the shadow} (raft-hourglass-3) (i-k-was) or this may sound like gibberish but i think i'm in a seriocomic slipstream space opera without the space

in hundreds of throws, i've never drawn the shadow. i don't think i want to put words to this one. i am just going to let it stew

this week, i bagged my first dead metaphor, cliffhanger. i'm having it mounted at the local taxitropist for eventual display above my mantel

i keep thinking about the seventy-nine cent black pepper noodles i got at dekalb farmers market

i wish i could get video of boba when she decides it is too cold to inspect the porch on any given morning. it's a sniff-squint-headshake gesture that makes me resent all of the words that mug and bog and slurry my thoughts

she is not alone, to be sure, but the exuberant blossoming of my christmas cactus, clarice, does make me feel like i might be an okay person after all

i bought myself early solstice presents last week: a new pink k-42 paint marker, new earbuds, and a grippy new pair of trail shoes to attack the winter

[leondevilart]

if i could translate this i would but idk how so hola tumblr hispanohablante(?

[turrondeluxe]

Opinion on the hc that the (2012) turtles are bilingual (with there first language being Japanese) ?

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ITS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HEADCANON EVER

i love multilingual turtles!!!

i do think 2012 it's the one iteration that seems to be more in touch with yoshi's culture the most.

this might be for the fact that yoshi didn't have absolutely anyone at all when he arrived to new york, a complete unknown different place to him.

it's not literally specificed but one can deduce yoshi got the four turtles in the first place as an attempt to not feel as lonely after losing his family,his clan and being exiled.

so after the mutation i feel like yoshi would have taught the boys how to speak and read in japanese first instead of english since he would have been trying to find a level of normalcy and comfort in all he was going trough.

Another fact is that the brothers are used to splinter telling them stories as a way to pass the time when they were growing up. I like to think he tells them stories about different things like legends and just silly random stories from his past, all in yoshi's og language.

The show also shows it a lot! the brothers speak and understand japanese words pretty randomly! So i do think they mostly speak it while they are by themselves exclusively and at home instead of english (probably not much when april or casey are around as to not make them feel left out of the conversation tho)

also another fun silly headcanon i like is that mikey somehow speaks and understands spanish because of how he says random words of the language in the show too lol. as to how he learnt it himself idk tho. he probably found some telenovelas in vhs or smt lmao

[peachzffs]

I have a headcanon for TMNT 2012

1. That that the turtles are bilingual and speak both English and Japanese though started speaking way more english as they got older (tv was english)and BC they got friends (pretty common headcanon)

2. My headcanon, April started learning Japanese on Duolingo so she could impress splinter and the turtles. She also started learning BC she was also learning Ninjutsu so it felt fitting.

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[raphaelesbian]

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Yesss I mean I know this bit is basically canon lol but like. I just love them learning their English pronunciation from TV. Which is why they have different accents (moreso in 2003, but STILL I think 2012 have different accents). Like, they just picked it up from whatever their favorite show or character was, so Leo talks more like Space Heroes and Raph picked up a tougher accent because he likes action movies or whatever. I'm literally ass at differentiating accents lol but it's the thought

was writing Shinigami and had the thought of like, "I wonder how common it is to speak English fluently if you're Japanese?" So I looked it up and

not common!!! which does make sense, esp since English and Japanese are such different languages, but like. I believe even more strongly now that the english in TMNT 2012 is partially non-diegetic.

Like, I already HCed that in Tale of the Yokai everyone is speaking Japanese, and the English is just for our benefit, but like. that basically confirms it, right? Like there's no way EVERY character in that episode is fluent in English. meaning the turtles MUST be fluent in Japanese, at least enough to communicate as much as they did

so, any time the turtles are communicating without April, Casey, or another English-only-speaker, I'm going to say they COULD be speaking Japanese, and it's only English bc it's an American TV show. Turtles talking among each other? Japanese. Splinter and Shredder's confrontations? DEFINITELY in Japanese. Leo and Karai? Could be in Japanese. just saying.....

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Do you think the turtles are bilingual? Like would splinter have taught them Japanese?

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Fascinating. Turtles really have eagle eyes. 😅

Fake, fan fiction, CPN.

Eagle-eyed turtles have noticed that In DD's debut anniversary selfie, parts of the background have been edited. It has led to speculation and discussion about what might have been hidden.

If you look at the image, the trees are obviously heavily edited, and the street itself is duplicated and fuzzy along the edge where it meets the trees.

Some people think it resembles a street in Beijing near where GG was filming there in August (where turtles believe DD was driving him to and from work), and some are talking about the street signs in Inner Mongolia, which are bilingual and would be a giveaway.

There's no real consensus on where the photo might have been taken, but all agree it's very 👀.

[olive-garden-hoe]

Tmnt 2012 hc:

I think that if the turtles were humanized they would all be black and/or blasian since they’re siblings and would have to have the same genetic tree (in 2012 I’m pretty sure they’re biologically related). However I love idea that they have slight differences between them since they hang out in different areas in nyc (a diverse city with a bunch of different cultures that I think would really interest them).

So anyways I hc that Splinter brought them all up to be bilingual, however Raph and Donnie aren’t as good at Japanese anymore since I think they aren’t as good with languages and they would consume a lot of English content growing up + Leo probably started translating Splinter for them and they kinda stopped needing to use it, so it faded a bit. I think Raph stopped speaking Japanese but can still understand it and could speak it (with some grammar and pronunciation errors) in a pinch. Donnie rarely speaks Japanese but he speaks it from time to time with Splinter, Leo, or Mikey. Leo is probably fluent in Japanese and English and I think her (Leo is transfem in my books) and Mikey can read Japanese while Raph and Donnie can’t. However, I think that Leo code switches and sometimes makes tiny grammar/pronunciation errors, with Mikey being the best at Japanese of all their (Mikey is aroace gender-fluid) siblings.

I don’t think Raph is a big language buff (unlabeled he/him non binary Raph supremacy), so he probably just knows English and Japanese. Meanwhile, I think Donnie knows code languages and probably taught themself (They/them for Donnie, source: me) obscure/dead/constructed languages like Esperanto or Latin. Leo probably can understand/read Spanish to some extent, though she’s barely conversational speaking it. She might also know certain phrases in a bunch of different languages since I hc that she wants to travel. Mikey, in my opinion, will be the best at picking up languages, probably fluent in Latin American Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese, conversational in Italian and Korean, and has begun to pick up some Haitian Creole (though her pronunciation isn’t good because she probably sounds either very American or has WAY to heavy of an accent). They also codeswitch and mesh together languages pretty often, so his siblings have begun to pick up a bit of their languages, especially Leo (how she learned Latin American Spanish)

I think they speak primarily English among themselves and Japanese/English with Splinter, who is plays a little game with himself when he hears music to guess the language it’s in

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3. How many languages do you speak?

I speak English but it's a lifetime goal for me to become bilingual so I'm interested/studying Spanish.

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I am double jointed in my elbows haha!

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