Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down113file-text
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minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days agoCheck Slavic languages for this construct being the correct one.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoAs a native speaker of a Slavic language, I hate that it works like this. It makes the language less expressive without providing any benefit.
minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 days agoМне так не кажется. But then, I am not really fluent in Russian anymore. As is typical in 1st generation Americans, I lost the language as a child.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days ago“Nem csináltam semmit!” Damn, it works in Hungarian too. Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.
Check Slavic languages for this construct being the correct one.
As a native speaker of a Slavic language, I hate that it works like this. It makes the language less expressive without providing any benefit.
Мне так не кажется.
But then, I am not really fluent in Russian anymore. As is typical in 1st generation Americans, I lost the language as a child.
“Nem csináltam semmit!”
Damn, it works in Hungarian too.
Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.