▲ 1429 ▼ English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) We also don't have 13 different words for I (glances at Japan) permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Meron35@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) Not the worst example for Japanese. The verb kakeru 掛ける is very common and has ~25 different meanings. This is before you count the other verbs also pronounced as kakeru such as 翔ける、賭ける etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) How many definitions does the English word "set" have? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ytg@feddit.ch 4 points 2 years ago And “get”! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sept@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah but we win, we Can Say "putain" in any situation. It will Always work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rekonok@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago C'est une putain de bonne idée pour apprendre ce putain de langage, putain permalink fedilink source parent [–] neutron 2 points 2 years ago It can be argued that most of the different meanings arise from different contexts and how the speakers associate that particular word to different uses. When an English speaker uses the word save, it can mean either "save a person from danger", "save a computer file", and many others, which can have different meaning-translations to other languages. permalink fedilink source parent [+] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) Not the worst example for Japanese. The verb kakeru 掛ける is very common and has ~25 different meanings. This is before you count the other verbs also pronounced as kakeru such as 翔ける、賭ける etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) How many definitions does the English word "set" have? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ytg@feddit.ch 4 points 2 years ago And “get”! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sept@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah but we win, we Can Say "putain" in any situation. It will Always work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rekonok@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago C'est une putain de bonne idée pour apprendre ce putain de langage, putain permalink fedilink source parent [–] neutron 2 points 2 years ago It can be argued that most of the different meanings arise from different contexts and how the speakers associate that particular word to different uses. When an English speaker uses the word save, it can mean either "save a person from danger", "save a computer file", and many others, which can have different meaning-translations to other languages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) How many definitions does the English word "set" have? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ytg@feddit.ch 4 points 2 years ago And “get”! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sept@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah but we win, we Can Say "putain" in any situation. It will Always work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rekonok@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago C'est une putain de bonne idée pour apprendre ce putain de langage, putain permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rekonok@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago C'est une putain de bonne idée pour apprendre ce putain de langage, putain permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neutron 2 points 2 years ago It can be argued that most of the different meanings arise from different contexts and how the speakers associate that particular word to different uses. When an English speaker uses the word save, it can mean either "save a person from danger", "save a computer file", and many others, which can have different meaning-translations to other languages. permalink fedilink source parent
