@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • edit-25 months agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-square144fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down148file-text
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minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink3•5 months agoWe do that in English as well in some cases. q: “Where’s the beer?” a: “fridge”.
minus-square@fireweedlink3•5 months agoSure, but “fridge” is a sentence fragment, not a complete sentence. 行った (“went”) is a complete sentence. You don’t need a subject or an object in Japanese, whereas you need at least a subject in English (e.g. “He went”)
We do that in English as well in some cases.
q: “Where’s the beer?” a: “fridge”.
Sure, but “fridge” is a sentence fragment, not a complete sentence. 行った (“went”) is a complete sentence. You don’t need a subject or an object in Japanese, whereas you need at least a subject in English (e.g. “He went”)