This Is Why English Is Confusing
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Try learning Lithuanian......
A friend from Lithuania arrived here in USA and thought it was funny to see a Toyota truck named a Tundra.
In Lithuania, if you refer to someone being from the "tundra" (think Siberia) they were mentally dense, not very bright, stupid.
I guess he thought owners of a Tundra were not very bright ...... as I think about it, that may be true!
A friend from Lithuania arrived here in USA and thought it was funny to see a Toyota truck named a Tundra.
In Lithuania, if you refer to someone being from the "tundra" (think Siberia) they were mentally dense, not very bright, stupid.
I guess he thought owners of a Tundra were not very bright ...... as I think about it, that may be true!
Pajero in Spanish alledgedly isn't very nice either: the Mitsubishi is called Montero there.
Aus, ausser, bei, mit, zeit, von zu...immer Dative
Bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um...immer Akkusative
Whatever dative and akkusitive means!
Bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um...immer Akkusative
Whatever dative and akkusitive means!
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
English is a horrifying mishmash of German and Latin with influences from Greek and other languages tossed in just to make it really confusing.
The English speak it quite elegantly
English is a horrifying mishmash of German and Latin with influences from Greek and other languages tossed in just to make it really confusing.
The English speak it quite elegantly
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
The English speak it quite elegantly
I find myself sitting with oilBabe watching things like Downton Abbey and Call The Midwife not because I am engaged in the stories, but that I like listening to the UK English dialog.
The English speak it quite elegantly
I find myself sitting with oilBabe watching things like Downton Abbey and Call The Midwife not because I am engaged in the stories, but that I like listening to the UK English dialog.
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