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I dreamt last night about the future tense imagining people having to go to post officer to buy more more of it and then if the presence of the future tense was an argument for the existence of God. Strange dream.
— Sep 14, 2021 12:24AM
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The question of the correct pronouns to use when refering to a table (for instance) is complex. Varying not just geographically but also between spoken and written speech.
— Sep 13, 2021 12:03AM
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In Belgium een zwaluw maakt de lente niet, while in the Netherlands een zwaluw maakt nog geen zomer.
This is logical as Belgium is further south and the swallows get their sooner 😛
— Sep 12, 2021 02:27AM
This is logical as Belgium is further south and the swallows get their sooner 😛
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Discussing False Friends ( words that seem the same in 2 languages but have different meanings) she looks at words for parts of the day with the same word having distinctly different meanings in Belgium and the Netherlands. This is followed by a map showing that in the southern Netherlands both sets of concepts are used - beware of turning up at the wrong time!
— Sep 12, 2021 02:01AM
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Een Belgisch accent staat voor veel Nederlanders immers gelijk aan een zuidelijk en dus regionaal accent: heel leuk en sympathiek, maar onbewust nemen ze de spreker minder serious.
- a familiar story recognisable I guess in most language communities
— Sep 10, 2021 12:27AM
- a familiar story recognisable I guess in most language communities
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Sep 14, 2021 12:31AM
Maybe such comes from reading strange books, or eating strange food? Or having through earn access to the future tense by committing to many duolingo lessons?
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Ilse wrote: "Maybe such comes from reading strange books, or eating strange food? Or having through earn access to the future tense by committing to many duolingo lessons?"who knows, or all three perhaps?
