Pyrin to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agoWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?message-square37fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?Pyrin to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@cabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•3 months agoCheck Slavic languages for this construct being the correct one.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months 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-square@dubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•3 months ago“Nem csináltam semmit!” Damn, it works in Hungarian too. Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.
minus-square@cabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-23 months 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.
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.
“Nem csináltam semmit!”
Damn, it works in Hungarian too.
Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.
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.