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@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•edit-23 months agoThere are languages (e.g. Spanish) where a double negative is still understood as a negative. Standard varieties of English aren’t among them, but some dialects are. The same is also true in German.
minus-square@Danitos@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•3 months agoEven in Spanish, some double negatives are underestood as negatives, like “I didn’t do anything” (yo no hice nada)
minus-square@CiderApplenTea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•3 months agoHow would that work in German? I’m trying to figure it out, but can’t come up with anything
minus-square@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•3 months agoin some Austrian/Bavarian dialects people say things like “i hob koa Gööd ned” which translated word-for-word to Standard German is “ich habe kein Geld nicht”.
minus-square@CiderApplenTea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•3 months agoOh sure! I’ve heard that before, I wouldn’t say it’s common though. Thanks for expanding!
There are languages (e.g. Spanish) where a double negative is still understood as a negative.
Standard varieties of English aren’t among them, but some dialects are.
The same is also true in German.
Even in Spanish, some double negatives are underestood as negatives, like “I didn’t do anything” (yo no hice nada)
How would that work in German? I’m trying to figure it out, but can’t come up with anything
in some Austrian/Bavarian dialects people say things like “i hob koa Gööd ned” which translated word-for-word to Standard German is “ich habe kein Geld nicht”.
Oh sure! I’ve heard that before, I wouldn’t say it’s common though. Thanks for expanding!