x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-214 days agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down148file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-214 days agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoWe do that in English as well in some cases. q: “Where’s the beer?” a: “fridge”.
minus-squarefireweed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days 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”)