x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-squaremessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-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-25 months agomessage-square128fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWe do that in English as well in some cases. q: “Where’s the beer?” a: “fridge”.
minus-squarefireweed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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”)