For example, the sound system of Spanish includes the rolling “r” you hear in the words “perro” and “roja.” That sound doesn’t exist in English. German includes a vowel sound made of “oe” you can hear in the name “Goethe.” That sound doesn’t exist in English either. And...
Unlike English and Dutch, German does not allow a genitive to follow a universal quantifier: (i) All John's friends... (ii) Al Jans vrienden... (Dutch) (iii) *All(e) Johanns Freunde... (German) In this article I show that this discrepancy results from two facts. Firstly, the ...
Elon Musk reveals why he is endorsing Germany’s populist far right despite ties to neo-Nazi scene—‘Does that sound like Hitler to you?’ BYChristiaan Hetzner December 30, 2024 at 7:25 AM GMT+8 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a deep interest in cross-border politics, supporting popul...
My head was full of the thoughts like. "Nobody really understands me. My English is not good enough. I wish people would just be able to speak German for one day! Why is it so difficult to find a piece of bread that I want?" Over the next few months, though, I slowly got used...
TheAmerican Kennel Clubsays the dog is trying to better understand its owner through the scent left behind on the fabric, much like how they explore through crotch sniffing. There's also a good reason your dog may chew or lick the underwear. The club reports dogs tend to use these methods...
original group spoke, just because, say, the sound “ah” might become “eh.” It might become, “uh.” You can see how a language would become a new one over time. Next thing you know, you have thousands of languages instead of one, just because languages change like cloud formations...
TheAmerican Kennel Clubsays the dog is trying to better understand its owner through the scent left behind on the fabric, much like how they explore through crotch sniffing. There's also a good reason your dog may chew or lick the underwear. The club reports dogs tend to use these methods...
TheAmerican Kennel Clubsays the dog is trying to better understand its owner through the scent left behind on the fabric, much like how they explore through crotch sniffing. There's also a good reason your dog may chew or lick the underwear. The club reports dogs tend to use these methods...
depending on who you ask. While on my mothers side there is a big mix of German, Dutch, and Irish. I have a diverse, multicultural background as do many Americans. As an American, I grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, which...
Another word for important is weighty, and indeed, ‘weight’ and ‘weighty’ are cognate with these Germanic words, as is Dutch wichtig (meaning bulky), and German Gewicht (weight). If you were learning German, and simply tried to memorize ‘wichtig = important’, there’s nothing to ...