Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:06 pm
Custard with gravy? Really?Greengoop wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:05 pm Whatever you say, if you put the gravy in the middle of a pudding, it becomes the stuff of gods.
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Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:07 pm
Ahhh, only a Brit would understand m’boy.
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:08 pm
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:09 pm
Yeah pretty much like this. I know French, German, and Spanish have those genders though, and to me it would be so confusing to get used to. One other thing Swedish has, and I'm not sure about other languages, is that you actually refer to people from family based on the side they are from.PluMGMK wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:06 pm Oh sorry, I guess Swedish does have masc/fem pronouns, just no masc/fem grammatical gender (which English doesn't either)
For example, we say grandmother and grandfather, they have
farfar = father's father
farmor = father's mother
mormor = mother's mother
morfar = mother's father
They do the same with uncles and aunts etc.
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:09 pm
Well your numbers are definitely a nightmarePirez wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:05 pm Seems like small fry to me but that's maybe because french is a language with 1% rules and 99% exceptions to the rules.
Yay, that's a good one!
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:09 pm
Omg yes shepherd’s pie! Though I have cottage pie more frequently.Rsandee wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:08 pm Good show ol' chap. Well I'd love to try shepherd's pie or other dishes, there's just not really a good supply of English food over here.
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:10 pm
Irish numbers are the worst. I don't think I'll ever get my head around them properly
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:11 pm
True! It also reminds me of Turkish!Steo wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:09 pmYeah pretty much like this. I know French, German, and Spanish have those genders though, and to me it would be so confusing to get used to. One other thing Swedish has, and I'm not sure about other languages, is that you actually refer to people from family based on the side they are from.PluMGMK wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:06 pm Oh sorry, I guess Swedish does have masc/fem pronouns, just no masc/fem grammatical gender (which English doesn't either)
For example, we say grandmother and grandfather, they have
farfar = father's father
farmor = father's mother
mormor = mother's mother
morfar = mother's father
They do the same with uncles and aunts etc.
Anne: Mother
Anneanne: Grandmother from mom's side
Baba: Father
Babaanne: Grandmother from dad's side
This is where it changes though, as grandfather is "büyükbaba" or "dede".
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:11 pm
How are they?
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:14 pm
Interesting, maybe it's just common for certain languages then. The ones who do use it think English is confusing, because they're like "which grandfather, which grandmother, which uncle, etc. It seems weird to them because it's vague in comparison. Swedish though is a very specific language compared to English, everything seems so specific. Even flygplats, that's airport, it literally means "flying place".Rsandee wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:11 pm True! It also reminds me of Turkish!
Anne: Mother
Anneanne: Grandmother from mom's side
Baba: Father
Babaanne: Grandmother from dad's side
This is where it changes though, as grandfather is "büyükbaba" or "dede".
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:16 pm
It's strange that English has this problem, given that "grand" was borrowed from French. I'd have to check, but it's possible that the Germanic terms in Old English would still have had the same specificity that survives into Modern Swedish…
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:16 pm
Yeah "flygplats" right? In Dutch that sounds like "vliegplaats', but we say "vliegveld", which means "fly field".
In German it's "Flughafen", which sounds like "fly harbor" in Dutch, which sounds strange.
Even more stranger: a "meer" is a lake in Dutch, while "zee" means sea.
In German: "Meer" means sea while "See" means a lake.
In German it's "Flughafen", which sounds like "fly harbor" in Dutch, which sounds strange.
Even more stranger: a "meer" is a lake in Dutch, while "zee" means sea.
In German: "Meer" means sea while "See" means a lake.
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 7:29 pm
That's funny about the swapping of meanings between Meer and See I'm guessing Meer is borrowed from French and See is native…
I'm guessing Meer is borrowed from French and See is native…Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:40 pm
dede: grandfather from mom's side in most cases. Just grandfather actually.Rsandee wrote: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:11 pm True! It also reminds me of Turkish!
Anne: Mother
Anneanne: Grandmother from mom's side
Baba: Father
Babaanne: Grandmother from dad's side
This is where it changes though, as grandfather is "büyükbaba" or "dede".
büyükbaba: grandfather from dad's side, but rarely used.
There is also
nene: grandmother from mom's side
And, let's not forget ebe
ebe: grandmother and also another meaning too. I am leaving for you Rsandee.
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:40 pm
Thanks for the explanation 
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:48 pm
Returning to what I alluded to earlier: whenever I use an "Eject" button, I usually whisper to myself "eīciō eīcere eiēcī eiectum" and it feels so satisfying 
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:49 pm
Did you just perform a spell on us?
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:49 pm
Nope, just recited the four principal parts of the verb
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:50 pm
I can't do that
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:54 pm
For a while I could do it in Old Norse too, for the stong verbs. I only had that ability for a few weeks in mid-2022 though, then I lost it again from lack of practice