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• Lembot_0004@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In my culture we have a proverb: “Vodka without a beer is just a waste of money”.

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  • addie@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I am intrigued. Most of the cultures I’d expect to have that proverb have neither definite nor indefinite articles in their language.

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    • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Unless I’m misunderstanding, you add those when translating so you don’t get broken English?

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    • Lembot_0004@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Most of the cultures … have neither definite nor indefinite articles in their language.

      Not sure what you’re talking about. I’m Ukrainian. Was born in the Soviet Union.

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      • addie@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Was expecting it to be “vodka without beer is just waste of money”, in that case.

        Looking it up, most sources seem to have it the other way around - “beer without vodka”, as in there’s no point wasting money on drinking unless you’re going to do some hard drinking?

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