Comment on Bä bä, vita lamm har du någon ull?

Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Kid is the name for baby goat in English, so context clues are enough here to know it’s not talking about a human child

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But the kid does live in the barn with the other goats. Unless it's a human child type kid. Then it's less obvious if it lives in the barn or in a house next to it.

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    • lemmyman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Much clearer now thank you

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      • ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Det är ingen ko på isen!

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  • gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Uhmmm maybe it’s because I’m not native English or just dumb, but this wording confused me greatly. I figured that young goat was the only interpretation that made sense since the image didn’t show a human kid, but for non-native speakers like me it’s a bit of a weird sentence.

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      How common would you say knowing names of baby animals in English are for most Dutch speakers (I’m assuming that’s what you speak because of your instance)? I’m guessing kitten and puppy are pretty common, but what about farm animals like calf, foal, lamb, piglet, or chick? And then you’ve got forest animals like cub, fawn, or kit.

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      • gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Not sure tbh. I think I’m quite a bit above Dutch average, though definitely not amazing at it either. From these I’d know kitten, puppy, calf, foal, lamb, piglet, chick, cub and fawn. Though kitten, puppy, calf, and lamb are similar or equal to the Dutch word. No idea what “kit” is. But I wouldn’t use some of these words myself because they’re not really part of my normal speaking/writing vocabulary.

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  • lemmyman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In that one Pink Floyd song when the teacher is yelling “go on, get the kids!” They are talking to a goatherd, and later on they implore the young goats to eat their meat so they can have their pudding.

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• M137@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Kid is the English word for a baby goat, so there’s nothing wrong or ambitious with the image.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Kid Goat is my new rap name.

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• ikon106@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s what the picture says. Kid means baby/child goat

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