Comment on What's the weirdest thing in english?
forestbeasts@pawb.social 5 days agoFun fact: “Love I apples?” and “Apples, I love not” are how German works, and English used to be like that (back when it was still turning into English)!
Comment on What's the weirdest thing in english?
forestbeasts@pawb.social 5 days agoFun fact: “Love I apples?” and “Apples, I love not” are how German works, and English used to be like that (back when it was still turning into English)!
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s funny how learning different grammar can change the way you think. I read this and think, “Ah yes, perfectly normal Japanese word order. Topic first, with verb + negation at the end.”
I have to be careful when I talk sometimes, because my mental grammar structure is all over the place now.