Comment on A handy reference

• needthosepylons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Another French here. That’s definitely a thing!

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• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Being a German, my fellow countrymen have the same problem as the French, I hear the mixup a lot in my work environment :) We use “aktuell” for currently. But yeah, I have not spoken English from quite such an early age as you, but that particular mistake I also don’t make. I feel it’s the kind of mistake that people make for whom learning the language was a “necessary evil” / chore in order to succeed professionally or accomplish some other goal. People who actually enjoy learning a language will not keep repeating the same mistake if they can regularly witness native speakers using a word differently.

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  • Betch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I feel it’s the kind of mistake that people make for whom learning the language was a “necessary evil” / chore in order to succeed professionally

    Ahhh yeah that would make sense, I do love languages and have always found them fun. I also grew up in a bilingual area. My little village is French but most surrounding towns/cities are English speaking and was immersed in it from a very young age. I actually learned English mostly to argue with the kid next door who only spoke English (and from a whole lot of American English TV.)

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  • basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    From wiktionary:

    In most Romance, Slavic and Germanic languages the cognate of actual means “current”.

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