@x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-square144arrow-up1169file-text
arrow-up1169message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?@x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agomessage-square144file-text
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink3•1 year agoWe do that in English as well in some cases. q: “Where’s the beer?” a: “fridge”.
minus-square@fireweed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 year agoSure, but “fridge” is a sentence fragment, not a complete sentence. 行った (“went”) is a complete sentence. You don’t need a subject or an object in Japanese, whereas you need at least a subject in English (e.g. “He went”)
We do that in English as well in some cases.
q: “Where’s the beer?” a: “fridge”.
Sure, but “fridge” is a sentence fragment, not a complete sentence. 行った (“went”) is a complete sentence. You don’t need a subject or an object in Japanese, whereas you need at least a subject in English (e.g. “He went”)