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minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-23 months agoMeanwhile Danish turns the indefinite article into a definite suffix. Like: A house: “et hus” The house: “huset” Houses: “huse” The houses: “husene”
minus-squarezedgeist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoDon’t most (if not all) Nordic languages do that? Also, I can’t help but share: https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoScandinavian, yes, nordic, well, I don’t think they do it in Finnish? Not sure about Icelandic.
minus-squarezedgeist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoFair. I meant Scandinavian and not Finno-Scandic in my comment. Finnish isn’t even in the same language family, so I don’t claim to know anything about it
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoEnglish can be confusing too-- just look how many homophones we have! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNTM9iM1eVw
Meanwhile Danish turns the indefinite article into a definite suffix. Like:
A house: “et hus”
The house: “huset”
Houses: “huse”
The houses: “husene”
Don’t most (if not all) Nordic languages do that?
Also, I can’t help but share: https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk
Scandinavian, yes, nordic, well, I don’t think they do it in Finnish? Not sure about Icelandic.
Fair. I meant Scandinavian and not Finno-Scandic in my comment. Finnish isn’t even in the same language family, so I don’t claim to know anything about it
English can be confusing too-- just look how many homophones we have! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNTM9iM1eVw
What did you call me?