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re: For those who know foreign languages, what are some weird things about English?
Posted on 7/1/20 at 2:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 7/1/20 at 2:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
One of the curious thing about English is turning nouns into verbs
This verbing is impacting as well as probleming
This verbing is impacting as well as probleming
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Posted on 7/1/20 at 3:36 pm to Kafka
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One of the curious thing about English is turning nouns into verbs
gerunds? i thought other languages had these.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:20 pm to Kafka
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One of the curious thing about English is turning nouns into verbs
Other languages do this too afaik?
I know in Portuguese "bota" means boot/boots but it can also be a verb meaning to put on clothes. "Calça" means pants/trousers but it can also be a verb meaning to put on clothes.
Except it's incorrect to calça calça or bota bota, but correct calça bota and bota calça. It's kind of their version of the driveway/parkway joke.
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