Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video]
by davidgay on Saturday June 23, 2018 @01:16AM
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There's plenty of obvious cognates. Without thinking too much, with rather rusty German, and from your comment:
I = ich
have = habe
hear = hören
before = bevor [in some meanings to be fair]
and = und
[Your first half sentence is a good example :)]
is = ist
can = können [and in general the whole can/können, shall/sollen, will/wollen connection - though the meanings
have drifted a bit apart]
when = wenn
learn = lernen
see = seeen
word = wort
More generally, my experience is that literal (i.e., word-for-word) translations from German to English sound weird, but often comprehensible, while literal translations from French usually end up as gibberish.
I = ich
have = habe
hear = hören
before = bevor [in some meanings to be fair]
and = und
[Your first half sentence is a good example :)]
is = ist
can = können [and in general the whole can/können, shall/sollen, will/wollen connection - though the meanings have drifted a bit apart]
when = wenn
learn = lernen
see = seeen
word = wort
More generally, my experience is that literal (i.e., word-for-word) translations from German to English sound weird, but often comprehensible, while literal translations from French usually end up as gibberish.