Re:The hardest aspect of learning English as a second language
by V-2 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:01AM
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We kind of do the same thing, only in the form of prefixes (podać, wydać, zdać, zadać, oddać, poddać, nadać, przydać etc. and on and on it goes). Ultimately it boils down to the same thing - little syllabic bits altering the meaning of the verb.
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Re:The hardest aspect of learning English as a second language
by iforgotpassword on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:11AM
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Yes, It's exactly the same in German. So I guess I don't agree with this comment thread at all - It's just learning vocabulary. I never felt like this is a specific problem when learning English. I much more agree with the article: Spelling + pronunciation is just fubar and the greatest annoyance.
Re:The hardest aspect of learning English as a second language
by josefrichter on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:39AM
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You are right, didn't realize we do the same in most Slavic languages and it's common in German too. It just always seemed to me that it's much more common in English. But I have no numbers to support that, so I might be completely wrong.