Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups
by woodpanel on Monday May 23, 2011 @01:51AM
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It's true, there are a lot of french words in it. But English hasn't picked up the grammar of france. Because it was way harder to learn. You rather switch some words, than the whole logic in your sentence-making. That's why I think that if you're able to speak english, you'll be able to speak german too.
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Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups
by jbjohns on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @05:39AM
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Well I'm american, have learned German and am learning French and I think I would have had a much easier time with French. The actual German grammar isn't that English like really. It's a kind of reverse old English. It has really strict rules about where verbs go and in what cases. Also, any verb past the first one has to be tacked on the end of the sentence, no matter how many there are. So you end up with things like:
He had yesterday at 3pm with his huge knife the postman killed should could.