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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's true for any language really

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Not really. In my language subject and verb get switched around in a question. So you immediately know it’s a question when you start reading the sentence.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Can you give me an example?

Edit: Ok thanks guys, I got it :D

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Maybe

  • I do like cats
  • Do I like cats?

but taken to the extreme?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

  • Hij schreef een bericht. (He wrote a message)

  • Schreef hij een bericht? (Did he wrote a message?)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Zeg eens, waarom wil je zo graag met een CEO slapen?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Fuck Spez daarom

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Can you give me an example - Question

You can give me an example - Affirmation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know you already got it but a few others came to my mind:

Finnish, which not a tonal language:

  • Sinä pidät kahvista. (“You like coffee.”)
  • Pidätkö kahvista? ("You like coffee?")

Japanese:

  • Anata wa kōhī ga sukidesu. ("You like coffee.")
  • Kōhī wa sukidesu ka? ("You like coffee?")

I think you'll find the pattern of question words/suffixes in nearly every language that is not explicitly tonal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's initially why I thought there was no difference to Spanish. But the difference is Spanish actually doesn't have an option where you switch subject and verb. Didn't know that :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oh. Very good point. I did not know that either.