Learning a new language
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Re: Learning a new language
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Re: Learning a new language
This question is phanta's but I'll hijack it anyway. At least in Swedish it's actually pretty helpful. If you're talking about one single object, or one single entity, and it's a noun, then you should write all of the components together. I'm stuck for an example but in English you can sometimes get ambiguous sentences caused by the fact that compound nouns are often open (written separately). It also makes spelling a bitch in English. Should it be containership, container-ship or container ship? In most Germanic languages it is always going to be written "containership".ShaunNecro wrote: Is there a reason Ishouldwriteeverythingtogetherlikethis?
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Re: Learning a new language
ShaunNecro wrote:Is there a reason Ishouldwriteeverythingtogetherlikethis?phantasmagorovich wrote:Neither do germans.ShaunNecro wrote:Strangely enough I can roll my r's extremely well, I just don't use it in normal speech.goroth wrote:Learn to roll your r's like Till in Rammstein..,
Also: alwayswriteeverythingtogetherjustlikethis.
And if you have any questions, ask away.
dontforgettocapitalizeallzeNouns.
But it's because German love their compound words.
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