Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoLearning a new language is easy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageLearning a new language is easy!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agowait this isn’t just a shitpost THIS IS REAL???
minus-squareUNY0N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYes. German is a Lego-block language. The example in the image is extreme, but there are lots of “combination” words like that. For example, glove is Handschuh, which means hand-shoe. A shoe for your hand.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI used to work in a plant with a lot of people from Bosnia. One of them said when she first started working there her English was limited, but she knew the German word for “glove” and asked for some “hand shoes.”
wait this isn’t just a shitpost THIS IS REAL???
Yes. German is a Lego-block language. The example in the image is extreme, but there are lots of “combination” words like that.
For example, glove is Handschuh, which means hand-shoe. A shoe for your hand.
I used to work in a plant with a lot of people from Bosnia. One of them said when she first started working there her English was limited, but she knew the German word for “glove” and asked for some “hand shoes.”