Native English speakers who study German frequently find themselves bamboozled by its confusing grammar rules. So what would happen if English speakers spoke...
  • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
    10·
    5 months ago

    It’s kind of funny how extremely similar English and German are, but you notice it only when you neither natively speak. Because of that doesn’t the video even off to me sound.

    (And yes, I’m doing it on purpose. Why not?)

    • barsoap@lemm.ee
      7·
      5 months ago

      It should be “I broke fast”, not “I breakfasted”, there’s already a verb in there but people have forgotten, TBH “To have break fast” is quite questionable grammar. It’s different in German, “Frühstück” means “early piece”, an adjective-noun compound which then can be fed through the usual verbification rules.

  • DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 months ago

    Haha, I am a native German speaker, and I had a hard time following them without looking at the subtitles. But then, grammar is a fickle bitch in all languages.