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[-] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

English word order is also pretty weird.

"The man gave a bone to the dog", "The dog was given a bone by the man", "The bone was given by the man to the dog", etc etc

These are all valid sentences* expressing the same thing.

*They may not be gramatically correct, I am not a grammar professional

edit: I had forgotten that you can also do that in other languages

[-] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 1 year ago

I don't think that's very specific to English, I could write the same subject swap in French, Spanish and maybe Japanese.

[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, we can do it in Japanese. Particles change. Passive voice and subjunctive mood can also be done without too much trouble.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

If you task your male dogsitter to give your dog a treat while you are away and somebody asks you whether your pet is taken care of during your vacation, you can say: "Don't worry. When I return, the bone will have been given by the man to the dog."

[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 3 points 1 year ago

It's not like you can't say that in french.

They have almost a hundred ways to conjugate each verb too (even if there are about a hundred groups).

English is a walk in the park compared to French IMO.

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