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Re: "And what about the fact that some concepts and words are enunciated more succintly or clearly in different languages?" We just borrow the relevant words :)
by ludamad 10y ago
Re: "And what about the fact that some concepts and words are enunciated more succintly or clearly in different languages?"
We just borrow the relevant words :)
- sbmassey 10y agoSometimes it is not just individual words, but grammatical structures which make things more succint. Latin has lots of such like your gerundives or your supines where you can express with a simple word ending what would take a bunch of words in English