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The second sentence, "Tonight, I'm going to Budapest" is different from the first example, even though the net result is the same - you're definitely ending up
by Tor3 3y ago
The second sentence, "Tonight, I'm going to Budapest" is different from the first example, even though the net result is the same - you're definitely ending up in Budapest. The second example introduces a topic (to be slightly Japanese-ish here): "Tonight". Let's talk about "tonight" and what's going to happen tonight. Well, I'm going to Budapest, that's what happens tonight. Oh, and maybe I'll do these other things too (e.g. A, B, and C).
The first sentence focuses on "going to Budapest", and "tonight" is when it happens. Nothing else about "tonight" is interesting, it's not the topic.
- yosito 3y agoBut you're inferring things that would be implied in Japanese or Hungarian, but aren't at all implied by word order in English.
- Tor3 3y agoI'm not inferring anything, in my opinion. Those sentences _are_ different in English too. That's why people will decide on one more than the other, depending on circumstances - not depending on a random roll of the die.