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One should also remember that not all languages use so many prepositions. In Finnish, for example, we usually change the ending of a word instead of using prepo
by kiiski 15y ago
One should also remember that not all languages use so many prepositions. In Finnish, for example, we usually change the ending of a word instead of using prepositions.
For example, the previous paragraph in Finnish:
"Pitää myös muistaa, että kaikissa kielissä ei käytetä yhtä paljon prepositioita. Suomessa, esimerkiksi, muutamme yleensä sanan loppua preposition käyttämisen sijasta"
- ajuc 15y agoYeah. In Slavic languages it's similiar - it's all about post- and prefixes. Each verb has like 15 or more versions, which to use depends on tense, how many people are performing action, are there any males in that group, is the subject of the action human, was the action finished (or will it be finished), etc. It's all included into each verb. Example in Polish: "Policzyłyście długopisy?" means "Have you (more than one person, no males in the group) finished counting pens?" If you started counting, but then something interrupted you, and there were some males in the group (and you feel it needs to be pointed out), you can just answer with "Liczyliśmy", and the whole meaning is preserved :)
- nathell 15y agoCorrection: the number of verb forms in Polish can exceed a hundred. Cf. http://www.sjp.pl/gra%C4%87 http://www.sjp.pl/gra%C4%87 which lists 102 forms for a random verb (GRAĆ 'to play').
- ajuc 15y agoMany of these are not verbs but adjectives etc. Still, I stand corrected - there are much more verb forms than I thought :)