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In my experience it's the vocabulary. Sometimes it feels like for every word like "Hand" that's easy to recognize there's a dozen like "Ausbildung" that aren't.
by xhevahir 3y ago
In my experience it's the vocabulary. Sometimes it feels like for every word like "Hand" that's easy to recognize there's a dozen like "Ausbildung" that aren't. (For comparison, the French word for Ausbildung is "éducation.")
- notahacker 3y agoThe Latin language borrowings tend to be closer to the European versions orthographically, to the point where you can understand the general intent of a lot of notices even without speaking a word. Common German words like Leben and Mutter and Fuß might be derived from the same root as English words but you'd never guess based on how much evolution has happened in the language since. Conversely a lot of English words are so close to Romance language equivalents that if you're struggling for vocabulary there's a decent sized chance that an approximately similar Latin-derived English word with local pronunciation (and appropriate conjugation) will be understood.