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"There are very few differences between German and English," While English is, more or less, a simplified version of German I still would not agree to your sta
by tiatia 11y ago
"There are very few differences between German and English,"
While English is, more or less, a simplified version of German I still would not agree to your statement.
English has no declension (a simplification of a grammar).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declension http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declension
In German it does not make a difference if you say "Dog bites Man" or "Man bites Dog". The word order is very flexible and it is always clear who bites whom. This is a major difference in a language.
- r00fus 11y agoThe lack of grammatical genders in English is also a significant difference from German, IMHO. It's interesting that of the largest economies in the world, the non-grammatical-gender languages seem to reign supreme (English, Chinese, Japanese).
- agumonkey 11y agoInteresting but not surprising, lower barrier of entry, network effect.
- tiatia 11y ago"the non-grammatical-gender languages seem to reign supreme " Hm. Seems like bullship. Portuguese? (Brazil) Russian? I suspect Indian (Hindi) might have genders too. German is not a tiny Economy by the way.
- r00fus 11y agoTop 3 are all genderless and, combined, vastly outsize the remaining 7 on the top 10.