The Picard Maneuver to Data is [email protected]English • 21 days agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1531
arrow-up1531imageIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to Data is [email protected]English • 21 days agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•19 days agoI feel like the multitude of tenses in French help with being more precise.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•19 days agoThe tenses don’t add precision, IMO. There is a plural them instead of him/her but it sounds the same as the singular him/her. There is a plural you that sounds different, but there is also a polite singular you that is the plural you.
I feel like the multitude of tenses in French help with being more precise.
The tenses don’t add precision, IMO. There is a plural them instead of him/her but it sounds the same as the singular him/her. There is a plural you that sounds different, but there is also a polite singular you that is the plural you.