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linguoboy wrote:Yesterday I was at a thrift store with a Houston transplant
Osias wrote:Whatlinguoboy wrote:Yesterday I was at a thrift store with a Houston transplant
5. (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
Osias wrote::hmm:
Lur wrote:I always wonder, in languages that have morphology, if there's a particular reason of the human mind that causes considerably more morphology to exist in verbs than in nouns, and if there are natural languages were the reverse happens.
linguoboy wrote:Lur wrote:I always wonder, in languages that have morphology, if there's a particular reason of the human mind that causes considerably more morphology to exist in verbs than in nouns, and if there are natural languages were the reverse happens.
Isn't it just that there are more ways of characterising an action than an object?
(Although, having said that, I can think of languages with very robust derivational morphology relating to nouns.)
Lur wrote:But those actions can be characterized on the nouns.
linguoboy wrote:Lur wrote:But those actions can be characterized on the nouns.
Can you give me some examples?
linguoboy wrote:Lur wrote:But those actions can be characterized on the nouns.
Can you give me some examples?
księżycowy wrote:Yeah, I can't say I run across anyone using any of these terms anymore.
Question For Serbian Native Speakers: I was watching a video teaching Serbian and the guy said “never say the number 8 in front of a Serbian guy, I will not tell you why”. Does anyone care to explain ?
[EDIT-added the google translation of my inquiry in Serbian to communicate better with the natives: Pitanje za domaće govornike: Gledao sam video koji uči srpski, a momak je rekao: "Nikad ne reci broj 8 ispred jednog Srbina, neću ti reći zašto". može li itko objasniti na što je mislio?]
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Pergunta para palestrantes nativos sérvios: eu estava assistindo um vídeo ensinando sérvio e o cara disse “Nunca diga o número 8 na frente de uma cara sérvio, não vou te dizer por que”. alguém se importa de explicar?
[EDIT- adicionei o google Alemanha do meu inquérito em sérvio ela se comunica melhor com os nativos: pergunta para palestrantes domésticos: assisti o vídeo que ensina sérvio, e o cara disse: “Nunca diga o número 8 em frente a um sérvio, Eu digo por que”. alguém pode explicar o que ele quis dizer?]
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