The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down114
arrow-up1515arrow-down1imageIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squaremtchristo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoI feel like the multitude of tenses in French help with being more precise.
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·22 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.