tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post5733536208605273359..comments2024-03-25T17:27:38.456+01:00Comments on Itchy Feet: the Travel and Language Comic: Listen CarefullyMalachi Ray Rempenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-55081157208654773112019-05-18T09:42:28.545+02:002019-05-18T09:42:28.545+02:00Korean and Turkish are similar in syntax and we ha...Korean and Turkish are similar in syntax and we have the conjugated verb at the end of the sentence. We even skip the subject if not necessary because it's in the conjugation like in Spanish, so you have to wait until the end to understand the action :)) <br />Sedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331200355446525740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-75752112360072727102015-02-08T15:40:41.291+01:002015-02-08T15:40:41.291+01:00Yeah someday I'll do a comic about those pesky...Yeah someday I'll do a comic about those pesky trennbar verbs...Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-46032264456016184032015-02-08T13:58:02.926+01:002015-02-08T13:58:02.926+01:00In Japanese it's also like this, except it'...In Japanese it's also like this, except it's not "usually", it's "always". :p<br />The funny thing is, I never thought for one second that Japanese grammar was "weird" when I was learning it, but since I've recently taken up German this feature constantly bugs me. It may be because I've come to get used to Japanese, or that I subconsciously "expect" German to behave more like English, or because German also have that split verb thing?<br /><br />"I have to vite you and your cousin to my party on Wednesday evening in our lovely house in Hamburg in!"Shihchuanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653688333769293251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-49177393288794731812014-01-26T18:14:38.915+01:002014-01-26T18:14:38.915+01:00Good to know! Maybe my German will prepare me for ...Good to know! Maybe my German will prepare me for the backwards talking...Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-48187825710310766752014-01-25T17:35:11.791+01:002014-01-25T17:35:11.791+01:00LOVE this...and Korean syntax like this often also...LOVE this...and Korean syntax like this often also is!J. Cyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052975275777310475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-70071243854938443212013-12-27T21:32:00.411+01:002013-12-27T21:32:00.411+01:00Agree with you, the council doesAgree with you, the council doesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-30053647112577141892013-12-27T10:30:51.120+01:002013-12-27T10:30:51.120+01:00I agree, that they difficult in English to build a...I agree, that they difficult in English to build are! Like Yoda now, do we talk!Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-60169374193179266592013-12-27T05:48:52.443+01:002013-12-27T05:48:52.443+01:00In Dutch do we this also, it is the only way to yo...In Dutch do we this also, it is the only way to your sentence logicly up to build :-) (wow, it was suprisingly hard to create that monster)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-45925405669449039562013-11-05T14:58:52.428+01:002013-11-05T14:58:52.428+01:00To add to what Johannes has said, I took a convers...To add to what Johannes has said, I took a conversation analysis class once and learned that German speakers interrupt other speakers less frequently than French or English speakers precisely because they have to keep listening to hear what is actually being said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-50119317567546473512013-10-30T22:53:16.989+01:002013-10-30T22:53:16.989+01:00You surely don't know Volker Pispers.You surely don't know Volker Pispers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-82069619785880062722013-10-07T10:28:21.657+02:002013-10-07T10:28:21.657+02:00Or maybe, German jokes just aren't funny, peri...Or maybe, German jokes just aren't funny, period.Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-46457555407209956122013-10-06T18:00:53.669+02:002013-10-06T18:00:53.669+02:00Yeah!!! My German teacher always use say that this...Yeah!!! My German teacher always use say that this rule is the reason why jokes are not funny. In German.krapulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125538673200370144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-63663284430591116612013-08-26T09:30:25.421+02:002013-08-26T09:30:25.421+02:00Hah! That's really interesting!Hah! That's really interesting!Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-34051465688462724682013-08-26T09:22:05.591+02:002013-08-26T09:22:05.591+02:00Fun anecdote: I did an internship in a French comp...Fun anecdote: I did an internship in a French company with German subsidiaries once. My boss told me that if orders are given in German, they are usually followed more precisely - he attributed it to the verb being at the very end of the sentence, so the workers had to listen to the full set of instructions and their context before knowing what they were supposed to do, as opposed to English or French in which the workers sometimes seemed to stop listening after the verb and miss important contextual information.Johanneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884088542392109077noreply@blogger.com