The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down114
arrow-up1518arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squaremtchristo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI feel like the multitude of tenses in French help with being more precise.
minus-squarehumanspirallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months 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.