insane that english doesnt have a verb for “nascere” other than .. being born? kinda? idk it s not the same . ass backwards language
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elizabeth worm🔅
lizzie@brain.worm.pink
@fiore trying to wrap my head around when one would use this is hurting my brain
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Big Shallot 
tisanae@brain.worm.pink
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gatita con frijoles 
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@lizzie iys INSANE how language shapes how un think . craaazy
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In Spanish we have the cognate "nacer" but that IS just "to be born" as a verb, what connotations does nascere have?
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@AppleAmps same , its just . it fits different into a phrase, its active instead of passive
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Oh, I guess that makes sense.
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@AppleAmps u cant rlly say “io nasco” in English without double backflipping the language onto itself
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@AppleAmps scratch that , u straight up cant say it ! u HAVE to go with “X births me” and even that is weird
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I mean if it's present continuous or whatever couldn't you say "I am being born"?
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Point taken though, it's interesting how in English being born is something that happens to you whereas in romance languages it's something you *do*.
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One could try to make a link between this and Protestant vs Catholic conceptions of the family but I'm not smart enough for that
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elizabeth worm🔅
lizzie@brain.worm.pink
@fiore @AppleAmps i mean x gives birth to me? actually what the fuck why would yoy say that though
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@AppleAmps yea but id translate that into “sto nascendo”, not “nasco”
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@lizzie @AppleAmps imean fair but also the point os just . that thats sort of inexpressible in English, thats weird??
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私が夫に死なれた
watashi ga otto ni shinareta
"my husband died", but this is in passive, so if you mangle it into how English expresses passive it becomes "my husband died me". This is perfectly acceptable in Japanese.
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@nagirin U GOTTA RESORT TO METAPHORS THATS CRAAAAZY
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@nagirin same in Italian!! “mi è morto il marito”
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@fiore the verb is be and then you add born to the end
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It's like saying a language from a place that never has snow means people who speak it can't convieve of snow, that's obviously wrong
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@nagirin yea fair but like . idk its just sucj a simple construct in other languages!
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@nagirin yeaaaa but idk i stumbled onto this !
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