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Ever heard an Afrikaans speaker say "Ek praat nie Afrikaans nie" and wondered about that extra "nie"? This seemingly redundant…
In Russian, "My brother is a doctor" becomes "Мой брат – врач" (My brother – doctor). This isn't a mistake…
Ever wonder why an Italian speaker says "Vado al cinema" instead of "Io vado al cinema"? This linguistic magic trick…
Ever wondered why Japanese speakers say "box in" instead of "in the box"? This seemingly small difference is no accident;…
Ever wonder why you can't scramble an English sentence, but you can in languages like Latin or Russian? This analysis…
Ever felt like you're waiting for the punchline of a sentence? In languages like Japanese, German, and Hindi, that's the…
Ever wonder why you can say "Piove" in Italian for "It's raining", but "Is raining" is wrong in English? This…
In languages like English, you 'have' a book. But in Russian, Irish, or Turkish, you would say "to me there…
Ever wonder how your smart assistant untangles a complex question or how machine translation works so well? It's not magic;…
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