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minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 days agoit doesn’t really use article at all. it’s highly cased, the cases and inflection do all the work.
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 days agoEnglish has strict word order and all these stupid helper words, how is that simpler?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoBy being the devil we know, I guess? 🤷🏻
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoLol. English is the opposite of simple.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoOk, it is relatively simple to learn for the indogerman family. And looks like, for chinese/korean/japanese as well.
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoThe case are quite complicated, yes. But not having articles is way simpler. And I can’t say it ever caused confusion growing up.
it doesn’t really use article at all.
it’s highly cased, the cases and inflection do all the work.
That doesn’t sound more simple.
English has strict word order and all these stupid helper words, how is that simpler?
By being the devil we know, I guess? 🤷🏻
Lol. English is the opposite of simple.
Ok, it is relatively simple to learn for the indogerman family. And looks like, for chinese/korean/japanese as well.
The case are quite complicated, yes. But not having articles is way simpler. And I can’t say it ever caused confusion growing up.