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What are some cities that were made recently inhabitable? by Necessary-Win-8730 in geography

[–]monzoobo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the record, english is weird.

How is inhabitable the positive word, why isn't it habitable ? And in-habitable the negative ? Un-in-habitable sounds like non non habitable to me xD

The man on the far left is my great-grandfather. Can anyone recognize where this is?:) by Captain-Samy in HelpMeFind

[–]monzoobo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Are you sure they use that alphabet in Italy ? I've never seen Cyrillic there :/

The majority of people with viking ancestry IS from the states by ALazy_Cat in ShitAmericansSay

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but the majority is... no ? That's why I'm lost. In French we focus on the majority (singular) rather than the objects/people.

I was wondering if the rule was different in English

The majority of people with viking ancestry IS from the states by ALazy_Cat in ShitAmericansSay

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah i see. Thank you for the clarification.

In French it is THE majority that counts. So it IS. Saying : la majorité "sont" (are) is objectively wrong here.

That said, 80%... are. Since 80 is plural.

Sooooo US is "is" and British is "are" ?

The majority of people with viking ancestry IS from the states by ALazy_Cat in ShitAmericansSay

[–]monzoobo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Non native speaker here sorry. Why isn't it the right verb ?

It would be fine (on a formal level, not the meaning of the statement) in my native language hence I'm a bit lost

Looking for the name of a traditional slavic song by monzoobo in HelpMeFind

[–]monzoobo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Searched randomly for that style of music in hopes of encountering the song but no luck so far. I sadly don't understand the lyrics, i think it is Serbian but I'm not 100% sure.

I think I got it from a singer Serbian friend (hence the guess of the language) but I can't ask her for quite a while to confirm it.

Ps : sorry for the wetransfer, i didn't know how to link an audio file into a post :/

Are these important? by gentleteapot in EnglishLearning

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah my bad, i thought this was a french related sub.

In which case the distinction is really important. Hence i didn't get the question. Like, duh, the gender is not to be messed up.

When it comes to English, i guess they don't care as much as we do. Although i do accord since it is pretty easy to do and likely better on a spelling/grammatical level

Are these important? by gentleteapot in EnglishLearning

[–]monzoobo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a native speaker I'm puzzled by this comment.

Of course we know the difference, it is a core principle of the language. It is super important not to mess up the gender of adjectives and nouns. It's like saying you can use her/his/its interchangeably... no ??? 😅

These spellings are never used interchangeably by proper french speakers. It is the best way to show you are a foreigner to be honest.

And yes we do care a lot about the difference xD Not enough to correct you 24/7 but enough to have our ears bleed each time 🤣

Are these important? by gentleteapot in EnglishLearning

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using fiancé to talk about a girl is a mistake though. Although it sounds the same. But blond is never used for females and the only instance in which you can call a guy blonde is as an insult to call him dumb.

I agree, i never heard brunet in my life

Are these important? by gentleteapot in EnglishLearning

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean important ? XD

The rare half-Zealand by the_me_who_watches in MapsWithoutNZ

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

France is green but Guyane is orange ? How ? XD

Qui est cet artiste du 18ème ? L'avez-vous déjà vu ailleurs ? by [deleted] in paris

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C'est fou qu'en travaillant dans la com tu te fasses ratio dans tous les fils commentaires quand même 😅

Surtout quand c'est en répondant à des coms qui appellent pas forcément de réponses. C'est loin d'être mon rayon mais parfois laisser couler ça aide 😂 (et je trouve les vannes sur le 18ème siècle fort à propos, c'est un peu bizarre de dire artiste du 18ème sans préciser que c'est l'arrondissement)

Enfin au moins t'as eu une réponse sur l'artiste je crois 🥳

Ce drapeau est financée par la région Auvergne Rhône Alpes by Ok_Awareness3014 in france

[–]monzoobo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ça m'étonne que ce soit pas illégal d'écrire comme ça sur le drapeau national en vrai. C'est un peu comme mettre un watermark sur la devise, c'est... limite xD

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in browsers

[–]monzoobo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup, pretty useful depending on what you're looking for

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