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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoWhy does Foto’s have an apostrophe?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI’m not an expert but probably because it’s Dutch
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoNiet omdat het moet, maar omdat het kan
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago100 hours learning Dutch in duolingo and I still had to go look this up. /smh Don’t let it go, but let it go Is that about right?
minus-squareNicoleism101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoFuck duolingo, if I ever see that bird again I am going to be jailed for animal abuse
minus-squareCabslock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoNo, it roughly translates to Not because i have to, but because I can
minus-squareScribbd@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAnd the intonation matches: doing stuff for the fun of it.
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey don’t give you the fun local saying we have here.
minus-squareLucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI think my favorite one my Dutch buddy told me about was “Helaas pindakaas.” If not that, I also love the insult “droplul.”
minus-squarenukul4r@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoPlural of words ending with a vowel (except “e”) uses the apostrophe.
minus-squareSanderTuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoOnly if it’s a short ‘e’, if the pronunciation is long, you do use an apostrophe.
Why does Foto’s have an apostrophe?
I’m not an expert but probably because it’s Dutch
Niet omdat het moet, maar omdat het kan
100 hours learning Dutch in duolingo and I still had to go look this up. /smh
Is that about right?
Fuck duolingo, if I ever see that bird again I am going to be jailed for animal abuse
No, it roughly translates to
And the intonation matches: doing stuff for the fun of it.
Why nut?
They don’t give you the fun local saying we have here.
I think my favorite one my Dutch buddy told me about was “Helaas pindakaas.” If not that, I also love the insult “droplul.”
Plural of words ending with a vowel (except “e”) uses the apostrophe.
Gotcha, makes sense
Only if it’s a short ‘e’, if the pronunciation is long, you do use an apostrophe.