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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 months agoWhy does Foto’s have an apostrophe?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88·6 months agoI’m not an expert but probably because it’s Dutch
minus-squarenukul4r@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·6 months agoPlural of words ending with a vowel (except “e”) uses the apostrophe.
minus-squareSanderTuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoOnly if it’s a short ‘e’, if the pronunciation is long, you do use an apostrophe.
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoNiet omdat het moet, maar omdat het kan
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 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-squareCabslock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoNo, it roughly translates to Not because i have to, but because I can
minus-squareScribbd@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoAnd the intonation matches: doing stuff for the fun of it.
minus-squareNicoleism101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 months agoFuck duolingo, if I ever see that bird again I am going to jail for animal abuse
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThey don’t give you the fun local saying we have here.
minus-squareLucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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-squarejohsny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoNie omdat ek moet, maar omdat ek kan.
Why does Foto’s have an apostrophe?
I’m not an expert but probably because it’s Dutch
Plural of words ending with a vowel (except “e”) uses the apostrophe.
Only if it’s a short ‘e’, if the pronunciation is long, you do use an apostrophe.
Gotcha, makes sense
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?
No, it roughly translates to
And the intonation matches: doing stuff for the fun of it.
Why nut?
Fuck duolingo, if I ever see that bird again I am going to jail for animal abuse
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.”
Nie omdat ek moet, maar omdat ek kan.