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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·9 days agoWhy does Foto’s have an apostrophe?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up103·9 days agoI’m not an expert but probably because it’s Dutch
minus-squarenukul4r@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 days agoPlural of words ending with a vowel (except “e”) uses the apostrophe.
minus-squareSanderTuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoOnly if it’s a short ‘e’, if the pronunciation is long, you do use an apostrophe.
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 days agoNiet omdat het moet, maar omdat het kan
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days 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-up20·9 days agoNo, it roughly translates to Not because i have to, but because I can
minus-squareScribbd@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoAnd the intonation matches: doing stuff for the fun of it.
minus-squareNicoleism101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 days agoFuck duolingo, if I ever see that bird again I am going to jail for animal abuse
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoThey don’t give you the fun local saying we have here.
minus-squareLucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoI think my favorite one my Dutch buddy told me about was “Helaas pindakaas.” If not that, I also love the insult “droplul.”
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.”