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French and German languages have Latin origins.

In Ukrainian it’s «дощить» (from “дощ” — rain) — the form of the word tells you its function in the sentence. Same happens in other Slavic languages: Polish, Belarusian, Slovakian.

Latin languages rely on the order of words to explain their function. So much so, English speakers don’t say “blue big ball” in German, time before place is mandated.

parent aka-rider 17 days ago

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