I know for example, Mandarin (Chinese) has it like from this sentence: 我睡了八個小時 (I slept for 8 hours), the hanzi: 覺 is omitted in this sentence because 睡 is already a word with its own meaning “sleep” which in itself conveys the meaning of the verb. There are “Euro” languages where separable verbs exist such as Dutch or German for example. Is there an equivalent of that in the English language though?

  • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I come from Boston.my regional dialect is the mockery of the nation. my mom has a boston accent, all people is think she’s a stupid idiot for the way she speaks, and mock her behind her back for it. People tell me how educated and smart I am because I don’t have it.

    You don’t seem to live in the real world. Nobody celebrates regional dialects so much as they run from them because they understand how they will economically ruin you if you don’t unlearn them. They make for nice characters on TV, but in the real world you won’t get hired if you talk weird and regional dialects are considered a characteristic of the poor and impoverished, not the successful and educated.

    • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If you’re sensitive about how people judge you based on your accent and regional dialect, I feel that advocating that we treat people who speak nonstandard forms of english or in regional dialects, even on fedi, is a more productive way to get the treatment from others you want.

      • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        dude, these are facts of life.

        i’m glad you didn’t have to learn them. some of us do. including my german host family who lectured me on their issues with having to suppress their own native dialect to have better economic opportunity for themselves. Including the fact they hired a language coach for their own children.

        You can be all high minded you want about it, but the fact is your chances of having a decent-paying or high-paying career are very low unless you speak the standard version of your language.Some of us live in the real world with real world consequences for our actions. We don’t get it sit around and day dream about the revolution, like so many on fedi love to do.