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FinnCel
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It is short for pronoun drop langauge.
English is a non pro-drop language.
In English, you always have to specify the subject of the sentence.
It rains
What is this "it" you are referring to? It is embedded in English grammar.
In Finnish, Spanish, Japanese, you can drop the words for "I, you he, we, y'all, they". In Japanese, you know the person doing the action based on the context but Spanish And Finnish have verbs that morph based on the person doing the action.
Mennä (to go)
Minä menen = I go
Sinä menet = you go
Hän menee = He/she goes
Me menemme = we go
Te menette = y'all go
He menevät = they go
Mennään = (in passive) go
It is completely unnecessary to say the pronouns in Finnish. Saying the pronoun just makes it sound more formal (at least to my ears).
So instead of saying "Minä menen kauppaan (I'll go to shop)", I can drop the "minä" and just say "menen kauppaan (I'll go to shop)"
Oh, and Finnish nouns also modify to show its grammatical relationsip to other words. So no seperate words like "to", "from", "at" in Finnish because it is always part of the word.
So in Finnish, to say "it rains", you say "sataa (literally 'rains')".
What pro-drop langauge do you speak?
English is a non pro-drop language.
In English, you always have to specify the subject of the sentence.
It rains
What is this "it" you are referring to? It is embedded in English grammar.
In Finnish, Spanish, Japanese, you can drop the words for "I, you he, we, y'all, they". In Japanese, you know the person doing the action based on the context but Spanish And Finnish have verbs that morph based on the person doing the action.
Mennä (to go)
Minä menen = I go
Sinä menet = you go
Hän menee = He/she goes
Me menemme = we go
Te menette = y'all go
He menevät = they go
Mennään = (in passive) go
It is completely unnecessary to say the pronouns in Finnish. Saying the pronoun just makes it sound more formal (at least to my ears).
So instead of saying "Minä menen kauppaan (I'll go to shop)", I can drop the "minä" and just say "menen kauppaan (I'll go to shop)"
Oh, and Finnish nouns also modify to show its grammatical relationsip to other words. So no seperate words like "to", "from", "at" in Finnish because it is always part of the word.
So in Finnish, to say "it rains", you say "sataa (literally 'rains')".
What pro-drop langauge do you speak?
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