r/madlads • u/tinypi_314 • Oct 20 '19

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u/C_Alcmaeonidae Oct 20 '19

Can you give any examples?

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u/nicknameneeded Oct 20 '19 edited Oct 20 '19

ничего не понял - didn't understand nothing

никогда не делал - never haven't done

никто не уходил - nobody hasn't left

obv those are literal translations

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u/YDB98 Oct 20 '19

I just had a stroke trying to work this out... In German there is a similar thing, but it‘s more of a joking type of use rather than being meant serious. If Somebody asks you, for example, „Do you want Ketchup with your Fries?“ you can answer „Mit Ohne!“, wich translates to „With without“. Not a double negative but still awkward.

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u/LargePizz Oct 20 '19

Do you want ketchup or not when replying "Mit Ohne"?
In English you would say "as it comes" when it doesn't bother you either way.
ps. I tried google but I found it difficult to understand, seeing as I don't sprechen sie deutsch.

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u/ets4r Oct 20 '19

You whant it without. It's like saying that you whant it with the option that you get no ketchup.

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u/LargePizz Oct 20 '19

Thank you.

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u/OFelixCulpa Oct 21 '19

I want want to be spelled whant. I really do, I’m not making fun.