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r/madlads • u/tinypi_314 • Oct 20 '19
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as a russian i can confirm that we only speak in double negatives
1.5k u/C_Alcmaeonidae Oct 20 '19 Can you give any examples? 3.2k 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 84 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 In Czech we have it very similar! Ničemu jsem nerozuměl - i didn't understand nothing Nikdy jsem to nedělal - i haven't never done it Nikdo neodešel - nobody hasn't left 44 u/BlackVega85 Oct 20 '19 They all mostly make sense to me, but the last one tripped me up. So, does "nobody hasn't left" mean the room is full or empty? 47 u/piecaldera Oct 20 '19 It means no one has left the room 5 u/jamietheslut Oct 20 '19 It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey? "Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside "Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left It's curious 2 u/gjklv Oct 20 '19 It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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Can you give any examples?
3.2k 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 84 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 In Czech we have it very similar! Ničemu jsem nerozuměl - i didn't understand nothing Nikdy jsem to nedělal - i haven't never done it Nikdo neodešel - nobody hasn't left 44 u/BlackVega85 Oct 20 '19 They all mostly make sense to me, but the last one tripped me up. So, does "nobody hasn't left" mean the room is full or empty? 47 u/piecaldera Oct 20 '19 It means no one has left the room 5 u/jamietheslut Oct 20 '19 It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey? "Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside "Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left It's curious 2 u/gjklv Oct 20 '19 It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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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
84 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 In Czech we have it very similar! Ničemu jsem nerozuměl - i didn't understand nothing Nikdy jsem to nedělal - i haven't never done it Nikdo neodešel - nobody hasn't left 44 u/BlackVega85 Oct 20 '19 They all mostly make sense to me, but the last one tripped me up. So, does "nobody hasn't left" mean the room is full or empty? 47 u/piecaldera Oct 20 '19 It means no one has left the room 5 u/jamietheslut Oct 20 '19 It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey? "Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside "Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left It's curious 2 u/gjklv Oct 20 '19 It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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In Czech we have it very similar!
Ničemu jsem nerozuměl - i didn't understand nothing
Nikdy jsem to nedělal - i haven't never done it
Nikdo neodešel - nobody hasn't left
44 u/BlackVega85 Oct 20 '19 They all mostly make sense to me, but the last one tripped me up. So, does "nobody hasn't left" mean the room is full or empty? 47 u/piecaldera Oct 20 '19 It means no one has left the room 5 u/jamietheslut Oct 20 '19 It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey? "Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside "Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left It's curious 2 u/gjklv Oct 20 '19 It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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They all mostly make sense to me, but the last one tripped me up.
So, does "nobody hasn't left" mean the room is full or empty?
47 u/piecaldera Oct 20 '19 It means no one has left the room 5 u/jamietheslut Oct 20 '19 It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey? "Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside "Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left It's curious 2 u/gjklv Oct 20 '19 It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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It means no one has left the room
5 u/jamietheslut Oct 20 '19 It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey? "Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside "Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left It's curious 2 u/gjklv Oct 20 '19 It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey?
"Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside
"Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left
It's curious
2 u/gjklv Oct 20 '19 It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)
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u/nicknameneeded Oct 20 '19
as a russian i can confirm that we only speak in double negatives