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[-] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Woopsie! That's what 7 years of Dutch grammar does to you.

[-] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

EDIT: Woops, got confused myself

The plural -s in Dutch only gets an apostrophe if the stem word ends on an open vowel. So it's cavia-cavia's on the one hand, but kikker-kikkers on the other (and la[de]-lades). So even in Dutch this'd be incorrect ;)

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 6 hours ago

Mine is capitalising everything because of German.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 54 minutes ago

Not Everything, just Nouns.

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

At least German is consistent, unlike English where every so-called "rule" nearly has more exceptions than places it applies. As a native speaker I'm always amazed that anyone manages to learn our train wreck of a language.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago

Same. We should all collectively abandon ship and just learn Esperanto or something.

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