florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down16
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoFor anyone else who is curious but doesn’t already know “por qué” = “because”.
minus-squareSneezycat@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoPor qué means why. Porque means because ;)
minus-squareOka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoPor que? Porque. Por que?! Porque. ¡Te pregunto quién sale primero! (I don’t know spanish)
minus-squarecriticon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoé é é é é feel free to take as many as you need
minus-squareSneezycat@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoAnd that’s why we say “porque sí” and not just “porque”. It’d be so confusing! :P It’s confusing enough, we actually have 4 different forms: Porque (because) Por qué? (why?) (el) porqué: the reason why Por (el/la/lo) que: I don’t think this is used anymore without the article, but some linguist correct me please. Most people don’t know how to use the latter two, even I am still confused about the last one.
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThats what i get for using google translate. Thanks for correcting!
For anyone else who is curious but doesn’t already know “por qué” = “because”.
Por qué means why. Porque means because ;)
Por que?
Porque.
Por que?!
Porque.
¡Te pregunto quién sale primero!
(I don’t know spanish)
é é é é é feel free to take as many as you need
And that’s why we say “porque sí” and not just “porque”. It’d be so confusing! :P
It’s confusing enough, we actually have 4 different forms:
Porque (because)
Por qué? (why?)
(el) porqué: the reason why
Por (el/la/lo) que: I don’t think this is used anymore without the article, but some linguist correct me please.
Most people don’t know how to use the latter two, even I am still confused about the last one.
Thats what i get for using google translate.
Thanks for correcting!