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That withstanding, surely having the user select what their target language is, would help with processing and accuracy? It's a one time lift for the user, and would ensure I'm definitely getting back my target language, not a dialect or totally different (norwegian/swedish come to mind immediately)
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Yeah groceries is "shopping" "walking the strip and dreaming of buying random clothing" is " window shopping"
In Swedish, shopping has been loaned to mean window shopping. Buying groceries is commonly called att handla .
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If a European language gained a new everyday word in the last fifty years, there’s a solid chance that it’s a loan word from English. A little odd to learn a “foreign” language filled with that stuff.
With Scandinavian languages it went full circle, there are lots of everyday English words stemming from old Norse :)
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> And the suggestion of "Jeg vil gerne handle i morgen" for "Jeg vil gerne go shopping i morgen", instead reads to me as "I would like to act tomorrow". A more idiomatic translation would be "Jeg vil gerne købe ind i morgen". It's a little better, but I would never expect anyone to translate "shopping" to "købe ind". "købe ind" is about getting groceries for the week, shopping is about walking the strip and dreaming…
If a European language gained a new everyday word in the last fifty years, there’s a solid chance that it’s a loan word from English. A little odd to learn a “foreign” language filled with that stuff.
Just to say it's not uncommon at all to have languages influence each other.
[1]: https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/why-english-doesnt-use...
First, I applaud you building something and encourage it. Next, I want to say I don’t understand these llm “apps”. I tried this in ChatGPT with the minimal prompt (that you can keyboard shortcut) “fill in curly” and it gave me exactly the correct full sentence plus even better alternatives. Why would I use a separate app? In general why would I use any of these separate apps vs my included ChatGPT that I’ll have a bu…
I imagine once this app becomes more mature, it'll have more options and functionality around its specific use-case, and tailored UX. ChatGPT just has a text input and output. They can't build ChatGPT to have the perfect UX for every single eventuality. TLDR - UX, convenience, and ease of use.
I will try also that, it seems a good idea.
And good luck with your Danish learning journey :)
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Correct. So, you can emphasize your new identity as an "emigrant from A" or as an "immigrant to B." "Expat" goes one step further by not only emphasizing that you are an emigrant from A, but also that you are no longer a political participant or under the authority of A. It is not semantically incorrect to call yourself an "expat" if you are an expat, nor would it be semantically incorrect to call yourself an emigran…
You’re not going to find an answer to this by parsing out the technical definitions of the words. It’s about how the words are used and the connotations they have developed over time.