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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you speak a language that has a formal 'you', when do you use it?
5·4 months agoIn ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada): ನೀನು (neenu) is the informal you and ನೀವು (neevu) is the formal you.
Pretty much all verbs can be conjugated into formal and informal variants with varying levels of respect indicated. And a ton of words have spoken and written variants - but let’s not get into that now.
Ex for verbs:
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“go”
- ಹೋಗಿ: hogi, gender neutral formal
- ಹೋಗು: hogu, gender neutral informal
- ಹೋಗೋ: hogo, male informal less respectful
- ಹೋಗೋಲೋ: hogolo, male disrespectful , almost like “fuck off dude”
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“stand up” is ನಿಂತುಕೊ (ninthuko, informal) or ನಿಂತುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ (ninthukolli, formal) etc.
Where I’m from, we use the formal variants when talking to pretty much anyone. The informal version is mostly used if you’re talking to friends, toddlers, or cousins (of your own age). The other use case for the informal versions is if you want to insult someone without swearing at them or using the completely disrespectful variants.
Rules change from one city to the next though, and there are regions where using the informal variants is the norm. This leads to some extremely confusing situations - the first time my girl friend met my parents, she addressed them using the informal you and they were shocked (till I jumped in and clarified) as they thought she was dissing them, but it’s just how people spoke in the city where she grew up. 🤷♂️
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overcast5348@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•How medical insurance worksEnglish
1·1 year agoYes. Hence the rest of my comment. I should’ve probably put a “/s” at the end. :)
overcast5348@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•How medical insurance worksEnglish
2·1 year agoWe could have markets run the hospitals but heaven forbid people would consent to their economic interactions.
“Hello! My mother is clutching her chest. She may be having a heart attack. Could you please email me an estimate for the treatment? I’m talking to two other car dealers, and I’ve read all the posts about the 4 square method online, I’m on to your tricks.”
overcast5348@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•How medical insurance worksEnglish
194·1 year agoYou do need some checks and balances because what’s to stop a hospital from profiting off the insurance companies by asking for a CT scan/whatever of every single patient just because they can.
I suppose we could have the government run the hospitals too. But noooooo, that’s never going to work out because communism or something.
Maybe we should try effective altruism and accelerationism instead? Let’s just hand over all our money to a few tech bros and then we can go beg them to pay for the scans. And if they don’t pay for it, surely someone will come up with a cheaper technology to do the same. Yes, that’ll definitely work.
overcast5348@lemmy.worldOPtoHome Improvement@lemmy.world•How to fix this glass that is no longer in place?
6·1 year agoNope, there’s no screw or anything mechanical holding it in place.
Thank you for the advice.
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News@lemmy.world•EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it
121·1 year agoSolar, wind, and nuclear energy: are we a joke to you?
I had to get a new battery for my OP6T after using it for over 5 years - exclusively charging it using the fast charger. I’m sure that I can get another 3 years out of this phone, at the very least.
The battery + replacement service fee was around 40 USD.
I don’t expect much more from the battery TBH.
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Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube has found a new way to load ads | AdGuard BlogEnglish
61·1 year agoThe ads come at different entry and exit points for every user.
They’re not referring to the YouTube ads, but the “let’s take a minute to talk about today’s sponsor nordvpn that I used on my trip to Antarctica.” This is a part of the video file itself, and it starts and ends at the same time for all users.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How serious are you guys when you talk about punching nazis?
91·1 year agosolely for being nazis
At what point do you think it’s okay to punch a nazi?
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without?
1·1 year agoI just checked out fWallet and it doesn’t support importing random PDFs so that’s a huge downside to me since a lot of events I attend only send a PDF with barcodes/QR codes.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are the best resources for getting started with hands-on electronics and robotics?
2·1 year agoAwesome, thanks!
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are the best resources for getting started with hands-on electronics and robotics?
2·1 year agoWhere does something like “use a DC motor to build a tiny little fan” stand, in terms of safety?
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are the best resources for getting started with hands-on electronics and robotics?
3·1 year agoThanks, fire safety concerns have definitely played a major role in why I haven’t actually started building stuff. I’ll keep this in mind.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are the best resources for getting started with hands-on electronics and robotics?
4·1 year agoWhat you said makes sense. To provide context for why I am/was looking for the exact opposite –
I have a long string of failed hobbies and junk accumulated from all the stuff I’ve bought for them. I carry a ton of guilt because of this.
I guess I’m too hesitant to buy parts and have them lying around if I don’t end up using them all if I abandon this too. That’s the reason why I was hoping to buy a fixed set of parts for specific projects so that way I can at least convince myself that I used it all at least once.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are the best resources for getting started with hands-on electronics and robotics?
3·1 year agoThanks for the helpful links. :)


Why can’t you just use a butterfly to manipulate bits like a normal adult?
Kids these days with their fancy pants editors. SMH.