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by Jakob
169 days ago
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And recently even dropping the negation itself while keeping the meaning: “je sais pas” I never thought about that. Interesting. This negation related cycle is apparently called Jespersen’s cycle and happens in many languages. The English equivalent I say not -> I “do” not say -> I don’t say. -> ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen%27s_cycle |
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