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    So you can specify time with perfect, like in...

    So you can specify time with perfect, like in German. Would it be correct to say that the imperfect form is "too literate" in modern Dutch and most of the times you would use the perfect form? Are...
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    What language, really? Those words are completely...

    What language, really? Those words are completely innocent. I think them a lot less offensive than your everlasting "shite".



    Like I said, Russian has that and lots more. Стукнуть - пристукнуть...
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    I understood you perfectly well. For Spanish,...

    I understood you perfectly well. For Spanish, have a look here: http://spanish.about.com/library/weekly/aa061202a.htm

    You can't add a diminutive to a Spanish verb, though.



    It was a remark...
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    Spanish, and, above all, Hungarian....

    Spanish, and, above all, Hungarian. Agglutinations galore.
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    That does not answer my question. The...

    That does not answer my question. The "yesterday/gestern" part was important (temporal specification as I said). Anyway, in your original "difficult" Dutch example, you used simple past/imperfect,...
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    BTW, do you guys confirm that Dutch is OK with...

    BTW, do you guys confirm that Dutch is OK with simple past/imperfect where German would use present perfect almost exclusively? Is it like English in this regard, where "perfect" does communicate a...
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    Aber (= maar, as Japser said) can ( = kan) you (...

    Aber (= maar, as Japser said) can ( = kan) you ( = je, sounds like it) dit ( = this ) verstehen ( = verstaan)?

    "But can you understand this?"



    This ( = dit) is ( = is ) well ( = wel )...
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    Now, you must admit that double negation is cool....

    Now, you must admit that double negation is cool. You do it Russian, anyway. :-)
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