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Even outside the confines of the English language "at what cost" follows me. (hexbear.net)
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I have a YouTube account that I use only for Spanish language videos (to help learn Spanish), and saw this. Translates to: "China is already living in 2050 but, at what cost? This is Shenzhen, the city of the future."

I really need to get started learning Mandarin and hope to god "at what cost" isn't a thing there too

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

English is weird because even though it is a Germanic language it has such a huge lexicon borrowed from Romance languages which can definitely help when learning one from the other. But yeah beyond that they are very different.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

English is a bastardized language. It has everything. Just like the British Museum.