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minus-squaremargaritox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoEnglish can do that too, but it’s not really a “proper” way of doing it. The proper way would be to say “is that food?” There are languages where the only way to pose a question is to change the intonation.
minus-squareLittleborat@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBut doesn’t the intonation simply go up in the end? So it’s good enough to stumble over the ? in the end.
minus-squaremargaritox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI honestly haven’t paid attention where it starts going up. But I always thought that doing the two “?”s in Spanish was pretty clever for that reason.
English can do that too, but it’s not really a “proper” way of doing it. The proper way would be to say “is that food?”
There are languages where the only way to pose a question is to change the intonation.
But doesn’t the intonation simply go up in the end? So it’s good enough to stumble over the ? in the end.
I honestly haven’t paid attention where it starts going up. But I always thought that doing the two “?”s in Spanish was pretty clever for that reason.