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In German, the verb comes at the end of the sentence, so the listener may not know the sentence's meaning until reaching the verb.
swyx · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026
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“also like let's say german like you know subject object agreements you have to put the verb at the end which is very super annoying like very famously”Play from 1:30:22Report a misattribution
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