minus-squarealdhissla@piefed.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What are the most confusing false friends from your language to another that are spelled exactly the same?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 day agoThe one that springs to mind is the German bekommen v the English to become. EN DE to become werden to get bekommen They are basically the same word and at one point might’ve meant the same. Now there is no common meaning. linkfedilink
minus-squarealdhissla@piefed.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What language do you guys speak?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoFluently? Hungarian, English, German, Romanian, and French, in that order. linkfedilink
The one that springs to mind is the German bekommen v the English to become.
They are basically the same word and at one point might’ve meant the same. Now there is no common meaning.