English: I broke the glass.
French: J’ai caissez le verre.
Spanish: El vaso se cayó y se rompió. (The glass fell and broke itself).
While French and Italian form the responsible, accountable sentence as do other Indo-European languages, Spanish holds over the Arabic passive “not me!” form.
When an infant learns its mother tongue from its mother, these things get programmed into its little behavioral microchips.
Northern Europe and Northern Asia have formed us well.
(from pelaut comments on - Works and Days » Reflections on Small Town American by Victor Davis Hanson.)
Language...the Lord said to let your yes be yes and to let your no be no...and to be accountable. That's the language of what is true and what is not. You think? - Linda
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