SubArcticTundra is Czech though, and we use “s” for “with”. It’s a bit of a homonym but most people don’t struggle with s/z prepositions, the s-/z- prefixes are more problematic: you’ll see lots of people write “shlédnout” (look down) in place of “zhlédnout” (view, as in video or movie) even though “zhlédnutí” (views) is right there in YouTube’s UI.
Correct, but the hardening of written “s” into a spoken “z” is about equally common. Then, some words have the “vz-” prefix, which some mix up with “s-” or “z-” too, and even “zvláštní” (means “strange” and has no prefix) gets misread as “vzláštní” extremely often.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 month ago
SubArcticTundra is Czech though, and we use “s” for “with”. It’s a bit of a homonym but most people don’t struggle with s/z prepositions, the s-/z- prefixes are more problematic: you’ll see lots of people write “shlédnout” (look down) in place of “zhlédnout” (view, as in video or movie) even though “zhlédnutí” (views) is right there in YouTube’s UI.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
You are right but the meme was of 2v4u and in polish
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I see. I assume the confusion comes from the z being softened to a voiceless fricative depending on the surrounding sounds?
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 month ago
Correct, but the hardening of written “s” into a spoken “z” is about equally common. Then, some words have the “vz-” prefix, which some mix up with “s-” or “z-” too, and even “zvláštní” (means “strange” and has no prefix) gets misread as “vzláštní” extremely often.
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Interesting. Thanks for the insight. I’m a bit of a hobby linguist.