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It’s actually also indicative of German! (and I would assume a few other languages?) “Ich bin seit zwei Tagen hier.”
by raphael_l 2y ago
It’s actually also indicative of German! (and I would assume a few other languages?)
“Ich bin seit zwei Tagen hier.”
- OJFord 2y agoHindi too, maiñ do din se yahāñ hūñ. I wouldn't be surprised if it were most languages really, English 'for' seems the weirder construction.
- ninalanyon 2y agoYou could use it in English too so long as you add 'ago' on the end. "Since two days" makes no sense in English because "since" refers to a point in time not a duration.
- OJFord 2y agoThat still doesn't sound natural to me. You could answer 'since when' with 'two days ago', but declaring it as a statement I'd say 'for the last two days' or 'since the day before yesterday'. You could get away with it in speech since it sounds like 'since.. [thinking] two days ago' and it's acceptable to change construction like that in casual speech, but written it doesn't seem right to me.
- selimthegrim 2y agoCould also be do din tak but that implies you’re about to take off
- dizhn 2y agoDo you notice an increase in this usage lately? I see it a lot on reddit and hn. All romance languages probably have it by the way. I know Italian does for sure.