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minus-squaremundane@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days ago“The end” would be “slutet”. “Slut” is just “end”.
minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoAnd it could also be “stop” or “stop it”.
minus-squarepmk@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoIn norwegian? In swedish that would be “sluta”.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoSluta would be the infinitive, right? And I think, the imperative has no separate form anymore but in Norwegian it might have survived
minus-squarepmk@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI don’t know the terminology in grammar, but if I were to translate “to stop” to swedish it would be “att sluta”, and “stop it!” would be “sluta!”
minus-squareMiisha@lemmy.blahaj.zonedeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoForgive me father, for I have slutet 🙏 Jokes on you (me), I grew up without a dad, which I think makes this slightly funnier… …or really, really sad
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoIf you turn a noun into a past participle verb like that, it would mean something like “forgive me father, I have brought about the end” There’s a joke in there, I think you’ve got to lean harder on the wordplay
“The end” would be “slutet”. “Slut” is just “end”.
And it could also be “stop” or “stop it”.
In norwegian? In swedish that would be “sluta”.
Sluta would be the infinitive, right? And I think, the imperative has no separate form anymore but in Norwegian it might have survived
I don’t know the terminology in grammar, but if I were to translate “to stop” to swedish it would be “att sluta”, and “stop it!” would be “sluta!”
Which end?
Forgive me father, for I have slutet 🙏
Jokes on you (me), I grew up without a dad, which I think makes this slightly funnier…
…or really, really sad
If you turn a noun into a past participle verb like that, it would mean something like “forgive me father, I have brought about the end”
There’s a joke in there, I think you’ve got to lean harder on the wordplay