#edit: okay yeah you can go with 'das wollen' and 'das brauchen' i guess but that doesn't sound/feel *right* | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

daughterofhecata · 2 years

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I started reading On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous a few days ago, and thinking about it and its language, I'm coming, once again, up against the confines and limits of my own language.

German does not have "want", does not have "need" - we have "to want" and "to need" as verbs, yes, but not as nouns, not as feelings.

#on earth we're briefly gorgeous #ocean vuong #language #german #german stuff #if i'm wrong and someone has a good translation *please* correct me #because both 'want' and 'need' are words i want for my own writing but i don't have the words to name them on paper #'lust' 'not' 'bedürfnis' none of the translations the internet offers me actually fit what i want to talk about #anyways #kaj rambles #i'm having a lot of emotions about this book and particularly about the language #can't wait to read some of his poetry #edit: okay yeah you can go with 'das wollen' and 'das brauchen' i guess but that doesn't sound/feel *right*

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