• TRock@feddit.dk
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    5 hours ago

    English is weird with that. Other languages have a separate word for friend and for partner

    • Tja@programming.dev
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      5 hours ago

      English doesn’t even have a word for person who you are engaged to be married to. Luckily French had two, so they shared.

    • DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz
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      Not German. But it’s usually differentiated by the use of possessive or no possessive.

      Mein Freundin = Partner

      Eine Freundin = Friend

      English is usually the same though.

      My girlfriend = Partner

      One of my girlfriends / a girlfriend = Friend