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Conlangery #83: Conlanging through Translation

Conlangery Podcast

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I Must Beat Him to Teach Behavior

"I must beat him until he learns how to behave," is a word that means understand. In English, "teaching it something how to behave well" can mean anything from teaching the animal manners to just relaxing its language. To get at the meaning of words like this, you have to consider their history and use them in different ways than they would be if translated into English.

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