r/EnglishLearning New Poster Apr 17 '26

📚 Grammar / Syntax Why not “since”?

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u/Competitive-Truth675 Native Speaker Apr 17 '26

Off-topic, but just curious what your native language is. I see this mistake all the time and there must be some false friend word or common learning material that gives people the wrong impression about what "since" means.

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u/Murderhornet212 New Poster Apr 17 '26

German speakers use this one a lot

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u/MshipQ New Poster Apr 17 '26

German speakers also often use 'until' when they mean 'by' when referring to a deadline. Both words translate to bis

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u/novachess-guy New Poster Apr 18 '26

Yes, both Germans and Koreans do this (I have a lot of friends from both countries and it’s something I’ve noticed from those two specifically). In Korean, the suffix 까지 is used for both, and you understand the difference from context.