Quote by Mark Twain

A verb has a hard enough time of it in this world when it is all together. It's downright inhuman to split it up. But that's what those Germans do. They take part of a verb and put it down here, like a stake, and they take the other part of it and put it a way over yonder like another stake, and between these two limits they just shovel in German.

A verb has a hard enough time of it in this world when it is

Summary

This quote highlights the complexity of the German language, particularly in the way it splits verbs into multiple parts. The speaker humorously implies that this makes it challenging for verbs to function and exist cohesively. By comparing the separation of verb parts to stakes placed at different locations, the quote suggests that the German language requires extra effort to understand and communicate effectively.

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