User blog comment:Akvii/Natlang vs. Conlang Discussion/@comment-1079052-20100428124059

Yes that is exacly why in many cases it is plausible with a word by word translation between english and other german langauge and it doesnt work between english and slavic

and lets not forget that is also the reason why germanic language speaker ahve easier with english grammar than others too, because its unrelated to them in structure