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nocturnus33 ([personal profile] nocturnus33) wrote2017-04-27 03:59 pm

English vs Spanish

I hate how bad I am with English verbs conjugations. I'd just need to remember I know how to conjugate them in Spanish, maybe I'd be less intimidated by them.

English vs Spanish verbs

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[personal profile] dhw 2017-04-30 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that's a lot of conjugations in Spanish - I'm afraid, as a language, it is more or less a complete mystery to me (I learnt German, French and Latin at school). I really ought to learn some Spanish - at least the basics - as it really is a rather shameful gap in my knowledge.
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[personal profile] dhw 2017-04-30 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't find German too bad (French was much worse), but I wonder whether or not it's because I can see the similarities between English and German. Not that there aren't any between English and French, but I just seem to be able to pick them up easier in German. Very odd.

The thing I find most confusing is gendered words. I mean, how do you know?!
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[personal profile] dhw 2017-04-30 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what my friend says, too! She's Galician, and I asked her about how you can tell whether something is male or female, and she just said that you kind of know. *headdesk*

I think that's one of the strangest things for me, since English doesn't really have that, so learning that things can be male, female (and sometimes neutral) is a bit mind-bending!
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[personal profile] dhw 2017-05-01 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's funny how many little quirks and whatnot each language has that seem strange to non-native speakers.

[identity profile] mywitch.livejournal.com 2017-04-27 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
oh for once English is the lesser of two evils! lol

[identity profile] mywitch.livejournal.com 2017-04-29 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I am grateful every day that I am a native speaker because English is full-on bonkers.
If you haven't seen this article - it is definitely worth a look LOL

21 Times Tumblr Proved English is the Worst Language Ever (https://www.buzzfeed.com/annaneyman/will-will-smith-smith?utm_term=.lyZPDPrey#.ciRaPaY6d)

Edited 2017-04-29 21:07 (UTC)
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[personal profile] delphipsmith 2017-04-30 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
I totally never ever knew no. 12 and now I am LIKE WOAH...
Edited 2017-04-30 01:41 (UTC)

[identity profile] hikorichan.livejournal.com 2017-04-28 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'd argue that they missed a several verb tenses on the English one, e.g, will do, was done, had done, have done, will have done, will be doing, was doing, is doing, have been working, had been working, will have been working ;)

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[personal profile] delphipsmith 2017-04-30 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think Americans ever learn to "conjugate" our verbs, we just sort of pick them up as we go along. I did learn to conjugate Latin verbs, though:

amo, amas, amat
amamus, amatis, amant...

And then there is the hic haec hoc song :)