If you learn another language, maybe you're fluent not till then you write at feeling instead of knowledge.
most weird language
I would call 不 and 没 adverbs, not verbs - but it's silly to try to apply English grammar rules to Chinese.
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If you learn another language, maybe you're fluent not till then you write at feeling instead of knowledge. »
I've studied German, English and French, and all of them seem to be more 'logical' than Dutch.
If you learn another language, maybe you're fluent not till then you write at feeling instead of knowledge. »
I've studied German, English and French, and all of them seem to be more 'logical' than Dutch.
>>I would call 不 and 没 adverbs, not verbs - but it's silly to try to apply English grammar rules to Chinese.
Another special word is 白, as in 不看白不看. It can be both an affirmative and negative answer, without any contradictions. Things tend to be short on paper, but long in meaning... again, I can feel sentences, but I can hardly find hard-and-fast rules about all those.
Another special word is 白, as in 不看白不看. It can be both an affirmative and negative answer, without any contradictions. Things tend to be short on paper, but long in meaning... again, I can feel sentences, but I can hardly find hard-and-fast rules about all those.
The "weirdest" language I've ever had any real interest in, I suppose, would be Hungarian.
The "weirdest" language I've ever had any real interest in, I suppose, would be Hungarian
What's wrong with Hungarian? It's a very interesting and fascinating language. The more you learn it the less weird it is, like every other language. As a matter of fact, in my view, it's one of the most interesting languages in Europe along with Basque, Maltese, Estonian, Finnish, Lithuanian and Icelandic
What's wrong with Hungarian? It's a very interesting and fascinating language. The more you learn it the less weird it is, like every other language. As a matter of fact, in my view, it's one of the most interesting languages in Europe along with Basque, Maltese, Estonian, Finnish, Lithuanian and Icelandic
I have forgotten Albanian*
Nobody ever talks about Albanian in this forum, but it's pretty appealing from a linguistic point of view....
Nobody ever talks about Albanian in this forum, but it's pretty appealing from a linguistic point of view....
I think English is weird. Our verbs are as messed up as you can make them.
Sink > Sank
Think > Thought
Catch > Caught
Attach > Attached
I'm surprised that any of us can keep this stuff straight.
Sink > Sank
Think > Thought
Catch > Caught
Attach > Attached
I'm surprised that any of us can keep this stuff straight.
English is probably the easiest language from a morphological point of view. Those verbs just have 3 forms, ( to speak, spoke, spoken) not to mention regular verbs. This is pretty easy compared to other verbal systems (romance languages, Greek, some slavic languages, Icelandic)
«I think English is weird. Our verbs are as messed up as you can make them.
Sink > Sank
Think > Thought
Catch > Caught
Attach > Attached
I'm surprised that any of us can keep this stuff straight. »
As far as I know every germanic language has that
Zinken - Zonk - Gezonken
Denken - Dacht - Gedacht
Vangen - Ving - Gevangen
Attach is just a regular verb, catch is a strong verb.
We also have:
Lopen - liep - gelopen (to walk - walked - walked)
Springen - Sprong - Gesprongen - (Jump - Jumped - Jumped)
etc, I think English isn't that bad at all if it comes to irregular verbs.
Sink > Sank
Think > Thought
Catch > Caught
Attach > Attached
I'm surprised that any of us can keep this stuff straight. »
As far as I know every germanic language has that
Zinken - Zonk - Gezonken
Denken - Dacht - Gedacht
Vangen - Ving - Gevangen
Attach is just a regular verb, catch is a strong verb.
We also have:
Lopen - liep - gelopen (to walk - walked - walked)
Springen - Sprong - Gesprongen - (Jump - Jumped - Jumped)
etc, I think English isn't that bad at all if it comes to irregular verbs.
English is pretty weird...
"Fuck the fucking fuckers!"
"Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" (especially the way intonation makes this sentence fully understandable!)
think up/out/through/over - all different meanings
stand up/by/in/out/with/down/off
There are a lot more too...
"Fuck the fucking fuckers!"
"Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" (especially the way intonation makes this sentence fully understandable!)
think up/out/through/over - all different meanings
stand up/by/in/out/with/down/off
There are a lot more too...
"Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"
Out of curiosity, What is the meaning of this?
Out of curiosity, What is the meaning of this?
Hmm??
Toen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen.
And yep, you should use the right intonation.
Toen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen zagen.
And yep, you should use the right intonation.