Tempy wrote:incidentally all of those words apply to Gazelle
I may not start now, but there are only really 6 tenses in English (IIRC), learn those plus a few other rules and that covers the majority of English grammar.SpaceGazelle wrote:I could get into this. I've not thought much about language structure at all.
Tempy wrote:We did but they were really piss basic.
Ev is now trying to explain Hungarian suffixes and affixes, and how nouns haves 18 cases and it is apparently an agglunitive language ok
Liveinadive wrote:I have always learnt by doing. So languages would always be a struggle staying in the UK.
I get this. I can follow conversations in Turkish but struggle to actually get involved when they're at full speed, and often end up sitting there saying fuck all.Scout wrote:We've been to Spain to meet her parents a few times and every time I leave I promise to be able to speak a bit more Spanish next time. And then next time arrives and I'm just as useless as before. It's super frustrating, sitting there like a complete dummy, nodding and smiling while everyone around you chats away.
The enthusiasm of others to learn and use English is definitely an issue too. I often go in a shop and start speaking Turkish to the Cypriots, only to have them speak back to me in English. At that point it seems pointless trying to stumble through it when you can just revert to your own language.Kow wrote:Most couples I know who are a split of Spanish (or another language) and English generally end up speaking English. Partly because of the enthusiasm of non-English speakers to learn English and also because English speakers have less need to learn another language.
JonB wrote:The enthusiasm of others to learn and use English is definitely an issue too. I often go in a shop and start speaking Turkish to the Cypriots, only to have them speak back to me in English. At that point it seems pointless trying to stumble through it when you can just revert to your own language.
Adverbs can also modify Adverbs. #inceptionYossarian wrote:An adverb modifies a verb like an adjective does a noun. In English, most adverbs are made by sticking -ly on the end of an adjective.
acemuzzy wrote:Adverbs can also modify Adverbs. #inceptionly
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