Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square76linkfedilink
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoBe, is, are, was, am, were, being, been… are all the same word.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoLanguages that conjugate every verb for every person:
minus-squareviralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months ago“be” is an irregular verb in all languages, so it’s not unique to English. Bonus fun fact: Russian doesn’t have the verb “to be”.
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoNot in Turkish. It is “olmak” but the actual “to be” as it is used in “I am, they were, etc.” is, now unused “imek”. it has become a suffix and it is completely regular. Just i + person suffix.
Be, is, are, was, am, were, being, been… are all the same word.
Languages that conjugate every verb for every person:
“be” is an irregular verb in all languages, so it’s not unique to English. Bonus fun fact: Russian doesn’t have the verb “to be”.
Not in Turkish. It is “olmak” but the actual “to be” as it is used in “I am, they were, etc.” is, now unused “imek”. it has become a suffix and it is completely regular. Just i + person suffix.