Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-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 · 21 days agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareviralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days 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-219 days 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 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.