Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 个月前What 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 个月前message-square76linkfedilink
minus-squareviralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 个月前“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 个月前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.
“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.