>his language doesn't have the verb "to be"
>>52745207
olla
What's the verb for "to be" in English?
>>52745241
KEK
>his language doesn't differentiate between ''ser'' and ''estar''
>>52745207
>his language has yes and no rather than using verbs to negate or validate
>his language's word order isn't subject verb object
THIS STATEMENT CANNOT BE FORGED
>>52745312
Delet this
This completely arbitrary shit was one of the reasons I quit Spanish courses back in school
>>52745207
this >>52745312
>>52745312
whats the difference tho?
>>52745741
"Ser" = permanent characteristics that describe something (personality, height, name, color, etc.)
"Estar" = conditional characteristics that describe something (emotions, location, etc.)
"To be" expresses both ideas
>>52745241
You know, be
I be, you be, they be. He, she, it, we be. I've been, they've been, we will be, kings and shieet.
This this is basic 5th grade grammer, anon
>>52745312
>his language doesn't differentiate all 14 possible logical conjunctions
>his language doesn't have self-segregating morphology
>his language has mandatory tenses
>his language has the word "his"
>His """"language"""" doesn't have at least three distinct genders, seven noun cases, four verb conjugations, six tenses, three persons, three moods, two voices, two aspects, and two numbers.
>>52745207
All languages have a form of the verb "to be".
It's rarely used in Tagalog, but it exists.
>His language hasn't dropped this gender nonsense
It's 2015 people, come on
>>52745997
Are Finns even trying?
>>52745998
Wait, excuse me: the Ch'ol language of Chiapas, Mexico, lacks one.
That's it, though.
>his language is so Beta it has Genders
Literally cucked by your own words
>>52746090
>his language is gender neutral in order not to offend feminists
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>52746090
>>52746174
?
>>52746043
Here's a fun fact: in Mandarin Chinese, pronouns have no gender when spoken, but they do when written. The rest of the language lacks gender of any kind.
他 means he, 她 means she, and both are pronounced tā.
>>52746221
>tones
literally why
>>52746264
They're easier to distinguish and enunciate than vowels.
>>52745391
>>52746174
>1950 + 65
>using rage faces unironically
>>52745878
it's similar in Irish though the permanent state isn't a verb but a copula particle
>>52746385
>rageface
>>52745878
Some sentences will never be translated to english perfectly because of the ser/estar split.
One time I accidentally said "I am bad" when I wanted to say "I'm feeling bad" because in english apparently the opposite of "I'm good" is "I'm feeling bad"
>>52745241
>>52747592
No, really what is it?
>>52747665
>be
>I am
>you are
>he is
>she is
>it is
>we are
>they are
>Americans LITERALLY do not know this
>>52745241
English doesn't have standalone verbs in the infinitive tense. In Spanish, for example, the phrase "to be" is expressed in one word "ser" or "estar" for conditions subject to change. Conjugations of "to be" in English include: am, is, was, were, be, being, been.
>>52745687
I once gave German a shake. Your language is fucking crazy. Just how many genders do you need for those nouns? Not to mention going into the neutral gender when talking about multiple objects. Fuck. Do you really need to capitalize every Noun in the Sentence too?
>>52745998
Hi, I use sign language
There is no to-be verb.
SORRY
>>52746859
I'm bad is fine, depends on context. Don't have to add "am feeling".
>>52748165
Capitalising the nouns are what every high class Americans used to do to be quite honest with you senpai
>>52748367
Never heard of such a thing. America (including Canada) has never been about kissing the ass of the upper class anyway, hence our accents.
>>52748461
what is slavery?
>>52746385
>rage faces
>>52748301
American Sign Language is basically Japanese for your hands.
>>52745207
My native language has the verb "to be". It just standardly is not used in the present tense (although the present tense form does exist, and there are situations that occasionally demand its use)
>>52746264
Because Old Chinese used to have certain features that decayed and were eventually dropped, so two words that were different would now sound the same, but the feature that used to exist in one word left vestigial stress on the word which was not present in the other word, and this developed into a tone difference were the tone actually distinguished the two words.
This is the case in many languages with tone. Middle Chinese had a tone split when it developed into Mandarin because word final -p,-t,-k got dropped, and words that used to have it (like original bak rather that ba, assuming the same tone in Middle Chinese) had vestigial stress that gave the new ba (from bak) a different tone than the other ba
>>52747711
>Singapore LITERALLY doesnt get jokes
S
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>>52751942
>>52752121
N
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L A D I E S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY
>>52752150
Kill yourself
>>52745207
Yakoon
БЫTЬ
Olema, olla
His language doesn't have vowelless words
Ever though about it, how we have so many words for certain activities. Like alcohol (and drinking relater terms) or sex (and words for benis and pagina). Just shows what is truly important.
>>52745207
sem= I am
first person singular: sem
1st dual: sva
1st plural: smo
2nd sing: si
2nd dual: sta
2nd plur: sta
3rd sing: je
3rd dual: sta
3rd plur: so
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bom - I will be
1st sing: bom
1st dual: bova
1st plur: bomo
2nd sing: boš
2nd dual: bosta
2nd plur: bodo
3rd sing: bo
3rd dual: bosta
3rd plur: bodo
----------------------
>his language doesn't have dual
>his language doesn't have genders
>>52754247
>his language doesn't have 96 cases plus tones.
>>52754265
Well, you're the one to talk.
>>52746385
>rage face
>>52751942
>"ha ha I was just le pranking you!! silly anon"
>>52746056
More like are other languages even trying?
>>52754498
This. Finnish is actually what an autistic linguist would come up with if they were designing a language from scratch
