Spanish Ir Verbs

English: The Inescapable Language

One evening years ago when I was visiting Buenos Aires, I had dinner with an acquaintance. We were talking in English because he spoke my language much better than I did. I apologized for my lack in Spanish and complimented him on his bilingualism.

He replied, "That's understandable. After all, English is so easy to learn Spanish is very difficult. "

I was amazed. At school, Spanish was considered the course between the intestinal foreign languages ​​much easier than French, German or Latin.And English, at least in English, it was thought very hard, with its irregular spelling and pronunciation given as a result of habit. I've never tested this hypothesis, but I bet that every culture regards its language as difficult to learn. After all, foreigners still struggling with it, so it must be difficult, right?

Not necessarily. Most people are unaware of the quirks and weirdness of their mother tongue, and its simplicities, precisely for the same reason that fish are unaware of the water.My friend from Argentina, for example, had no idea that the Spanish spelling and pronunciation are absolutely regular. To hear a Spanish word is how to spell it and see one is how to pronounce it. There is no spelling in Spanish schools because there are no misspellings among native speakers of the language.

So, is English actually difficult to learn? Well, yes and no.

Historically, English is a Germanic language, but because of its insular evolution it now bears little resemblance to the other Germanic languages ​​like German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.And although there is some overlap in the vocabulary with the French, the two grammars are very different. Indeed, the English grammar is very different from any other language in the world.

This is bad news for foreigners. The good news is that the basic English grammar is ridiculously easy to master. In French there are three conjugations of verbs (the so-called-er,-ir and-re verbs, according to their infinitive endings). Each combination has its own set of endings for each tense and every mood (as indicative and subjunctive). A typical French verb has more than 50 terminals that must be learned. Also three Spanish conjugations.Portuguese four, five, Latin, German two.

English has only one conjugation.

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@tontitofrito wtf? but you have to! I’m from Spain and speak Spanish as a mother tongue, obviously. So imagine I decide not to use the word “They” ever. does it makes any sense?? How do you refer to the second person of the plural in Spanish? do you use the single form? that’s ridiculously wrong. How can you do videos of teaching Spanish?

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