Re:English is weirdly different from other languages
by faragon on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:55PM
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English has many great things:
- Easy to learn so you can speak like Tarzan and being understood. Pronouns, articles, and verbs, for a basic grammar, is quite easy.
- Articles have no gender (e.g. "the moon" has an article that is not masculine nor feminine, which is a pain for learning Latin and German languages).
- Is the most universal language in the world.
And some drawbacks, too:
- To master English is very difficult, like mastering most advanced languages.
- Pronunciation vs writing is not 1:1 (e.g. Spanish and German are easier in that regard)
- Easy to learn so you can speak like Tarzan and being understood. Pronouns, articles, and verbs, for a basic grammar, is quite easy.
- Articles have no gender (e.g. "the moon" has an article that is not masculine nor feminine, which is a pain for learning Latin and German languages).
- Is the most universal language in the world.
And some drawbacks, too:
- To master English is very difficult, like mastering most advanced languages.
- Pronunciation vs writing is not 1:1 (e.g. Spanish and German are easier in that regard)