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Re:The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité by chasil on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:27AM (#21111772)
Ok, let's compare.

To be: I am. You are. [S]he is. They/we are.

Etre: Je vais. Tu es. Il/Elle est. Nous sommes. Vous etes. Ils sont.

Ser: Yo soy. Tu eres. El[la] es. Nosotros somos.

Estar: Yo somos. Tu estas. El[la] esta. Nosotros estamos. Ellos estan.

I think that pretty well sums it up.

Re:The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité by tgirod on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:30AM (#21112600)
s/vais/suis/

I think the point you are making is grammatical: in pretty much any language, the most common verbs are irregular.

But isn't this poem more about orthography and pronunciation? Some languages are much more regular than english in that regard.

Re:The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité by yorwba on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:53AM (#21113009)
> in pretty much any language, the most common verbs are irregular.

It's the other way around: if a language retains some irregular forms, then only because they're common enough that native speakers can remember them.

Re:The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité by vo2maxer on Monday September 30, 2019 @01:30PM (#21117698)
Suggestion: Instead of “Yo somos,” it should be, Yo estoy.