▲ 543 ▼ 'Read' and its past tense are spelled the same. How should they be spelled? (lemmy.world) submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments What about similar oddities in English? (This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.
[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) The conjugations can get as weird as English sometimes, though. Case in point: Ser. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) "que sera sera" es un ejemplo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago How is that weird, as (nearly?) the only regular form of this verb? permalink fedilink source parent [–] capuccino@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* "Me voy a ir yendo" can translate into "I'm leaving", but it is funny because you are using three times, in spanish, the same verb. Edit: I play with it and as a prank sometimes I translate it like if it were a chain of "going to". "I'm going to going to to" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) "que sera sera" es un ejemplo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago How is that weird, as (nearly?) the only regular form of this verb? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago How is that weird, as (nearly?) the only regular form of this verb? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* "Me voy a ir yendo" can translate into "I'm leaving", but it is funny because you are using three times, in spanish, the same verb. Edit: I play with it and as a prank sometimes I translate it like if it were a chain of "going to". "I'm going to going to to" permalink fedilink source parent
