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Re: Which language is most difficult language for people to learn?

CalifJim wrote:I read somewhere that Mario Pei, the linguist, tried to learn a different language every year. He supposedly claimed that Vietnamese was the most difficult. CJ I disagree with the linguist Mario Pei not because I am a Vietnamese. It is because I have seen, in my...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Hoa Thai 274 days ago Grammar Vowels Numbers Spelling Vocabulary Pronunciation Genders Conversations Phonetics Consonants
Re: Grammatical gender

Hi, in Italian every word has a gender. I have to say that you recognize if a word is "a male" or "a female" looking at the last vowel. Umm, not 100% sure, though, on second thought there are some exceptions, but... well, I think practically no one here get the gender wrong, not...

Cultural Anecdotes, Similarities and Differences. by Kooyeen 1 yr 96 days ago Genders Vowels Translation
Re: two questions on articles

Hi, I have one more question on No. 2, what would you do if the list contains a list of countable nouns with a mix of vowel initial sounds and consonant initial sounds and thus, engender a possible article consistency problem? Could I just put the article "a" in front of the word "planner" and...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 2 yr 35 days ago Articles Nouns Countable nouns Vowels Consonants Genders
Re: two questions on articles

Hi, Thank you for the response/explanation. I have one more question on No. 2, what would you do if the list contains a list of countable nouns with a mix of vowel initial sounds and consonent initial sounds and thus, engender a possible article consistency problem? I got this list from...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 2 yr 35 days ago Articles Nouns Countable nouns Vowels Genders
Re: Was vs Were

You've neatly turned this around, Jim. The proof is overwhelming that are both grammatical and in common use. Ergo, correct English. Now you head off on this tangent instead of locating the proof offerred by PGs to defend the prescription. Not that what you've said and seek to discuss isn't...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by just the truth 3 yr 182 days ago Regards Articles Grammar Dialects Vowels Genders

Re: English is a crazy language

>>I've never fully appreciated the noun gender rules. Is it a case of when you are young you have to study the gender of each noun (das haus = neutral noun) or are there patterns that you follow? No, unfortunately there are no rules - at least not for the "simple" words. There are some memory...

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pemmican 4 yr 149 days ago

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Re: English is a crazy language

Deepa, I totally agree with you! As examples always enlighten a lot, I'll give you some impressions of my mother tongue German: I have to say that English in many cases is simpler than my native language. You mentioned e.g. the gender of a noun which is usually expressed by the article. In...

Topic of the Moment! by pemmican 4 yr 150 days ago Grammar Articles Vowels Genders Prepositions Verbs Plurals Tenses Nouns Past tenses Accusative Nominative Pronouns Genitives Present tenses