In my experience, students will sooner or later run into the madness that is English past participle vs. past tense. They can pick up a few patterns but there’s so much more to know that a good chunk of it is just plain rote memorization. And that’s just (one aspect of) one part of speech. English has waaay too many exceptions and irregularities.
English verbs are some of the easiest to learn imo
You got 3 versions based on past, present, and future tense.
Most languages have those three as well as 7 other versions based on who you’re talking to and how many there are.
Is it a girl? Is it a guy? Is it a group of people? Are you trying to be formal? Are you talking to close friends?
This is my biggest issue with learning other languages.
In my experience, students will sooner or later run into the madness that is English past participle vs. past tense. They can pick up a few patterns but there’s so much more to know that a good chunk of it is just plain rote memorization. And that’s just (one aspect of) one part of speech. English has waaay too many exceptions and irregularities.
english only has past and not-past tenses, doesn’t it? anything else has to get cleared up with extra words.