@Pizzagirl
Different American accents pronounce enough differently. e.g. East Coast.
And I ran, he ran, we ran, they ran, she ran…etc. there is no verb conjugation.
I run, you run, he/she/it runs, we run, you run, they run. Verb conjugation.
@skieurope
With verb connection you actually change the verb.
I/You/They/We run
vs.
He/She runs
1 out of 5 (or more depending on formal/informal) forms doesn’t meat the cut-off for verb conjugation according to any linguist.
“Different American accents pronounce enough differently. e.g. East Coast.”
Ha - I love the study of accents. I used to listen to tapes of different accents meant for actors because I find the topic so fascinating. I myself have a Philadelphia accent (not NY!) modulated with living in the midwest. I don’t know of any region of the US that pronounces the word “enough” any way other than the standard. If we were talking the cot-caught merger, or Mary-marry-merry, or broad vs flat A’s, or the Inland Vowel Shift, then we’d have a discussion, but I don’t think “enough” is a word that varies by region.
“And I ran, he ran, we ran, they ran, she ran…etc. there is no verb conjugation.”
Depends on the verb tense. Plenty of verb tenses don’t have conjugation - such as conditional (I would run, you would run, he would run), or future (I will run, you will run). But yes, in the present tense, the verb run IS conjugated according to the typical rules of English, which are -s for the third person singular.
Think of it this way. I make up a new verb. Poogle. We all intuitively conjugate it as I poogle, you poogle, he poogles, we/you/they poogle. It’s a conjugation. Any linguist would agree. It’s not as difficult as conjugating an irregular verb such as I am, you are, he is, we / you / they are, but it’s still a conjugation.
I really don’t know why you’re fighting this so much. Just admit that you were wrong - we do have verb conjugation in English. not as complex as other languages, but we do.
That is just arguing semantics. English doesn’t have (proper) verb conjugations or noun declinations and so it is objectively a very easy european language to learn.
“I found Japanese easier to learn than French” -juillet
Even though Chinese and Japanese are different why is that Japanese is easier than chinese?
When I came here I spoke Spanish, but later when I went to school I started to learn English. I found English to be way easier than Spanish, because Spanish gammar is really hideous.
To be honest, English is my first language. I’m not sure If I can say that Spanish Is my second. which in that case I forgot how to write and read. I will be choosing chinese because I think it will help me become a very good meteorologist and maybe someday translate weather words to Chinese characters.
In terms of their writing system, Japanese is easier than Chinese because they have hiragana that you can fall back on if you don’t know how to write a kanji character. With Chinese, if you can’t remember a character or how to write it, you’re pretty much ■■■■■■.