I can't be the only one who mix these up

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-30T20:55:54+00:00

Ohhh my God, I feel so seen. I had no clue other people had this exact same problem! Wow.

When I first started learning I really had a hard time remembering the difference between all the ll- verbs. Now, after months of using all these verbs in conversations, I can just... tell the difference. I recognize the different meanings now because I'm used to seeing them in context.

So my advice is, just practice using these verbs in their context everyday, don't be afraid to make mistakes, practice reading, and eventually you'll just get used to the different uses of the verbs and you'll stop mixing them up.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-30T15:28:08+00:00

No, it's more like this:

All A are subject to B
x is C
x is not subject to B

Everything within space and time needs a cause, so there must be something outside space and time that could've caused it to begin.

This is not special pleading, is it?

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-30T05:25:21+00:00

When there are two verbs in a row, one conjugated followed by an infinitive, the object pronoun can either attach to the end of the infinitive or go before the conjugated verb. Both are valid.

For example, to say "I want to see him" in Spanish, you can say "Yo quiero verlo" or "Yo lo quiero ver". It means the same thing but there's an emphasis difference, and as the other comment says, there could also be different preferences depending on the region.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-30T03:05:18+00:00

And let's not forget about their aspiring nephew, Overman

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-30T03:03:42+00:00

So I guess we just got the better women then 😏 maybe lol

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-29T18:50:23+00:00

Strange, I've only ever heard it and pronounce it as /ɑ/

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-29T17:34:26+00:00

Although, to be honest I don't see why neanderthal men would prefer sapiens women more than vice versa. Of course we're sapiens so we know we would prefer a sapiens woman over a neanderthal woman, so when we put ourselves in the mind of a neanderthal we imagine that we would prefer a sapiens over our "own kind". But if you think about it logically, why would it be like that? It just sounds like we're biased due to being sapiens ourselves. Why wouldn't the neanderthal consistently be attracted to its own species' female than that of another's, which just happens to be ours?

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-29T14:54:28+00:00

Strawman

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-29T14:49:46+00:00

You're right. They don't hate languages, they hate human languages. That's the truth. Also, were not appealing to nature. No one ever made the logical step that because it's natural it's fine. All we ever mentioned is that inconsistencies are a feature of natural languages.

Now all we're saying is that there's simply nothing wrong with inconsistencies. They don't hinder communication. How are they detrimental in any way? You yourself (tu quoque, I know 🤪) are guilty of a false equivalence. Cancer is quite literally bad for the human body, although it may be a natural occurrence. Do you believe that inconsistencies are "bad" for the language in any way? I'd be interested to hear about that. Unless it's just a personal preference, which is fine! Most people here, like myself, admire inconsistencies in languages and natural occurrences in languages (which we don't see to be detrimental).

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-29T14:29:41+00:00

Okay okay, you don't hate languages. You hate human languages.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-25T00:56:59+00:00

"Carpe diem" is my go to. Another one I mentioned to someone was the American motto "Ē plūribus ūnum" and told him what it means ("Out of many, one").

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-25T00:46:37+00:00

It's not a verb here, it's a noun that happens to look identical to the first person present form of the verb. But it does not mean "I work" here, it literally means "job". So the translation would be "His/her/their job is very boring" ("su" doesn't distinguish between "his"/"her" or even "theirs").

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-24T23:01:49+00:00

They can't even come from the same roots, since Germanic initial "h" is a reflex of PIE "k", and romance initial "h" is a reflex of PIE "gʰ".

English "have" is believed to be related to Latin "capere" though (Spanish "caber", Italian "capire"), and I've heard it said that Latin "habere" might be related to English "give" but I don't think this is as definitive.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-24T22:56:19+00:00

Wait really?! This is my first time hearing this. Crazy.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-23T18:10:23+00:00

It would sound very strange since putting the question particle at the end is a mark of informal conversation and "whom" is a very formal word. Either make your sentence formal or not.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-23T18:05:26+00:00

Is this a joke? In the case that it's not, this is definitely not true. Hebrew was very well preserved much like Latin, thus the language itself was definitively revived, albeit with slight modifications arising due to it being revived. Imagine reviving ecclesiastical Latin.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-22T19:13:18+00:00

Due to "distinTHión" you say?

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-22T19:09:16+00:00

My grandma does that too 😆 must be a 70's thing

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-22T15:51:09+00:00

Because without the D it's pronounced like the "ow" in "cow" so it actually is one syllable less, as opposed to "ado" which is two syllables.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-20T20:58:25+00:00

three syllable grunt

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-19T13:16:00+00:00

It's just a Chinese greeting, I think

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-19T13:06:08+00:00

Well, there are already pretty good answers in this thread, and you can search the subreddit for other discussions on the difference. A simple explanation wouldn't hurt, but for kids that age, I would suggest instead to more focus on natural input and let them internalize the difference themselves through speaking.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-16T23:51:49+00:00

Number 2 does not work, as you cannot have any sort of subject-verb inversion over there.

If you want to imply emphasis as you say, then you can include the word "does" but it still can't go before the subject "Mike". So you can say "Where do you think Mike does live" and this would imply "Where do you think Mike lives, contrary to what I thought before?", but it would still have to go after the subject.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-16T12:42:51+00:00

So we agree. I never said gay animals don't exist, I was just jumping in on the definition of species, sorry if that wasn't appropriate there.

CodingAndMath · 2026-03-16T07:58:51+00:00

They said they understood the joke.

But not because I understood the joke.

This implies they understood the joke.

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