here’s some I’ve noticed:

  1. Why do we have articles? They’re mostly useless.
  2. Why do capital letters exist? (this is mainly an issue with the Greek and Latin alphabet though)
  3. Why is “I” used plural for verbs?
  4. Why are there so many inconsistent prefixes for tenses?
  5. 's is used for possessives. However, “its” is the possessive and “it’s” is not.
  6. Why do we have another set of pronouns for possessive pronouns?
  7. Why do adjectives go before the noun compared to basically every other language?
  • mekkagodzilla@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’m French. I’m not aware of any other language that radically modifies the meaning of verbs with propositions in such a way.

    As a foreigner, you might expect that break up and break down have opposite meanings because up and down do, but nope.

      • mekkagodzilla@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        We might have some silent letters, vestigial remnant of ancient forms, but English has basically no rule for pronunciation. It’s so funny watching English speakers debate among themselves how a name should be pronounced.

        • Bear, pear, tear, tear, near.
        • Rough, tough, though
        • To read, read, read (your very best one, guys, believe me)