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Lyqyd, on 27 June 2013 - 05:53 PM, said:
Future perfect continuous tense can make sense when there is a known contextual time that we're referencing, perhaps preceded by the other party stating something in future perfect tense.
How long will you have been studying when you graduate?
Which is logical. Puts me in mind of the sort of question you'd ask someone you don't know very well
pingoleon60, on 27 June 2013 - 10:03 AM, said:
No, Latin is not the strangest : the passive voice is the simplest EVER.
And you haven't to think about order of proposals, you can put the object before the subject.
And about latin's endings, it's similar to the French (the French is a latin language).
And you haven't to think about order of proposals, you can put the object before the subject.
And about latin's endings, it's similar to the French (the French is a latin language).
The reason I find Latin the most challenging language to learn and speak is because of the lack of auxiliary verbs. That's one thing I really like about English, you can just throw in a one-syllable verb tense changer and even if you get the verb wrong most people will know what you mean. Has, will, did, am- they're really handy little words. Latin lacks these, which means all words, both verbs and even nouns, need to be conjugated. And verb conjugation as pingoleon aptly demonstrated with tuer, is annoying.
Just look at this example, taken from http://www.netplaces...t-statement.htm:
Caeser has a powerful army:Caesar exercitum potentem habet.
I hear that Caesar has a powerful army: Ego Caesarem exercitum potentem habēre audiī.
Yes,you actually have to conjugate his name! In English we just need to add the words 'I hear' or 'is said' to move to the indirect voice, but you have to change most words in the sentence to make it work in Latin. Most annoyingly, you can't 'fake' conjugation like in other languages either, and just use the infinitive (which is common for non-native speakers because the infinitive is fairly easy to remember), because sentence structure is much more fluid in Latin, placing the burden of semantics squarely on your conjugation!
I don't remember how to say it but the sentence "Romeo loves Juliet" can be reversed in Latin to mean the exact same thing because of the suffixes appended to both names.
Suffice to say, I've yet to master this tongue.
