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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
Well, they do say that English is the hardest language to learn, and this is probably mainly why. All this trial and error and exceptions to rules. Once you start learning other languages, you tend to find that they make much more structural sense than English.
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Funnily enough, I've heard the same thing about swedish. There are a lot of grammatical inconsistencies in there as well, like irregular verbs and bending of adjectives depending on the nature of the noun it refers to, as well as if it's singular or plural.
For instance, it would in english be akin to have one spelling of 'yellow' if it referred to an apple, but a slightly different one (like 'yellowy' or whatever) if it referred to a car, and yet another one (like 'yellows' or whatever) if it referred to several cars.
Typing in swedish would probably not make much sense but anyway, this is what it looks like:
- Ett gult äpple
- En gul bil
- Flera gula bilar