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[Jackalope]

In English, the verb "to be" has seven conjugations (am, is, are, was, were, being, and been) based on subject and tense.

What about Spanish?  There are at least 70, all irregular.

First of all, there are two "to be" verbs; "ser" is used for permanent or inherent characteristics while "estar" is used for temporary states, locations, or feelings.

Like English, Spanish conjugates verbs based on subject and tense, but also by whether one is using the formal "usted" formal form or the gendered informal form (El/Ella) in some cases.

So for the present tense there are seven conjugations of "estar" and seven of "ser":

yo: estoy (I am)
tú: estás (you are - informal)
él/ella/usted: está (he/she/you (formal) is/are)
nosotros/nosotras: estamos (we are)
vosotros/vosotras: estáis (you are - informal plural, used mainly in Spain)
ellos/ellas/ustedes: están (they/you (formal plural) are)

yo: soy (I am)
tú: eres (you are - informal)
él/ella/usted: es (he/she/you are - formal)
nosotros/nosotras: somos (we are)
vosotros/vosotras: sois (you are - informal, plural)
ellos/ellas/ustedes: son (they/you are - formal, plural)

Spanish has 12 tenses, though I believe only 5 are applicable to ser and estar, so it's the above * 5.

2 forms * 7 subjects * 5 tenses = at least 70 distinct conjugation of the verb "to be".

Source: this is the current bane of my existence learning Spanish.

Memorization is your friend. When I didn't get something about math or physics, I just memorized it. Eventually, I just "got it", poof. FWIW, French is worse than Spanish (five "regular" verbs), and I got that too. Are you sure that you want to live in Lithuania? It's going to be worse, there. English is also shit, and basically has to be spoken while growing up, for fluency.

Nah I don't want to live in Lithuania, I just want the sweet EU member passport. It's too cold half the year and the language is lol hard, worse than French, even Lithuanian think so.

Somewhere on the Mediterranean would do though.

[Deesse23]

Lithuanian is the oldest indo European language, close to Sanskrit. it's used to reconstruct the original, lost, Indo-European language.

Andy yes, it's funny and effing hard.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

In English, the verb "to be" has seven conjugations (am, is, are, was, were, being, and been) based on subject and tense.

What about Spanish?  There are at least 70, all irregular.

First of all, there are two "to be" verbs; "ser" is used for permanent or inherent characteristics while "estar" is used for temporary states, locations, or feelings.

Like English, Spanish conjugates verbs based on subject and tense, but also by whether one is using the formal "usted" formal form or the gendered informal form (El/Ella) in some cases.

So for the present tense there are seven conjugations of "estar" and seven of "ser":

yo: estoy (I am)
tú: estás (you are - informal)
él/ella/usted: está (he/she/you (formal) is/are)
nosotros/nosotras: estamos (we are)
vosotros/vosotras: estáis (you are - informal plural, used mainly in Spain)
ellos/ellas/ustedes: están (they/you (formal plural) are)

yo: soy (I am)
tú: eres (you are - informal)
él/ella/usted: es (he/she/you are - formal)
nosotros/nosotras: somos (we are)
vosotros/vosotras: sois (you are - informal, plural)
ellos/ellas/ustedes: son (they/you are - formal, plural)

Spanish has 12 tenses, though I believe only 5 are applicable to ser and estar, so it's the above * 5.

2 forms * 7 subjects * 5 tenses = at least 70 distinct conjugation of the verb "to be".

Source: this is the current bane of my existence learning Spanish.

Note to self: Forget about learning Spanish.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

@Fireball

It's going to be worse, there. English is also shit, and basically has to be spoken while growing up, for fluency.

This is exactly how I learned conversational Irish. Not fluent (I read it better than I speak it), but I can ask directions, order a meal, pay a bill, hire a car, that sort of thing.

This skill is surprisingly unhelpful in New Zealand.

Boru

[Rizen]

I've still been learning Clip Studio Paint but now I have a dilemma. CSP lets you download 3D models, post them and trace over them. It brings up, at what point is the program creating the art for you? Am I truly still figure drawing by tracing 3D models? Any monkey in the zoo can do that. Or does the end justify the means? I still have to sketch out the clothes and details. Besides this is how professional artists get work done. It's a conundrum.

[Rev. Rye]

My favorite film of all time has this scene:





Two stories that I knew and one I didn’t:

1) The reason it made it in the film was because it was the only song Malcolm McDowell knew by heart. Kubrick was initially uneasy about it, but only because it meant He had to buy the rights to it.
2) Shortly after the film’s release, McDowell got to meet Gene Kelly at a party. Gene’s response was to give him the cold shoulder.

What I didn’t know: it might seem like the obvious reason Gene Kelly was pissed off was because McDowell took this iconic and wholesome moment:



And juxtaposed it with the prelude to a woman getting raped.

It turns out this is not so. 

Years later, he told the story and Gene Kelly’s widow actually cleared it up. He wasn’t actually mad at Malcolm. He was mad at Kubrick. Why? Because Kubrick had used Gene’s version for the credits and he hadn’t been paid. 

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

My favorite film of all time has this scene:





Two stories that I knew and one I didn’t:

1) The reason it made it in the film was because it was the only song Malcolm McDowell knew by heart. Kubrick was initially uneasy about it, but only because it meant He had to buy the rights to it.
2) Shortly after the film’s release, McDowell got to meet Gene Kelly at a party. Gene’s response was to give him the cold shoulder.

What I didn’t know: it might seem like the obvious reason Gene Kelly was pissed off was because McDowell took this iconic and wholesome moment:



And juxtaposed it with the prelude to a woman getting raped.

It turns out this is not so. 

Years later, he told the story and Gene Kelly’s widow actually cleared it up. He wasn’t actually mad at Malcolm. He was mad at Kubrick. Why? Because Kubrick had used Gene’s version for the credits and he hadn’t been paid. 

For all his talent, Gene Kelly could be a colossal tool.

Boru

[Rizen]

Still learning digital illustration. Switching from Photoshop to Clip Studio Paint has made massive strides in the quality and efficiency of my artwork. I make mostly comic book style art, with some digital painting and CSP is much more conducive to that.

[Rev. Rye]

That, in a battle of trains vs trucks, trains just fucking win. Train just goes through it like it was nothing.





Thankfully, despite the truck’s cab getting utterly demolished, its driver had the sense to abandon it before the inevitable.

And, no, the engineer can’t just stop before it hits the truck because (at that speed and at that much mass) it takes a mile or two for it to stop properly. Unless the truck’s been there for a while, and someone gives the engineer enough notice, it’s going to end up turning into confetti.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

American actor Lance Reddick (The Wire, Bosch) was also a very adept jazz musician.

Boru