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All the other parts of speech (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

People learning English for the first time ...

  • I kicked / kick the ball.
  • I jumped / jump over the fence.
  • I looked / look at the book.

"OK, verbs are easy! Just add 'ed' and it's past tense. I got this..."

  • I came / come home.
  • I slept / sleep tonight.
  • I woke / wake up tomorrow.

"All right, it's a little weird, but I can still do this"

  • I shut / shut the door.
  • I read / read a book.
  • I thought / think about homework.
  • I ate / eat dinner.

"Really???"

  • I went / go to school.
  • I had to / must study.

"What the actual fuck? That's not even the same word!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That last one's not entirely fair; it should be "I have to study"

English is still pretty inconsistent with some of its verbs though

[–] deweydecibel 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A couple of those aren't particularly fair because you'd never actually use "I slept tonight" in most cases. It'd be "I will sleep tonight/I slept last night". The individual verbs aren't meant to be interchangeable like that, they vary based on the nouns they're referring to and the perspective.

Not to say it isn't confusing or inconsistent, but there is a larger grammatical pattern at play that you learn over time.

[–] Shea 1 points 1 year ago

You get to work at your 11 o'clock pm overnight shift and your friend asks you if you got any sleep. "Yeah I slept tonight"