language reflects culture. In English we truly have no future.
Grammar Lesson
infinitive: eat
present tense: eat
past tense: ate
present participle: eating
past participle: eaten
future: ----
ahh... one might argue "will eat" or "going to eat"
verb: will/go
past tense: would/went
present participle: ---/going
past participle: ---/gone
future: ---/---
Deduction- we have no future.
Interpret as you please.
6 comments:
I speak American.
First of all, English was good enough for Shakespeare and the Authorized Version of the Bible and everything we've done after that has fallen short.
The lack of a future is an advantage because it keeps us from moving to fast and it requires us to look behind us before stepping forward.
well it makes the english language [american is a dialect!] easier to learn that's for sure...
"we have no future"...tense
The great H.L. Mencken's The American Language, often cited as the most scientific linguistic study of its time, identifies American as a language in its right, with dialects and regional variations of its own. Trash is truth, and the truth will set you free.
*smile* your comments are fascinating to me.
I was recently asked in a radio interview what is the difference between:
American English - "I want to go home"
British English - "I want to go home"
hmm...
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