English, like most Germanic languages, has many regular ("weak") verbs, like work, worked, worked (in standard dictionary format, listing present, past, and past participle), and a bewildering ...
An infinitive is the ‘to’ form of a verb, for example to play, to watch, to be. In Spanish infinitives end in ar, er or ir. Use the infinitive to give opinions, after modal verbs, and with certain ...
English in a Minute: Learn common verb collocations with the noun ‘report’ Words with double letters English in a Minute: Verbs to use with the word ‘fact’ Hyphenation English in a Minute: Verbs to ...
In English, our sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. The nice part about this type of structure is that it lets your reader easily know who is doing the ...
As a linguist, I’ve lost count of how many times I have been asked what I think of the various language-learning apps. The truth is that I don’t use them. But of late I have been watching my daughter, ...
The verb tener means ‘to have’. Tener is an irregular verb. There are some common expressions in Spanish that use tener (to have) where in English the verb ‘to be’ would be used. This video explains ...