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[–] thenoirwolfess@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, if you understand the basics of the English language. Many English and foreign-English native speakers don't, and that makes their learning that much more spicy

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I honestly feel bad for anyone who has to learn English as anything other than their first language. I don't know if there's any other languages where there are so many exceptions to every rule of pronunciation, spelling, and grammar.

It's oddly easy to learn once you've got the basics, I haven't learned a third language but I did start actively communicating in English just by playing Minecraft.

I suspect it's because of verbs, you just have two or three words for each verb and just add "-d", "-ed", " have" or "had" on them.
In romance languages conjugations vary depending on context/time, first/second/third person, whether the subject is singular or plurar and their gender.