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I have the impression that English compound tenses and their nuances are harder than other European languages', although other languages definitely do have them
by schoen 5y ago
I have the impression that English compound tenses and their nuances are harder than other European languages', although other languages definitely do have them.
I eat breakfast
I am eating breakfast
I ate breakfast
I was eating breakfast
I have eaten breakfast
I have been eating breakfast
I had eaten breakfast
I had been eating breakfast
I would eat breakfast
I would be eating breakfast
I would have eaten breakfast
I would have been eating breakfast
I will eat breakfast
I am going to eat breakfast
I will be eating breakfast
I am going to be eating breakfast
I will have eaten breakfast
I am going to have eaten breakfast
I can't think of another European language that would idiomatically use (or maybe even require) quite this range of constructions.