Thread:YingHe/@comment-36159587-20190602041917/@comment-36159587-20190613203034

I saw Chan talking about conjugations and then mentioned Mandarin Chinese.

I don't know, but I feel like Chinese isn't as complicated in conjugations.

For instance, using "eat".

Past tense: 我吃过. (I have eaten.)

Present tense:我在吃. (I am eating.)

Future tense: 我要吃. (I will eat.)

In this example, wouldn't that helping verb be the only one affecting the conjugation/tense?

As for mood, it's really how you talk about it. Mandarin is a pretty passive language, but it's heckin' scary when someone's yelling at you with it xD.

For instance, even if you just say "我要吃了你" (I'm going to eat you), it sounds like a joke.

-Galaxian-