hshen
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Post by hshen on Jan 15, 2007 3:25:23 GMT -5
If i'm not mistaken, i guess 'have' is stands for present tense and 'had' is for past tense.
Anyway, i have a little confusing about was. So can anyone explain it and its origin? n_n'
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Post by Kentaru on Jan 15, 2007 11:40:55 GMT -5
You're right about the tense. By origin, do you mean the root of the word [previous forms of the word in history, how its meaning has changed ect.]? ^^;;;
Pssst ^^ > You only need to know the words' roots if you're going to take a language at an advanced level. Outside translation business and the likes, knowing such things won't help you that much if your need is to understand *how* "have" is used in English. ; - )
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Post by tonyconan on Jan 20, 2007 18:33:24 GMT -5
hm...my eng. is not perfect...but not very bad...
if someone kind-hearted one would prefer to teach me,i don't care...
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hshen
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Post by hshen on Jan 23, 2007 7:44:34 GMT -5
You're right about the tense. By origin, do you mean the root of the word [previous forms of the word in history, how its meaning has changed ect.]? ^^;;; Pssst ^^ > You only need to know the words' roots if you're going to take a language at an advanced level. Outside translation business and the likes, knowing such things won't help you that much if your need is to understand *how* "have" is used in English. ; - ) Oh yeah. I think was is is and were is are. And has is....?? ^^' I'm very confused in the basic one like those and i need to improve it.
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sancn
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Post by sancn on May 19, 2007 2:15:17 GMT -5
Do not type so strange word. It is too difficult to let an 18-year-old Chinese boy understand.
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Post by hanisah on May 19, 2007 7:45:39 GMT -5
You're right about the tense. By origin, do you mean the root of the word [previous forms of the word in history, how its meaning has changed ect.]? ^^;;; Pssst ^^ > You only need to know the words' roots if you're going to take a language at an advanced level. Outside translation business and the likes, knowing such things won't help you that much if your need is to understand *how* "have" is used in English. ; - ) Oh yeah. I think was is is and were is are. And has is....?? ^^' I'm very confused in the basic one like those and i need to improve it. did u mean the past tense of has? if we change to past tense, has/have = had is = was are = were correct me if i'm wrong..huhu..
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xpon
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Post by xpon on Oct 1, 2007 1:30:41 GMT -5
sorry.. but did other langguage than english have a different word for the same meaning but use in tenses? i mean in indonesia.. we always use the same word when speaking about present, past or future...... the difference is we add the adjtive word that give explanation.. loke "will for future.. or past for the past.."
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