Jesse Bangs scripsit:
> It isn't really accurate to say that German nouns are 99%
> irregular--better simply to say that there are many different patterns,
> with no predictability as for which nouns belong to which patterns.
Which is what makes it irregular (i.e. not governed by a rule). German-speaking
brains have to keep each such plural (i.e. almost all of them) in a list;
only the -s plural can be applied by a rule.
> But verbs--ho, boy, English verbs are about the easiest you'll ever see.
Well, Turkish verbs are even more regular IIRC.
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