Expertlatin
Just a quick sample of some of the languages which don't conjugate verbs (or decline nouns); Chinese (all Han dialects), Yoruba, Afrikaans, Tok Pisin, Indonesian/Malay (there are some modifying prefixes/suffixes used sometimes but these do not constitute conjugation) and all of the Polynesian languages.
- Do any languages not conjugate verbs?
- What languages have no verb tenses?
- Do all languages have verb conjugation?
- Does Korean have verb conjugation?
Do any languages not conjugate verbs?
Unlike French, German or English, Chinese has no verb conjugation (no need to memorize verb tenses!) and no noun declension (e.g., gender and number distinctions).
What languages have no verb tenses?
Examples of tenseless languages are Burmese, Dyirbal, most varieties of Chinese, Malay (including Indonesian), Thai, Yukatek (Mayan), Vietnamese and in some analyses Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) and Guaraní.
Do all languages have verb conjugation?
Some languages have harder conjugation systems than others (though certain languages have no conjugations at all), but on average you'll find that learning to use verbs well is one of the most challenging aspects of learning any language.
Does Korean have verb conjugation?
Korean verbs are conjugated. Every verb form in Korean has two parts: a verb stem, simple or expanded, plus a sequence of inflectional suffixes. Verbs can be quite long because of all the suffixes that mark grammatical contrasts.
