Noodles (help): I have.

Originally posted by Nordlys
However, a better question might be why English only has one form that is different. Both English and the Scandinavian languages have been simplified a lot over time.

That's what I thought the question was.

Afrikaans is like Swedish; many Afrikaans speakers never stop confusing 'is' and 'are', to the perpetual amusement of monolingual English snobs.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
That's what I thought the question was.

Afrikaans is like Swedish; many Afrikaans speakers never stop confusing 'is' and 'are', to the perpetual amusement of monolingual English snobs.

Ah. I thought the question was why there was a form that was different when they is all the same in Swedish.

Originally posted by Nordlys
I read the question the same way as you did. In Norwegian, and I believe in Swedish as well, the third person singular doesn't have a special form, no matter whether the verb is regular or irregular:

jeg har
du har
han / hun / det har
vi har
dere har
de har

(Har har!)

However, a better question might be why English only has one form that is different. Both English and the Scandinavian languages have been simplified a lot over time.

In Dutch there are more forms:

ik heb
jij hebt
hij / zij / het heeft

wij hebben
jullie hebben
zij hebben

Originally posted by Thomaster
In Dutch there are more forms:

ik heb
jij hebt
hij / zij / het heeft

wij hebben
jullie hebben
zij hebben

In German we have one more:

ich habe
du hast
er/sie/es hat
wir haben
ihr habt
sie haben

But Latin beats German:

habeo
habes
habet
habemus
habetis
habent

Originally posted by zozozozo
if you would question every wierd spelling and grammar in dutch you would die, some things should be taken for granted😉

I before E except after C.

And in weird.

D

Originally posted by Nordlys
the Scandinavian languages have been simplified a lot over time.

Have been/has been???

Originally posted by Nordlys
habeo
habes
habet
habemus
habetis
habent

That are just nuts! 🙄

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
...to the perpetual amusement of monolingual English snobs.

I hate those people. They have no idea how unnecessarily complicated their
language is. Swedish (and apparently Africaans) rocks! YEAH!