English is hard
By nawala
@nawala123 (24078)
Indonesia
October 1, 2026 6:04pm CST
In Indonesia English is taught in middle and senior high school. But in certain primary school, usually private school it is also taught. I thought the hardest part of English is to understand the tense. Because in our Javanese dan Indonesian language there is no concept of time. Tense is one of the biggest challenge to study English for the first time.
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@snowy22315 (213519)
• United States
2 Oct
There are also a lot of idioms and slang in English, and US and British English are quite different in that way. I don't understand a lot of the British English slang terms. For instance, there is a show called The Office, that was popular both in the US and UK, with a different cast. I liked the US version. The UK version really wasn't funny to me, because I didn't get a lot of the slang. The jokes fell flat with me.
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
I often watch Brit comedy and its much different with American
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
The worse thing is in Indonesia English is taught more in grammar so it is less interesting and very old school. Fortunately the current generatiom have better access to internet so they can do self learning
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@Ineeddentures (30020)
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2 Oct
@nawala123
Self learning is the best way forward
It must be fun learning English on social media and other platforms
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
@Ineeddentures i enjoy so many contents in English on YouTube. It helpa me to preserve mu vocabs and understanding
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
But when i lernt Germany it is much more complicated than English. English is indo-germany language
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
Me too often consufed with in on at, onto and into
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@Shivram59 (51828)
• India
2 Oct
Here also we started studying English from middle school.
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@Shivram59 (51828)
• India
2 Oct
@nawala123 Yes, we have. But when I was in middle school, I was taught English in class 6 for the first time.
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
But India has Colonial history with English
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
My language we use adjective only to tell the time
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@rsa101 (42029)
• Philippines
2 Oct
It’s interesting to learn about tenses and how they relate to one’s native language. I think we were taught this from the very beginning in school, with English starting at that level and becoming more challenging as we progressed. I admit my English isn’t very strong, and I still make mistakes sometimes. It also depends on my mood, as there are times when I can write well and other times when it’s not as good.
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
The Philippine has Colonial history with America and of course it is gate for learning English

@JudyEv (389010)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct
@nawala123 Tenses are an important part of the language.
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
In the beginning i really confused. But now i do agree why its important
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
4 Oct
@JudyEv no tenses in Indonesia. But for formal Indonesian is much different with daily language/slang. Some aspects in Indonesian may make people confused like 'a/an" in English can't translated "satu" in Indonesian but
1. Seekor for animals. (Ekor means tail)
2. Sebuah for things (buah means fruit)
3. Seorang for people (orang mean people)
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@innertalks (23816)
• Australia
2 Oct
Yes, there are variations of words that indicate timing sense, and a lot of people still get this wrong, even the way plurals are handled is hard for non-English people.
The Indian Priest here says the congregations are here, or the peoples are here, when congregation, and people, are already plural.
@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
2 Oct
Indonesia to make plural is easy, just double the word like orang (people/someone) into orang-orang or add "banyak" in "banyak orang "
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@nawala123 (24078)
• Indonesia
20h
Good job. Tike by time we gonna understand more
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