over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf shit is present tense, and shat is past tense, is there no future tense of the word shit?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareIf shit is present tense, and shat is past tense, is there no future tense of the word shit?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMeltrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64·1 year agoSimilar to many verbs that need an object, you add “will” to the present tense. He will run. She will jump. You will shit.
minus-squarewhatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·1 year ago You will shit. Yes mommy. <3
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIt’s coming for you Batman. Hold still.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf dropping a penny from the top of the Empire State Building is not capable of killing a person on the street, what damage can be expected from dropping a deuce from the same height?
minus-squareMeltrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoShall and will can be interchanged. “Are going to” is slightly different. Still future yes, but is usually used to indicate intention rather than decisions. “I will shit soon” and “I am going to shit” both mean basically the same thing but the connotations of those sentences are slightly different.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down11·1 year agoAh, but shit isn’t always a verb, it’s also a noun… 💩
minus-squareMeltrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoNouns don’t need tenses. Shit in the future and shit in the past.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down14·1 year agoVery true, but still… shat, shit, ???
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe present or the futuristic fart?
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMy farts linger and travel forward in time…
Similar to many verbs that need an object, you add “will” to the present tense.
He will run. She will jump. You will shit.
Yes mommy. <3
It’s coming for you Batman. Hold still.
In your case, you’re gonna guano
If dropping a penny from the top of the Empire State Building is not capable of killing a person on the street, what damage can be expected from dropping a deuce from the same height?
Larger surface area spread/splat.
Will, shall, are going to
Shall and will can be interchanged.
“Are going to” is slightly different. Still future yes, but is usually used to indicate intention rather than decisions.
“I will shit soon” and “I am going to shit” both mean basically the same thing but the connotations of those sentences are slightly different.
I must go shilt soon…
Ah, but shit isn’t always a verb, it’s also a noun… 💩
Nouns don’t need tenses.
Shit in the future and shit in the past.
Very true, but still…
shat, shit, ???
shite
So is run and jump.
Future shit will not stink.
My farts say otherwise.
The present or the futuristic fart?
My farts linger and travel forward in time…