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I love it! Native English speakers don't know how lucky they are. A verb in Italian can change 108 times- in English 4: present (infinite), past, past participle and the continuous form (ing). If someone really wants to be picky and count the addition of the s on the 3rd person singular in the present, then that makes it 5... but no more and certainly nowhere near 108.
 
And Russian doesn't even bother with "the" or "a/n".

There are no articles in Russian language.

Except статьи which is Russian for articles (newspaper variety).
 
I studied Russian, @KateESal – those datives and accusatives did for me. After I handed in a particularly appalling piece of homework, my poor teacher told me, in front of the whole class, that it was only a fear of hitting the front page of the national newspapers that stopped her from coming over and smacking my head against the back of the classroom wall.:eek: Ah. Those were the days.
 
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