English vs Spanish: The Grammar Tenses.

The old controversy of which one is more difficult is not really that controversial. When learning another language (English in this case) students may reach a state of frustration  when  they find their progress in acquiring the new language does not go as they expected initially and one of the things they most commonly say is "English Grammar is hard". Regarding other languages, that may be true or not, but Spanish is another story and the answer is definitive: English Grammar is a lot easier.
In order to prove my point let us review the Simple Present tense in both languages using the verb EAT which in Spanish is COMER.
Simple Present:   I / You / We / They  EAT
                             He / She / It    EATS

 Presente Simple: Yo   COMO
                             Tú   COMES
                             Él /  Ella COME
                             Nosotros COMEMOS
                             Vosotros COMEIS
                             Ellos  COMEN

Whereas in English there are only two forms of the verb, in Spanish we have six, but it gets better. Let´s see what happens with the simple Past.
          
Simple Past:       I / You / We / They  He / She / It     ATE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Pasado Simple: Yo   COMÍ
                           Tú  COMISTE
                           Él /  Ella COMIÓ
                           Nosotros COMIMOS
                           Vosotros COMISTEIS
                           Ellos COMIERON

As it is noticeable in  these two examples,  English Grammar is simpler: you have to learn only three  forms of a verb to use the Simple Present and the Simple Past in English instead of twelve in Spanish. It´s also  more practical and time-saving. And it´s not that learning English is always easy. Learning English can be difficult, otherwise there would not be so many English academies out there.

                                      


                                                                     
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