actually even more tenses if you include all the subjunctives also. but no one uses certain ones (e.g. future subjunctive) outside of legal documents. spanish/port. also have 2 past tenses, the best model I had for them (with exceptions) is the ‘single action past tense’ and the ‘used to do this (ongoing)’ tense.
Yeah, I was just doing a quick and dirty count of the tenses. I have a less than high school education and sometimes English is like Greek to me. 😵💫
Portuguese has been a whole nother world!
I’ve hit a wall so I’ve backed off of Portuguese and started a little Spanish. Related languages but different enough to be challenging. I’ll probably go back to Portuguese in a couple of months and review everything and start studying again.
I’m retired and I find it keeps my mind busy and helps pass the time.