I think I know but I have no idea how to explain it and I still mess up sometimes.
I don't think there's like any trick to remembering the difference. As far as I can tell, you have to actively remember which of the two words to use for each the fifty different contexts "for" can be used in in English.
German genders are really easy in terms of the different cases, it's just when you have to remember it for every individual word that it becomes a problem.
German genders are really easy in terms of the different cases, it's just when you have to remember it for every individual word that it becomes a problem.
That's what I mean. Even after all this time, I still forget for some words.
Wait at me realizing I was wrong about that whole gerund thing immediately after I had my coffee. I'm dumb. "Wasting my time is my favorite thing to do" would make complete sense.
There's still something distinctly "English-as-a-second-language" about that chorus tho
