First try Hey, guys! It is my first time writing here! Today I'll have my first conversation with a native speaker on the phone. I'm a little bit nervous because I will not look at the person, and I

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Fernanda Grübler

First try Hey, guys! It is my first time writing here! Today I'll have my first conversation with a native speaker on the phone. I'm a little bit nervous because I will not look at the person, and I know that helps me a lot. hahah Writing this, I realize that I still have questions about verbs "see" and "look" ("watch" is kinda easier) sometimes, even though in Portuguese we have "ver", "olhar" and "assistir", but uses are completely different. My mind will explode. Thank you for your help. I'll try to do this at least once a day since now. And if you want to practice your Portuguese, I am open for exchanges calls!

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Hey, guys! It This is my first time writing here!

Today I'll have my first conversation with a native speaker on the phone. I'm a little bit nervous because I will not look at (Note 1) the person, and I know that helps me a lot. hahah

Writing this, I realize that I still have questions about the verbs "see" and "look" ("watch" is kinda easier) sometimes, even though in Portuguese we have "ver", "olhar" and "assistir", but the uses are completely different. My mind will explode.

Thank you for your help. I'll try to do this at least once a day ~~since~~ from now on.

And if you want to practice your Portuguese, I am open ~~for~~ to exchanges calls! (Note 2)

Good job with your text Fernanda! I hope your call went well. I have had hundreds of calls with people that I met on italki, it really helps a lot. I have a couple of notes about your text.

1) You could say either "I will not see the person" or "I will not look at the person" in this sentence. If the verb "look" is used here it must be followed by the preposition "at" (which you correctly did).

2) You could also say "...language exchange calls". Remember that "exchange" or "language exchange" are adjectives, telling the reader what kind of calls these are. Adjectives in English are always in the singular, never plural.

Bons estudos!

Hi Elaine! Fail, he can't call me I don't know why :(

Hi Simon! Thanks, I wrote "see" and changed after "facepalm"

Olá Fernanda. I will not see - because the person is not visible. Look would mean that the person was visible, but you didn't want to direct your sight to the person. Boa sorte. Simón.

Hi Fernanda, I'm new too. How was your first call? I hope it went well :)

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