The weirdness of language learning
Recently, I've start to learn Czech. I decided it because of some personal reasons, and just have start. But there is not the point. The funny thing about that is that when I started to search of language exchange in Czech, I spoak more in English that in Czech. And it's not only because my Czech is extremely bad, it is because I've found only people who speaks English.
I didn't speak in English for an eight months, and it is funny, that I spoke in English even more in this moth than in last eight while trying to speak some Czech.
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The weirdness of language learning
Recently, I've started to learn Czech. I decided on it (1) because of some personal reasons, and I just have had to start (2). But there is that's not the point (3). The funny thing about that is that when I started to search of for language exchange in Czech, I spoke more in English than in Czech. And it's not only because my Czech is extremely bad; it is because I've only found only people who speaks English.
I didn't speak in English for an eight months, and it's funny that I spoke in English even more in this moth than in the last eight while trying to speak some Czech.
Notes about the correction
(1) Even though it's not incorrect to say "I decided it" in other contexts, I think it sounds unnatural in this case before "because". It's more normal to say "I decided on something because". Other options that sound more natural would be "I made the/that decision because..." or "I chose that language because...".
(2) The modal verbs that express a firm obligation are "must" and "have to". You are more likely to use "must" when you express an inner feeling of obligation, whereas "have to" expresses a more general kind of obligation. For example:
- You must come. (I require you to come. I want you to come.)
- You have to come. (The rules say that you have to come.)
(3) "There is" indicates the existence of something. You want to say "that's (not) the point", a common phrase in English when you want to emphasize or clarify an argument you're making.
I hope my notes are helpful. Best regards.
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