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Social skills while doing a language exchange
Hello everyone

Hope you're doing good in these though times.
Today I'm writing about a topic that will be interesting for many, I think. Language and cultural exchanges can be very fulfilling and rewarding but sometimes kind of frustrating. Have you ever encountered people here on Italki, or on other language learning platforms, that seemed to have very few or no social skills at all? It sometimes happen to me. Some people give very short answers, "monosyllabic" answers like "yes" or "no", when talking to them it almost feel like we are bothering them and they don't want to talk at all. My guess is that not everyone like talking about him/her, some people are very private, some may not be comfortable talking to strangers but then why would you join a site where the main purpose is talking to strangers ? XD
I'm very talkative and chatty, so I always try to make people feel comfortable. But sometimes even when I try to make the conversation happen, there are some people with whom it just doesn't match. I would for example tell them about a great experience I had, about a hobby and they would simply reply "great", "nice". I generally stop replying to this type of people because it's pointless lol.

Have you ever experienced that ? If so how did you deal with that ?
June 4, 2020
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Life struggles As far as I can remember, I've always struggled to make and establish genuine connections with others and especially peers of my age. Today, as a young adult, ready to enter the wild world of the job market, this situation is getting a real burden. Social media is a real nightmare, seeing all those happy faces of happy people surrounded by plenty of friends, all these people who get plenty of comments and likes makes me even more lost and kinda upset. I try my best to make friends, to meet new people, I try to be nice with everyone but for a reason or another, I always end up alone. Maybe I've been alone for too long and don't know how to approach others in a correct way, maybe I'm too weird and awkward, maybe I'm just not worth it. I don't know, since people who reject me don't really give me an explanation. I hope this situation will change for the better, one day.
May 12, 2020
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Learning a non common language Hello everybody Today I want to talk about my experience of learning Greek. I've started to learn it in October at university. Unfortunatly the lcasses are already over but I want to keep studying it. I am looking for Greek partners but since Greek is not a very wide spread language it's not easy to find language partners. It's easier to find partners to practice English, Spanish or Russian for exemple. For people who learn a non common language, how did you cope with that ? How did you find a reliable partner ?
May 29, 2018
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Is there someone in Lille ?

Is there someone who lives in Lille here ? I've started to study in this city almost 3 months ago and I wonder if there in any Italki user who lives over there haha ;)

Contact me if interested, we probably could organize something :D

December 7, 2017
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What Goes Around...Comes Around ;)

What goes around comes around... you will reap what you sow... Maybe you heard this sentence in the famous Justin Timberlake song (I'll forever be a 90S kids hahaha). This means that you simply can't escape the consequences of your actions or words.It is very similar to te concept of "Karma".

Is there any similar sentence in your language ? In French, we have a similar sentence that is: "On récolte ce que l'on sème".

Do you believe in this statement ?



August 8, 2017
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Boys bands

Hello everyone !


Today I want to talk about a very special topic, the boys bands. I want to talk about the boys bands that were famous during the 90s, like Nsync or Backstreet Boys. Do you know them ? Were they famous during your childhood/teenage years ?


July 20, 2017
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Do you believe in luck ?

Do you believe in luck ? Do you think that some people are really lucky in life ? O rat least luckier than other people ?


It is often said that we generate our own luck, that if we smile to life, adopt a positive attitude,  life will smile to us and all these types of things... But I believe some people are luckier than others. For exemple, in the topic of love. Some people found their life partner quiet quickly and without pain. But for most of people, it take years and a lot of bad experiences to finally found the right person.

There are a lot of other exemples, like in the filed of studies, friendships, wealth and health...


What do you think about it ? Share your thoughts !

June 21, 2017
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Confirmacion de practicas Hola, Primero quiero agradercerle por aceptarme en vuestra academia. Desea realizarlas a partir del 26 de junio hasta el 25 de agosto. Cordialmente
June 5, 2017
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Experiences in life

Do you believe that everything we experience in life is worth living ? Do you believe that every experience, whether good or bad will help us in the future? It will help us to move on faster, to accept that life isn't always perfect, to not make the same mistake...

In my language we say "ce qui ne nous tue pas nous rends plus fort" which literally means that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

What do you think of this statement ?

May 28, 2017
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Translating Ukrainian number 2 Can someoen translate me this in English : А інша вже не пише, вона мабуть просто зрозуміла шо я в ній не зацікавлений)
May 27, 2017
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