My English

Hello all. I don´t know what to write because my vocabolary isn´t very extensive. I have only had one month of practicing and I don´t understand much. I will write what I have learned: ´d like to have something to eat in east street in a restaurant tonight at eight o´clock. I believe that I will not be going today. I am going to the supermarket to buy potatoes, tomatoes, flour, sugar, pear juice, ham, and batteries. Before I go I will buy a blue sportbike that I saw yesterday.
I understand a little English, but I know Spanish very well. I believe that is beautiful, but I need help with pronuntiation and more.

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First notebook entry: Introducing myself

 

Hello everybody 

I was thinking that I should share my thoughts in a foreing language. It would be nice to know more about different cultures with this special idiom.

I hope to receive your comments, suggestions, and maybe interact using skype...

All of the best

 

 

John

For different people it is different, but for me, I wouldn't say "I love you" to anyone except my closest friends, partner, or parents. It really depends on how close you are to the person and how well you know them. I would only say "I love you" to someone I've known for years and feel a very deep affection for. For friends (not a partner), it is important that you know them well enough that you can say "I love you" and they will understand that you love them as a friend, and not as anything else. If I was to express affection for someone I didn't know as well, I would say something like, "I like you" or "you are great!" I often say things that express affection but don't use the word "love". Love is just for the deepest relationships or ones where you really know the other person won't take it the wrong way. Something else that helps is to make a reference to a person you have a platonic relationship with. You could say, "he's like a brother to me" to say you really love a male friend in a totally non-sexual way. You could say "She's like a mother to me" or "He's like a grandfather to me" as well.

Tell and say are present tense verbs. Told and said are past tense verbs. You would say, for example, "She tells a story" to say that she's saying it right at that moment. You would say "She told a story," to say that she told it in the past. For said/said, for example, you would say "She said so." to say that it happened in the past. To say that it is happening, you would use "says". Hope that helps.