First notebook entry: Introducing myself

Hi everybody !
Hope you have a good evening.

So, this is my first post on this notebook (please don't be baaad!) Let me introduce myself : I'm "Luciole" (not my real name, just a surname). It means "Firefly".

I'm looking for new friends who can teach me English and who I can teach French of course ! I'm a student in 3rd year of graphic design and after school, I'd like to work in the USA for a few years.
And before that (during school then), I've got many internships to do and I'd love to do it in an English country (England or the USA) to improve my language.

So.. if you're interested, don't hesitate to send me a message, I promise to reply as soon as possible !
(On Skype, it will be more funny !)

See you !

In English, we always capitalize the names of languages: English, French, Spanish, etcetera.

We also always capitalize "I," no matter where it is in a sentence!

English sentences always have to have a subject, so a sentence like "Means 'Firefly'" is not grammatically correct. Putting "The name" (which is the subject here) or a pronoun ("It" in this case) at the beginning makes it gramatical: "The name means 'Firefly'" / "It means 'Firefly.'"

Because the full title of the USA is "The United States of America," we put "the" in front of "USA." (Mais la plupart de la fois on utilise plutôt "America" ou "the US"!)

Because "years" is a count noun (that just means you can count them: one year, two years, ten years. A non-count noun is something like "bread". You don't say "two breads," you say "two <em>loaves</em> of bread" or "two <em>slices</em> of bread" or something. C'est different du français!) you cannot put the word "some" in front of it. It is better to use "a few" or "a couple of" instead!

J'oublie comment expliquer "to improve." Desolée! But a verb like "send" must be infinitive (have the "to" in front of it) if there is another conjugated verb before it. Quelques examples: "I waited to get my dinner," "She wants to play games," "Don't hesitate to send a message." Also, I fixed the spelling of "promise."

I hope that helps! Bon courage. :)

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

My name is Farah, I'm 14 and I'm French.
I learn English because I like this the language and I think English it will be important in my future job.
I love to read manga, to play video games, to do Aïkido, and to listen to music...
I hope you will help me in with my English !
I can help you to learn French if you speak English.
I wanna learn Japanese too and I wanna go to Japan :-)

Have a nice day~

In English, "I like this language" is a lot more specific (et quelquefois beaucoup plus emphatique) than "I like the language." It means something a little more like "I like this one MORE THAN all the other ones."

After the expression "I love/like," you can either:

1. Use the infinitive of the verbs ("to read" instead of "read.") An example: "I love to read and to write."

2. Use the progressive form of the verbs ("reading" instead of "read.") An exmaple: "I love reading and writing."

Usually, you can use either one, but once you pick one it's good to keep using it through the whole sentence. :)

In English, "help" as a verb (comme 'aider') is either followed by "with" and then whatever you need help with ("Help me with my English,") or by the infinitive of a verb ("Help me to improve my English.")

En fait, "I think English will be important in my future job" est vraiment correct! It just sounds better to use a pronoun after saying "English" once already: "I think it will be important in my future job."

J'éspère que ça va vous aider! :) J'aime quelques manga et mon copain adore les jeux videos, alors je comprends. C'est quoi "Aïkido"?

~Sienna

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I am learning English, because I want to make friends and I like the language; my native language is Spanish, and I grew up in Colombia. I enjoy playing volleyball and spending the time with my friends and my family. :)

'I' is always capitalized, no matter where it is in the sentence.

<em>'El' y 'la' (y también 'los' y 'las') son todos 'the' en inglés. Hay solamente un artículo definido!</em>

<em>espa</em><em>ñol</em> = Spanish

<em>inglés</em> = English

<em>vóleibol</em> = volleyball

<em>con</em> = with (<em>con mis amigos</em> = with my friends)

I corrected some of the spelling errors. Also, in English, <em>vosotros escribís la inicial en mayúsculas</em> ("capitalize", <em>en inglés) todos los nombres de las idiomas. Por ejemplo,</em> 'Spanish'.

Finally, 'play' and 'spend' should be 'playing' and 'spending'. English uses the present progressive/gerund (el tiempo progresivo/gerundio?) a lot more than Spanish does. 

I hope that's helpful! :)