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- 1. La India está en el sur de Asia. Ocupa la mayor parte de un subcontinente y es/y tiene forma más o menos triangular. Es el segundo país más poblado del mundo (después de China). Inglaterra es tan pequeña, seguro que hay poca gente en Briton, ¿no? 2. Por estar cerca del ecuador, el clima de la India es cálido la mayor parte del año. No llueve mucho excepto en junio y julio. Cuanto yo estuve allí en febrero, estaban sobre/la temperatura rondaba los 30 grados. Solo necesité usar una camiseta de manga corta. ¿Cómo es el clima en Briton, Ilene? /Ilene, ¿Cómo es el clima en Briton? 3. Yo he viajado a/visitado 7 ciudades. En la India hay muchísimos monumentos para visitar. El Taj Mahal es uno de los más visitados, pero yo prefiero el Ganges. Es el río más largo y sagrado de la India. Yo estuve allí una mañana, temprano. Estuve viendo a miles de personas orando en el agua después de bañarse. Se dice que al bañarse en el Ganges se limpia uno de los pecados/limpian los pecados. ¡Fue maravilloso! Ilene, ¿hay ríos famosos en Briton? 4. Solo fui a/visité las llanuras, pero hay muchas cordilleras en el norte de la India. Las montañas más altas están en el Himalaya. El pico más alto es el Kangchenjunga que anda sobre/que ronda los 8600m. En general está bastante bien. En algunas te he puesto dos opciones, elije la que más te guste. El único fallo importante es el tiempo que usaste para el verbo ser/estar. En este caso tienes que utilizar el Préterito perfecto simple, no el imperfecto. Y el "pero" lo puedes utilizar para unir las dos oraciones, no hace falta el ".". Si te he líado con algo, pregunta que te lo intentaré aclarar.0 votedDecember 18, 20120
- And today, the conclusion Ok, the short version of the discussion was something like that: Picasso, was a great artist who influenced and changed the art and probably could have the best chance to survive in the island due his creativity and ideas. In the opposite, although his art was important, his contribution for mankind history and evolution is less relevant than the other two characters were. Karl Marx, was a very important prussian philosopher and his ideas changed the world literally and also the way to live for many people. He was a rich man, who thought in the worker class, critical with the capitalism and father of the communism. Moreover, his ideas were implemented in the wrong way in many countries, although it really wasn’t his fault. Bill Gates, was co-founder of Microsoft, one of the biggest software company ever. His software changed the world in the 80’s – 90’s decade. But the really interesting point it is that he and his wife, are the biggest philanthropist in the world. The used theirs billions of $ helping poor people around the world and convinced other rich people to do the same. Even the medical research has been supported by them, with the necessary founds to develop a vaccine for the malaria. On the other hand, there is polemic about how he started his business and his aggressive monopoly tactics. My team defended Bill Gates and proposed that Picasso should jump. We thought that Bill and Karl could have a very interesting conversation about how to get a better world. However, the democratic decision was that Bill Gates should be the jumper. My conclusion is that the world is crazy, isn’t it? Or perhaps I’m crazy, who knows ^^. What do you think? Bye!December 15, 201200
- English class exercice Hi! Today I tell you, what we did in my last English class. We worked in 3 groups, and our teacher asked us about one successful/famous character. We didn’t have more info, so later few minutes of discussion each group selected one. The three characters selected were Pablo Picasso the artist, Karl Marx the philosopher who theorized about communism, and Bill Gates co-founder of Microsoft. When we had the list, the teacher told us that the three persons were traveling by balloon in the middle of the pacific when a bird, a big bird, crashed with them and became losing altitude. There was an island, near their position, but only two of them could get it. One of them should jump to the ocean, where hungry sharks will be waiting. Who should jump? That was the question. We had to defend our character and explain why he should survive and select who will jump. To be continue… Because it could be very long, and it will be boring to correct. Who do you think the jumper was? Any bet? Bye! And thanks!December 14, 201200
I don't like writing personal things on the internet, but it is a easy way to say something and practise my written English. Besides, the chat isn't working right now (it crashes a lot, I think it happens because there are a lot of people connected at the same time at these hours), so I can't find someone to practise my spoken English.
So, here I am trying to write about something. For example, yesterday and today I corrected some diary notes from English speakers (ok, only two :P), and I have seen they put a lot of accents or "tildes" correctly. In Spanish the accent is the term for the sound and the "tilde" expresses it in writing. When I went to school I hated them, and I rarely used them because for me, it did not make any sense. When I read a word with a "tilde" within a Spanish phrase, I understand immediately how I should pronounce this word. Many years ago, in my country you couldn't pass an exam in any subject with more than two or three wrong "tilde", fortunately (or not) when I went to school and university they were less strict than in times past. Indeed, now I admit that I forget them a lot when writing in Spanish if I do not pay special attention. It is sad, I know, however I convince myself by saying that I’m a man of science hehe. But I understand now that to non-native speakers, it must be important knowing exactly where to put the accent when speaking.
Wow, finally I wrote a text! I’m sure it has a lot of mistakes and weird expressions :). If you are a non-Spanish speaker… Do you hate the “tildes”? Does it help you to have a better pronunciation?
Bye!, and thanks for reading :).
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Corrected. There isn't edit option, is it?
Specials thanks to jerrod111, I think I have learned some new words and prepositions uses.
0 votedDecember 14, 20120Aprendiendo
Estoy descubriendo que es muy difícil aprender una nuevo idioma. Bueno, para mi por lo menos, es difícil y fácil al mismo tiempo. Yo puedo aprender las reglas muy rápido; por ejemplo, puedo conjugar los verbos sin muchos problemas, y muchas personas me han dicho que mi pronunciación está muy bien bueno. Para mi, esas cosas no son muy difíciles. Aun así, cuando habloando (oralmente, no en chat o en mi blog) sueno como un niño. (No sé si eso es correcto; quiero decir, "I sound like a child." Es correcto) ¡Las palabras no quieren aparecer en mi mente! A menudo, es "eh... eh... Hablo un poco... eh... de español." ¡Qué frustrante! Creo que necesito internalizar (aquí igual quieres decir entrelazar. También puedes decir necesito más fluidez al hablar) muchas más palabras, pero me parece que la única manera de hacer eso es hablar mucho. Este es el problema más grande para mi, tengo que hablar, pero no quiero hablar, porque estoy un poco abochornado. (o... porque me da vergüenza.)
Bueno, eso es mi perorata pequeña. Voy a continuar practicar hablandopracticando el habla de todos modos. ¡Por lo menos esta perorata tambien me dio un motivo de para escribir en español!Pués si que se te da muy bien la redacción y la escritura en español. Creo que yo tengo el mismo problema pero con el inglés, así que si necesitas a alguien para prácticar me presento voluntario. Saludos.
0 votedDecember 12, 20120- My second entry I don't like write personal things on internet, but it is the easy way to tell something and practise my written english. Besides, the chat isn't working now (It crashses a lot , I think it happens because there are a lot of people connected at the same time at this hours), so I can't found someone to practise my spoken english. So, here I am trying to write about something. For example, yesterday and today I have been correcting some diary notes from english speakers (ok, only two :P), and I saw that they put a lot of accents or "tildes" correctly. In spanish the accent is the term to the sound and the "tílde" to express it in writting. When I went to the school I hated them, and I rarely use them because for me, it did not have any sense. When I read a word with "tílde" in a phrase in spanish, I understand immediately how I should pronounce this word. A lot of years ago, in my country you couldn't pass an exam of any subject with more than two or three wrong "tílde", fortunately (or not) when I was to the school and university they were less strict than old times. Indeed, now I admit that I forget a lot of them when I write in spanish if I do not put special attention. It is sad, I know, however I convince myself telling I am a science man hehe. But I understand now that to non-spanish speakers, have to be important know exactly where they have to put the accent when they talk. Wow, finally I wrote a text! I sure it has a lot of mistakes and weird expressions :). If you are a non-spanish speaker... Do you hate the "tildes"? Does it help you to have a better pronunciation? Bye!, and thanks for reading :)December 12, 201240
La crisis
¿Cómo te afecta la crisis? si eres de Europa, Los Estados Unidos o cualquier país así estoy seguro de que no pasas hambre, no tienes que mendigar comida o no duermes al raso, ¿cómo es que estoy seguro? si te afectara así, no leerías este texto, tienes tu ordenador y el dinero para pagar la cuenta del proveedor. No me tomes a mal, sé que hay muchas personas que están en paro y que hay algunos que se les han perdido las sus casas por no haber tenido ningún (no es necesario) dinero para pagar la hipoteca, y si tienes amigos o parientes que desafortunadamente han terminado así, lo siento muchísimo, no es mi intención molestar a nadie. Lo que quiero decir es que cononzco a algunas personas sin empleo, que sin embargo siguen andando con un cigarrillo en la mano y van tomando (Suena mejor así) de copas todos los fines de semana. Me pregunto cómo, si un paquete de cigarrillos sale a unas 7 libras y una cerveza sale entre 3 y 4 libras. Mi punto de vista es que, échales un vistazo a los del tercer mundo o a los que viven en una zona de guerra, para ellos hay siempre una crisis.
Está genial.
0 votedDecember 12, 20121First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Hi!, Today is my first day in italki.com. I want to practise my English (intermediate level i think) and of course, to help other people with the Spanish language.
For the moment, I have not completed all the sections in my profile, because I want to see how the web interface is.0 votedNovember 15, 20120- First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hi!, Today is my first day in italki.com. I want to practise my english (intermediate level i think) and of course, to help other people with the Spanish language. For the moment, i have not completed all the sections in my profile, because i want to see how the web interface is.November 15, 201230
