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I'm presently studying Thai, Mandarin and French. If you'd like to be a language exchange partner with me, I just ask that you speak one of those three languages. I'll help you with English and understanding the ways of the United States. Please note that my time for free exchanges is very limited these days. I can also tutor you in English on a regular schedule, for a fee. I've been a college teacher for many years and can work up a lesson plan for our sessions, based upon what you'd like to learn. Let me know your preferences. I look forward to getting to know you!
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    My routine.

    Well, every day I wake up early, take a coffe, but just a cup of coffe whith milk and smoke a cigarette. ;-) So I give food to my six dogs, change your water, and have fun with them. Then it´s time of practice exercises. Sometimes I run, sometimes I ride a bicycle. When I back home, it´s time of take a shower and go to work. I work in an eyewear glasses shop as like a saleswomangirl. I like that. At 11PM I back home to see my husband and close the day with a gold key.

     

    [Gisele, Joey really "nailed it." (That's an American idiom meaning that he did a very good job.) Just a few items that I might say a little differently... In British English, you might 'take' a coffee, but in American English, you'd "'have' a cup of coffee with milk." We would not speak of the store as a glasses shop, rather an eyewear shop. Finally, we draw the line between being a girl and being a woman at approximately age 18. The word "girl" might be used through age 20, but not much longer than that. At 21, there is no doubt that you're a "woman." If you're seeing your husband at 11 pm, perhaps you're closing the bedroom door with a gold key? (Like Joey, I'm in the dark as to the meaning of the gold key.) Tchau.] 

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    February 27, 2013
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Hi, my name is Gisele. I´m learning to speak english... I live in Brazil and I`d to like make friend from England or USA. I grew up in Brazil and my native language is Portuguese. I enjoy to be with my husband and ours six dogs. I can teach Portuguese to anyone who has an interest.

     

    [Oi Gisele. Tudo bom? <a href="http://www.italki.com/T011141146.htm">Yairsinho</a> did a great job of correcting your excellent first entry. Only two other things that I noticed... "ours six dogs" should be "our six dogs." (That's a lot of dogs!) Another correction is the use of the apostrophe ('). Use the key to the right of the semicolon (;) for the apostrophe. Do not put a space after the apostrophe, when using it to make two words into a contraction (e.g., don't) or when using it to make a possessive, (e.g., Bobinho's dogs). Fantastic first entry! Bob]

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    February 27, 2013
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    [Excellent! Since it's an introduction, you might add, "Hello, my name is Andrea." For many adjectives, dropping the final "e" is all that's needed to translate the word from Spanish to English, e.g., differente (Sp.) --> different (Eng.). Keep up the good work, Andrea. Bob]

     

    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    I'm learning English because, I want to know people from differente countries and share and spend time talking with people.
    My native language is Spanish and I grew up In Colombia

     

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    Hello, my name is Andrea. I grew up in the city of Medellin in Columbia. My native language is Spanish. I'm learning English because I want to know, share and spend time talking with people from different countries.

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    Hi Jie, I can see that you're very advanced with expressing yourself in English! Here are some very minor corrections. You haven't stopped by for a while, so I hope that you see this entry.

     

    iIntroduce mMyself

    Hi, my name is Jie. I'm interested in English literature and haveI've been studying English for about 8 years., o 

     

    One and a half a years ago, I began to study Sinology, a long-term interest of mine. (Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China, but, especially in the American academic context, refers more strictly to the study of classical language, and literature, and philology. the philological approach), for I've been always interested in it. And e

     

    Early this year, I made the decision to had the idea to learn Japanese.

     

    I'm a vegan. I'm a good at cooking, but typically only cook Chinese dishes. only, 
    I'm interested in English Literature, I like reading and listening to the audio books.

     

    I learned to sketch and to play electronic keyboards organ when I was younger., I've since given gave up playing keyboards, electronic organ but I still do sketch sometimes, in my spare time. I like doing sports, such as jogging, badminton, and roller skating, etc. Jogging is my best, I often go jogging in the evening. I also like listening to musics and watching movies. (Note: "music" is the plural of "music.")

     

    If you are studying Chinese or interested in Chinese Cculture, I'm always willing to have a chat with you., and I can help you with your Chinese studiesy, and I think both of us will have a good time. But pleases don't ask me to teach you Chinese, nor will I ask you to give me English lessons. I'm looking for a language-exchange partner, not a student nor a teacher. If you are interested in it,being my language-exchange partner, pleases send me a message.

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    February 25, 2013
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    people can be so romantic.... what is love for you??? (Note: May I assume that this is a note to the reader here on italki, but not the title of the poem? If so, you may want to supply a title, for example, "i am your angel")

     

    i was born to make your happy.... i was an am your Angel.... i was watching you but it was so hard ... Mmeeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control....

     

    i wanted to be near you ... i fell down to the earth near you, i ... and broke my wing....

     

    you found me and cared for me....


    if i could be any part of you, Ii’d be your tears ... to be conceived in your heart, born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips....

     

    i want to be your breath.... i want to be your pain.... i want to be your happiness....

     

    touch to my heart, you can feel how it is beating.... touch to my lips, you can feel how they scream your nameing about you.... touch to my hand, you can feel how it is warm to caress you.... (Note: To add personal significance, you might say why your heart is beating, why your lips are screaming, and why your hand(s) are warm.)

     
    if you feel the breeze ... it is me, hugging you.... 
    if you feel the sun"'s warmth ... it is me, kissing you.... 
    Iif you feel the raindrops on your cheeks ... it is me, crying 'causecos of you.... 
    if you can't sleep at the night it means ... you're awake in my dreams.... 
    i am your Angel ... with one wing ... but and i am near you.... (Note: "and" v. "but" is a matter of meaning and preference -- "and" provides a more positive and self-assured thought on which to end.)
    your Angel....... (Note: Not necessary to sign it, as you've just expressed this in the previous sentence.)


    Fabulous writing!

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