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Adrianna Jaffrani
Polish
Nov 19, 2014
Haha, nie ma problemu Jess. To normalne. Musimy więcej ćwiczyć! :)
Adrianna Jaffrani
Polish
Oct 29, 2014
Jess, dziękuję bardzo za lekcję. Cieszę się, że podobała ci się nasza lekcja! Dobrze już mówisz po polsku, poćwiczymy i będzie jeszcze lepiej! :)
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    Hi everybody

    I would like to tell you about my very first experience of communication via Skype with a native English speaker.
    Although it was a short conversation, because my conversational partner didn't have much time, it was awesome.
    I was so excited and at the same time nervous because my conversational partner was from another hemisphere of the globe and I didn't know how to start the conversation .
    I could see and hear him as if he was sitting beside me.
    I could catch every one of his words as I'm quite skilled in listening but my speaking skills were so poor and I was (or "felt") awkward.
    Afterwards I decided to pay more attention to my speaking skills because I want to be more fluent in (the) English (language).
    I think one of the way to become fluent is to start to write in English and then to see to the corrections made in my sentences by native speakers.
    I think it's a very useful tool on this site which helps many people.
    To give back I try to correct others people when they write in Russian.
    In a conclusion I want to tell you that it wasn't easy task to write it and I spent about 40 minutes writing it.
    But I don't worry about it much as it's my first steps.

     

    Nice work, Vlasd. Don't worry so much if you make mistakes with "a" or "the" - these are what are called secondary errors, basically people will still understand you if you forget to use them properly. "Interlocuter" is not a commonly used word, so that's why I replaced it with conversational partner. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions. :)

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    June 17, 2015
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    Winter holidays in the south of Argentina (II).

    After we visited "el chalten" and 'el calafate', we went to ''Ushuaia''. Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world, this city is well-known as ''the city at the end of the world''. When we arrived, it had just begun to snow, and that was the first time that I saw to snow (I am Colombian ). In Ushuaia the nights of winter nights are longer, sunrise is at 10 am and it gets dark at 5 pm. We stayed four days, and we did different activities, snowboarding, skiing and ice skating (the first time that I practiced winter sport). the Snowboarding was very difficult for me, I fell down all the time, with skiing I was better (now I'm practicing skiing in Bariloche) and the ice skating was very funny. :)

     

    It sounds like you're having a great time! If you have any questions, let me know. 

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    June 17, 2015
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    Die Verwendung des Wortes "zutrauen" Ich habe Beispielsätze gesucht und habe mich danach einige von meinen eigenen Beispiele ausgedacht, aber bin immernoch unsicher, wie Sätze mit dem Verb "zutrauen" gebaut werden sollten . Könnt ihr bitte die folgende Sätze durchsehen und korrigieren? (Ich benutzte diese Definition von Duden: "der Meinung sein, glauben, dass jemand die entsprechenden Fähigkeiten, Eigenschaften für etwas besitzt") 1. Viele Menschen trauen mir nicht zu, Japanisch zu sprechen, wann immer ich ihnen sage, dass ich aus Italien komme. 2. Als sie jünger war, hat sie sich selbst nicht zugetraut, zu malen. Jetzt ist sie die beste Malerin, die ich kenne. 3. Wenn seine Eltern ihm zugetraut hätten, sich verantwortungsbewusst zu verhalten, hätten sie ihn mit seinen Freunden ausgehen lassen. (NS: Bitte keine Erklärungen auf Englisch)
    June 17, 2015
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    The start

    Hello. I`m Juliya. Recently I have started to improve my English, because I realized the importance of knowing this language. In my life I have had a lot of situations because of which have made me want to give up. But now, I'm starting again.
    Now I`m looking for a native speaker of English who is also learning Russian. Let`s practice and learn together =)

     

    Nice text! Good luck finding a language partner. :)

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    December 9, 2014
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    Why do people need pets?

    Why do people need pets? This is a good question. Today a great number of families have pets. Some are dogs, some are cats, and some are fishes…
    There are many reasons. The biggest reason is pets are the our best friends besides the humans. Especially the animals like dogs and cats.
    Let’s go back to the earliest “pets” in our life.
    In the past, people didn't have machines. So people needed to do many things with animals, like the Alaskan Malamute.
    Later, we didn't need to do things with animals anymore, but we continued the habit of feeding the animals.
    And I watched some movies about pets. The Most of them are dogs and cats. And they are really close to people. But some people keep some weird pets. Like Arrow-Poison frogs, spiders, and monkeys…
    So I researched about this on Internet, the reason of people keep the weird pets is the people who feed them are alone and they want to find some things like them (I'm not sure what exactly you mean here - do you mean to say something like "they want to have a pet that is similar to them"?). And another reason is they want to be cooler.
    So I think these are the reasons of why do people need pets.

     

    Nice text! One way to expand your vocabulary would be to use specific words in place of "do things".

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    December 9, 2014
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    Podróżowanie Lubię podróżować do różnych krajów, bo interesuję się dowiadywać się o różnych kulturach. Też podobają mi się plaża i góry. Lubię chodzić z moją rodziną. Na plaży leżę na piasku, pływam w oceanie i czytam książkę. W górach wędrowam i jeżdżę na nartach.
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    About the verb "need".

    The verb "need" (to) is used both as a simple and modal verb, but I avoid using it as modal verb, because there are many others suitable modal verbs for expression. Also, somebody say it is said that using it as a modal verb is old-fashioned, that it is no more longer used as a modal verb. I always hear the phrase "I need to" in English movies and films. Maybe using it as a simple verb is characteristic for of Aamerican English? What can you say about it? I think the verb "need" is very complicated when it comes to using it ("to" is a preposition here, and not the to-infinitive marker, so that's why the gerund is used).

     

    Nice text!

    I'm not sure where you heard this information that it's old-fashioned - that's very strange. I've never heard this before, and as a native speaker, I use it myself and hear many people using it, as you mentioned you've heard people using it in movies and on TV. I'd say you needn't worry about avoiding it as a semi-modal verb when it's perfectly fine English (all varieties, not just American) to use it as both a semi-modal and a simple verb.

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    December 7, 2014
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