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Hi, my name is Joshua. Outside of iTalki I am a tutor and a teacher both online and in person. I make dynamic lessons that will get you speaking Spanish or English in no time! Hola, me llamo Joshua. Fuera de iTalki soy maestro y tutor, en linea y tambien en persona. Mis lecciones les ayudarán hablar Ingles or Español con gran rapidez!
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    practice with -gonna-!

    I´m gonna to(<em>this means "going to to")</em> learn english some day, I hope soon.
    Tomorrow in the morning I´m gonna find with (We can say, "I'm gonna spend time with my teacher, but we wouldn't say "find with...") my teacher and we are gonna to practice conversation for begginers then we are gonna to eat at the (<em>we are probably talking about a general restaurant, so we don't need the definite article) </em>restaurant. In the afternoon I´m gonna go at my friend´s house and we are going to do our homework while her parents gonna to cook (Present tense, because the first clause already implies the future) dinner and finally I´m (<em>Missing the future!)</em> come back to my house and I go (<em>no pronoun, it's already implied)</em> to sleep!

     

    Hey Mary!

     

    Great sentences! Remember "gonna" is slang for "going to." It's easier and faster to say "gonna" than it is to say "going to."

    So, I would say, "I'm gonna learn English someday, hopefully soon. Tomorrow in the morning I'm gonna find my teacher and we are gonna practice conversation for beginners then we are gonna eat at a restaurant. In the afternoon I'm gonna go to my friend's house and we are going to do our homework while her parents cook dinner and finally I'm *gonna* come back to my house and go to sleep!"

     

    Hope this helped, keep up the good work!

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    May 6, 2014
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    I didn't win the lottery this year :(

    It's the third time I'm applying for Diversity Visa ( Lottary) , but I always unselected , why that happen , am I unlucky man , or it is USA Government policy.

     

    Hey Mohamed,

     

    Sorry to hear about the visa! 

    I would say, "It's the third time I have applied for a Diversity Visa (lottery), but I still haven't been selected. Why does this happen? Am I an unlucky man or is this the US's government policy? 

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    May 2, 2014
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    My Easter holidays

    This Easter have been very intense. I have gone every day to walk with my family to saw the processions.
    In my country this date is very important in some regions. For instance in the south of Spain the easter is a great tradition.
    The custome is to carry in procession figures of "passion of Jesús" and of the "Virgin María". In the procession many people go alone with the figures dressed with robes and their faces covered. They are "nazaneros". Other people accompany the procession behind of the figures.
    The figures are transported by men or women, they are "costaleros".
    This tradition is very old and come people of other countries only to saw this procesion.

     

    I would say, "My Easter Holidays"

    This Easter has been very intense. I have gone on a walk everyday with my family to see the processions. 

    In some regions of my country, Easter (or 'this date') is very important.  For instance, in the South of Spain it ('Easter') is a great tradition.

    The custom is to carry the figures of Jesus (-OR- passionate Jesus [Jesús de pasión is more like "passionate Jesus" and El pasión de Jesús is "the Passion of Jesus"]) and the Virgin Mary in a procession. In the procession many people go along with the figures dressed in robes with their faces coved. They are "Nazaneros." Other people accompany the procession behind the figures. The figures are transported by men or women called "Costaleros."

    This tradition is very old and people from other countries come just to see this procession.

     

    "To see" = Ver (infinitivo/infinitive) 

    Present tense= see                Past tense= saw

     

    Ellos vienen para ver              They come to see        (infinitive)

    Yo he ido para ver                   I have gone to see

     

    Hope this helps. Keep up the good work!

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    April 19, 2014
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    For these sentences I would use the first conditional! We use the first conditional to talk about things that are likely to happen. 

    The first conditional sounds like, "If you learn English everyday, then you will improve every day!"

     

    You could also say, "Learn English everyday. If you do, you will improve every day!"

     

    This is a good website to learn about conditionals. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/type0/menu.php

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    April 16, 2014
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    Good question! No! We can HAVE food without EATING it. The climate changes the food we have possession of. If we possess (or 'have') different food, we tend to eat different food, but the correlation is not 100%. For example: Mark lives in the Caribbean. People in the Caribbean have lots of different types of fruit. Mark eats only Twinkies. Mark has fruit, but he only eats Twinkies. The sentence is slightly incorrect. I would say, "The climate of a place has an effect on the foods we have" -OR- "The climate of a place affects the foods we have." Keep asking questions!
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    April 15, 2014
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    A Precious Lesson.

    I was talking with one of my friends who is came from Nepal. He told me as a graduate student live in Nanjing is very poor.Because his salary is very low while he was working at a hospital as a internshiper.Every month,the hospital only pay him in 300 yuan.

    I was talking with one of my friends who is from Nepal. He told me that, as a graduate students living in Nanjing, he is very poor. He is poor because is salary is very low while he is working as an intern at a hospital. Every month, the hospital pays him only 300 yuan.

    When i heard about it at the first time,I kind of feel sorry to him.I mean 300 yuan a month?It's absolutely cheap labour.However,I started rethinking this thing after a while.If looking from another angle.This could be a good thing! My friend now is a student not a worker.It's a great opportunity for him to study more useful experiences instead of sitting at the classroom.Do not link the thing that you like to the issue of money,or you will lose more valuable thing.

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    <address>When I heard that the first time I felt sorry for him. I mean, 300 yuan a month? It's absolutely cheap labor. (That is gramatically correct but it sounds odd. I would say, "It's unbelievably cheap labor.")  However, I started to rethink the situation after a while. It was like looking at it from another angle. This could be a good thing. (This sentence would be spoken more than written. I would say, "The situation might not be so bad.") Now my friend is a student, not a worker. Interning in the hospital is a great opportunity for him to gain real life experience instead of sittng in the classroom. (Starting with "It's" is gramatically correct but it is very vague). You shouldn't link the thing that you like to do to the issue of money or you might lose something more valuable than money.

    <em>As a result,I told my friend about my thoughts.I was too happy to see my friend felt better.</em></address><address><em> </em></address><address><em>When I told my friend about my thoughts I was happy to see he felt better.</em></address>

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    Great writing! Your grammar looks good, and I like the idea of things having value outside of their monetary worth.


    Remember, we should put a space after every period. We also need to put an "S" at the end of verbs in the third person singular (present tense). 


    P.S. Sorry half of the correction is in italics... for some reason I can not remove them! Keep up the good work.

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    April 10, 2014
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    I would say,

    For the First Time in Forever We capitalize the first letter of every word in a title except articles and prepositions!

     

    The tittle is a very good song.

    The title is a very good song. It might be better to repeat the title. ie: "For the Fist Time in Forever is a very good song."


    The movie is also wonderful.


    Have you see the flim Frozen?

    Have you seen the film Frozen?


    We call 《冰雪奇缘》in Chinese mandarin.

    We call it 《冰雪奇缘》in Chinese Mandarin.


    I think it's more like a musicals. 

    I think it's more like a musical.


    Although it's an animation,the actress is also very beautifull.

    Although it's an animation, the actress is very beautiful.


    Maybe there is no much plot, but it's a good film.

    Maybe there is not much plot, but it's a good film.


    Great sentences! You made a few small errors, but your grammar looks good. Keep up the good work.

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    April 10, 2014
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    Could you please correct my English?

    Yesterday, I talked with a friend of mine who visited to Japan for two weeks. He was complaining complained that the hotel's staff where he stayed could not speak English well. Before he visited to Japan, he didn't know that almost Japanese can't speak English fluently. If he had booked a good hotel, he could have used English, but it he was traveling cheaply . 

    In Japan, at least when I was a student (I'm not sure the present education system is the same as the past one), we has started to learn English since when we turned twelve years old. In the case of Usually students graduating from the University, they has had studied English for 10 years. Nevertheless, many university students, including myself, cannot speak English well, including me.
    The fact that our language don't doesn't use the alphabet and that Japanese grammar is entirely different from English grammar are some of the main reasons of it. (I would say, "English is difficult for us because our language doesn't use the alphabet and Japanese grammar is entirely different from English grammar.) But rather than Additionally, there is a significantly shortage of speaking practice for those learning English in English education ("In English Education" sounds like in the educatin system of Great Britain suffers a shortage of speaking practice ;p). The curriculum is arranged for exams. Getting to beBecoming able to communicate is not the purpose of the curriculum. I hope this situation would be is changed as soon as possible.

     

     Hopefully this helps! I tried not to change your sentences if I could!

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    April 3, 2014
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    "On the ball" means that someone is good at solving problems, organizing events, or being generally useful. Imagine a person balancing on a ball; they would have to be very nimble and skilled, reacting quickly to every new movement of the ball. A person who is "on the ball" also has to be able to react to new developments and problems in order to solve them.
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    April 3, 2014
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    spanish food

    When I went to a bar last month, the master told me there were a really nice Spanish bar.

    I happened to pass by the bar yesterday and I entered.

    They serve really nice ajillo , dish fried in garlic oil.

    shrimps fried in garlic oil was so tasty I became a big fan of Spanish food.

     

    I would say,


    Spanish Food. (The title is capitalized) 

    When I went to a bar last month, the master (bartender, chef, or waiter?) told me there was a really nice Spanish bar.

    I happened to pass by the bar yesterday and I entered (-or- "I went in").

    They serve really nice ajillo, which are shrimp fried in garlic oil.

    The ajillo was so tasty that I became a big fan of Spanish food.

     

    Shrimp can be made plural by adding an s, but I think it sounds better to simply say "Shrimp."

    For example,

    "I have one shrimp." 

    "I have a lot of shrimp" of "I have two shrimp."

     

    Great sentences, though. I loved your use of,"I happened to pass by the bar..." Phrases like that make you sound much more fluent! Keep up the good work.

     

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    March 26, 2014
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