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I am originally from northern California and although I have lived in many parts of the United States, I retain that accent, with some small lexical habits borrowed from living on the East Coast and South. I teach Latin and ancient Greek at university. I would happily help anyone with their English in exchange for conversations in Italian and Modern Greek.
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Stella Papastamati
Greek
Mar 15, 2019
Max has a good understanding of vocabulary, even if the words are pronounced fast. With more practice he is going to get even better. Keep up the good work, Max!
Stella Papastamati
Greek
Feb 13, 2019
Max was well-prepared. He is able to speak in Greek better than what he thinks. Our next step is to employ his good grammatical knowledge even more in the orals. I am really happy working with him.
Daniela
German
Feb 7, 2016
Max is so easy to talk to and there were many different topics. Next lesson we are going to concentrate on the structure of the sentence which can be tricky in German sometimes!
Daniela
German
Jan 24, 2016
It was my pleasure. Bis bald
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  • Corrected

    Letter

    Dear Mr.Byron

    I am writing with regard to the advertisement published on the Niu newspaper as I would like to receive further information regarding your English course and I thank you for your patience in advance.

    My current knowledge of English is B2 and since it is an upper intermediate level I have fluency both in writing and speaking English. A deeper preparation of specific grammar is needed to pass the next exam. so In particular, I would like to strengthen my securety confidence with phrasal verbs. Consequently a 6 weeks course perhaps might be advisable for my needs and I would like to have the first lesson as soon as possible, approximately around the 10th of November.

    As an enthusiastic lover of sport and music, I focus on learning English with demanding and a methodic approach that I learnt by playing the piano. My main interests are reading and my favourite genre is English literature of the Georgian period.

    I am available to answer to any questions, contact me in case you require additional information.

    Sincerely

    Penelope *****

     

    Is needed: this is not wrong, but I would have written: "would help me to pass" 

     

    - Max

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    October 23, 2015
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  • Corrected

    formal letter

    To whom it may concern,
    I am writing on behalf of my firm of event organization firm. As I believe you are aware, this year EXPO 2015 set took place in Italy.  Expo 2015 is now nearly over. It has been a huge important occasion for different cultures for having a to interact dialogue and an exchange of ideas.

    Abeit Although this event had been considered messy and disorganized, especially for what concern the incredible long queues in front of the pavillons, me and my colleagues and I think that it should would be insane not to continue this initiative after all positive effects it brought to one of our most important citiesy: Milan.

    We’re looking for a financial help to make this aspiration became true become a reality.
    The idea consists in recreating the same kind of environment and atmosphere but on a smaller scale in order to enable local people and tourists to enjoy an intimate EXPO all year long.
    Our stands would offer every species type of food from every part of  all over Italy with the relative explanations of origin and preparation.
    In addition, for most the curious, we were are planning a special area where important chefs taught teach how to cook traditional dishes and all it should be know the necessary information about original products the local ingredients.

    Naturally we would be very happy to promote you as our key sponsor and we could organize a meeting at any time that is convenient to you.

    Yours faithfully

     

    Queues: This is Brittish.  If your taget audience is American, I'd use "lines"

    Would be insane: This is rather informal.  I would write "that this initiative should be continued"

     

    Hope that is helfpul

     

    - Max

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    October 23, 2015
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    first time on italki!

    Hi! i'm Chiara and i'm 23 :)
    I live in Modena, Italy, and I work for a famous brand of fashion because im graduated in fashion one year ago.
    I want to learn english because i need it tofor work and because next year i wish to move to San Diego, California.
    I'm so sorry for my english, i don't didn't study this language at school and now i don't remember anything!
    So, please, help me.. :) thanks!


    Ciao Chiara,

     

    This is a good start and easily comprehensible for me as a native English speaker.  A few notes:

     

    A famous brand of fashion. This sounds a little strange to my ear.  Suona un po' strano.  Perhaps, "I work for a famous fashion company"

     

    I graduated = mi sono laurata.  In the United States, we don't normally say "I graduated <em>in </em><em>a field</em>".  You can say "I got my degree in fashion a year ago"  (complimenti, a proposito).

     

    If you are writing anything formal, you will want to capitalize English (not english).  

     

    Mi piace San Diego.  È una bella città. 

     

       

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    October 23, 2015
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    In altre parole (Lahiri) Ultimamente, leggo un libro intitolato 'in altre parole', scritto in Italiano da un'autrice americana (per preciso americana-bengalese) Jhumpa Lahiri. In questo libro scrive di sua esperienza di imparare o provare di imparare l'italiano. Ovviamente questo libro scritto diretto in italiano dimostra chiaramente che lei è in gamba con la lingua. Pero, la prima parte del libro descrive le sue difficoltà, il senso di fallimento continuo, in modo che mi ricorda di me stesso. Gli sforzi che compio provando di imparare sembrano senza fine ed anche a volte inutili. Lei scrive bellissime di queste cose, ma in una maniera molto meno sconfortante. Anzi, quando lo leggo, mi sento che lei esprima esattamente quello che avrei voluto dire se fosse io così bravo come scrittore.
    October 22, 2015
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    Grazie, Michele.  Mi ha aiutato questo.    

     

    Una domanda: <em>But un ragazzo buono / un ragazzo bravo are different. The first means that he is a good boy that wouldn’t hurt a fly, the second that he is a boy who acts well in what he is doing</em>.

     

    In realità, "acts well" (L'Inglese è la mia madre lingua) mi significa tipo si comporta bene.  In questo caso, un ragazzo bravo è bravo a qualcosa, riesce a fare bene qualcosa, in gamba?  O vuole dire un ragazzo buono in generale, che fa il bravo?  

     

    Inflection

    Bravo, buono and bello are adjectives, so they follow the noun:  

    Un bravo ragazzo: A good boy.

    Una brava ragazza: A good girl.
    Due bravi ragazzi: Two good boys.
    Due brave ragazze: Two good girls.

     

    (pero, questi tutti sono <em>davanti</em> ai nomi)

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    October 22, 2015
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