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Jeg vil gjerne snakke norsk fra tid til annen! Looking for either a teacher or a language exchange. Je peux offrir du français ou de l'anglais.
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Grete Maidla
Estonian
Jul 11, 2021
Aitäh tunni eest, Alan! Sul on väga hea aktsent ja hea on näha, kuidas sa lauseehitusega eksperimenteerid. Kohtumiseni järgmises tunnis!
Martín
Spanish
Sep 16, 2019
¡Gracias, amigo! ¡Un placer hablar con vos!
Forest
Sign Language
Apr 7, 2016
Very skilled signer for having so little practice actually signing! We had a very interesting chat and I'm excited to see him again in the future.
Robrecht
Dutch
Mar 25, 2015
Very interesting conversation. It was indeed fun as well as informative. Ik vond de discussie over linguistische theorieën, het Papiaments, creoolse talen en jouw tekst, die we samen verbeterd hebben, heel interessant. Ik kijk uit naar het vervolg van het verhaal over Joop.
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  • Answered
    *esa pronunciación labiodental en conversaciones naturales, pero en este libro audio*
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    April 26, 2021
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    Una pregunta para los hispano-hablantes que conocen bien la fonética. Estoy escuchando actualmente un libro audio (Oficio de tinieblas) narrado por Sergio Bustos. El pronuncia casi siempre la letra “v” como [v] (alfabeto fonético internacional), es decir, una pronunciación labiodental, y no como [β] (fricativa bilabial), lo que sería normal en español. He buscado en Wikipedia, pero dice solamente que “algunos hablantes” pronuncian la “v” en un sonido labiodental. Lo que quiero saber yo es, ¿hay dialectos de español en los cuales se pronuncia sistemáticamente así, o es solamente una pronunciación “personal”? Nunca he entendido es pronunciación labiodental en conversaciones naturales, pero es este libro audio sí, y creo de vez en cuando también en las canciones de Ricky Martin y hasta la mismisima Gloria Estefan.
    April 26, 2021
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    Una pregunta para latinos (nunca he entendido eso en una película española). No comprendo cómo se utliza el "tu" y "usted" CON UNA MISMA PERSONA. (Por favor, no me digas que el "tu" es familiar con personas conocidas y el "usted" es más formal con personas desconocidas -- eso sí lo sé). Por ejemplo, he visto en varias películas mexicanas que un hombre habla con su mujer y le dice (naturalmente) "tu". Pero de vez en cuando, hablando con la misma mujer, el puede decir "usted". ¿Porqué??? ¿Que quiere decir esa fluidez entre el "tu" y el "usted"?
    April 18, 2021
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    I would say, as you wrote: His lack of motivation really turns me off ... and I don't see this as sexual at all. The second sentence however is probably best rendered by The rain stopped me from going out tonight. (not a phrasal verb, but then, phrasal verbs aren't the answer to everything! :-) )
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    February 20, 2021
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    Oops "pull off" not pull of.
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    February 20, 2021
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    He said ... This dude literally managed to pull of writing, on guitar, the most impossible mandolin riff of all time... and expects me to play it... every single night.
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    February 20, 2021
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    It is a lovely metaphor, and the mixing of tenses is purposeful and forceful. "I am a museum full of art" is in the simple present because it is expressed as a timeless truth, like "The Earth revolves around the Sun." or "Moss grows on the north side of trees." This is contrasted with the past "you had your eyes shut" which refers to a specific act in the past (which may have been repeated several times, but it is now completed and finished). You were not able to appreciate the museum full of art because you did not see it (in the past).
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    November 2, 2018
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    Ooops, scrap that last answer. The last thing I heard him say as he and his buddies walked off ... is the correct version. When you're not sure whether to use the subject or object (I / me; he / him; she / her) in a compound subject (that is, a subject joined with "and"), just transform the compound subject into a simple subject by leaving of the part after "and", then it will be apparent: She gave it to John and he - or - She gave it to John and him Transform this to: She gave it to he - or - She gave it to him. Making the subject compound doesn`t change its case, so She gave it to John and him. So transform your example to: The last thing I heard him say as he walked off - or - The last thing I heard him say as him walked off. Obviously ... as he walked off.
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    November 2, 2018
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    Because this is actually reflexive, that is, the subject of the sentence cropping up again in the middle of the sentence, it should actually be "The last thing I heard him say as himself.... " (i.e. before he was someone else). Colloquially this would get clipped to "The last thing I heard him say as him...".
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    November 2, 2018
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    Either: This farm is in Bob's family. This farm is owned by Bob's family. Bob's family owns this farm.
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    September 9, 2015
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