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Hello, I'm Ben and I'm looking to learn Spanish. Why? Because there are millions of people out there who I'd love to be able to talk to. Plus, this is a challenge to myself that it's possible to learn without paying for expensive classes or immersions.
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Luis
Spanish
Jun 4, 2015
I'm glad to help you, Ben. You're gaining great confidence when talking in Spanish, awesome job. Saludos!
Luis
Spanish
May 14, 2015
Thanks Ben. It was good to measure your current level and see where you are currently placed in Spanish, which is quite good. I'll be glad to continue helping you with your progress. See you soon, and take care!
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  • Answered
    Both are essentially the same. They change a little when you use the word "in" which kind of suggests that you're inside. For example: "The conditions IN here keep getting worse" would be working conditions inside a factory or other building. In this case, you can go outside and be fine. "The conditions here keep getting worse" would be for a larger area such as a town with no water. Here, it's much harder to find good conditions.
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    September 3, 2014
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    Hello everyone!
    How are you?? I hope you are very well. I am enjoying the last days of summer and studying a bit too. I want to pass the B1 exam and I am studying for it. Today I am studying the hobbyshobbies. It is very usual talk about this in the exam {Not sure, but I think this should be "It is very common to talk about this on the exam"}. I've wrote written a little text and I would like your to correct me my the mistakes. Thanks so much!

    I like to read to fiction books at night and to listening to music, especially pop music. I quite like doing sport {"doing sport" is fine for British English; Americans say "playing sports"} although I hate to running {"to run" or just "running" are both fine}. At house home, I like cooking and I don't mind cleaning my room, but only once a week. I hate ironing shirts. It's very difficult! Now, in summer, I enjoy going out with my friends and I like swimming in a pool a lot. WHEN it is bad weather {better: "When the weather is bad" or "In bad weather"} I love watching a movie and eating a bag of popcorn at house home.

     

    Good job!  And good luck on your test!

     

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    Hello everyone!

    How are you?? I hope you are very well. I am enjoying the last days of summer and studying a bit too. I want to pass the B1 exam and I am studying for it. Today I am studying the hobbys. It is very usual talk about this in the exam. I've wrote a little text and I would like your to correct me the mistakes. Thanks so much!

    I like read to fiction books at night and listening to music, especially pop music. I quite like doing sport although I hate to running. At house I like cooking and I don't mind cleaning my room but only once a week. I hate ironing shirts. It's very difficult! Now, in summer, I enjoy going out with my friends and I like swimming in a pool a lot. WHEN it is bad weather I love watching a movie and eating a bag of popcorn at house.

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    September 2, 2014
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    help me about grammar

    What is different between "have somebody to do smt" and "ask someone to do smt"? How to use ? And what is more polite than of them?
    Tks !

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    First, the correction.

     

    Help me about with grammar

    What is different the difference between "have somebody to do smt" and "ask someone to do smt"? How to use do you use them? And what whichis more polite than of them?
    Tks !

     

    Now the answer.

    It's always more polite to ask.  If you ask someone to do something, you are making a request that they can accept or refuse.  I can ask a friend to help me carry something, or you can ask someone here to help you with grammar.

     

    If you have someone do something, it's an order or a demand. You're saying to him "Do this."  A teacher can have a student write a paper by tomorrow.  A police officer can have someone's house searched.  There's no real choice involved.

     

    Hope it helps!

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    August 7, 2014
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  • Answered
    Ahhh... So it's probably because I have a laptop and thus no number pad. That'll take some looking into. Thanks!
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    August 7, 2014
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    How do you type accented letters with a US keyboard? Has anyone found an easy way to type accented letters in iTalki with a US keyboard? I know the "ALT+" keystrokes, but those don't seem to work here, and all the virtual keyboard provides is the "ñ". Does anyone have an easy way of typing accented As, Es, etc?
    August 7, 2014
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  • Answered
    I'd say they're nearly equal but slightly different. I don't have any grammar rule to back this up, but my interpretation would be that "I lost MY hold" means that you could get it back, but that "I lost hold of the child" is more definitive and final. For example: I lost my hold on the child and she nearly slipped away, but I grabbed her again. [The action is still resolved by you.] I lost hold of the child and she nearly slipped away, but someone else caught her. [The action has to be resolved by someone/something else.] Just my gut feeling on this one. Maybe someone else has another perspective.
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    August 7, 2014
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  • Answered
    Yes, "also" and "too" are the same, although "too" has other meanings as well (for example, the food is too hot to eat). "Even" also has two meanings, but I think in case you can use this: it joins two statements that should be opposites but aren't. "I like to sit outside even when it rains" or "He's very nice even though he yells a lot."
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    August 6, 2014
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    August 6, 2014
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    Mis pensamientos locos de esta noche (porque ya es tarde y tengo sueno!) Ahora, estoy en mi casa, en una silla, y enfrente de mi computadora. Estoy escribiendo unos pensamientos y practicando porque un dia pronto, yo podré charlar con mis amigos en esta idioma bonita!! Ahora… necesito practicar mis conversaciones con frases regulares. Por ejemplo, cuando estoy hablando, a veces yo quiero preguntar así que las palabras que estoy utilizando son ciertos. Cual es la frase? “Es eso cierto?” Por un otro ejemplo, cuando yo utilizo palabras masculinos y femeninos en una lista... “Hay muchas sillas y espejos,” por ejemplo. Debo usar “muchas” o “muchos”? Porque una palabra es masculino y la otra es femenino. O, tal vez, hay un frase totalmente diferente :)
    August 6, 2014
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  • Corrected

    My introduction

    Hi. I am Dayana {or "My name is Dayana"} and I am from Colombia. Now I am studying in the university {better: Now I am in college} and want to better improve my English. I only know the basics and I still I have to practice much a lot. Good rest of day to everybody {better: Have a nice day, everyone}.

     

    Good job! Keep up the hard work  :)

     

    Original:

    My introduction

    Hi I am Dayana, I am from Colombia. Now I am studying in the university and want to better my english, I only know the basic and still I have to practice much. Good rest of day to everybody.

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    August 6, 2014
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