Jerian
Finnish
Dec 16, 2021
Thank you for the conversation Tamerlane. You speak fluent Finnish so you'll manage well in Finland if you do move here in the future.
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Θα ήθελα να βελτιώσω τα ελληνικά μου / olen kiinnostunut löytämään suomalaisia ja virolaisia (ja kreikkalaisia!) kielikumppaneita / mul on huvi Soome ja Eesti keelepartnerid leida
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Maureen
Finnish
Dec 29, 2020
Oli todella hauska tutustua Tam! Suomenkielentaitosi on ihan todella huippu tasolla - jatka samaan malliin!
Jonatan
Finnish
Dec 4, 2020
Kiitos Tamerlane ensimmäisestä keskustelutunnista! Oli mukavaa, luontevaa ja mielenkiintoista jutella kanssasi, ja suomenkielen taitosi on jo erittäin hyvällä mallilla. Ensi kertaan!
Kassu
Finnish
Aug 26, 2020
Meillä oli oikein hauska ensitapaaminen Tamin kanssa! Tamin suomen kielen taso on ilmiömäisen hyvä. Puhuimme kielistä ja se jos jokin on minulle mieluisa puheenaihe! Odotan innolla seuraavaa tapaamistamme :)
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- "accede to" means "to agree to", e.g. "the authorities did not accede to the workers' demands" It has a second meaning of assuming an office or position, e.g. "Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558" But it is a very rare verb. Don't use it in normal everyday speech, it sounds old-fashioned. I think you know what "to access" means.0 votedJuly 1, 20200
- Very few mistakes! Changed parts are highlighted and corrected sentences are below.Several sentences with new words1) You couldn't have done anything worse than you did! He is allergic.2) They could have come and stay here instead of renting this pricey apartment. Why didn't you tell them?3) She could have pay you for all your help, couldn't she? She's not a poor princess.4) I wouldn't have closed my business, if had known that the government is ready to help us.5) I would have stay longer with you, but I can't. My family is waiting for me, so I have to leave.6) You wouldn't have come up with any other idea, because the time was limited and we did our best.7) I bought her a necklace and of course she said "You shouldn't have...". Yet, I saw her eyes which were clearly saying "I'm so happy!"8) We should have stopped there and look around, but instead we drove for extra three hours until we ran out of gas.9) I should have acted in advance to prevent the police from coming here.------1) You couldn't have done anything worse than you did! He is allergic.2) They could have come to stay here instead of renting this pricey apartment. Why didn't you tell them?3) She could have paid you for all your help, couldn't she? She's not a poor princess.4) I wouldn't have closed my business if had known that the government is ready to help us.5) I would have stay longer with you, but I can't. My family is waiting for me so I have to leave.6) You wouldn't have come up with any other idea because the time was limited and we did our best.7) I bought her a necklace and of course she said "You shouldn't have...". Yet, I saw her eyes, which were clearly saying "I'm so happy!"8) We should have stopped there and looked around, but instead we drove for extra three hours until we ran out of gas.9) I should have acted in advance to prevent the police from coming here.Commas rules are complex in English. "which" followed by a restrictive clause uses a comma. Also:"Generally, if the dependent clause comes second in a complex sentence, a comma is not used."<a href="https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma-in-complex-sentences/#:~:text=Generally%2C%20if%20the%20dependent%20clause,to%20eat%20in%20the%20house.&text=The%20second%20clause%2C%20because%20there,comma%20between%20the%20two%20clauses." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma-in-complex-sentences/#:~:text=Generally%2C%20if%20the%20dependent%20clause,to%20eat%20in%20the%20house.&text=The%20second%20clause%2C%20because%20there,comma%20between%20the%20two%20clauses.</a>0 votedJune 11, 20201
There are no major mistakes here. I've pasted in the corrected text below.
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Yesterday when I was taking my sons and one of their friends to join junior firefighters weekly training event I began thinking if other countries have similar activity for their youth. Quick search with Google proves it to be so. I hadn’t time to investigate it further but I believe they are training same things regardless of a country.
Junior firefighters
In Finland volunteer firefighters have great responsibility in large low populated areas. You could say that major area of our country is protected by volunteers but most people are protected by officials.
As a junior firefighter youth have great opportunity to build friendship with others while learning useful skills of fire security and first aid.
When youth grow, and leave their hometowns for college or other studies they usually find other activity to fill their spare time in large cities with their new friends. But I have been delighted to notice that they usually join as volunteer firefighters to emergency department when moving back to countryside after wild years around the world.
-----------------Junior firefighters
Yesterday, as I was taking my sons and one of their friends to join a junior firefighters weekly training event, I started to think about whether other countries have similar activity for their youth. A quick search with Google proves that they do. I didn't have time to investigate it further but I believe that there are similar activities for children in many countries.
In Finland, volunteer firefighters have great responsibility in large lowly-populated areas. You could say that most of our country is protected by volunteers but most people are protected by professional firefighters.
As a junior firefighters, young people have great opportunities to build friendships with others while learning the useful skills of fire safety and first aid.
When young people grow up and leave their hometowns for college or other studies, they usually find other activities to fill their spare time in large cities with their new friends. But I have been delighted to notice that they usually join the fire department again as volunteer firefighters when they move back to the countryside after their wild years travelling the world.0 votedJanuary 17, 20170Reflection
Maybe it has no bearing on your daily life, but I think everything is a fluke! When I felt discouraged, when I wanted to flunk out of everything, I decided to withstand resist the feeling of not understanding and suddenly something happened. When I was walking down the street I met somebody who resembled my old English teacher. Since then, I have pulled everything off.Notes:
A 'fluke' isn't exactly the same thing as 'chance'. A 'fluke' is quite specific – it means a situation where I attempt to do something very difficult and succeed and someone says "oh that was just a fluke' - this means that it was just good luck, a matter of chance and not skill that I managed to do that thing. Or if I'm modest I might say "or it was just a fluke' - i.e. I had good luck, I am dismissing my achievement.
"I have pulled everything off" sounds a bit strange. "to pull something off" I would use only to refer to a concrete thing. E.g "I really pulled that exam off".
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