Jin-Kyu Scott Kim
Korean
May 6, 2022
You had some good questions for conversation and applied it to our conversation in advance. I am sure that you have a good sense of language.
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Focusing on learning Scottish Gaelic at the moment :)
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Gaelic (Scottish)
Chinese (Mandarin)
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Jin-Kyu Scott Kim
Korean
Jan 24, 2022
You are good student. You always ask questions about Korean and you catch points quickly and apply it to our lesson.
I am sure that you will speak Korean well.
沈小凉
Chinese (Mandarin)
Nov 22, 2021
晨曦是非常好的姐妹，性格温柔，悟性高，而且中文的口语也已经达到了相当高的水平。
我非常开心我们偏爱相同类型的诗歌和小说，我们聊得很投机，课上得非常愉快。期待下次相见。：）
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- How do you make relative clauses in Chinese? How do you form sentences like this in Chinese? The boy (that) I know is very tall. The film (which/that) I saw wasn't very good. The people who watched the film said it wasn't very good. These are just examples of the kind of thing I mean, you don't have to refer to them or translate them directly. Thank you!!February 24, 201750
Hey - thanks for the recommendations.
I know I don't have time to 'learn Mandarin', and I know February is close - I would, however, like to maximise the time I have. I just posted this out there in the hope of finding other Chinese learners - whose help would be great probably even when I am in China.
I'm not hoping to become even conversational before I go, but the more I can do, the better. I've learnt German to fluency (I teach it here on italki) and two other languages to B2/C1 level - I know how long a process it is, I know how difficult it is, and from what I've seen so far Chinese is far harder than any European language I've learnt, it being so different.
All I was looking for was some support. Even when I'm in China I'll still have to learn the language - it won't happen miraculously just by being there. I'll still have to study grammar and learn vocabulary, and it would be brilliant to do that in a community of motivated, like-minded people.
Melissa
0 votedDecember 24, 20160- Looking for other people learning Chinese!
Hello!
So far on italki I've received loads of offers for Chinese-English exchange, but the problem is that my Chinese just isn't good enough yet for conversations - I'm pretty much a complete beginner, and while language exchanges are great for pronunciation, they just really depress me at the moment, since I can say approximately 4 words.
I'm out of practice learning a language every single day, but since I'm going to China in February that's exactly what I need to do!! The problem is motivation and time. I'm very alone in this Chinese adventure at the moment and really could do with like-minded people to motivate myself : )
I thought maybe some Chinese learners (and maybe some Chinese people too if they want to help!), probably beginners or intermediate learners, could make a Skype group chat and we could post sentences we've learnt, vocabulary, and generally remind each other to get up off our arses and study Chinese!
(On the other hand, we could also make an English-Chinese group chat, where we help each other out but also set challenges for helping Chinese speakers with their English, and we could all just generally support each other ^^)
Who's in?!
Melissa
December 23, 2016142 - Fortgeschrittene sucht Hilfe beim Deutschlernen!!
Hallo ihr lieben! Ich heiße Melissa, bin seit vier Jahren inoffizieller Deutschlehrerin und lerne seit, was, ungefähr sechs Jahren Deutsch. Obwohl ich täglich Deutsch unterrichten muss und deswegen auch sprechen muss, sind meine Kenntnisse noch nicht zum Niveau gekommen, wo ich mich einfach entspannen kann, und dabei wissen kann, dass ich alles Mögliche gemacht habe, um meine Deutschkenntnisse zu verbessern. Nicht im Geringsten!!
Mein Problem ist eher dass, obwohl ich einen ziemlich großen passiven Wortschatz habe (dank all den Büchern die ich gelesen habe!), es mir schwer fällt, diesen im Alltag einzusetzen. Ich bin einfach daran gewöhnt, alles auf die einfachste Art und Weise zu sagen, ohne mir den Kopf zerbrechen zu müssen. Und genau so habe ich mir schlechte Gewohnheiten angeeignet.
Ich bin jetzt auf der Suche nach einem guten Lehrer / einer guten Lehrerin unter dessen/deren Anleitung ich mein schon ziemlich hohes Niveau perfektionieren kann. Hilfe bei der Verringerung meines Akzents wäre auch nicht schlecht!
Wenn ihr kein Muttersprachler oder Lehrer(in) seid, oder einfach einen Englisch-Deutsch Austausch machen wollt, bin ich leider nicht interessiert - beim Quatschen habe ich doch kein Problem! Ich möchte herausgefordert werden. Aber mit einem/einer erfahrenen Lehrer/Lehrerin könnte ich mir doch vorstellen, einen Sprachaustausch zu machen und uns gegenseitig zu helfen : )
Liebe Grüße aus England!
Melissa
December 12, 201610 - In the first sentence, 'most' is used as an intensifier - saying something is 'most epic' is just like saying it's 'very epic' (although that sounds a bit strange). Here you couldn't say 'the most epic', it means something slightly different - the traffic here is 'the most epic' out of a selection of traffic (again, sounds a bit weird). In the second sentence, you could use both 'most' and 'the most' - 'most' sounds a little less formal, and from a quick search online it's more common.0 votedNovember 24, 20160
- Generally, they mean exactly the same thing, but 'have got' is more informal. In questions, using 'have' is typically more formal than 'have got', but that depends on the area the speaker comes from. In parts of Ireland, for example, it's common to say 'Have you a pen?', but I would personally always say 'Have you got a pen?'. In the area of England where I come from saying 'Have you a pen?' is more formal and old-fashioned. However, there's not a huge difference between saying 'I have a pen' and 'I have got a pen'.0 votedNovember 23, 20160
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