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Hello! My name is Natalia, I'm 24 years old and I come from Brazil. My native language is Portuguese, and I also speak fluent English. I'm currently learning Czech (A1.1) and German (A2).
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Maja Leeds
German
Nov 24, 2020
Die Stunde mit dir war such sehr schön! Ich bin sehr begeistert davon wie schnell du lernst und wie scharf du immer über die eine oder andere Frage nachdenkst. Dein Deutsch ist schon sehr guuut, herzlichen Glückwunsch 🇧🇷🇩🇪
Maja Leeds
German
Aug 7, 2020
Vielen Dank für dein Feedback! Der Unterricht mit dir macht mir auch sehr viel Spaß und dein Deutsch ist schon auf einem sehr gutem Niveau. Gratulation!!!
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  • Commented
    Never used actual flashcards, only Memrise, since it has an integrated spaced repetition schedule for reviewing words as you forget them, and I've found it really useful.
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    June 28, 2020
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    In case you want to practice Portuguese or basic Czech, I'd be glad to talk to you! I'm a beginner Czech learner (finished the first half of A1), not a native, but in case that sounds interesting, you can send me a message :)
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    June 28, 2020
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  • Corrected
    Aprender a cozinhar melhor

    O verbo aprender exige o uso da preposição a, então se diz aprender a fazer alguma coisa.

    A pandemia afectou muito a nossa vida negativamente, mas tentei me acalmar e olhar ela de lado po<s>s</s>sitivo. Um dos pontos po<s>s</s>sitivos que a pandemia me deu <s>eh</s> é a gastronomia casteria.

    Se você estiver aprendendo português brasileiro, não usamos o c no afectou, mas acho que em Portugal é assim que escrevem. "Olhar ela" funciona num contexto informal, mas se estivesse escrevendo um texto conforme regras gramaticais, o melhor seria "olhá-la". O que você quis dizer com casteria? O verbo ser na conjugação da terceira pessoa do singular se escreve com o acento (é). Eh pode ser aceitável na língua escrita informal, como no whatsapp com os amigos, mas num texto, fica melhor se usar o é.

    Tem uma frase muito falada na China que <s>eh</s> é "antes de trabalhar, com<s>e</s>a bem". Isso mesmo! A gente tem uma tradi<s>ca</s>ção muito longa <s>sobre a</s> de gastronomia, e a sua diversidade também <s>eh</s> é muito maior, conforme o territorio gigante que a China ocupa.

    Acho que ficaria melhor dizer que a diversidade é grande, e não maior, porque maior tem um teor comparativo, e não tem algo a ser comparado aqui.

    Quem tem mais essa tradição de gastronomia na nossa casa é o meu irmao mais velho, como frutos de mar, carnes vermelh<s>o</s>as, massas ou doces, nenhuma dessas opções acima<s>s</s>, sequer ele não provou ainda. Mas, como ele não costuma <s>de</s> preparar pratos pelo próprio, eu adivinho que ele ainda nao é o cara que vive de verdade com gastronomia.
    Assim como um ditado que diz<s>,</s> um sol<s>t</s>dado que nunca sonhou em ser general, nunca sera um bom sol<s>t</s>dado.

    Com a verbo costumar, não é necessário usar uma preposição, então a expressão fica "costuma fazer algo'. Soldado é escrito com d. Não entendi a parte de preparar pratos pelo próprio - ele não costuma preparar pratos para ele mesmo?

    No meu caso, eu não era tão fascinado <s>sobre</s> por <s>a</s> gastronomia como o meu irmao <s>eh</s>, mas desde cedo aprendi a preparar vários pratos sab<s>r</s>orosos por conta própria na casa. Eu digo que sonhar em ser um "general" é uma meta muito atraente. Posso economizar dinheiro para chamar delivery.

    A maioria dos pratos que eu aprendi são da gastronomia chinesa. Para não esquecer algumas receitas novas, <s>me</s> pretendo <s>a </s>fazê-las <s>elas</s> mais vezes. E para conhecer mais a diversidade de gastronomia no mundo, <s>me</s> pretendo <s>a </s>fazer comida brasileiras, tais como: arroz com fejioada, carne de sol e pão de queijo.

    Vamos viver melhor, independente de qual situação a gente vive, não perca fe e ação po<s>s</s>sitiva

    Seu texto está muito bom! A maior parte dos erros tem a ver com a preoposição exigida pelas palavras, gênero dos nomes e com a falta de acentos ou cedilha no c - talvez isso tenha a ver com o teclado que usou para digitar. Espero que as notas sejam úteis!
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    June 27, 2020
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    Diary of my life

    It is not the first time (when) I am changing <s>an</s> accommodations. I was a student for 5 years and changed 4 or 5 flats. However, when you leave <s>a</s> the place where you were born and raised, you feel different.
    I think using accommodations in the plural and ommitting the article sounds a bit more natural. Both the times you use "when", you could also ommit it if you preferred, and write insted "when you leave the place you were born and raised in". I think you could use a more specific verb instead of "changed flats", such as "I moved in to 4 or 5 flats" I would also use the definite article to refer to the place you were born and raised, since it is a specific location and not a generic one.

    The first time when we <s>changed</s> moved houses, it was eighth autumn of my life. Our home was the only place that I could imagine myself living in. My dad had found a job in another town, and they decided to move. We couldn't sell our home, because there were not any job to survive.
    The verb to live requires the use of the preposition "in", so that goes in the end of the sentence. I didn't really understand what you meant with the last sentence "there were not any job to survive".


    We built a house in the new town. And I started forgetting about the place that was so valuable <s>for</s> to me. For About a year we did not visit <s>to</s> that town. So, one day my parents wanted
    me to see the place and <s>revise</s> relive/revisit my childhood memories.
    To revise means to go over something and make corrections, so I think either relive or revisit would better convey the meaning you were going for.

    I'll never forget the feeling that I felt when I saw my sweet home, and I couldn't help crying <s>by walking</s> as I walked around.
    To indicate that you were crying at the same time you were walking, you can use the word "as", instead of by. If you prefered, another alternative would be to say "i couldn't help but cry"
    A week ago my parents sold the house that was built by them (a), where I was a teenage girl, where we celebrated my graduation and my sisters got married. I know, a home is where our close people are around. However, I can't resist <s>to feel</s> feeling that way again.
    (a) it's not necessarily incorrect, but I think it would sound more natural if you used "the house they built"

    This is a nicely written text - most mistakes are minor and have to do with prepositions/expressions. On an unrelated note, I'm really sorry your parents had to sell your childhood home. I hope this is helpful.

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    June 23, 2020
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  • Corrected
    About 15 year<s>s</s> old girl, that saved her father from starvation and death

    When describing a person of a specific age, there is no need to use the plural for the word "year". So you can just say "a 15/16/etc year old". In case you wanted to write your title to sound like a news headline, you could change it into something like "15 year old girl saves her father from starvation and death". If you wanted, you could also ommit the "that" before saved.

    If something went wrong, they couldn't return to their hometown.
    I think there is a verb missing here after couldn't - maybe go back or return?

    The bicycle <s>didn't</s> wasn't suitable for long-distances.
    To do/did is an auxiliary verb that modifies another verb. Here, you would use only the verb to be in the past tense.

    There was a highly likelihood, that this bike could be broken. For a 15 year<s>s</s> old girl overcome the distance with cargo <s>- this</s> is incredible.
    For the beginning of the sentence, you could say either "there was a high likelihood" or 'it was highly likely". Also, if you mean to say that the bike already had a problem and couldn't function properly before they started riding it, you would say "that this bike could be broken". If you mean that the bike would stop working during their journey, you would say "that this bike would break". The last sentence requires a verb.


    How many people<s> did </s>die from starvation and weakness?
    I think that society should be focusing on the problem of poverty. And the government <s>was </s>should support people <s>to</s> in returning to their hometowns.

    Here, you don't need another auxiliary verb with should - so you don't need to use "was" as well.

    Hope this was helpful!
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    June 23, 2020
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  • Corrected
    Several sentences with new words

    1) I can definitely vouch for you if you tell me in detail what happened between you and these people.

    2) I really feel like I haven't relaxed <s>for</s> in a hundred years and I'm going to kick back as soon as possible.

    3) I wrestle with my tiredness\fatigue in the evening after all classes I usually conduct per day [I don't think it's wrong, but I would probably use daily instead of "per day", as that sounds a bit too formal]. I really want to do something for myself but the only desire I feel is <s>the desire to </s>going to bed.

    4) What would\will you do if your children start talking back to you regularly? Would you speak <s>with</s> to them patiently and kindly, or would you prefer to find some other mechanisms to affect\influence their behavior?
    [ I would use one of the two pairs: either would/started or will/start. I found this post on Quora about using speak with/to:<a href="https://www.quora.com/Which-is-correct-speak-with-or-speak-to" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">https://www.quora.com/Which-is-correct-speak-with-or-speak-to</a>. I think influence would work better here than affect, but maybe that's just personal preference]

    5) We can go downtown right now to look around and see if there's a small, cozy restaurant to have <s>a</s> lunch.
    [Lunch does not require an article here]

    6) As of now, I don't have much to say, but after asking around I'll <s>make my</s> form an opinion on this issue.
    I think it would sound better if you used "to form an opinion" or some of the synonyms provided here (<a href="https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/form_opinion.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/form_opinion.html</a>)

    7) That guy used to show off that's why we couldn't collaborate. I don't like people like him.
    You can also use the expression "to be a show off" and add the verb, but I don't think the way you phrased is incorrect.

    8) My girlfriend didn't see me off when I went to the airport to depart to the U.S.
    Depart seems a bit formal compared to the rest of the sentence. I don't know if this was the word you were trying to use/practice, so I'm not sure suggesting a chance would be helpful. However, if that wasn't the case, I would probably replace it with "to leave for the U.S".

    9) I want to set up a new package of software on my computer, but since I'm a dummy, I have to find out first how to do it.
    10) For half a year, We haven't been able <s>for half a year </s>to figure out who <s>and how </s>has scammed our clients and how. As for now, it has become clear.
    The sentence works better when "and how" is at the end, since "how has scammed our clients" doesn't really work, so it can't just be connected to the rest of the sentence with "and" (I hope this has made sense). I also changed the order for "for half a year", as I think this sentence works better when the next phrase is not interrupted by the adverb.

    Hope this was helpful!
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    June 21, 2020
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  • Posted
    Brasilien - Teil 2 [Wenn du Teil 1 lesen möchtest, hier ist das Link: https://www.italki.com/entry/1079053] Die meisten Leuten wohnen im Südosten von Brasilien. Hier gibt es viele ekonomische Gelegenheiten. São Paulo, die Hauptstadt von São Paulo Bundesstaat, ist die größte und auch wichtigste Stadt im Land in der mehr als 20 Millionen Personen leben. Rio de Janeiro, vielleicht die berühmteste Stad in Brasilien ist auch im Südosten. Viele internationale Touristen fliegen järhlich nach Rio, bekannt als die "wunderschöne Stadt". Im Mittelwesten sind Landwirtschaft und Vieh der Motor der Wirtschaft. Die Haupstadt von Brasilien, namens Brasilia, liegt in dieser Region. Der President wohnt da, und der National Kongress ist auch dort. Brasilia wird in den Sechzigern gebaut. Danke fürs lesen!
    June 21, 2020
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  • Commented
    Not sure if this is what you're looking for, as I'm not fluent or advanced, but I'm an intermediate level speaker (I've finished A2 and kept on learning by myself) looking for people to practice the language with :)
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    June 20, 2020
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    Brasilien - Teil 1 Heute schreibe ich ein bisschen über mein Heimat, Brasilien. Ich weiß, dass ich üben muss um mein Deutsch zu verbessern :) Brasilien ist ein großes Land mit 26 Bundesländer und eine Hauptstadt [I couldn't find the word for a federal district in the sense of D.C., like the american capital]. Es gibt fünf verschiedene Verwaltungsregionen: Süden, Norden, Südosten, Nordwesten und Zentrum-Osten [Mitel-Westen? not sure which is better]. Der Norden ist die größte Verwaltungsregion, und der Süden ist die kleinste. Der Amazonas-Regenwald liegt im Norden. Da wohnen auch indiginen Völker. Abholzung ist im Moment ein großes Problem. Die Region hat eine kleine Bevölkerung im Vergleich zur Oberfläche. Morgen werde ich über die anderen Regionen schreiben. Danke für meinen Text lesen!
    June 20, 2020
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    Racism

    How can I improve this writing? Is there any mistake?


    Is that how our prophet taught us to behave with others (1)? How could someone behave like this! As a (2) birthplace of Islam, they (3) (Saudis) should lead by example, but what they are doing is inhumane.

    (1) I don't think behave with others is the verb that is most adequate here. I would probably replace it with treat, a verb that requires an object, which in this case, would be others. In the second sentence, the use of behave is correct, as there is no object required to make the sentence understood.

    (2) A is an indefinite article that indicates that something is part of a large group, that you can't tell which specific thing you're talking about. As there is only one birthplace of Islam, you would use the.

    (3) I can understand what you mean, but because of the construction of the first part of the phrase, I would suggest using Saudi Arabia, or changing the beginning to something like "as the people from the birthplace of islam", or something else that used plural.
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    June 20, 2020
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