Hi everybody,

Sometimes I think, why enjoying life is so hard. "Why is it so hard to enjoy life?"

PRACTISING MY NEW WORDS...

1- Dogs are famous to be for being the loyalest most loyal (1) animals when it comes about to relationships with humans. But animal instinct is stronger than any possible relationships. So never trust to leave unattended your meal's the leftovers from your meal unattended (2) on the coffee table.. you might not see them again. I love my dog, he is the funniest friend I could ever have, but I'm ready to bet he would bury me in order to put his paw on my prosciutto sandwich!
(1) In English "loyalist" is a noun and only refers to a person. Someone who is loyal to an established ruler or government.

(2) I've changed the word order of the sentence so it reads better in English.

2-Suddenly a thought washed over me, I was in a veritable prison and nobody could have set me free. The worst was realising that I had put myself in that prison itself and threw thrown away the key. I've been deceiving me myself for so long that I was free, but this was just an illusion. Nobody warned me during my crazy run towards darkness, and now here I am, with no torch to light up my road way and I'm blind, powerless, and voiceless. What am I gonna do next?

3- Next week at this time This time next week (1) I will be lying on the beach drinking a margarita cocktail in Formentera. But for now I'm still in my office working as usual.

(1) Change of word order.

4- My grand great grandmother was a very sweet woman. She was always concerned that I got fed enough so she prepared me every kind of delicacy for me. My favourite dish was pennette pasta with tomato concentrate sauce, I now it sounds pretty disgusting but it was delicious! I've never managed to prepare it as she did. She used to wear a light blue shawl with a safety pin to put keep it closed/wrapped around her. I still have that shawl in my closet.

Hi everyone, yesterday I watched the news in the French and I've tried to say it in English. It's good ?*

1. Some people say that immigrants are taking the place of domestic workers, but economists have shown that these fears are not substantiated.

2. America has always been considered a promised land, but immigrants find it doesn't always match their expectations.

3. It is currently estimated that the number of immingrants without proper documentation living in the United States is 11 million.

4. Every day, on average, 4000 people are trying to illegally cross the US-Mexico border.

5. Immigrants are often willing (or ready) to risk their lives because they are convinced that (or believe that) they will be happier elsewhere.

*  "It's good?" is fine but usually you'd say "Is it good?" or "Is it ok?"

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs are the thoughest toughest thing to deal with in English, and because it's they're an important part of this language, you encounter them pretty often.
The problem is that these phrases may lead you astray in the your comprehension. For example; "Throw up" You might think this phrase means "take an object and toss it in the air" but it also means "to vomit". I heard that there is are around 1000 phrasal verbs which is impossible for a foreigner to learn.

learning vocabulary

For a couple of days, I've been trying (1) to learn at least five words per day in German. At the beginning, it was pretty easy but after ten days it is getting harder. It is much more difficult to remember all the new words and their meanings. I want to give up sometimes but I know it is not an solution option (2) because if I really want to improve my German I have to increase my vocabulary too. I have been thinkingabout if I would use using another way to learn new vocabulary. If I change of methods it would might (3) work but I don't know for sure. if thiswill work. It is my dream to speak German properly and I work very hard to reach my goal. Learning a language takes so much time and it is my biggest problem because I would like to reach the fluency in a couple of months.

(1) Here you use the present perfect continuous tense because you're talking about something started in the past and continuing in the present.

(2) This is a better word to use.

(3) "Might" is used to show something is possible in the future, but not certain.

Translation of "Faire signe à quelqu´un" in English ?

How do you say in English, "fais moi signe" :

- "Let me know when you are available" in the sense of telling me when we can have a talk by on Italki for instance - "Let me know when you are available" is correct but it can seem a bit formal. Informally you can say "Let me know when you're free" or "Tell me when you're free"

- Or "Get in touch" in the sense of giving getting/receiving news from you. - "Get in touch with me..." or "Let me know..." or "Tell me..."

- In what context do you use : "make a sign to me" - "Make a sign to me" is the literal translation of "fais moi signe" and wouldn't be said in English. It is translated as "Give me a sign."

You would say "give me a sign" to someone in advance of a time when you know that you will not be able to speak to each other about something but, you still need to communicate about it. Gestures are usually used to give the sign. Example;

- "Give me a sign when you see him coming back."

- "Ok. I'll shake my head."

I hope this helps you.

increase Increasing vocabulary

Three days ago, I decided to learn at least five new words in German. every day. When I am able to do it, I learn ten new words. My biggest problem in with German is that I don't have a good range of vocabulary. Therefore, I cannot speak a lot in this language because I don't know the word to say what when I want to say it. Moreover, I cannot understand the others words* or so, I cannot read a text and or the newspaper in German for the same reason. It is easier for me to learn this way (1) for me for the simple reason that it is not too stressful. Five words is enough to increase my vocabulary but it is not too overwhelming either. Then So, I'll keep going carrying (2) on this way and if I am able to learn more I'll do it. I can work on my memorization skills at the same time. 

* Have I understood you correctly?

(1) A more natural sounding word order

(2) Sounds more natural