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- Hi, that's such a great question! I actually live and worked in China as an English Instructor for a year (several years ago) and as a wai guo ren, I loved China! There were a few things that I had to get used to and I experienced a little bit of culture shock in some ways, but I loved how friendly Chinese people were and how easy it was to make friends. I didn't realize how big and how different the country is depending on which part you are in. It's a beautiful country and I hope to go back next year to visit. As a native Chinese, what do you appreciate or like most about China?0 votedAugust 29, 20160
That's such an interesting question! I think to a certain extent it's true. I feel like you can sometimes express yourself in different ways in other languages that you can't in your native language because the semantics of language varies somewhat from language to language - hence why we can't fully always translate phrases from one language to another. As a native English speaker, learning Spanish, I feel like Spanish seems much more of a descriptive language in some ways and more romantic in some ways. Even though I'm not fluent in Swahili, I grew up learning/speaking some Swahili from my parents and there are certain phrases we might use that are just really funny and certain gestures we use when saying certain phrases that I just wouldn't necessarily say in English or use that gesture if I were to say something similar in English.
0 votedOctober 3, 20150- Honey, be careful (e.g. if she's trying to do something dangerous) Sweetie, slow down (e.g. if she's running to fast) or Your daughter's name, don't run so fast / don't run too fast Generally, all of the one's you mentioned are fine except "take it easy" isn't really used. I hear the phrase "take it easy" more in the context of if someone is angry and you're trying to calm them down so you tell them "calm down, take it easy" or someone describing a situation where they're just having a relaxing day and looking to just "take it easy". Hope that helps!0 votedOctober 3, 20151
I love my life
I expect me in the world (Did you mean to write "I accept myself in the world"), Because I never know how to change my life. (The meaning isn't clear with this first sentence)
Only, God know (knows) that. So, I will accept everything in my life, Even though it's hard to (for) me.
(Even though) I will be (am) afraid, but I will take up courage. I will learn how to live until to (I) die. And then, I will enjoy a happy life with things I love.^^0 votedOctober 3, 20150Another thing you could do is if you go to YouTube and type in Preschool Classroom - there are a lot of videos where you can watch preschool classrooms in English of adults interacting with kids and kids playing together...That might be helping in learning helpful phrases too :)
0 votedOctober 3, 20150That's great you're looking at more ways to communicate with her in English and teach her the language. Even though I don't think kids should watch too much TV, sometimes watching American cartoons and kid shows / animation shows can be really helpful in picking up some of the "kid" vocabularly or ways that we talk to kids that are more informal and "kid-friendly". Good luck!
0 votedOctober 3, 20150Hi Lily, this looks really good! You write well in English and I can understand the meaning of what you're trying to say. I just made a few suggestions on corrections (in red) below to make it sound more fluent or flow better if that's helpful for you....You're doing great!
First note!
Usually I don't try to do this, but I need be better (you could write "improve" instead) in my english skills, so I will try to write, and I hope you take part of your time for (to) correct the writing text. Naturally I don't know what say. I never have had a journal ("I've never had a journal" or "I've never had a journal before"). But I will tell you that recently I start (I started) to read in english, and is ("it is" or "it's) really hard! I bought some books, in appearance easy books ("that seemed easy" or "that seemed to be easy") and a english -english dictionary, then when I have (had) a doubt with a word (you could say that or "when I had a question about a word) , I saw (looked) in the dictionary, but always, always, I saw ("I always saw" or "I would always see") a unknown word (a word I didn't know) in the definition of the word. At (In) the end, I use ("I used" or "I would use" if you're doing it repeatedly) Google translate.
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