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Mario Schiavelli
Italian
Jan 19, 2025
Chris, sempre interessante una conversazione con te. Grazie! Buona settimana!
Mario Schiavelli
Italian
Jan 12, 2025
Chris, complimenti per lo sforzo e la passione con la quale affronti una conversazione. Questo sommato alla tua vasta cultura generale, rende ogni incontro molto interessante. Grazie. Auguri!
PATRICK GAUTHIER
French
Aug 19, 2023
c'est un réel plaisir de faire ta connaissance Chris 🙏🏻 tu vois que ton français n'est pas si rouillé ! le tiroir ne demande qu'à être ouvert ... et hop 😉 à bientôt pour une nouvelle aventure 🚀🗼⛱️
Isabella D.
Norwegian
Aug 19, 2023
Chris, det var veldig hyggelig å bli kjent med deg. Du har mange interesser, blant annet det å lære om nye språk og kulturer. Det vises at du er veldig sterk i norsk grammatikken, noe som vil hjelpe deg både å forstå og bli forstått. Jeg er imponert over hvor bra du prater, spesielt for å aldri ha bodd i Norge. Fortsett med den gode jobben og alle dine kollegaer kommer til å bli imponert!
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  • Answered
    In this context, you probably want to use the first one. The first one means "It will make the people who see it laugh." The second one means "All the people who see it are already laughing" English speakers would understand your intent from the second one, but it is not the way a native would likely phrase it.
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    June 3, 2020
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  • Answered
    I suspect it is the same as English "Take a left" versus "Turn left"
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    November 23, 2019
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    You are actually in Norway and probably speak it better than I do but I think I saw some things. Also, you are putting an adverb at the beginning of many of your sentences, but I think the standard position is after the verb. I dunno if it is wrong, but it sort of looks weird to me. There are also a couple places where I was not sure if you were trying for a definite or indefinite construction... you would be omitting the article but putting the definite marker on the associated noun.

    Hvorfor vil jeg lære norsk?

    For å være ærlig jeg ville(?) aldri lære norsk. Men jeg studerer marinbiologi og jeg er interessert i polarforskning. Fordi jeg bor i Nord-Norge for øyeblikket og studerer her. Jeg snakker engelsk og faktisk jeg liker ikke å lære et nytt språk. Dog jeg ville(?) prøve det!
    Siden jeg bor her, jeg har lyst til å forstå<s>r</s> nordmennene og å snakke<s>r</s> med dem. Alltid når jeg kjøper tingene på supermarked, jeg prøver å leser alt: osten, kjøtt, bringebær, jordbær, brød, vin, øl, løk, ...
    For To måneder siden jeg snakket til kasserer på engelsk, men nå jeg snakker på norsk. Snakker på det nye språket hjelper å lære et nytt språk!
    Jeg begynte å lese den norsk boken min - det vil ta (maybe kommer til å ta or trenger) mye tid! Neste uke drar vi i en restaurant med (possible pronoun issue) norsk kurs. Norsklæreren vår har en oppgave til oss: Vi skal bestille på norsk.
    Dessverre jeg må tilbake til Tyskland om fem uker. Men nå jeg vet at jeg kan bruke norsk når jeg kommer her igjen.
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    November 23, 2019
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  • Corrected

    (Lujan, Norsk er ikke morsmålet mitt, så disse korreksjonene kan være feil eller de kan være på "Norwenglish". Få Nordmenn korrigerer kommentarer på italki)

    Norsk 1

    Hei jeg heter Lujan. Jeg vil lære norsk. Jeg tror på at det er et vakkert språk. Den eneste tenkningen jeg vet Alt jeg vet om det er på grunn av youtube. Uttalen er veldig vanskelig.

    Hvorfor har du bestemt deg for å lære seg norsk?

    Lykke til!

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    January 8, 2019
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  • Answered
    It is fine, but a little awkward to my ear. Probably better is something like "What matters is that people obey the rules" "That people obey the rules is what matters"
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    November 17, 2018
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  • Commented

    This is a case where consulting a native speaker does not necessarily help you, because native speakers just use the right forms without thinking about it.

    I agree with the teacher's book, but the meaning difference is very slight.

    Let's start with the teacher's book.

    > If someone had told me that washing dishes by hand uses more water, 

    > If someone had told me

    If, in the distant past, a person had informed me about something I did not know BUT I KNOW NOW, namely, that it takes more water to do the dishes by hand

     > I would have used the the dishwasher more

    Then, rather than wash the dishes by hand all of those years, I would have preferred to use the dishwasher and I would have saved so much water over the years.

    Or... if someone had [done something in the past] then I would have [changed my actions in the past]

    For your sentence:

    > If someone had told me that washing dishes by hand uses more water, 

    If someone in the distant past had told me that I could save water (which I did not know then but which I know NOW)

    > I would use the the dishwasher more

    ... I would use the dishwater more NOW?

    It is a little weird. The conditional statement implies that you did not use to know that handwashing needed more water but because you are using the conditional you clearly know that it does. So why would you not use the dishwasher now? Use it!

    In the teacher example case, because the main clause in is the past, it indicates that you missed an opportunity in the past when you did not know that handwashing was less efficient. And if you had known that in the past, you could have taken advantage of it and saved water.

    That is a really subtle distinction and I would have understood what you meant with your sentence even if it is not as accurate.



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    September 12, 2018
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  • Answered
    All native English speakers will think "the more early" and "the earlier" are very weird. There are two basic ways that you can use a comparative form in English. For example. "friendly" is an adjective. And in English I can say "more friendly" or "friendlier". But there are some adjectives where I must say "more [adjective]" and some adjectives where I must say "[adjectiv]-ier" and I think these can only be learned from memorization. In your case, "early" wants to use the comparative form "earlier" though "more early" does work. So I would say "Last night, I went to bed earlier than my friend did" but if I said "Last night I went to bed more early than my friend did", it would be completely understandable. You cannot add the "the" to those words, though, because it is very unnatural there. I know that it is very tricky, but you may consider to limit the use of "the" when you are talking very specifically about a specific subject of a sentence or a specific object of a sentence. There are exceptions!
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    September 11, 2018
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  • Answered
    composition. "is" versus "was" is a matter of time. If I hoped to get the composition course out of the way but I do not hope for that now or I failed to do it or even if I doubt I can do it, then "was" is great. But If I continue to hope to get it out of the way or, in another expression, if I still want to get it out of the way, then "am" is perfect.
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    September 11, 2018
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  • Corrected

    Journal #43 Who Needs a Man bag?

    I heard the idea if that man wears a man bag, it is not suitable  compatible with masculinity in the UK.
    Certainly, many Japanese men also don’t have any bags when they go out except for a work. They just stuff everything - mobile phones, wallets, and handkerchief - in their pockets.
    I usually bring many things when I go out, so I need a handbag. For example, a cardigan which to wear when I feel cold, a folding umbrella which to use when it suddenly rains and a mini porch(?) for fixing my makeup.
    Sometimes I feel envy men’s lightness (I don't think your word directly translates. "freedom" is closest).
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    September 11, 2018
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  • Corrected

    WHAT I'M DOING?

    I don't even know what I'm doing hahaha.
    I just need practice in English because I understand but I can't write and speak


    You did fine!

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    September 11, 2018
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