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Hey I'm Mark and I've traveled to over 30 countries...maybe even yours! I love learning new languages and I REALLY need someone to practice speaking with because that is my main difficulty... Spanish - I taught myself Spanish as a kid because I knew I wanted to travel when I grew up. I have an excellent vocabulary and understanding of grammar, but it is still hard for me to speak it. Nevertheless I can read difficult Spanish books easily! Spanish is really important to me because many of my patients (I'm a doctor) are Spanish-speaking only... French - I learned this in school for 4-5 years and I haven't had the chance to practice it recently. I was considering doing a minor in French in college / university, but ended up not. Because I learned it in school and speak it more, it comes more naturally to me than Spanish. My vocabulary and grammar aren't as advanced as my Spanish. Arabic - I live in Detroit, where there are many people of Arabic descent and I enjoy learning about their culture. I taught myself Arabic (mostly the Lebanese dialect, but I know some Egyptian too) because I thought I would have a lot of Arabic patients since I'm a doctor. Mandarin Chinese - When I was in medical school I did a project in Henan Province in northern China for a few months. I also went back to China again to explore the country. I think Chinese is a really important language to learn because of how important China has become in the world. Portuguese - I figured that I know Spanish...why not learn Portuguese? At some point I figure I may go to Brazil to do some volunteer medical work, but I have nothing planned. I can understand Portuguese fairly well since it is similar to Spanish, but I don't speak it too well.
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  • Answered
    Using "through" is probably better. Would not use "on".
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    August 3, 2016
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    The Weather in Germany (capitalize all words in a title)

    I have come came to Germany in October last year. When I departed left from my land  (own country) the temperature was more than 30 degrees.
    When I landed off at in Frankfurt airport, I was not wearing a coat or a heavy clothes (a blouse is a shirt girls wear). Just a light shirt.
    It was rainy, and the temperature about 15 degrees. Moreover, my sweater was in my luggage in the airplane.
    The weather here approximately rainy all year long. Someone told us, that you can distinguish that you are in winter or in summer through the temperature of the point of the rain.
    You cannot see the sun  for long time. As a joke we compared a person that we did not see him for a long period to  the sun in Germany. The snow does not leave us in winter.
    On the other hand , the grass and the trees are tall and a lot. and abundant
    And after a while I got familiar accustomed to the weather there.

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    August 3, 2016
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    Honestly, I think if you just used "assume" you would be fine in almost all cases. "Presume" has a more formal connotation.
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    August 3, 2016
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    Cultural behaviour in Colombia,

    Colombia is a big country and because of that in some cities the people are really disrespectful.  For example, in Bogota the people think everyone is a bad person.  Therefore, for that when they go out, they are polite just with people they know.  But in other cities people are very kind

    I think it's correct. o.O


    1.  You don't need the comma after country.

    2.  "The people" is plural in English (a diferencia de "la gente") so you need "are", not "is".


    Good job!

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    August 3, 2016
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    Ayúdame a mejorar mi español! Hola chicos... Soy Mark y vivo en Estados Unidos. Aunque yo sea médico, mi verdadera pasión es viajar y conocer a otros. Busco unos amigos para mejorar mi español. Mi problema principal es hablar...por lo general puedo escribir mucho mejor...supongo que es una cosa muy común! Y, por supuesto, puedo ayudarte a aprender inglés. Thanks a lot!
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    My Korean Friend

    Hello again, this time I want to tell you about my Korean friend.

    She's a really nice person. At first I was a bit worried because Korean people is are ("people" = plural; a diferencia de "gente") polite and educated indeed so I didn't want to seem too chummy informal or even disrespectful to her. We Colombians tend to be excessively pally friendly sometimes and I understand that in some cultures people is are more reserved ("more" --> una comparison) till until (usamos "till" solo cuando hablamos) they feel comfortable with toward you. I was surprised to realise that she's very open-minded and kind since we started to chat chatting. She answers all my questions about her culture and translates some messages sentences for me so I can understand what some Korean celebrities post.

    She said her mother was ok with the idea of her daughter chatting with a stranger ( I asked her that in first place initially, I wanted to know if her mother agreed with her to do doing that), her mother even told her she could invite some foreigners friend to her house if they ever go to Korea. I think her mother is pretty cool and open-minded as well.

    I feel really glad happy when she sends me photos of places she visits daily and of some of the Korean dishes her mother cooks for her. It's good to know how different our cultures are and that we can still get along well. She's really smart too, I frequently ask her how's she doing with her studies and she usually is at a library studying by herself, she's very commited.

    She lives in a different time zone so when I'm going bed I send her a "Good morning, friend!" message. Sometimes when she's about to have lunch she tells me she's hungry, as it's midnight in Colombia I'm hungry too but can't eat because it's not good for my body to eat at such a time.

    We're good friends and I hope to get to know her better in the future. It's been a good experience to have a Korean friend, I'm glad I found her on Italki. :)

    Thanks in advance for correcting this entry, it helps me to improve my writing.

    Regards from Colombia.

     

    Chevere Ana!  Tu ingles es sobresaliente!

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    March 14, 2015
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    Phonetics

    Well, English phonetics isn't imposible, but it's pretty hard. There are a few sounds which that look very similar for to me. Keep learning!!

     

    Mas sobre la diferencia de "which" y "that":

    http://menuaingles.blogspot.com/2013/05/cual-es-la-diferencia-entre-which-y-that.html

     

    Cuales sonidos son dificiles para ti?

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    March 14, 2015
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    Superheroes movies: what changed and why?

    A long time ago ("a long time ago" me significa...decadas, siglos, etc, pero 2008 es mas reciente para mi), all the movies about superheros were animated. There was a thought whereby that ("whereby" = "por lo cual"...no tiene sentido aca) superheroes were only for children ("only" excluye los adultos mas) things; they didn't fit into real movies with real actors.

    About ("around" seria mejor) 2008, something changed, thanks to both Nolan and MARVEL. Nolan gave us, by far, the best Batman movie in a long time. And it wasn't animated, it had real actors, and really good actors. Also, the movie was deep and not 'a children thing'. After the first (Batman Begins), came the second, which is was ("rated" en el pasado...) rated fourth on Imdb Top 250: The Dark Knight.

    How many times did the Academy give an Oscar to an actor who played a comic villain based on a comic book character ("comic" puede ser un poquito ambiguo...puede significar "gracioso" tambien) Well, they did it that time, and even when after ("the celebration" ocurrio despues de la muerte) the actor had already died was dead ("had died" porque ocurrio antes de la fiesta...el pasado del pasado) by the time of the celebration.

    Marvel also takes its part here took part (sigue usando el pasado...), but a little bit different: while Nolan's movies were deep and more for people older than 16 +16 people (no se usa "+16 people"...me parece como "mas de 16 personas") Marvel's movies had its comedy (?) touch. They had an argument plot, yes, but they also were more for children than the new Batman was (thank you, Iron Man).

    I mean, how serious the well wouldn't you take serious a would you take a company that makes a guy dressed up as an 'American Patriot' looks good? That's impossible!

    What do you think? What changes have there been in superhero movies?

     

    Bien hecho Ever!  Tenes razon sobre la evolucion de esas peliculas.

     

    Pero tengo que decir que prefiero las peliculas mas viejas de los 90.  Esa serie de "Batman" (de Tim Burton, pero solo los primeras dos peliculas...jaja) es un buen ejemplo...son clasicas!  La atmosfera de esas peliculas fue muy oscura y aventurosa...y no dependio de la tecnologia tanto como las peliculas de hoy.

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    March 14, 2015
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    Today

    Hi, I am going to describe my day, since I got up until now (?), while I am writing this lines. I'm doing this just Only in order to practice my writing, because I know you don´t matter about it, obviusly. ;) Also I didn´t do nothing anything (nunca usamos dos palabras negativas juntos; didn't + nothing --> didn't + anything) special today.
    Let´s go start.  I started by getting up at seven o´clock and having breakfast, as usual: orange juice, toast (siempre decimos "toast"...singular como "bread"; no es como "tostadas" en espanol)  = with butter and jam, nuts, a banana and strawberries, and then a cup of coffee with milk at the cafe. I have always enjoyed breakfast, for me is the best it is my favorite meal. Then I had to go be to work ("to go" me parace como "caminar" o "conducir tu coche" hasta las 7...pero en realidad "to be" = estar...es mejor) until seven 7 p.m. (se usa "7" en vez de "seven" con "pm") and I don´t won't say nothing anything (2 palabras negativas!!) about because it would be long and boring, so we had better go directly to the dinner,at 21 9 p.m. ("pm" dura solo 12 horas (1200-medianoche)...no tiene sentido usar "21")  It consists in consisted of (consistir en = "consist of"; y la comida ocurrio en el pasado..."consisted") two sandwiches and some fruit, and then I have read some documents ("papers" seria mejor) which that I needed for work. And now, of course, I am trying to write something with sense that makes sense ("make sense" = tener sentido) in English...

     

    Bien hecho Ivan!

     

    Mas sobre la doble negacion en ingles (prohibido!):

    http://aprendeinglessila.com/2013/10/la-doble-negacion-en-ingles/

     

    Es dificil saber cuando usar "which" y "that", pero por lo general se usa "which" cuando la siguiente frase anade mas informacion sobre la cosa y "that" cuando la siguiente frase excluye una parte de (un grupo de) la cosa.  Pej..."Barcelona, which is beautiful..." --> mas informacion sobre Barcelona; "the dog that has the spots" --> se separa/excluye los otros tipos de perros sin manchas.  Mas...

    http://menuaingles.blogspot.com/2013/05/cual-es-la-diferencia-entre-which-y-that.html

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    March 14, 2015
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