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Español - Busco una persona que quiera aprender el inglés y que me pueda ayudar con el español. Especialmente quisiera mejorar mi habilidad de hablar, pero todo es importante. Puedo comunicar en el español si tu inglés no es bastante bueno. (No quiero decir que no vamos a hablar en el inglés, pero te puedo ayudar con el inglés en el español). ¡Si te parece bien no dudes en contactarme! Français - Je voudrais améliorer mon français et je peux t'aider avec anglais. Mon français n'est pas très bien donc tu as besoin de pouvoir m'aider et m'expliquer en anglais. Spécifiquement, je veux améliorier ma capacité de parler, mais j'ai besoin d'améliorer tout. Si tu peux m'aider et je peux t'aider, n'hésite pas à m'envoyer un message !
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    Well, all of the languages you've listed are romance languages, stemming from Latin. English, while technically a Germanic language, has had a lot of influence from French and Latin (and most of French came from Latin), so there are a lot of cognates between these languages and English. Furthermore, all of these languages belong to the Indo-European language family, so there will be similar grammar and structure - not the same by any means, but similar. And they also all use the Roman alphabet like English. So, yes, it will definitely be easier to learn one of these languages if you know English as opposed to knowing some completely unrelated language. I personally (as a native English speaker) have even noticed that learning French has helped me understand things of English because of the amount of borrowing English has done from French, so it goes both ways. A lot of the words of Latin root in English are scientific or legal terms, so learning any of these languages should help you somewhat to understand denser English texts as well.
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    December 2, 2015
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    The use of the apostrophe is required with English contractions and possession. In contractions it takes the place of lost letters (like the 'a' in "I am" being lost in "I'm") and just shows possession in possession. With possessive pronouns, however, there is no apostrophe (except with "one's"), so be careful not to confuse "it's" and "its": "it's" means "it is" while "its" is possessive. Examples: "I'm going to the store." (contraction) "Have you seen Sarah's dog?" (possession) "It's going to rain later." (contraction) "The cats' food bowl needs to be refilled." (possession) "You would've liked it." (contraction) "Don't look at its face." (Contraction first, then possession with "its") If you need any further clarification on how they work/how to use them feel free to ask!
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    December 1, 2015
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    A dash in between numbers indicates a range which we simply pronounce as "to". So, for your example, it would be "fifteen to twenty thousand...". :)
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    November 27, 2015
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    They're finding the neanderthal bones and all of the evidence now, so now is when they appear as such - if they "appeared to be equipped" that would mean that when the scientists looked at whatever evidence they found, it was in the past that they did this.
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    October 31, 2015
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    "Have got" just means the same thing as "have", except for its applications in the perfect tense. Saying "I've got to go" means the same thing as "I have to go", and, similarly, saying "I've got a lot of friends" means "I have a lot of friends". "Gotta" is simply an informal combination of "got to". Note that you can't negate "have got" or use it in any tenses other than the present, either: you need to use "have".
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    October 31, 2015
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    I'm not completely sure, but I think it's referring to the weight measurement of a stone, which is equivalent to 14 pounds. As far as I know, stones are only used in Ireland and the UK for body weight, so it's not surprising if you haven't heard it before. That being said, it is probably referring to the weight of the rider, whoever is being talked about. Ten stone is the same as 140 pounds, which is fairly light for men, so it is an advantageous weight for riding horses.
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    October 30, 2015
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    From what it sounds like, it just means that there's enough lead roll to cover the van's windows as well as Joanie's car's windows. The extra pieces are just the pieces not used for the van - which would instead be used on Joanie's car.
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    October 30, 2015
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    There'll all fine, except for the second one, where you forgot "you". ("Look how big you got.")
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    October 9, 2015
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    While it does use "bite", which would seem to be a small amount, it usually means to go out (to a restaurant) and get something to eat. It does not refer to specific food, and I usually hear it with "to eat" (as in "grab a bite to eat"). Your first example doesn't really sound natural since it's usually used to mean "go out to eat" and the third one is definitely wrong - the preposition "to" doesn't work there. The second example is fine, although I would expand it to "I'm so hungry; I'd like to grab a bite to eat." You generally hear this being used in a question, e.g. "Want to grab a bite to eat?"
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    October 9, 2015
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    How common/formal is the contraction of tu to t'? As far as I can tell, it's common in speech but how often is it written? Is there an element of formality in when it's used, like would it be avoided in books? Would it be acceptable in the narration or just the dialogue? And things like this... Ex. "t'as" instead of "tu as"
    October 6, 2015
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