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Hello everyone! My name is Matthew and I live in Illinois, USA. I am a native speaker of English. I would like to learn Catalan and German in addition to practicing my Portuguese, Spanish and Thai. More info about me: I am a PhD student in Applied Spanish Linguistics at UW-Madison. My interests include traveling, studying languages, frequenting coffee shops, playing with my dog, and attending LGBT socials. In my free time I play video games, watch Netflix, and obsess over RuPaul's Drag Race. 😀
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Michael
German
Mar 6, 2025
Gute Arbeit, Matthew! Du machst tolle Fortschritte, und es macht mir jedes Mal Spaß, dich zu unterrichten. :)
Ms O
American Sign Language (ASL)
Mar 10, 2019
Great student! Matthew is willing to learn and a great person to work with. He is opened minded and analytical which makes for some great questions!! Keep up the motivation Matthew. It was a pleasure!
Karnchanit
Thai
Mar 4, 2019
Thank Matthew for your feedback. Hope to see very soon.
Desiderio
Catalan
Mar 2, 2019
Matthew ets un estudiant molt bo i amb moltes ganes d’aprendre. Fins aviat!
Activities
  • Answered
    It is "estar muerto". Many Spanish teachers will state that "estar" is used to describe temporary conditions whereas "ser" is used to discuss permanence. However, this is not entirely accurate as illustrated in this example. In the case of "estar muerto", we are contrasting two states of being. In this case you are either "muerto" or "vivo". This is why we use "estar" here.
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    April 27, 2021
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  • Answered
    As Aitana states, you can also say "¿dónde es tu casa?" Stating that "estar" is always used with location is an oversimplification of how the copular verbs work in Spanish. When you use "ser" with location, you are establishing an equivalency between two things. For example, "Mi casa es aquí" or "mi casa = aquí". You could also think of it as, "Mi casa es ésta (que está aquí)."
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    April 27, 2021
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  • Commented
    Here is an interesting mix! The song is originally in Thai, but here is a version sung in Laotian, Tagalog, Indonesian, Khmer, Burmese, Vietnamese, and Thai:

    คิดมาก OST. FRIEND ZONE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPxMBE-X_9Y

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    March 3, 2019
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  • Commented
    "(Tú y yo) somos amigos" in Spanish.

    In response to the correction above: The use of "me" as a subject pronoun has been in English for centuries, especially in the construction "me and [someone else]". Sure, there is a "correct" (or prescriptive) way to say things, but knowing how people actually use the language is important as well.

    Source: PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

    Here is a great TED-Ed video on prescriptive grammar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_eBrIDUuc

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    March 2, 2019
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  • Commented
    I would recommend learning to write in Thai as you learn to speak the language. If you follow the AUA textbooks on how to write in Thai, they will help you to understand which tone to use when reading a word (and will help reinforce the tones you aurally pick up for vocabulary).

    This is coming from someone that has formally studied Thai.

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    February 18, 2019
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  • Answered
    Exactly! It's probably better translsted as jerk in that context, but in others it could be used like dude or bro (in American English).
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    February 18, 2019
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  • Commented
    I have noticed that คือ is often used much like how we would use a colon or the term "consist(s) of" in English. I've also seen it used in the sense of defining something: ครอบครัว คือหัวใจ

    เป็น connects two nouns. Adjectives themselves function like verbs and don't require the verb to be. If you wanted to use an adjective to describe a person, you could use เป็น but you would need to use the noun คน followed by the adjective.

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    February 18, 2019
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