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I'm a girl from Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. I would like to expand my knowledge of languages in general. Since I studied Swahili as my major in college, welcome to communicate with me both in English and Swahili. Now I'm also adding French to my language-to-master list. Let's help each other in learning languages.
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Tom Emery
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Nov 8, 2015
You spoke well Zakia, and have the potential to achieve your goal.
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    From my perspective, though I've been using simplified characters so far, I still can understand the traditional ones. So I believe if you stick to your study of simplified characters for a longer term, you'll gradually and naturally understand the traditional ones, because there are relations between them and also patterns. You don't need to worry about this. But if you try to manage them both from the beginning, it might be counterproductive and you might not master either of them. On the other hand, believe me though I'm a native Chinese, sometimes I still don't understand cursive. Because Chinese characters are like graphics, when people write cursive, it is sometimes hard to tell what they've written. So... Don't worry about this. I suggest you learn Chinese step by step and hope you enjoy learning the language. : )
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    November 29, 2015
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    What's the difference between "historic" and "historical"? What's the difference between "historic" and "historical"? Especially in the following expressions: historic buildings & historical buildings historic sites & historical sites
    November 28, 2015
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    What are the differences between these "companies"?(the differences between these synonyms) Hey guys! I'm confused with these words : What're the differences between these "companies" ? company startup outfit corporation corporate firm venture joint venture syndicate enterprise If you know any other synonyms, please add them to your comment and discriminate them with these words. Thank you! : )
    November 21, 2015
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    An IELTS task 2 essay I wrote Research shows that overeating can be as harmful as smoking. Thus the advertising of certain food products should be banned, as the advertising of cigar is banned in many countries. Do you agree or disagree? (no less than 250 words) It has been proved by scientists that excessive consumption of food is dangerous to health. Therefore some argued that some food should not be allowed to advertise. I personally disagree with this problem. Admittedly, overeating is hazardous to people’s health since it breaks the natural balance of food intake of their body. Certain food products such as hamburgers, French fries and chips are scrumptious yet do more harm to people’s body than other foods. Due to their high volume of grease and density of trans-fat, once people become addictive to them, their health are more likely to be in danger. Meanwhile, commercials with zoom-in graphics and special sound effects help to exaggerate the temptation of these food items and therefore bring up the risk of people suffering from health problems. Since the abandon of cigar ads has brought down its harm to human body in a number of nations, it is believed that this policy can be applied on certain food advertisements. However, the overeating problem, in most cases, does not result from simply consuming several kinds of food in big portions. The main problem lies in the portion of food rather than the type of food. In this sense, merely putting a ban on advertisements cannot work the magic. For instance, though one is less likely to eat junk food excessively due to his lower exposure to its ads, one could also experience a stomachache from eating too much rice. In conclusion, though over consumption of food does harm to health, it is not a compelling reason to ban certain food commercials.
    November 5, 2015
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    Well, even as a native Chinese speaker, I don't know why we repeat verbs in certain cases. It's just... we do. It seems to me that 我看看 sounds more casual and approachable than 我看, but we don't repeat adjectives as often as verbs when speaking Chinese. For example, we don't say 他高高了. If we want to say "he is very tall" in Chinese, we add adverbs. In this case, we say "他太高了“. Since I'm not a professional Chinese teacher, these are only my opinions based on my experience of using Chinese. Hope there would be more professional explanations for your question.
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    October 24, 2015
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