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Sveriges arv i Philadelphia
Förra veckan var jag i Philadelphia på min höstsemester. De flesta amerikaner vet inte att Sverige hade sin egen koloni i Nordamerika på sjuttonhundratalet, i området runt Delaware-floden.
I Philadelphia finns det amerikansk-svenska museet, så jag åkte dit för att lär mig mer om historien. Även fast det var en svensk koloni, fanns det många finländare som bosatte sig i Nya Sverige eftersom Finland var en del av Sverige på den tiden. Efter ett antal år erövrade Nederländerna kolonin. Men inte heller detta varade länge, bara några år senare tog England över kontrollen. I början på 1800-talet förklarade sig kolonin dock självständig från Storbritannien, och är idag en del av USA.
Nya Sverige upphörde efter två årtionden, men arvet lever vidare än idag. Det mest tydliga exemplet är färgerna på Philadelphias flagga: blått och gult, samma färger som på Sveriges flagga.There you go! (:
0 votedOctober 17, 20181Interesting with a piece of Russian culture! Here's my translation, but I've had to take some artistic freedom to make the rhymes work :)
A boy has eaten a mushroom stew.
At once he writhed and his face turned blue.
No tablets or drugs can't stop this cataclysm
There is no rescue from botulism.
In Russian it sounds so:
Мальчик грибов маринованных съел,
Тут же он скорчился и посинел.
Нет, не помогут таблетки и клизма,
Нету, спасения от ботулизма.
Catalysm is indeed not quite right, since it more refers to suffering/pain of lots of people rather then of one individual, but rhyming with Botulism is really difficult!
0 votedSeptember 11, 20181- "I have as much money as anyone" means that you are avarage rich. There are people who have more money and people who have less. If you wanted to say that no one has more money then you, then you'd say "I have more money then anyone else" Or if everyone has more money then you have: "Everyone has more money then me" 'As much' means 'equally much', 'the same amount' Hope that answers it! :)0 votedSeptember 9, 20180
Italki recommended writing skills place / this title is very wierd, what did you mean to say?
Hi,
This is my first notebook entry in order to practice my writing skills. Any help will be welcomed.
At the moment I have no idea what to write about.
Let me tell you about me: I'm from Spain and I really want to learn English and teach Spanish.
Best regards.0 votedNovember 5, 20161- The second one is gramatically incorrect, you must conjugate "Do" to past tense. "Have you ever been to the restaurant" "Did you ever go to the restaurant" The first sentence simply asks if you have eaten at the restaurant before. Example: "This restaurant looks nice. Have you ever been here?" The second one asks if you decided to go to the restaurant or not. For example: "You're home early. Did you go to the restaurant?"0 votedNovember 1, 20161
Grammar review... please check it!
1. If tomorrow doesn't rain, we'll go fishing.
If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go fishing2. The tallest in the classroom is the cleverest too.
The tallest person in the classrom is also the most clever3. Walking alone could be very sorrowful, but also useful to reflect on (to think?).
Walking alone could be very sorrowful, but could also help you reflect4. He asked me what time the bus would have arrived.
Correct, but this means the bus didn't arrive by some reason. If you want to know when the bus will arrive, you say
He asked me what time the bus would arrive5. I'd never want to take an airplane: it scares me very much.
This means you wouldn't want to steal an airplane
I'd never want to go on an airplane, I'm too afraid something will happen.6. If I had the possibility, I would leave to New York immediately.
If I had the opportunity, I would leave to New York immediately
7. Big cities don't excite me, I would rather small villages.
When writing like that, it seems "small villages" is a verb, which is not correct
I'm not very fond of big cities, I prefer small villages
8. If I had told all to John, he would have never forgiven me.
If i had told John everything, he would have never forigven me
9. I really like going with my family to take an ice cream and go around in town.
I really enjoy goining out with my family to grab an ice crean and walk around town together
10. If it starts raining, we'll all go to the bar around the corner.
Correct11. I've bought this T-shirt at the shop in front of the school where my brother attends the 4th year of primary.
Here there might is a misunderstanding, it seems like your brother attends school in the shop
I've bought this t-shirt at the shop in front of the school. My brother attends the 4th year of primary at that school.
12. If he hadn't helped me, I would have not known what to do.
If he hadn't helped me, I would not have known what to doThere you go! :)
0 votedOctober 31, 20161Här kommer en rättning!
Svenska
Jag tröttnar aldrig på att skriva. Jag tycker att det är roligt när någon rättar mina texter så att jag kan se skillnaderna. Jag jämför också andra saker när jag skriver. Jag tycker att det är viktigt att kunna dela med sig av sina tankar med andra och andra ska kunna kritisera dem. För att kunna ta till sig kritiken krävs det att man förstår kritiken. Det räcker inte att bara lyssna och läsa.Vad menar du med "Jag jämför också andra saker när jag skriver"? Det menar att du ser om olika saker är lika varandra när du skriver, vilket inte låter helt vettigt. Kanske menar du "Skrivandet har även andra fördelar"?
Blå text = Ändrade grammatik/Changed grammar
Orange text = Skrev om hela meningen/Re-wrote the entire sentence
Lila/Rosa = Bytte plats på ord/Swapped words
Grön = Bytte ut ord/Replaced the word
Gul = Lade till ord/Added word
Röd = Tog bort ord/Removed word
Säg till om du är färgblind, då kan jag visa på annat sätt
Or if you the review in English, let me know
0 votedOctober 29, 20162Svenska regeringen vill skydda tiggare.
Den svenska regeringen vill skydda tiggare. Det finns dock ett stort problem. Fattiga personer från Mellanöstern rånar och lurar människor som tigger på gatorna. Dessa personer respekterar inte de regler och lagar som finns i Sverige. Alla som befinner sig i Sverige har rätt till de mänskliga rättigheterna. Ingen har rätt att bryta mot dessa rättigheter. Om brottslingar fortsätter att kräva tiggares pengar, ska de bli bestraffade och skickas till fängelse.Vad vill du säga med denna artikel? Det verkar vara en debattartikel. En debattartikel har formatet "Rubrik - din tes, Inledning - Varför är detta viktigt/Vad har hänt?, Flera argument(ofta tre), motargument som neutraliseras och slutligen ett sista argument, gärna det bästa."
Din rubrik återspeglar inte din tes - Rubriken ska ta upp problemet, inte ett påstående löst kopplat till din tes
Denna artikel har endast ett enda stycke, och fungerar inte som en full debattartikel.
Blå text = Ändrade grammatik/Changed grammar
Orange text = Skrev om hela meningen/Re-wrote the entire sentence
Lila/Rosa = Bytte plats på ord/Swapped words
Grön = Bytte ut ord/Replaced the word
Röd = Tog bort ord/Removed word
Säg till om du är färgblind, då kan jag visa på annat sätt
Or if you the review in English, let me know
0 votedOctober 29, 20160What difference between these words?
self-righteous - To like oneself, "having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior"
self-obsessed - To really like oneself and think you are the center of everything, "excessively preoccupied with one's own life and circumstances; thinking only about oneself"
self-reliant - To be able to handle things by oneself without the need for other people, "reliant on one's own powers and resources rather than those of others"
self-conscious - To be aware of oneself in certain situations, "feeling undue awareness of oneself, one's appearance, or one's actions", "An unpleasant feeling of self-consciousness may occur when one realizes that one is being watched or observed, the feeling that 'everyone is looking" at oneself'"
self-aware - To know that you are your own individual, separated from the group, "Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals"
self-appointed - To have chosen to act in a certain way yourself, "chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously"
There you go!
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