Is Learning Chinese Difficult?

Is learning Chinese hard work/difficult? I just saw a user's post that said learning Chinese is a challenge for him**. Hmm... I think he's right. But learning English is also difficult for Chinese people (at least it is for me). There's lots of vocabulary, and it's very easy to forget what words I want to say when I try to talk with native speakers or write entries. We should say learning a foreign language always takes time and lots of hard work, no matter which language.

I was being lazy last week again. I should write entries every day, but I just (or only) wrote 2. I really need to focus on learning.

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** You have to say "a user's post" instead of "a post" because later on in the sentence you reference the user ("him"). 

Your English sounds very natural :-) It looks like I made a lot of corrections, but really there were just a few small errors here and there. Otherwise, it looks good! 加油！

Diary

Yesterday, I woke up at 11 a.m. and I made mixed vegetables and grilled udon for lunch. After eating, I went to work. Speaking of my job, I've been really tired because it's been a super busy week. There've been a lot of customers recently. I am not used to my new job yet, so sometimes it's a little bit hard to manage. However, I'm so happy because Sunday is my day off, so I don't need to wake up earlier than usual like I do on Mondays. When I got off** work, a coworker and I ate dinner together. It was really nice because he is a good cook. When I got home, all of my roommates were already asleep. So I drank wine and went to sleep.

I can't wait to spend a day relaxing. I want to watch "LOST" and "I Am Legend" today.

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** You can say "When I finished work", however I changed it just to give you a few options of how to say it. 

http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/16473/how-to-say-i-finished-my-working-day-in-a-simpler-way

加油！

We don't use Taobao or Alibaba. The most popular online shopping site is definitely Amazon. eBay is also pretty popular, but it's more for people who want to sell things, not companies. So for example, if I had vintage shirt I wanted to sell, I could sell it on eBay. Amazon is more like Alibaba.

Improving my English by talking about TV shows

Hello everybody!!

I am from Brazil and Portuguese is my native language. I decided to write this (entry)** for two reasons:

1. I think the first one is pretty obvious: I'm trying to improve my English!! Writing is really difficult for me. The words jump around in my mind, but most of the time I don't know how to spell them. So I really need to practice. (thanks for reading this and helping me =))

2. I really love TV shows and I think it would be nice if I could find someone with the same interests to talk about in English with me! So, if anyone here enjoys TV just like me, add me so we can talk about it! I can also help you improve your Portuguese!

See you guys!

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**Saying "entry" here is optional; you can really get away with just saying: "I decided to write this for two reasons". 

Looks great! Your English sounds really natural, actually :-) Don't worry if you have a hard time spelling--I'm a native speaker and there are still some words that I spell wrong all the time! English spelling doesn't make any sense whatsoever.....

Good luck :-)

Day fifteen - - - Future - - -

1.- Mary will come with us to the party.

2.- I will understand the movie if it has subtitles.

3.- My sister will get up at seven tomorrow.

4.- I don't know how to ride a horse, because I don't like horses.

    This sentence isn't something we would usually say in future, so I changed it to present tense.

5.- Katy will wear her blue dress to the party.

6.- Briyith will sell flowers on the street if it isn't raining.

7.- I will see Mike when he is driving.

8.- My father's cellphone will get lost if he doesn't keep it in his car.

9.- I will spend a lot of money when I go shopping.

10.- I will drive to work, because I don't like public transportation/transport.

11.- I will take an English course on Saturday mornings.

12.- Tomorrow I will meet with my friend at 05:00 pm.

13.- Michael will feel sick if he doesn't take his pills. (see below)

           1) Michael va a sentirse mal si no toma su medicina = Michael will feel sick if he doesn't take his pills.

           2)  Michael va a sentirse mal porque no tomo su medicina = Michael is going to feel sick because he             didn't take his pills.

            I wasn't sure which one you wanted so I wrote both :-)

            http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/goingtoorwill/menu.php


14.- Diana will build her house in that city; she thinks it's a nice city.

15.- I will read two books the next month. I love to read. (or I love reading)


Thank you for helping me!

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Looks good! just a few tiny errors. Remember- like Spanish, English also has two ways to form future tense: will and going to

here're just a few examples of when to use which form: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/goingtoorwill/menu.php

tell me if you have any questions!

Introduction

Hello, I am Aleksandra from Poland. I love learning languages. I'm currently studying** English, German and Spanish, but now I would like to improve my German skills in particular. I am 18 and I would like to communicate with people also in German because I like the language but I am not so good at it.

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**You can say "learning" here as well, but I changed it to "studying" so that it wouldn't sound repetitive.

Well done :-)