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I'm Justin from Los Angeles. I travel a lot & love going to Vietnam. I'm taking lessons from teachers, but would also like practice partners. My goal is conversational level in 1.5 years! I am very involved in technology and business, so I especially would like to learn vocabulary for business discussions. Of course I want to be able to converse with someone at a coffee shop in Saigon as well! I always enjoy talking about technology, business, politics, travel, and flying (I am a pilot for fun). If you want to chat about these things and practice your English, please let me know. I would appreciate practicing my Vietnamese too :)
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Nga Mai
Vietnamese
Feb 21, 2017
Chào anh! Today, we learned about the age. There are some points that you should pay attention to. First, bao nhiêu and mấy and second, có and của. Great for today! See you soon. Cheers.
Nga Mai
Vietnamese
Feb 8, 2017
Chào anh! Today, we learned about the numbers with some short ways for saying them which makes it easier, hopefully. You need to remember "mốt, lăm, tư, triệu, lẻ, trăm". I will send you an audio as a homework to write down the number. I will give you the answer next time. Keep going. Cheers.
Nga Mai
Vietnamese
Jan 23, 2017
Chào anh! In this session, we practiced listening about the introduction conversation. I would like to remind you some words that you need to pay attention to. They are làm nghề gì, anh cũng vậy, rất vui được gặp em, giáo viên = cô giáo. We also talked about the structure of question clauses (what you do) in a sentence. Please remember to put the question words at the end, just liek the way you make a question. I am really glad that I can see your progess clearly. Keep it up! Cheers.
Nga Mai
Vietnamese
Jan 18, 2017
Chào anh! We learned about the negative sentences today. Remember the negative form of "là" is "không phải". Also, you learned another question about basic information. I can see that you are really making progress. Keep going! Cheers.
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    Looking for language exchange for HCMC, Vietnam residents

    Hi Everyone,

    My wife and I will be in Saigon (district 1) for two months for work and language learning.  I am looking for people who I can meet with and have practice sessions with.  My Vietnamese is very basic, but I am studying hard to learn quickly.  I would first like to talk on Skype and see if it makes sense to meet in person when I'm in Saigon.  I am a native English speaker from Los Angeles, and have had good experiences helping people learn English.  I will be happy to help you improve your English, but you will need to have a basic ability in English already, since my Vietnamese is not good enough to teach effectively in Vietnamese.

    Please note, I am only interested in people who live in Saigon and who natively speak with a Southern accent.  I am learning Southern accent, and do not want to complicate my learning with Northern accent yet.

    I am eager to learn Vietnamese, and will want to meet at least two times per week.  If you are also eager to learn English, then it may be a good fit!

    Please let me know here, or by personal message, if you are interested in participating in language exchange with me.  

    Thanks,

    -Justin

    March 3, 2019
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    Looking for language exchange for HCMC, Vietnam residents

    Hi Everyone,

    My wife and I will be in Saigon (district 1) for two months for work and language learning.  I am looking for people who I can meet with and have practice sessions with.  My Vietnamese is very basic, but I am studying hard to learn quickly.  I would first like to talk on Skype and see if it makes sense to meet in person when I'm in Saigon.  I am a native English speaker from Los Angeles, and have had good experiences helping people learn English.  I will be happy to help you improve your English, but you will need to have a basic ability in English already, since my Vietnamese is not good enough to teach effectively in Vietnamese.

    Please note, I am only interested in people who live in Saigon and who natively speak with a Southern accent.  I am learning Southern accent, and do not want to complicate my learning with Northern accent yet.

    I am eager to learn Vietnamese, and will want to meet at least two times per week.  If you are also eager to learn English, then it may be a good fit!

    Please let me know here, or by personal message, if you are interested in participating in language exchange with me.  

    Thanks,

    -Justin

    March 3, 2019
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  • Answered
    I'll just add to Norman's answer with the following: 1) "I didn't do my English homework." This would mean you have not completed the homework assigned to you. 2) I agree with Norman: "He didn't go into the military" 3) At least in American English you would say: "They didn't LISTEN to my advice." You would use the word "listen" to show the comprehension of what was said. If you said "They didn't HEAR my advice", it would literally mean that they did not hear the sounds you made when you were speaking.
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    January 22, 2019
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    Paraphrasing Practice

    Here is a sentence I read from the news: "the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising"
    There are some practices, that i tried to write in different ways:
    - The increasing sales figures/income among reliable goods sold to customers reflects the quality importance of advertising
    - An Increase incomes from in sales could be seen from is a result of the power of advertising
    - An increase in the amount of consumption consumable from a products is evident evidence from of the quality of advertising agent

    Other paraphrases are:

    - Due to the importance of advertising, popular consumer goods sales have increased significantly.

    - Consumer goods sales have skyrocketed due to strong effective advertising.


    Note, the term "consumer goods" means products that are purchased by individual people, as opposed to businesses.  This would mean cell phones, or cans of food.  Consumer goods would not apply to industrial products such as raw steel or machine supplies.


    Thank you

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    January 22, 2019
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    I think Jeff has that backwards. "I'd be glad to help if I can" means that you want to help, but are not sure if you can. "I'd be glad if I can help" simply means that it would make you happy to help". They are VERY similar, but the first one is less assuming that they are able to help than the second one.
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    December 28, 2016
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    December 28, 2016
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    Mother's love [I think you are referring to YOUR mother's love, so you would use the possessive 's for Mother]

    My childrens' winter vacation started this week. [again, use possessive 's because it the the vacation of your children]
    Last weekend I went to the city where my parents used to live. [I am assuming your parents don't live there anymore]

    My mother told me , I could go, and leave my children with her at home.
    So I went alone. My mom missed my children and wanted to spend more time with them.
    I think she is extremely busy now that she is taking care of my children. Thanks to her help, I have more free time.
    I know that she did that (take care of them) for me.
    She really wants me to take a break from raising my kids to help me keep my stress down.
    How can I make her happy?
    The more I raise my kids, the more I feel my mother's love.
    I know that I can't love her more than she loves me.
    Thank the Lord that I'm my mother's daughter!

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    December 28, 2016
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    Diary Entry for December 28th

    Today I had lunch with one of my friends to see her off because she will return home ‪tomorrow‬. We chose a newly opened restaurant. The restaurant specizes Shanxi dishes，a famous kind of Chinese food.
       The most famous type of Shanxi dishes is Rouga Mo and noodles. Today we ordered two Rouga Mo. The dish is also called “Chinese hamburger”，so you can imagine its shape. It is a kind of cooked wheaten food and is easy to cook, you only need to carefully prepare the materials：marinated meat and a baked bun. All you need to do is put the marinated meat into the baked bun. The key factor in making it delicious is the marinated meat.
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    December 28, 2016
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