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- Cuando visitaré un panadería aquí en Carolina del Sur La semana pasada, visitaré un panadería hispana lo que es cerca de la universidad. Cuando entré, olía muy bien, pero no supe cual comprar. Traté un pastel de maíz, con mermelade de naranja arriba. ¡Me ha gustado mucho! Pero no sé que se llama. Quiero ir un otra vez, y quizás puedo practicar mi español.April 6, 201730
- Mi Primer Entrad Del Cuaderno Soy estadounidense, y quiero aprender Español. Tengo algunas parientes mexicanas, y me gustaría hablar con ellos en Español. Estoy haciendo amigos que hablan Español aquí en italki, y espero poder hablar Español con fluidez algún día. Gracias por leer. ¡Chao!April 4, 201760
30 days of writing in English: Day 3
My family tree
My family is very big. I have a great legacy from of my ancestors. I had the great opportunity of meeting my paternal great-grandmother. Her name was Blasina and she was a tender, lovers loving, and delicate woman. Conversely, my grandmothers were very strong women. I did not meet my grandfathers.
My father was a strong and brave man. He liked photography and listening to classical music. My mom was a great woman. Just like my father, she was strong and brave and she loved all kinds of music. She sang and danced very well.
I have many great experiences with my brothers and sisters. I have three brothers and four sisters. They are very intelligent, professional, and talented. Just like our parents, we all love music. We love to sing, to dance and to play musical instruments.
As well, Also, I have the wonderful mission to pass this legacy to my children. Both have much for from their family legacy: they´re strong and brave like my parents and my grandmothers, they are also loving as like my great-grandmother, and they are intelligent and music’s lovers, like their grandparents, their uncles, and aunts...And of course, like me, their mom....Blue corrections are for grammatical errors, and green corrections mean that this is a more natural way to say the same thing.
Here is a link on the proper uses of "also" and "as well," in case you're interested:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/also-as-well-or-too
0 votedApril 4, 20171The amazonas Amazon will soon will be just a good memory (I'm assuming you mean the Amazon River, rather than the Brazilian state)
The amazonas Amazon is a beautiful place, and full of life. However our ignorance make change is changing it. By Every day a hundred of squared meters of jungle is lost under of at the hand of people. The native people sometimes help to destroy in order to gain money...they become a victims because of their enviroment. The much most rich place in the wold is just becoming just prime matter real estate for foreign and national people without soul.0 votedMarch 31, 20171MY BOSS
I'm 25 years old and now I'm working as a secretary in decorative lights. You know, my boss, he did not study at university or college. He have has just finished 7th grade. He said that he dont doesn't like to study at shool and he thinks life can teach him everything.
Now he has his own company with 20 employees , but he doesn't satisfy feel satisfied with his life. He always complains about his wife. I know he really likes beautiful women, but his wife is not as good looking as he expected.
He doesn't know what color does she likes, or what food does she loves, and he never celebrates a birthday party for her.
Actually I'm her younger sister. I hate him but now I need a job and I love this job. Hmm... what can I do for my sister?
She is not good looking but she can cook very well and she is faithful.0 votedMarch 31, 20171Essay
I have learned been learning English since I was 13 years old , when I was in Junior Grade one . That was my first time to learn when I first learned my ABCs. I liked English from then on. Time goes by quickly. 17 yrs passed , and I choose chose my a job in which I can use English everyday.
It seems that since I have been learning English for 17 yrs, I should be very a master of it , but I was very shy when I was at school or university. I dared not speak out, so I think I just learned English in my heart. I have nobody to talk with. Fortunately , my spoken speaking is not very bad , but I still feel a little nervous when I talk to someone people now.
I’m doing a sales job now, so I need to communicate with my all kinds of customers everyday . I found I can discuss with them everything with them according to the regarding work issues, but I don’t know how to start with the daily oral communication.
I do hope someone can help me with this. Of course , I will keep on learning everyday!0 votedMarch 31, 20170Why I do I want to learn a new language?
When I was child, I watched English TV programs, songs, books, etc. I said, why I can not understand can't I understand the meaning of these words? So I understood that there are a lot of languages around the world, and it is amazing because it means there are different cultures, and stuff like that.
There's That's when I was became interested in learning a new language; but I needed to think about which language I needed to start.
So I get thought: I like English music and English TV programs, so let's try with English.
I readed a lot of English books, singed sung English songs with lyrics, and watched TV series in English. My mind was in another place; there were times when I did can could understand people talking, and I was excited.
So I hope to talk and hear like a native English speaker.
Learning another language is like having another life.I like how you are interested in other cultures and languages! I feel the same way.
I wanted to draw attention to your use of two irregular verbs, "sing" and "read". The past tense forms of these verbs are "sung" and "read". "Read" is confusing even for young native English speakers, because it's spelled exactly the same either way! The difference is in the pronunciation. Present tense sounds like "reed" and past tense sounds "red". We just know the difference through the context. You'll just have to keep memorizing the irregular verbs. But you can do it! Keep it up, I know that someday you can be an excellent English speaker.
0 votedMarch 30, 20171I'm back
It has been a long time since my last login on this website. I've been busy with work and Portuguese classes I give every Tuesday night to an amazing South African conversational English teacher who I met here on Italki.
I'm feeling very accomplished as she is starting to form her own sentences and getting around with the Portuguese structure which is far different from that of English's.
I hope she'll be able to keep hold a conversation in a matter of months. We vary a lot on our work stuff, we use magazines, we use Brazilian songs and regular worksheets.
She is doing great and I wonder if she'll have the be willing to visit my country when she feels confident with her Portuguese.
Kind regards, "Italkians".
Note: Not to be confused with Italians. HAHA!This was well-written and flowed nicely for the most part. I only made minor corrections. At least in American English, it sounds a little odd to make a language name like "English" be a posessive noun.
"If he/she'd be willing" is a very common phrase, so it'll sounds more natural than the original wording. "Willing" is an adjective, so it's something you would be, not something you would have. However, you could say that someone "has the willingness to ____". That would sound fine.
For whatever reason, we never/rarely say "keep a conversation". "Hold a conversation" is the normal way to say it.
That's about it! :) Thanks for reading.
0 votedMarch 30, 20171I'm a booklover! and How about you? =D
If there's a thing that I love so very much, it this thing is books. More than this that, I love to talk about them and recommend them to other people. I'm especially passionate for about the romances ones, but since four years ago the fantasy ones have just entered in my bookshelf and, now, I have so much many fantasy books between my favorites of all the time! And, as long as I'm a blogger, I will speak about them every days, in general, with positive reviews, but sometimes theres are some negatives ones too. Well, it's that's okay.Keep learning and keep reading! You won't regret it. Cheers :)
0 votedMarch 30, 20171Who Are Really Losers
I knew I really got very angry when my roommates showed their judgement towards one person who had tried hard to study but failed to be accepted to an ideal college. How I wished to ask them why they couldn't respect others' effort! But actually I did nothing even if I hated my cowardly non-response. I knew it wasn't easy to change others' rooted opinions and I didn't want to argue with them. So I just walked away quietly without even saying goodbye to them.
Sometimes I cannot stand my roommates and I have no desire to talk with them about anything because they are always lazy while they easily look down others' effort if those people don't live well now! They said those people are losers, but who are really losers?
I feel sorry for writing such mean and unkind words.When speaking in a negative sense, it's more common to use the word "anything". Other examples could be "I don't want anything for breakfast", "I didn't say anything to her" or "I can't do anything". "Something" is more commonly seen in a positive sense. "I saw something yesterday" or "I want to talk to you about something". There are a few exceptions, but following this rule will help you sound more natural.
In general, well done. Your correct use of the apostrophe for the plural possesive noun would put many native English speakers to shame! That's a tricky one.
Cheers! :)
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