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The flue
I've got the flu. I'm getting better today, but I still have a terrible headache. Yesterday I wasn't able to write on ITalki. I spent the whole day in bed because it was the only way to cope with the headache.
Here in Italy Spring has shown the best of itself: the sky is particularly blue, the temperature is warm, flowers fill up the lawn and my favorite trees, Magnolia, are blossoming marvelously!
It's a pity having to stay at home!You did well matching the plural verb ( ARE) with the plural noun ( TREES), but you forgot to pluralize MAGNOLIA. Had you written Magnolias, the sentence would have been "molto bene".
0 votedApril 1, 20171Grammar exercises.....
When i was young i lived in a countryside with my family.I was playing almost all day with a neighbor. He had the same age of me . I remembered that he came everyday after school, we had just a ball or a bycicle to play with. Several times we watched cartoons with my brother. We messed up my dad’s vegetables garden a lot of time with my ball, often I had to hide because he became very angry! I had lived there for five years, then my parents bought a new house and we had to moved . Unfortunately I haven’t seen my friend anymore even though we grow up in the same village. Lately whilst I was walking with my dog I saw him. We had a nice conversation after several years. We laughed and we reminded our youth. I would come back if I could….! He gave me his address and said i can visit him and his parents any time.I think i will accept his invitation !!Unlike in the Italian language, in the English language we do not "HAVE" age. Italians say they " have 40 years of age" . ( ho quaranta anni........e' corretto??) English speakers ARE of a certain age. " I am forty years old". With that being said, your sentence could be written " He had the same age as I ". But, I believe most English speaking people would write " He WAS the same age as I ". Please take note that the word " I " follows the word "as" . To write or say " .....as me " is incorrect. There exists an implied and hidden verb following the phrase " as I ". For instance, in the sentence " He had the same age as I " the hidden verb after the word " I " is " HAD". "He had the same age as I had' is a perfectly correct sentence. Most people omit the second HAD because it is redundant. But, this omission has led to the misuse of the correct noun. " He had the same age as ME had ". As you can see, this is completely wrong. In English, ME never HAD anything!!
either WE MOVED oppure WE HAD TO MOVE.....I think both are acceptable
the other corrections were presented by the other two readers
Ciao Ashfede
0 votedApril 1, 20172April Fools' Day
Today it's the April Fools' Day. In Italy, and other parts of Europe, it's called "April's Fish" (Pesce d'aprile). I read that it's an ancient tradition, but its origin it's not sure, there are just some theories.
Nowadays, even if it's fool and silly, people continue having fun with some pranks in April Fools' Day.
Also some famous firms around the world, like Google, create jokes for their clients. And the newspapers invent fake news on April 1st. But, actually, newspapers invent fake news every day....Or people do this on the social network!
In Italy, not just young people, we put a fish drawed on a paper, on the back of unaware people who pass the whole day with a fish on their back!
What pranks do you do in your country?I won't repeat Ashley's corrections. Instead, if you don't mind, I will add some "bonus corrections".
The use of our word "the" is very confusing to students learning English. Using it incorrectly is a "dead giveaway" ( this slang phrase means: a clear and obvious indication) that the speaker is not a native English speaker. Sadly, I cannot properly explain the rules for when NOT to use "the ". Sometimes, the exceptions have to be memorized.
Our word "read" is an oddity. It is spelled the same R-E-A-D for both present tense and past tense. But it is pronounced R-E-E-D for the present, and R-E-D for the past tense.
I would use a comma between tradition and but, and then a period after unknown. Then I would begin a new sentence " There are only some theories" oppure " There are just some theories" oppure " There are just only some theories"
FOOL can be a noun ( That man is a fool ) or a verb ( It's not nice to fool Mother Nature) but foolISH is the adjective.
,and not just the young people,
you could write: " we put a fish DRAWN on a piece of paper" This expresses a past tense. You DREW the picture of the fish on the paper before placing it on someone's back ( of course).
Bravo Giannina..............buona giornata
0 votedApril 1, 20171Perceived Italian stereotypes will, of course, vary from person to person. My stereotypes of Italians are these:
Italians are very: fashion aware.........."to the point" speakers, very expressive ( this can sometimes be mistaken as rude to those who are not used to this way of talking)........ good cooks......happy eaters and drinkers of wine......family oriented.
I love all things Italian, and the country is magnificent.
Ciao Sara, buona giornata
0 votedMarch 26, 20170
