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I am looking for language exchange or a tutor who can practice English speaking with me, also help me improve my fluency and grammar accuracy. I would like to be corrected if I made some grammatical mistakes in my speaking, and aim to speak more naturally and fluently. I can offer the same speaking practice to you too. I will advise you a better way to express your thought once you make a mistake. We can have a wide range of topics in our conversation in both Chinese and English. The more we practice speaking without hesitation, the more confidence we get. I believe that this will be the best way to learn a new language!
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Timothy
English
Sep 30, 2017
It was nice speaking with you once again, Dustin. Keep it up.
Timothy
English
Sep 22, 2017
Fantastic, it was fun speaking with you once again. I enjoyed our conversation about smartphones as well as when should we give a child their first smartphone. Keep up the great work.
Ross Young
English
Jun 29, 2017
Another interesting conversation! Thanks Dustin.
Ross Young
English
Jun 23, 2017
Thanks for another enjoyable conversation, Dustin! Best of luck with your exam this weekend!
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  • Corrected

    我们也玩了很多游戏，比如“在毛驴的后边，别一个尾巴”。

    We also played lots of games, such as "Pin the Tail on the Donkey."<o:p></o:p>

    I'd like to suggest a simple way to help you learn how to express "past tense or perfect tense" in Chinese.

    Once you use past tense or try to talk about something happened in the past, just remember to put “了” after Chinese verbs. For example, 我吃了XX，我玩了XX，我洗了XX  which means that you did something before. ( I ate xx, I played xx, I washed xx, respectively )<o:p></o:p>

    When you are trying to translate “perfect tense” into Chinese, you can put ”过了” after Chinese verbs, like 吃过了，玩过了，洗过了，看过了, which usually implies that something you have already done. ( I’ve eaten, I’ve played, I’ve washed, I’ve watched)<o:p></o:p>

    As you may understand, these are not an absolute rule and there are many exceptions, but in general, this can help native speakers understand that you are expressing something happened exactly in the past, not now or future. <o:p></o:p>

    You can try to organize this in your way and follow the suggestion, never feel frustrated, I know how weird or difficult to memorize them as I’m still struggling for English learning. J

     

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    April 6, 2017
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  • Corrected

    明天我会过我的生日。

    明天我会 过 庆祝 我的生日。
    Tomorrow I will celebrate my birthday.

    (when you use the verb "celebrate", I would speculate that you are going to do sth. special with sb. in your birthday, thus, i will suggest to replace 过 by 庆祝), ( your sentence is correct but comes with two means : 1. you will "celebrate" your birthday, or 2. tomorrow is your birthday but you will not do anything special, just like a normal working day.  and the full meaning depends on your further explanation or the tone you speak) 


    请你七点来我家吃蛋糕、唱歌、跳舞等等。(you need punctuation between words with similar importance in a sentence)
    Please come to my home at 7 o'clock to eat cake, sing, dance, etc.

    (when you put 请你 in the head of a sentence, it somehow sounds a little bit impolite, or giving an order. I think you tended to be polite when you use "please" in an English sentence, so native speaker will say "七点時请来我家吃蛋糕、唱歌、跳舞等等"   remember to omit the Objective"你" after "请", which will always make it sounds or looks more polite.)

    我不请求收需要礼物，可是随你便 但是如果你想(这么做)，你可以带一把花儿或者一瓶葡萄酒。

    I don't need gifts, but if you wish, you can bring some flowers or a bottle of wine.

    (you can try to extend your English sentence like - but if you wish (to do this), and you have just abbreviate some words in the brackets, so we do the same thing in Chinese.)

    This is my first time trying to correct sentences for non-native speaker, and I hope my explanation satisfies you.

    if you need more help, please fell free to add me a friend !


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    April 5, 2017
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  • Answered
    this usually depends on "who" are you talking to. for example : if you are asking for help from hotel room service, this means you need the listener to clean the room "for you". you may call this "a tone of being polite" by using "请帮我" , and the situation usually happens when you are asking someone (who offers services) for doing something for you. however, if you are asking your wife or children (who is not generally offering services) to help clean the room, it usually means "let's do it together"
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    April 5, 2017
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