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Hey, I'm looking to improve my language skills.
I have a formal teaching certificate of English as a Foreign Language.
I am a native speaker of both English and Spanish, so I can help with either.
I like the humanities and social sciences. I also enjoy literature, films, and playing the guitar.
*I'm looking for a dedicated native French speaker to exchange on a weekly basis. don't hesitate to contact me*
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- Aprendo vocabulario nuevo a través del traductor en línea y hablando con hispanohablantes en Italki. Normalmente, le pediré a la gente que <s>escribe</s> escriba as palabras que no sé. Luego, las escribo en un cuaderno. Algunas veces usaré un programa de tarjetas como Quizlet o Anki para memorizar todas las palabras. Por lo general, trato de hablar sobre los mismos temas con muchas personas para practicar el vocabulario en ("del tema" tal vez sea mejor, pero lo que usaste no es incorrecto) ese tema y ganar fluidez.---------Excellent job! I only had to change "escribe" to the imperative "escriba" because you're demanding something from someone, so that's the way you'd have to say it. Keep at it, you're doing really well, and I think that's a wonderful idea, to talk about the same things with different people, so you have more vocabulary each time and you refine a little every single time. I think I might use that myself. :)0 votedJune 10, 20201
- A day fasting.My younger sister is trying <s>fasting</s> to fast <s>for losing her </s>in order to lose weight. But it's she's not very strict about it, it seems she can <s>take </s> consume drinks like vegetable juice. <s>I heard from her, </s>She told me, if we stop eating food<s>s</s> temporarily it can be <s>is </s>good for our health because we're able to rest our organs. I thought I want to try fasting a little, but I love eating, so I'm going to try it only for a day.Now, in Japan it is still morning, but my stomach has already been growling.Very good! I made some changes that make it sound better, more natural to me, but was not precisely incorrect, for example my first change. Hope it helps.0 votedMay 20, 20202
- You don't need a comma in either sentence, first of all. The second sentence is fine. The first isn't. I have to respectfully disagree with the previous posters, I don't think that "there might *had* been problems" is right at all. It sounds dead wrong to me. I wish I could give you the grammatical explanation, but I don't have it, it's just a sense of the language, although I'm sure there is a proper explanation. The closest I can get to a correct sentence, mantaining your original meaning is: "I think there might have been problems had we gone to the party". I'd love to see more opinions and inputs on this. Hope it helps.0 votedMay 20, 20200
- "Suffer over food" doesn't sound natural at least not in the context that you put it. You might say that some countries might suffer over food because of the effects of the pandemic, or that some families might, but I'm not sure if it fits exactly the example you provided. You might also suffer over your pay, suffer over a period of time, suffer over a decision you take, etc. etc. A tip: You can go to Google and type between quotation marks ("") any expression you want to check and then go to the "News" tab, where you can see how that expression is used in the news. Hope this helps.0 votedMay 20, 20200
- Honestly I don't think that's a good strategy. I only look at grammar points if I am really curious about it, or generally because I am having trouble expressing myself in that tense. For example, if you want to make a hypothetical point, you might need a grasp of conditional tenses so, that's fine. But it serves a purpose, because you struggled with it trying to speak to someone (or to yourself, even) or if you're trying to write something and can't because you need some type of tense, or whatever else.Otherwise, I think it's not useful to look at grammar. It's much better to spend your time listening to things in your target language, reading, and generally getting a lot of input, a lot of material. It's also important that for the most part you understand this material, at least the basic ideas, otherwise you have to scale down a little and try with a simpler text/audio. That's all there's to it, at least in my experience.EDIT: I forgot to mention why I think it's not a good idea, hah. I'll try to make it short: because for the most part no one remembers the grammar point when they actually need to use it. That's the honest truth. Even if you did, will you ever really stop to think when talking to analyse a grammar point? By the time anyone does that, our conversational partner is long gone :DI'm not saying don't study grammar, I'm just saying there are probably much more cost-efficient ways to spend the limited time we generally have to study! Hope this helps, cheers.0 votedMay 19, 20200
- I can't list them all, I've seen a few, but the most notorious I suppose are:Noah Gallagher (although I'd rather have seen Neal, just didn't have the opportunity yet)Bob DylanPaul McCartney (twice)Caetano VelosoMy biggest "concert-going" regret, or lack of in this case, was missing the chance to see Radiohead in 2009, in Buenos Aires. It's not like it would have been an easy feat, but I feel like I should have gone no matter how difficult. I hope to see them someday, hopefully soon!0 votedMay 19, 20200
- Depends on what you mean. It can be like Matthew mentioned already, or it can be the meaning of "let's keep up", "let's keep up with him", etc. I think you're trying to say it in the sense of "let's not fall behind, let's keep up, let's get to the same place", or did you mean something else?0 votedMay 16, 20200
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