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Miyabi
Japanese
Mar 19, 2025
Rod is a great student who truly enjoys learning new languages. He’s a quick and dedicated learner. The fact that he memorized Hiragana, Katakana, some Kanji, and basic grammar within just one month is really impressive! He did an excellent job throughout our first lesson. Amazing work, Rod!!
Isa
Italian
May 27, 2022
anche per un'insegnante la prima lezione è una "messa alla prova" ma con studenti come Rod è semplicemente una gratificazione! ci vediamo presto :)
Valeria Fusco
Italian
May 26, 2022
I can recognise a kind soul when I meet one. Grazie Rod, la nostra prima conversazione "rompighiaccio" è stata davvero interessante, sarò felice di farti da guida durante il tuo viaggio nella lingua italiana!
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  • Commented
    "amor da minha vida" :)
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    May 23, 2022
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  • Corrected
    What's the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you in front of your crush?

    When I was 16, I was taking a PE Class and the girl that I liked was outside the soccer court, in the bleachers. I wanted her to notice me, so I asked my friend to kick the ball towards her and I would jump to protect her but everything went wrong. I ended up falling on top of her and hurt her nose because I accidentally elbowed her. What a shame!
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    May 13, 2020
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  • Commented

    What makes this even more confusing for English students is that "lay" is also the simple past tense of "lie."

    e.g. "I got home from work and lay on the couch until dinner time."

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    March 14, 2019
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  • Answered
    Any of those would work and are grammatically correct. "What's worse" sounds a bit odd to me, though. "What's even worse" might fit a bit better with the other two and what you're trying to convey.
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    March 14, 2019
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  • Answered
    That's perfect!
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    March 14, 2019
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  • Corrected

    Daily Activities

    I woke up late today. I woke up between 09:30a.m. and 10:00a.m. I would like to wake up earlier then that, but since I've been working from home, I don't have the commitment of waking up early.

    After I had my breakfast, I worked until noon. At midday, I had lunch with my family like I always do.
    In the afternoon, I came back to work and I've been searching for videos who could help me with my english learning. I've been trying to find videos of American people; videos made by natives to natives, so I can understand how they speak with each other.

    I've been searching for these kinds of videos because I will try to imitate how they speak. I've been taking English lessons two times a week from teachers whom I found here on Italki, but I wish to speak and practice more then that. Thinking about that, I've made a search on google about "how can I practice my speaking alone?". Then I found a tip. They say it's a good practice to watch videos in English and try to imitate or interact with them.

    So, that was a part of my day. How about yours?
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    March 12, 2019
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  • Corrected

    Non-native Portuguese speaker situations we can learn from

    I've just watched this awesome video, on the Small Advantages Youtube channel, about mistakes of a non-native Portuguese speaker. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdSnfouTTlE

    I think sharing what I've seen will serve two purposes: help me practice English writing and teaching Portuguese non-natives speakers a bit about what not to do (in a funny way) when talking to brazilians.

    Gavin Roy has been traveling across many cities in Brazil (is he still traveling? If so, "has been" is correct. If not, then "Gavin Roy traveled" is correct). He shares his experiences through his Youtube channel and talks about cultural differences, what he enjoys, finds weird, and so on.

    One of his last videos that I saw was about some (in his words) "ridiculous mistakes" he'd made when learning Portuguese. I'll describe one of them:

    When he arrived in São Paulo, he struggled to understand why cashiers greeted him with "Good morning/Good afternoon. CPF?" (in Portuguese, "Bom dia/Boa tarde. CPF?"). He thought this was a common addition when greeting, so he kept saying that for people he met, which provoked laughs (correct but "which made everyone laugh" is more natural).

    What happens is that here, in various (many, some, etc) stores, people ask for a personal identification number (CPF stands for "Cadastro de Pessoa Física") when generating invoices (put it on the invoices). That enables us to retrieve, later, part of the taxes payed, since it helps the local government controlling/supervising tax payments. (well done!)

    There are other amusing mistakes he did that everyone could learn from ("everyone could learn from" is colloquial. "from which everyone could learn" is grammatically better). I guess he had fun and learned a lot from doing it and sharing it with us.
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    March 12, 2019
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  • Corrected

    The hurricane.

    Today I witnessed a terrible hurricane. The wind was so strong and so fast, garbage was flying in the air and trees were falling. I was afraid that I might get hit by something. Everyone  ran to shelters and all cars were stopped. I hope nobody suffered.
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    March 12, 2019
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  • Corrected


    "If" is used to create a hypothetical scenario with one or more outcome:

    "If you leave the house without your umbrella, you might get wet in the rain this afternoon."

    "I'll call you if I get home before midnight."

    "I'm going to the concert only if it doesn't rain"


    "Whether" is generally used to present the same outcome to two or more situations:

    "Whether it rains or not, you should take your umbrella with you."

    "Whether I get home before midnight or not, I"ll call you either way."

    "I'm going to the concert whether it rains or not."

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    March 12, 2019
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  • Answered
    Both the first and second ones are correct, but the second one is more commonly used. "Does he like watching the laptop?" However, I'm not sure what the question is trying to convey. The way it's worded, it implies he likes watching the laptop, maybe in case it might get stolen. If you're trying to ask if he likes watching movies on the laptop, then you'd have to state it like that. "Does he like watching movies on the laptop?"
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    March 12, 2019
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