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1) Quero aprender a falar português ao nível B2. 2) Sou Roberto e sou americano. Sou casado e tenho um filho que fala inglês e português e um bebé. 3) Tenho uma cadela e ensinei português e inglês.
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Fernanda Rodrigues
Portuguese
Jun 23, 2015
Tópicos da sessão: atividades do fim de semana; jogos de pistas; estratégias para atingir um nível avançado em português.
Fernanda Rodrigues
Portuguese
Jun 10, 2015
Tópicos da sessão: o exame DIPLE; programas de televisão; a escravatura.
rachel
French
Jun 4, 2015
Merci !!
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  • Answered
    In my opinion the answer is nuanced. "It's high time...to do something" in American English means that there is a need to direct attention toward a subject and that the speaker has been contemplating for a bit of time. Imagine if you will that you have been talking to a friend about a third person who is the apple of your eye. You've been going on for weeks and frankly your friend wants you do go ask him or her out. It's high time you asked him or her if she is busy on Friday. On the other hand come back has this sense of a future action, "let's come back to this later.." and in that sense there is a mismatch in time. But used in the sense of bringing up a topic of conversation I would say they are equal in meaning.
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    November 28, 2018
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    The more correct answer is "amusing", but the verb tense is wrong because this phrase is often used to start a story which started and ended in the past. Therefore the best answer is in the past perfect, "I have had an amusing experience".
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    June 15, 2018
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    The house I'd like to have got

    Today, in my notebook entry I'm going to write about the house of my dreams which will be in the north of Europe north, specifically in Holland, United Kingdom or Belgium because they're rainy rainning and cold countries. However, in summer I will be looking forward to the summer so I will come back to Spain with my family.
    Then, my house must be in a big city like how Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Manchester, Newcastle, etc. because I've always been living in a small town. It will must be a little house and will have will has got some big windows like Holland's houses in Holland to can see all things have a great view and let in enough light and to read in front of it. In fact, my house in Spain has got some big windows. But first of all, the house will must have has got a chimney.
    The people say that living live in these this kind of cities is boring because it's always raining rainning and cloudy, but I need to try it before give my opinion.
    When I was ten years old (more or less) my family and I traveled to Holland and we could visit the beautiful beatiful and awesome Amsterdam by camping car. We went through Spain and France, but these kind of trips are is quite boring while you're driving. Now, it's the time to find out about other countries like England or Poland!

    The doubled consonant is to protect an unstressed vowel when the infinitive becomes a gerund e.g. hop becomes hopping, and hope becomes hoping.  The vowel sound is unchanged. Because the "a" in rain is already stressed, there is no need to add a second "n". 

    "Will must got" is not natural phrase. I cannot think of a time that must is used in the future, since must has an idea of always being required.  


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    January 25, 2016
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    I’ve made a Public Video Pledge for the italki June 2015 Language Challenge https://youtu.be/X9nbQ4vZ2X4 Bom dia. Sou Roberto e gostava de apresentar-me, sou norte-americano, e falo inglês como um nativo. Também estou a estudar a língua françes por que tenho a vontade. Também há muito anos estudei essa língua na escola secundaria mas ainda sei falar pouco. Agora estou a concorrer de desafio de italki de Junho. Prometo de fazer seis aulas de françes e seis aulas de português durante o mês de Junho. Quero atingir o nível mais basico de françes, como pedir num restaurante, perceber um menu, pedir direcções, e falar sobre os topicos de apresentações (trabalho, familia, e hobbys) no tempo de present. Obrigado pela sua atenção e os melhores cumprimentos, Bon jour, je m'appelle Robert, et je voulais me présenter, je suis Américain, et je parle anglais comme un natif. Je étudie la langue française parce que je dois la volonté. Trop pour les années étudié cette langue à l'école secondaire, mais savent encore peu parler. Je participe maintenant Défi de italki de juin. Je promets de faire six leçons de français et six leçons de portugais durant le mois de Juin. Je veux atteindre le niveau le plus élémentaire de la langue française, comme demander à un restaurant, voir un menu, demander des directions, et de parler des présentations de thèmes (travail, famille et loisirs) dans le temps présent. Nous vous remercions de votre attention et meilleures salutations,
    June 5, 2015
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    I would say that as a general rule cheek kissing is not done in the US, with the exception between female friends in California or a family member towards a child. Since by your picture you're a dude just don't kiss. If you meet someone for the first time, extend your hand to shake. Any other greeting activity: kiss, hug, or wave, let the other person take the lead. If you can talk to the person about it, (like "hey, it is so weird that you guys don't kiss hello") then maybe they will agree to change from protocol.
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    June 1, 2015
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    Well "especial" is not a common word in English. In fact, I recommend you avoid the word because native speakers will assume you wrote incorrectly or that you borrowed the word from a Romance language like Portuguese or Spanish where it is very common. To answer your question though "especial" and "special" have the same meaning BUT especial must be followed by a noun while special can be a by itself (predicate adjective). Cheers.
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    February 27, 2015
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    I’ve made a Public Video Pledge for the italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge http://youtu.be/Ia-c9liy0RE Em Português Estou a aprender Português durante esse desafio. Terei pelo menos três aulas cada semana durante o desfio. A minha meta é poder de falar com um amigo para algumas horas, e desenvolver algumas histórias engraçadas. In English I am learning Portuguese as part of the challenge. I am committing to take at least 3 sessions per week during the challenge My goal is to be able to tell a five minute story in Portuguese
    January 29, 2015
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    Ex-boyfriend

    I bumped into an old friend of mine on the street the other day. He and I used to go out back in college. I don't have any feelings left for him for sure. However, he is coming on a little strong and wants us to get back together. Now that we both are with someone else, I try to keep our talks (conversations) casual, but. But it is getting hard. Do I have to shut him down off? Or am I making a big deal out of nothing?

     

    Well done! Strikethrough is deletion and highlight is add.  I recommend never starting a sentence with "but", however, I know that is a bit old fashioned.

    To comment on the action here, if you think he is coming on too forcefully just remind him once then drop him, assuming you do not have other social ties to him. 

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    October 6, 2014
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    I’ve made a Public Video Pledge for the 2014 New Year’s Language Challenge O transcrito de video está abaixo. Peço desculpa aos amigos de Brasil mas só pediria para correções sobre o dialecto de português europeu. Bom dia galeria, sou Roberto, sou um falo inglês como nativo e para o italki desafio de dois mil e quatorze em outobro, vou fazer doze horas de aulas de português de Portugal. Tenho quatro metas para melhorar o meu português. Primeira é minha pronuncia da letra "r" em português. Sempro faço este r este mal. Segundo é uso de conjunctos em português e preposições é terçeiro. A meta quatro é dominar o uso de conjuntivo em português. Quatro metas, quatro semanas. Vamos! So in English, my name is Rob. I am a native English speaker and I am looking to improve my European Portuguese. I have, will take twelve hours of language instruction in 2014 in the month of October as part of the italki challenge. I have 4 sub goals for this: 1) is to improve my pronunciation of the letter "r" in Portuguese. The second is the use of the conjunctions in Portuguese. The third is the use of the prepositions in Portuguese, and lastly I want to improve my understanding of the subjunctive in Portuguese. Four goals, four weeks, 12 hours, let's go. http://youtu.be/65QGqZUFWPc
    September 19, 2014
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  • Answered
    There is not really any difference. There are a lot of different words for food in English as well.
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    September 7, 2014
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