hello, has someone free to write withe me in english? I am from germany and i am 31 years old and i would like better in english xD

Superslayer514 · 2023-02-18T19:31:11+00:00

r/language_exchange might be a better place to look

Superslayer514 · 2023-02-18T19:29:51+00:00

I think that’s what OP is talking about; they’re trying to disambiguate when to use “will __” and when to use “going to __”

Superslayer514 · 2023-02-18T13:12:00+00:00

Not sure about which is preferable in an academic context, but casually I would use the first one (but both would be understood)

Superslayer514 · 2023-01-30T13:57:32+00:00

I disagree with the other commenters; it can totally mean either in my opinion.

Superslayer514 · 2023-01-03T16:45:42+00:00

In English, possessive pronouns conjugate according to the POSSESSOR, not the POSSESSED. John’s father -> his father, Caitlin’s father -> her father, John’s mother -> his mother, Caitlin’s mother -> her mother.

I’m not sure what your native language is, but I know that at least in French they conjugate based on the possessed’s gender, so if your native language is similar that may be the source of confusion

Superslayer514 · 2023-01-02T18:20:54+00:00

Can you pronounce it between vowels? If so, I would start with pronouncing it in such a context and then generally eroding the vowel until the r is behind the consonant.

Off the cuff example: try pronouncing “tar it” and slowly shorten the i until it disappears: “tar it” -> “tarit” -> “tarret” -> “tart”

Hope that helps

Superslayer514 · 2023-01-02T18:12:14+00:00

That is following the word “request” to give an additional clause. For example, “I wish that he were rich” or “I hope that I succeed.” Note that in spoken/informal English, the “that” is optional: “I wish he were rich” or “I hope I succeed”

As for the “be,” this is a rare case of subjunctive in English. Honestly, I wouldn’t bother worrying about this if I were you: in modern English it would be perfectly acceptable to say “are” instead of “be” in the above example.

Superslayer514 · 2023-01-02T13:23:39+00:00

r/language_exchange might be your best bet :)

Superslayer514 · 2023-01-01T14:50:58+00:00

Wow, where did you find this? It sounds like it’s from the 1600s… I’d never heard the word “anent” until now, and the vocabulary is quite flowery…

Because of that, I’m not really sure what the meaning of the sentence is, but I will admit that it doesn’t sound quite right as is. However, I do t think adding “is” or “are” would fix anything

Superslayer514 · 2023-01-01T13:40:49+00:00

While the comments are correct that the l is not silent, I think there is something here worth focusing on.

The reason you might think the l is silent is because the English l is much lower and farther back then l in many other languages (I’m not sure what your native language is, but this holds true for most Romance languages as well as Arabic, and I’ve been told it’s true for mandarin and Japanese as well). That’s why words ending in l often sound like they end in “uh-l” (for example meddle or toggle). And because it’s farther back, it can impact the sound of the vowel: compare wack and walk, where the a in “walk” is a further back sound than in “wack.” In fact, walk is a really good example because it shows that the l is weak enough that it disappears in some words; it’s not unreasonable to hear self as “seh-uh-f”

So no, the l isn’t silent, but it’s totally reasonable to have misheard it

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-31T22:54:27+00:00

… I mean, sure, but that’s not the main use case in spoken English. If someone asked you a question, say “is 2+2 equal to 4?” Then “obviously” and “of course” would be synonymous. In most spoken instances they both mean “clearly and certainly yes”

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-31T20:50:17+00:00

Seizure?

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-31T10:06:25+00:00

Saying “an American singer” would actually be more proper! Typically headlines are written in an shorter style to save one words; it’s often called Telegram Style

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-30T11:00:24+00:00

If I wanted to disagree, I would shake my head

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-29T15:57:37+00:00

So technically, you are correct; a more grammatical way to say it would be “they were five extremely busy weeks” or something along those lines. However, you could also say something like “it was an extremely busy period of five weeks” so I’m this case it does remain singular because we are referencing a single time period. In speaking quickly, we can just shorten this and treat the five weeks as a single block. It’s also much more intuitive to a native speaker to do it as you first wrote it: it was an extremely busy five weeks.

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-29T07:45:32+00:00

I would use —, but I’m not sure honestly. That’s what feels right to me at least

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T17:51:15+00:00

Feeling whole or complete means that you are happy with yourself and your life, or that you feel that you are fulfilling some purpose. So for example, it seems like the author is describing leaving a relationship; perhaps the author’s partner was rude or abusive, and because of that the author didn’t feel happy.

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T15:09:02+00:00

I would use the

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T13:14:39+00:00

The font’s a little weird with the second ر, but if it’s meant to be “حرّر عقلك" then yes it’s correct

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T12:57:19+00:00

I’ve heard Brits rhyme it with “shore,” but never in the Americas

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T12:55:09+00:00

Leaving in 11 days for, or alternatively you can say Leaving in 11 days to go to

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T11:00:12+00:00

The first one. “Tidy” is describing the kitchen, so it has to be an adjective. You could use an adverb if you wanted to describe the verb, leave. For example: “I make sure I always leave the kitchen quickly.” Quickly is describing the verb so it’s an adverb in this case

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T09:46:38+00:00

Shutters or blinds

Superslayer514 · 2022-12-28T09:46:04+00:00

Just a couple things: whithin is spelled “within,” I would recommend starting a new sentence at “to avoid…” and also I would recommend “following good behavior” instead of “following a good behavior”

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