In this topic let's speak English only. It would be a good practice for English learners. Don't afraid to make a mistake, because it's normal for all of us. Even native speakers make mistakes. So switch your keyboard into English layout and push your buttons fluently.

As always, we appriciate useful links to good stuff in English and about the language, for example, articles, books, audio and video.

Welcome!

(0) http://cs413520.vk.me/v413520970/24ba/FULxYzT5MVE.jpg

And don't use Google translate!

the most amusement people go to the ban straight away.

rule "forum russian language" canceled?

when I tried to buy a usb modem in the office of Vodafone in which no one understood Russian and English - google.translate saved me

OMG, again English. You force me to learn it ...

(10) In this dialogue forum rules do not apply. This is anarchy, baby!

fuk the system!

(4) never)))Look into my eyes. I never lie)

(13) fuCk the system!

(10) This section is about English, so the rule about Russian is cancelled here.

Does somebody know? where  can i find english version audiobooks about universe of "Mass effect". Free, of course.


p.s. And how to say it right - "книги по вселенной Масс эффект" :)

Here you can find a new report about Europian languagies.

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_en.pdf

The most widely spoken mother tongue is German. English is the most widely spoken foreign language.

(0) The first mistake: Don't BE afraid to make a mistake
Maybe just misprint

The second mistake in (8). Amusement is a noun. It's proper to say "amusing people". And it's better to use future tense.

Hi! I have some questions about 1C:Enterprise 8. Can I ask it in this topic?

(20) Ok. Continue wathing and counting my mistakes.

(21) Yes, of cuorse

Users with russian niks must be banned in this topic, imho

(24) Eaaaahhhhh!!!!!

Tomorrow, I will bring Lingvo dictionary to my work, because I have already forgotten some English words.

(22) I read all post, but i don't see mistakes in other posts. At least critical mistakes.

(21)if no response is needed

(19) tongue is a part of body. The right word is language

Ogh, no! Carrot is here Again.

My english knowledges is like Google translate, so I just sit here and read you, guys :)

(30) Mother tongue is a sustainable expression. Your school is suck.

(20) Your bunny wrote?

(27) He've made error in word waiting ))

(33) near bird

(0) Cool! ) I've been waiting for this topic )

(32) ок)

2(34) He has made

(29) correctly! right! :)


ЗЫ. I close this thread, come on Friday!

(38) Bullseye! agree

need 2 topics - for talking and correcting XD

2(39) http://screencast.com/t/ik1EyCwBNY

(26) I advise you to install firefoxes add-on from lingualeo.ru. It's very convenient.

(42) sorry, I was wrong :)

http://vk.com/feed#/id178965398?z=photo-33880573_308549433%2Fwall178965398_228

maybe u've alredy seen this, but it's just a bit of fun)

I can't switch to english cause I see around inscriptions on Russian. I think that forum must have an English translation for standart labels, advices etc...

Who'll suggest the theme of discussion?

(45) bayan ))

(48) not "bayan", but "button accordion" :)

chego-chego-chego-chego ??? :)))

(46) Propose to develop an English interface )

can we use some american slang here?

(49) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayan_(accordion) ))

(46) #oldsport, are you sure its "...on Russian"? it might be "... in Russin".

+(53) But in (48) I probably had to write _the_ bayan )

(50) :) you shell use (3)...sir

(52) It's not allowed here, we speak on English, not American )))

When will this forum have an English version?

(52) For example?

(57) :) *speak english

(54) doesn't fuck

(60) I don't care

(58) It's a good question. May be never, because the engine is not ready for multilanguge interface. And the database is not able to store other symbols but from codepage Windows-1251 (Cyrillic and Latin).

What about profanity in this topic?

Языком общения на форуме является русский. Сообщения, написаные на любом другом языке, ввиду незнания модератором всех языков мира, кроме русского, автоматически рассматриваются как подстрекательство к свержению правящего строя, выраженное чистой матерной руганью, со всеми вытекающими отсюда последствиями. Необходимое примечание: "удафкомовский" жаргон и прочие ущербные модификации русского языка признаются языками иностранными, далее см. выше.

(65) see (16)

(64) Topic is a kind of women's cloth )))

(67) Not only.

(68) Really? It seems to me you traying to deceive me

(69)
"Yo gonna kiddin' me?"
Do you want say that? )

I've read a book not long ago. One of the characters had an oil lamp and he "plumped" it, and it exploded. Actually the word to plump means something like gain weight/volume, become fat. But I have no idea how it can have sense in  connection with oil lamp. Your guesses?

Hi All! My english is bad. I remember only one phrase from the school:
London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic, and commercial centre

Eah )))

(69) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_(linguistics)

(71) "to plump" has another meaning: to plump down

http://slovari.yandex.ru/plump/перевод/#lingvo/

2(71) "Shake or pat to ajust.... to make something soft and round"
He tried to ajust oil lamp,  not to  make it soft and round, but to get more comfortable luminocity, something like that

(71)
He throw out it cause one to cease to be used

let me speak from my heart

(75) and which of these meanings has sense with oil lamp? i just want to understand what he really did, and i've seen oil lamps only at museums

Хм... just dropped

понимаю,но написать не могу.
как собака,шутка:)

I understand, but I can not write.
like a dog, a joke :)

stop, stop. I don't have time to read

Hi all! I am sorry... I dont speak English.
I speak Russian and German.

(80) He struck the lamp, hit it down violently.

(87) no)

(85) It's very simple! Only you need to replace German words by English ones )))

(88) If you know the answer then don't fuck our brains.

(77) so if u push this button at the bottom part of the lamp(i know it's not the button, but i don't know how to call it properly even in russian) to much the lamp can explode?

(90) i don't know the answer, but i understood that he had no intensiom to destroy the lamp

*intension

Hello world

(90) Use protection in order to prevent your brain to be pregnant )))

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7i1wy43selswe7e/2013-09-02%2013.30.15.png
То бишь "плюхнуть"

(91) "to plump" is not the same as "to pump".

he could do it unintentionally, accidentally .

(91) no, i made a wrong suggestion.
See (95)

Может керосин сдетонировать?

да, у керосина устойчивость к детонации ниже чем у бензина.

a hundred

(98) When the man plumped the lamp the kerosene splashed out of the vessel and burnt by the fire, so the lamp exploded.

2(101) ну может и так...

I'm from Russia. I have a dog, a cat, a tourtle and a rabbit.

hey! anybody from Russia?

(104) You are from Russia.

http://apachan.net/images/201007/11/s0j3eam4fkfp.jpg

(104) I think correct should be "Is there anybody from Russia?", but I didn find such expamples in the Internet. How is correct to say this question?

(107) "Is anybody here from Russia?" would be fine.

(107) brb

2(108)https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=is+there+anybody+home%3F&oq=is+there+anybody+home%3F&gs_l=youtube.3..0l3.672.10737.0.11596.22.14.0.8.8.0.159.1261.11j3.14.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.uhUqO2E8PKo

Is there anybody here from Russia?

Hi all. Sorry for my poor English.
At present I reading "Childhood's End" by A. Clarke. From one to five pages per day. And i finding it very interesting. English which can be found in a native books are quite different from language in books that was adapted. More sophisticated sentences construction and more uncommon words. In one hand it more difficult to read such books in the other hand it is more interesting.

(107) Ever been abroad?

(111) Don't worry about your poor English. It's okay.

(111) Your English is not poor. Just go on reading and you will learn many new words and sentence structures. Don't care about your mistakes.

minor mistakes: i am reading, i find it...

(111) yep, my man
you're going the right way

(112) No, I have never been abroad.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=is+there+anybody+here%3F&oq=is+there+anybody+here%3F&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.646925.650044.0.654322.12.9.3.0.0.0.127.641.8j1.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.vsLYhR-xDxU

Moscow is a capital of Russian Federation

(119) Yes, you are right!

I wonder, what would it be, if we start discussing Navalny vs Sobyanin topick here! Would it be 1000 posts in English?

2(119) что, одна из многих?

The capital

(118) Don't care. In a Russian sentences you can rearrange the words too.

(119) Defenitely!

(122) There are three capitals in Russia: Moscow, Ryazan and Lukhovitsy.

2(121) I'm out of this topic, for example. So, probably I wouldn't contribite my posts

In god we trust.

(121) the last two ones in russian haven't get even five hundred posts

2(124) My point is, that such question has to consistent of "There is" and adverb of place "here". Both of them

(129) They were closed immediately after Sobyanin fans got the floor.

(121) He's not worth it.

(130) http://megalyrics.ru/lyric/king-diamond/is-anybody-here.htm

2(133)хм... Ok

I have broken my brain on this question:
What type of present continious "is running" in the next text?

(Types of present continious are here
http://www.englishtenses.com/tenses/present_continuous
1. Present actions
2. Temporary actions
3. Longer actions in progress
4. Future (personal) arrangements and plans
5. Tendencies and trends
6. Irritation)


When everyone else IS RUNNING from a thunderstorm or tornado, storm chasers are running toward nature’s fury in order to place wind and pressure sensors as close to the storms as possible, said storm chaser Tony Laubach, a meteorologist in DeSoto, Ill.



(118) Unfortunately youtube banned on my work, so I will see your link at home.

(131) Huh.. I thought "Navalnyata" lost the thread completely

2(135) Why does it matter? You should use this tense here - that's it.

(135) Present actions

One, one, one
Little dogs run
Two, two, two
Cats see you
Three, three, three
Birds in a tree
Four, four, four
Rats on the floor

(135)  Temporary actions, Longer actions in progress

"Babysitters Gone Bad" translate to russian, please :)

Нянечки пошли вразнос

(141) it's from pornolab

oh... shi....

(136) You're wrong. Navalnyata sometimes loose the initiative, but the following immediate closing the thread does not meen they completely lost.

(145) Does Navalny know English well? Where can we listen to him while he is speaking English?

(137) Personally, I think too. It looks as present simple. (140) "Temporary actions, Longer actions in progress" it is about "are running" of storm chasers, because this is something like their long-time work.

(145) yep, the still got there 38% or even less

(146) http://gap-themind.livejournal.com/72636.html

(135) (140) Who are real grammer addicts here?)

2(147) "В то время как остальные разбегаются, "
это не презент симпл, это мгновение на прямой времени. Это continous

the most funny topic in a while =))
very good idea!

(146) Never heard him speakin English. But I have english content about him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi_3wD5Fs-U

(146) I've heard he has an oxford degree. Could he get it without English?

(149) He speaks very well, without a speech written in advance.

(155) Good

(154) He oughtta know, yeah

(156) "He speaks English well" or "He speaks good English"
Feel the difference

(158) oh, man, excuse me
I meant "good for him" ))

that he knows English well

(151) Похоже на "Обычно люди убегают от", что презент симпл, но я так понимаю что "when" позволяет вводить (present actions) континиус.

2(161) это из того же разряда "Когда мы приперлись с дискотеки, мама мыла посуду". То есть была как бы схвачена на месте, вот именно в то мгновение.

(153) Navalny has short speech in English on 9:00

и это совершенно не похоже на "обычно"

(161) this part of sentence (with when) isn't meant to mantion the fact. It is to set time period, that's why present countinious.

I have an idea of writing an English textbook

(164),(165) Ok, I understood, it's trick with "when".

(167) understand, by the way

(168) Why? I really had problem what to choose: past or present.

(168) understood is correct too

(167) "when" is not always sign of continuious. U should always decide whether it is process or fact in the sentence

2(169) Interchangable, actually, but "understand" just more common

(169) but the best way is to practice and the correct tenses will become natural to u

(171) You missed "is".

(173) I did it intentionally and deliberately. :)

(174) Rules are made to be broken )

Нет понимаешь, продвигать русский у буржуев они английский тут продвигают. Фу как не патриотично. Дешевые понты.

(176) Nobody forces you to.

(177) actually russian is a much more complecated language then english. So we can be proud of our language and ourselves.

для (176) Русский гораздо сложнее английского. Так что мы вообще можем гордиться собой и своим языком

(176) I did this:
http://kb.mista.ru/article.php?id=914
http://kb.mista.ru/article.php?id=915
http://kb.mista.ru/article.php?id=916

And what you did?

Ну есть еще гораздо более сложные языки. Например Накхско-дагестанские, языки на-дене, языки банту.
Они могут гордиться еще больше

есть языки в которых падежей не 6 как в русском, а 11 и больше.
Есть не номинативные языки, к которым относятся и английский и русский, а эргативные
Есть языки в которых форм глаголов каждого времени еще больше чем в английском.
Давайте их продвигать. Это действительно будет недешево.

(180) What did u do? :)

(181) The English language will wipe away all minor languages. The Russian language is out of danger because it is an international language too and one of most popular languages in the world.

(182) You can take this loathsome "u" and put it into some part of yourself.

(181) I'm totally convinced that language determines way of thinking. If u want to think as a russian your main language should be russian. Language is one of fundumental parts of every culture.

(184) actually native speakers often write "u" in chats. Of course they also write the full word "your"

(178) I am glad that my native language is Russian ) I love Russian. And I like to learn English because there is a lot of English content in our live, around us. Movies, books, etc.     
It's interesting. It's interesting for me to listen, to read and to communicate in English...

(184) of course if we are going to discuss, for example, music or literure as extremely higheducated people i'll switch to "you". And as we just chatting i don't mind using short uncorrect forms

(187) I have the some point, english is very useful, but there's nothing to adore, it's just a useful instrument.

*the same

(189) I just like it ) Did you read "A Walk to Remember" by Nicholas Sparks? He writes quite nicely...

(190) It's a shame to write like you. "literure", "higheducated". What country do you come from? Uzbekistan or Tadjikistan?

2(181) по последним исследованиям это не так. В качестве аргументации этой идеи используют урбан легенд о том, что мол для обозначения снега в эскимосском языке  есть более 25 слов. Однако а) это не так б) в англйиском их не меньше.

То есть определяет только культурный контекст, а не способ мышления.

Более того, компоартивная лингвистика началась именно с этой ложной предпосылки. в 17 или 18 веке, уж не помню, Европейцы сказали - слушайте, а у нас есть идея почему мы такие клевые, покорили весь мир, и все пляшут под нашу дудку. Это потому что у нас европейские языки более правильные и развитые. И ну давай сравнивать.
И тут их ждал облом.

(192) i'm queen of misprints) attention to such small things only show that u're not capable to argue on another level

Но тут мы рискуем погрязнуть еще больше чем с фразой "я знаю язык". Прежде чем начинать спорить, хорошо бы дать определения.

Но по крайней мере относиться к этому нужно с осторожностью

Every language is not only an instrument but a way of thinking also.
They who can think in a foreign language understand this fact.

I know Russian as a mother tongue, English as a second language and half of French as a second foreign language.

(193) and i've read about another experiment. U know, there is one word for light blue in russian and no such word in english. And that experiment showed that if a man has this word in his native language he defines the color faster. It's a matter of very short period of time, but the difference do exist. I've read it in national geigraphics couple of years ago

опять же - нужны определения, что мы понимаем под способ мышления, а что под способом восприятия, а что под способом интерпретации восприятия. и т.п.
Но на уровне профанов - да, можем договориться что влияет.

C

(199) Why are so many difficulties? I think is better to be easier... not only with English )

2(201) Окей, вот тебе: Так как в английском языке более распространено использование пассивного залога, то по этой причине среди нэйтивов-англофонов больше пассивных гомосексуалистов.
Язык же влияет на способ мышления? Ну вот.
Совсем легко и просто, угу?

(202) and why in russian? Don't what to make a step towards blue line?

(203) что?

(202) And who made these conclusions? How are these things related?

а.. eah, exactly!

(204) спрашиваю почему не на английском, сам оголубеть боишься?
Ну уж извините, про ветку на английском не я придумала :)

(207) After your misprint "what" instead of "want" he didn't understand you.

2(205) Why so complicated? Be simler!

2(208) Common, don't be so... exhausting!

(209) I just think it's nonsense.

(211) Brain damage?

2(211) ok, so I think you share me suggestion to introduce certain deffenitions before starting the discussion about how the language affects, or may affect on the way how people think or percept the reality. That was my point.

88% of Europeans think that knowing languages other than their mother tongue is very useful.

98% of Europeans consider mastering other foreign languages as useful for the future of their children.

(212) Have you got?
(213) The language can affect on the perception of reality, can affect on the interpretation of information from the outside world. But probably the language can not affects on the sexual preference of the person or something like that. That's all. Or in (202) was the irony?
http://atlasnet.ee/component/content/article/252-kakjazukvlijaet

2(215) more than irony, it was Sarcasm

Ну раз уж зашла речь, то рекомендую вот эту книгу:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Samurai_(novel)
здоровская.
как раз про восприятие и влияние языков на способы мышления.

(215) No, why should I? It's clear for me that all homosexual persons are insane.

(218) Ok, I'm happy for you.

(219) Don't worry, be happy
When the bus has left the stop you'd better drop for hurrying )))

(217) We have to constantly switch from English to Russian. Let's write in English, if we so choose.

ok, I recommend this novel for reading. It's very interesting,  you can learn a bunch of interesting facts from it about different languages, and how they can affect the way people think.
The language, in which it is written is vivid, and the plot itself is compeling and breathtaking.
This novell can give you a lot of intellectual pleasure.

http://brejestovski.livejournal.com/54619.html#cutid1

А еще изучение языка имеет такое благодарное свойство: чтобы поддерживать себя хоть в какой-нибудь лингвистической форме, не нужно вообще прикладывать никаких умственных усилий. Нужно всего лишь ставить себя в ситуацию, где вы просто-напросто сталкиваетесь с иностранным языком.

Позвольте рассказать вам небольшую историю. В декабре 1994 года я впервые приехал в Финляндию. И за пределами Хельсинки по-английски там не говорил никто. Без преувеличения - никто!  

Семь лет спустя, в декабре 2003 года, я приехал в Финляндию опять, и ситуация сильно изменилась: по-английски вдруг резко стали говорить очень многие.

А последний раз я был в Финляндии два месяца назад. И отметил, насколько хорошо там молодые люди говорят по-английски - не просто бегло, а еще и с очень естественной лексикой, как настоящие американцы. И, однажды, покупая сим-карточку в киоске, не выдержал и спросил девушку за стойкой: “Где вы учили английский?” Ответ был такой: “Да не знаю… просто тут все по телевизору идет на английском с финскими субтитрами…”

Оказалось, что в середине девяностых финскому телевидению стало дорого дублировать американские фильмы. Дешевле было давать перевод в субтитрах. И все фильмы, а также другие англоязычные программы на центральном финском ТВ стали показывать на языке оригинала. Но с субтитрами на финском языке.

И что же? Скупердяйство телевизионщиков неожиданно принесло пользу. Просто смотря телевизор по-английски и читая субтитры на родном языке, финны в течение нескольких лет сделали колоссальный прогресс в языке!

(221) we've chosen so

(223) That's interesting. :)

according to http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_en.pdf

70% of people speak english well enough to be able to have a conversation

(226) I think in somewhat about 10-20 years we will have the same percentage

(226) Just under half of all Europeans (46%) are not able to speak any foreign language well enough to hold a conversation.

Probably, but if look at Estonia in the same survey, we'll see, that there are only 50% of people, who know english well enough to maintain a conversation.

Question/answer from English test:

-Would you like some ice in you drink or not?
-I don't mind.

Какой смысл имеет ответ? И поясните, пожалуйста.
А) Мне все-равно, со льдом или без, на ваше усмотрение.
Б) Я не против льда в напитке, т.е. кладите.

(230) Б

Диалогой такой
-Вам лед положить или не надо?
-Я не возражаю.

Мне кажется Б по смыслу лучше подходит. Чего собственно пояснять-то, переведи и реши сам)

Quite unusual to see English on this forum. A question to all present here: does your current job require some knowledge of English, or you are learning it "just for the sake of the process itself"?

(230) http://ru.dictionarist.com/i+don%27t+mind

(230) "Не возражаю"

(233) (234)
Да понятно что "не возражаю". Можно из этого ответа понять класть лед или нет? Или это неоднозначный ответ?

(235) Да, можно.

(236) OK, shall we put ice into drink? Choose "Yes" or "Not".

(83) >>like a dog, a joke
There is no verb in this sentence.

(237) In this context yes, you shall. Yo have asked a permisiion for that.

(238) perhaps, someone borrowed it. And havent returned still

(240) Nice joke!

(240) >>And havent returned still
And still haven't return it back.

(223) English learn in school in Finland, that`s why they speak

(243)
Oh, really? I somehow mannaged to miss this fact. Wait a minute, so your point is that Finnish people can speak english well, almost like native Americans just because they learn english in school, right?
And, for example, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cypriot and Maltese people also can speak english because of that reason.
And French, Italian, Chech people, on the contrary, can't speak exactly because of that reason.

Well, interesting point of view. Very surprising. And explains almost everithing

Hello to all!
I have never been learning English. I've been learned English only for one year by myself.

(245) Try to use more simple tenses like Past Simple and Present Simple.

(245) perfect tenses are not correct here

perfect continuous I mean

(248) Are you sure? I'm not aware.
(246) I guess your council is useful for me.

(246) My studing was in disorder sсheme

(249) first i would use "study" rather than "learn" because "learn" implies more finalty

2(250) "disorder"? Can you be more specific?

(252) unsystemized

2(253) For example?
Don't be shy, tell us your story. 'cmon!

(254) At first time i studed grammar by Murhpy and nowday i study by reading adapted books. It improves my vocabulary, but i think studing is better then has some order or system

(255) Reading adapted books is one of the most efficient way to learn English. Don't study grammar.

>>
At first I studied grammar by Murphy's book and nowadays I'm studying by reading adapted books. It improves my vocabulary, but I think that studying is better when it has some order or system.
>>

(256) Reading adapted books assists to keep in mind words by their association of book's scenes.

(242) returnED

2(258) да если уж на то пошло, то и still после вспомогательного глагола.

(256) (257) studing grammer is theory, reading and listening is practice. You can easily combine them: something like 5-10% time and efforts for theory and the rest for practice

+(260) and also grammer exercises are not for understanding skills (reading and listening), they are mostly for speaking

(256) I second this. Though at some point you should consider moving onto original books. I remember reading original Konan Doyle in days when my English was still in "ok" stage. It was a suprisingly easy reading. And since i  has been reading adapted Konan Doyle not so long time ago, i noticed the language was, like, "more smoothly"

(259) а там часом не "yet" (вместо "still") должен быть, который используется в отрицательных предложениях?

(263) U may also use 'yet' here. It's a trifle

(264) Raymond Murphy look at you with condemnation.

(265) "looks"

(266) OK, and he looks the same at me too.

(265) Ive never heard of this guy

(268) http://images.yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=Raymond%20Murphy&stype=image&lr=213&noreask=1&source=wiz

(267)  "and he looks the same at me too" may be " and he looks the same TO me too."?

(269)
I'm learning English on one of those books.

(271) So, maybe you could tell his opinion on using 'yet' and 'still'.
I suggest it's a trifle, and I can't get off the top of my head any example with unsuitable substitution.

(272) "yet" is used in questions and negative sentences, "still" — in positive

(273) We are talking only about using 'yet' and 'still' in questions.
Is it still raining = Is it still raining yet
Both sentences are right and have the same meening

(273)
That's right.

and I would also add that
(272)
"Yet" is used to talk about something which is expected to happen.
"Still" is used to talk about something which has not finished.

(274) (sorry) In questions and negatives
I still do not speak English = I do not speak English yet

Oh my god:
Is it still raining? = Is it raining yet?

So using 'yet' and 'still' in questions and negatives are substitutionable

I'm stupid I don't know  English (((

(279) and....

10 Reasons Why English Is A Hard Language
http://www.xamuel.com/10-reasons-why-english-is-hard-language/

(281) very interesting article)

(273) “Him hit I” is totally incorrect unless your name is Yoda.

That's why one should study grammer, at least some basics.

The subtleties of English (just a joke ))
http://cdn.lolzbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/The-subtleties-of-English-language.jpg

I have a question about A.J. Hoge's lesson. There is a sentence: "So one of my best students, her name was Jeannie, she was Korean and she was a student of mine in San Francisco". Why didn't he say: "she was my student"? Why "a student of mine"?

(284) it's just another form of saying the same point.

My friend = a friend of mine
My student = a student of mine

(284) in general there's no diffence, just to ways to say. But in this sentence "student of mine" sounds better with "in SF". At least I think so.

*just two ways

(0) Can we use google translate? )

(285)(286) Ок. Thanks. In Russian analogue of this probably is "Она была студенткой у меня в Сан Франциско".

(288) Yes, you can, but don't wonder if something goes wrong.

(290) Is it incorrect to say: "something will go wrong"?

Да, соглачование времен в условных предложениях

Anything that can go wrong generally does go wrong sooner or later
(c) Murphy

(292) Where can I read about this? Could you give a link?

whenever, for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_sentence

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

I found lessons about this in lingualeo.ru ) The course is called "Сложное предложение" in the program for beginners.

Credet and Debet is a both sides of one golden coin.
Let's try learning balance on it.

(258) Верно.

(299) :) let's kick your ass because of foreign language!

(293)If anything can go wrong, it will.

(291) There is nothing wrong with phrase "something will go wrong". But in conditional sentence(at least in first one) that part that goes with "IF" is always in Present tense

(284)It`s because of style. It`s sloppy to use twice in one paragraph same words.
"So one of _my best students_, her name was Jeannie, she was Korean and she was a _student of mine_ in San Francisco"

Hello to all!
Yesterday I had a cold, today I am ill. I am going to pharmacy store for doctor's stuff.

(+304)I am going to go to pharmacy store for doctor's stuff.

(304) Hi, keep well, stay healthy!

(306) Thanks

(304) If you are walking right now it is a good phrase: "I'm going to pharmacy", but if you are only planning to go there then you should say "I'm going to go to a pharmacy for a medicine".

In American English the word "a pharmacy" would be "a drugstore", and "a medicine" would be "a drug".

(308) Objection. "going to go" sounds not good, so "going to smth" as planning action is normal.

+(309) http://www.englishtenses.com/tenses/present_continuous#use4

(309) It sounds absolutely naturally.

(308) Present continuous often used to show planned or scheduled actions.

I'm traveling to Spain this summer.
Next year he's moving to Thailand

(308)  Unfortunately, it was a mistake, the correct phrase you can see in (305)

people how's it going on?

(314) I'm learning French with English-French audio-course and with TV-programme by Dmitry Petrov. It is very useful to know Russian and English. After 3 weeks of learning I can say in French some phrases about myself, can understand some phrases by ear and can read adapted books of level A1-A2.

2(312) Особенно в газетных и новостных заголовках. Если используется презент симпл - значит событие УЖЕ произошло.
Если презент континуус - то это событие еще только будет происходить, но уже точно.

(315) O_O

Be carefull! The next phrases are in French. I didn't use any dictionaries or online-translators while writing this. It means the same points as in (315):
>>
J'apprendre Francais avec angles-frances audio lecons et avec tele emmision dan Dmitry Petrov. Il a beacoup utile que je sais russi et angles. Appre 3 semaine de apprendre je peut parle qelque choze un france dans moi, je peut comprendre quelque choze qui le'homme parle moi et je peut li le livre sample de difficiel A1-A2.
<<

(318) Terrible french, imho

(318) it's nice for 3 weeks)

(319) No doubt of that. But it is already French. :)

Without using translators I may say that
je peut li le livre -> Je peut lire les livres

So better use Kazakova french books.

(322) Ok. Here is more correct phrase in French:

>>
J'apprendre Francais avec Anglo-francais audio lecons et avec TV emission dans Dmitry Petrov. Il y a beaucoup utile que je sais Russie et Anglais. Apres 3 semaine de etude je peux parle quelque chose en francais sur moi, je peux comprendre quelque chose qui le gens parle moi et je peux lire le livre simples de complexite A1-A2.
<<

Soon foreign people will create topics about 1C))

(325) They can already do it at http://1c-dn.com/forum/

(326) I didn't know about this resource.
Then you need to create "Friday's jokes" tomorrow.

(327) There are very strict rules there. It is an official resource from 1C Company. No flood, no russian.

(326) Cool! We can ask 1C-experts directly )

A sentence:
If you do that, I promise you, you will be so much more
successful than you have in the past.

Why in this sentence is used "than you have in the past"?
Why not "than you were in the past"?
And why not "than you had in the past"?

My insight, that there is ommited "been". Look:
If you do that, I promise you, you will BE (future) so much more successful than you have (BEEN - ommited, because is implisitly meant) in the past.

m... Not "insight", it's too formal. Rather "hunch", I picked up this word from "Dexter"

(331) This sentence was taken from the 6-th Hoge's lecture. And usually he does not make mistakes there. Strange...

let's make some sort of 1000 and 1 facts about famous misters

It is not mistake, it is ommition. He decide not to repeat a verb "be" even in a different form

If you pick up a novel "100 years of solitude", you may notice, that there is very often used phrases like "She|he WOULD <a verb one> <blah-blah-blah>, <a verb two> <blah-blah-blah>"
Both verbs is related to "She|he", and in the second part of such sentences a verb has to be with "-s". But, because it is actually "would verb two", this verb is used without "-s", even in the second part we omitted this "would".

sorry, the novel

"Sometimes she would go<без -s> into the workshop and help<без -s после, и даже без would перед глаголом> Arcadio sensitize the daguerreotype plates with an efficiency "

(337) Ок. I have understood it. Thanks.

И заметь, в третьей части Аркадио, уже другое действующее лицо - просто sensitize. Не sensitizeS, не sensitizeD, и не WOULD sensitize, что явно имелось в виду

(338) you are wellcome. Good for you, that you stady his lesson with such diligence, that dont miss such details ;)

(341) You also can say "I got it".

Where is the post (341)?

(343) It has been deleted.

ah, God thanks, I've thought it drowned

Like "Kursk", you know...

http://lifehacker.ru/2013/09/05/kak-govorit-na-anglijskom-s-akcentom-russkogo-indijca-irlandca/

Говорите вместо "th" не "з" и "с", а "д" и "т", и сойдете не за русского а за ирландца ;)

I have no accents
I can speak American, Irish and Scottish dialects

like a professional spy

Scottish ones is a real hardcore
British is a difficult one
The American is the most simple

(347) Всё-таки лучше научиться произносить этот межзубный звук. Ведь он всё-таки говорится очень просто. Язык ставится между зубами.
http://www.web4market.biz/uploads/userfiles/12697/products/640x480/4b4255b6702f123f56045b4bea45f645.jpg

(351) oh my goodness

(352) Классная картинка, правда? После неё как минимум 1 человек научился говорить этот звук.

(340) Just want to understand all the details.

(353) Yes. You always post remarkable pictures

I appreciated your picture of thai boxing in Msk

hi, Carrot
are you here? let's talk

There's a fragment from BBT in (347). Does anybody know what season is it from?

I don't know
i'm watching sly just now

(358) Something from some first seasons, when after this call he met his girlfriend from India.

(358) In this or the next serie he had troubles with a word "forbade" (2th form of "forbid"). He couldn't say it correctly 2 or 3 times.

(360) I've understood that he met an indian girlfriend :) and i want to watch this. But i don't remember such an episode in first seasons

(358) What is BBT?

(363) the Big Bang Theory

Good morning to all!
I am glad to see you.

I would rather say "to everyone"
Have you ever watched "House M.D"? Remember his main creed, his main slogan?

(365) Okey, Cood morning to everyone. I have never watched "House MD". And what is the main matter about?

"Everyone lies", что переводится обычно как "Все лгут"

(368)+ Dr House lies too. He takes drugs.

(369) This is completely out of my point.

Hi all,

I have a question. How say on English "береги пальцы"?
"Keep fingers" it is correct? I trying to think up name for game, like this https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/finger-slayer/id425115999

(371) In English it sounds like that: Keep your fingers! or Watch your fingers!

(371) save fingers

http://www.mysafetysign.com/img/lg/S/Watch-Your-Fingers-Caution-Sign-S-2620.gif

Hi, all! How are you doing?

Guys, do you know a TV Show like Extr@?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extr@

(376) yep-yep, i wonna know it, too

"@" in (377) the part of link

(375)We are 1C Programmers. We are working. It's Friday. Most of us will drink some alсohol after the end of working day, others will smoke some grass, and others are unlucky.

(376) Yes, i had seen a few series.

(376) I've seen Extra. At first I liked it but then I couldn't hear their wrong pronuciation.

Don't talk on my behalf. I'm still in bed, watching 'LOST' on sci-fi tv-channel

(383)->(380)

(328) their? Only Hector speak with his accent, isn't?

(382) He's ta'king about a LIKE Extr@, not about Extr@

(385) to (382)

(382) They are British, do you prefer American pronunciation?
(385) speakS ('cause he, she, it)
(386) Yep, some another show for learning language

(382) At that matter Hector speaks incorrectly intend to point a typical wrong.

(389) wrong = mistake

About TV Show:
The Bing Bang Theory is a very difficult to me, because Sheldon speaks extremely fast and use a lot of science terms. Anyway I'm waiting new season.
I've also tried Suits - interesting show, but sometimes difficult with the same to TBBT reason,
The walking dead - interesting idea, but implementations sometimes I wish it better. There is not a lot of speaking and a lot of action.
Under the dome  - my favorite show now, I am completely understanding every episode and I really into this show.
And the most interesting for me  - Air crash investigations! I'll keep it without comments

(391) try this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/

(388) Yes, American pronunciation is better.

(393) why?

(393) For example: Yall = You all. Do you realy think that is better?

(392) Thx, man. I'll try this evening.

(394) Pronunciation of "No, you can't" in British equal to "No, you cunt" in American :)

I also prefer American pron.

(394) Because "r"-sound is pronounced, and "o" turns into "a" like in Russian.

400

(397) "can't" in American way of pronunciation is much safer than "can't" in English accent, because of this obscene word
http://slovari.yandex.ru/cunt/перевод/#lingvo/

QUE PASA?

i want topik for Spanish speaking users

Spanish is not so widespread here as English
Your cap

Spanish second language in the world

(401)
The word cunt is only insulting to Americans and over zealous feminists who don't realise its beauty.

It has almost replaced the word 'mate', often used in Australia to refer to people in a conversation when they can't be bothered trying to remember your name.

Sick Aussie Cunt: Sup cunt?
American feminist: I find that insulting
Sick Aussie Cunt: Piss off

Sick Aussie Cunt 1: Sup cunt?
Sick Aussie Cunt 2: Nothing much, cunt.

Aussies are cool
Had much chat with them

(404) I think, that Chinese - first, Hindi - second :)

(407) http://inosmi.ru/world/20130115/204651649.html

Stas, are you going to implement posting API?

(409) No

Madonna wrote a letter to Obama:

U.S.
STAY OUT OF SYRIA
FOR HUMANITY'S SAKE

http://lifenews.ru/static/posts/2013/09/118903/b5bb994bcd79cb095dc524c41a8a84c1.jpg

(411) whole talking about children in comments
one says: save children from asad
another: save children from rebels

(412) Save syrian children from Obama!

(413)Right, let them be killed by Asad and the rebells!

(414) u support Obama?
grammar Nazis, do not correct (do u support) - I use spoken english

2(415) Meaning? Just because you want to take my response as support for Obama?

Urban legend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/01/eskimo-words-for-snow/

A Plea for Caution From Russia
What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria

By VLADIMIR V. PUTIN
Published: September 11, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html

(421) I cant open the source by this link.

(422) You are an unlucky fellow.

Белорусы не могут выучить английский язык, потому что ленивые

Белстат опубликовал любопытную статистику: по данным последней переписи населения (2010 год. - Ред.), всего 5% граждан признались, что свободно владеют английским языком. На втором месте оказался немецкий язык (1,4% населения свободно на нем разговаривают), на третьем - польский (1,1%) и на четвертом - украинский (0,6%).

http://www.kp.by/daily/26133/3025091/

my english is very bad, becouse i'm very lazy for learning :(

(411) Мадонна врот...

вот что яндекс-переводчик выдал, на (425)
"мой русский очень плохой, потому что я очень ленив для обучения"
то ли троллит, то ли что-то тут не так

(427) Да уж...

A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, it’s called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, it’s called a lift."

(427) Я отправил заявку в тех.поддержку.
Кстати, если вместо запятой поставить точку или пробел, то перевод становится правильный

(430) их переводчик всегда интересными "фишками" отличался

(429) It's not correct for 100%. The English language is a pidgin and it took most words from French, German and Latin. It has few with the old English.

As for "lift/elevator" the oldest word is Latin "elevo" and not German "lift", so it's more correct to say "elevator".

This table can help us to study English.
http://sisj.livejournal.com/108043.html

Yandex site is down now ?

(434) yes, it is. Search don't work, but the news is viewed

how can it be! Yandex is great search engine. Hackers work?

(436) no, it's Wizard send the message for Technical Support

Hi! I want to learn english language =)

(437) Они, кстати, ответили:

Здравствуйте, Станислав!

Большое спасибо за письмо и за пример некорректного перевода, мы проанализируем его и будем использовать в дальнейших корректировках алгоритмов машинного перевода. Информация была передана в отдел лингвистики.

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Митичкин Станислав <[email protected]> написал(а):

> Фраза "my english is very bad," (с запятой на конце) переводится как "мой русский очень плохой,". Если запятую убрать или вместо запятой поставить точку, то перевод становится правильный "мой английский очень плохой"
>

(438) Name, age, sex?

нашел слово интересное :
trimensional
кто переведет без контекста? )

(441) трёхмерный?

да

почему то в яндекс словаре нет
хотя в обиход входит

(444) Есть такое: tridimensional
http://slovari.yandex.ru/tridimensional/en-ru/LingvoScience/#lingvo/

please, help me translate this sentence - "я собираюсь учить английский для того что бы хорошо говорить ". I wrote "I am going to learn English to  good talk ". It is right?

(446) I'm going to learn english to speak well

(447) thank you

talk - это вроде как болтовня как процесс больше
а speak - разговор как процесс таковой )
to - не знаю почему но я бы сменил на for good talking

I wanna train myself in English for good chatter with my friends

:-)

Hello my darling frients. Wats app&

(451)
al is good chap

советую Азимова "Я робот" начинающим
вроде и не адаптант , и сложностей никаких )))

(452)No it is my litle English.

sorry from my errors. Whie write by my memoryes ant not uset translate web-service.

(0) May be you do a every day lesson?
New topic every day with fun staff.
And new discussion every day.
It's more convenient by my opinion.

+(456) I know there is lot of sites with similar functions, but it's be more convenient for me to see it here.

(457) Would you can speak English?

(459)
I can speak English
but is't very well
My accent is pefect
My pronunciation is well
There is only one problem
I say nothing

(461) And you forget to add "I'm modest"))))

(458)
но маттер джаст фор лыттел мани
аил до ит фор ю. Энд еве фроу май джоб эвей )))

(463) I can't understand most of you wrote with this accent.))

+(464)because my english not so well/

прикольная книга я робот )))
робот пишет рассказ
коверкает слова ...
"He came russian into the riting office. There was an introoder. He had cum in throo the windo."

на русском юмор пропадает

2(459) невозможная конструкция.
Тогда уж
would you be able to speak english

особенно "Он пришел через окно"
слегка повеселило

Но скорее всего можно обойтись просто
Could you speak english

Do you speak English уже не в моде?

(471) There are more than one way to ask this question.

Using the word "would" assumes that someone can speak English, but he doesn't like too.
I doubt that it was the pount

*point

too bad weather. I just want to say, dear God, you has confused two capitals, it's not Saint Petersburg!

"confused"
может другой глагол выберешь? )

хотя вроде норм

(475) Ice at the poles soon will melt completely and the Apokalipsec will come.

(478) sorry, not in this ten years, i try to come in Russia last year, but all what i've got - it was a hypothec. :'(

(479) Ok, then warn in advance when you will be ready to come. We need time to buy cereals, matches and toilet paper.

(476) "mixed up" instead of "confused" will fit better for this  context

еще надо ветку "Vamos hablar a Espa?ol"
/Sorry for Russian, dont know how to use verb "need" in impersonal form/

ups! it is impossible, Im afraid. This site doesn't understand
diacritics

somedays my english was in really nice condition. But in 2009 I became to study at university, and my english teacher gives me a writing practice only. That was a time when I forgot how to speak and go away from her lessons.

(484) "my english teacher gave me" ... "and went away"

(483) Only two letters with diacritics are available: "ё" and "й"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic)

(485) this is about I wrote :(

а как же ї?

так что три символа с диакритическими знаками.
а с украинской і - четыре

(488) Кстати, я в _английских_ текстах встречал "naїve", именно с двумя точками.

Hi. I need in practical on english. Good topic.

(491) yeah, no doubt. You need more practice in English.

Address by the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili at the UN General Assembly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkFG-_Dg10A

Lena Stogova and her family live in town. They have a flat in a new block of flats in Lenin Street. Their house is in the centre of the town. There are many fiats in the block, a lot of people live in it. The Stogovs’ flat is Number Ten. It is not on the ground floor, it is on the second floor.

(494) Good speech! We're impressed.

(495) how you felt, how match time to learn good written and read.

first: how did you feel
but still, even this phrase makes no sense. You should say "How do you feel"

match - спички
how much - сколько

How much time someone needs to acquire good skill in writing and reading

My answer: It depends on intensity
Steve Kaufman, for example, states, that if you listen to genuine content at least 90 minutes every day, you'll experience the great breakthrough in 3 month

get a get

(495)
кажется это цитата из учебника Бонк "Английский для тех.специальностей"
Обалдеть ... Лена Стогова ...
больше 20 лет прошло

http://76-82.livejournal.com/5011578.html

http://clicks.lingualeo.com/c/bg/brYQ8/B8AiAnCEKbXUDvBAYUO403/FH3/I-MNL/c010a225

все плохо

(502) What is your level there?

(0) Why is this thread drowned?

(504)
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(506) I went to your link and found myself in the profile of kiselev1972 ) Changed there name to Иванов Иван, city to mista.ru and saved it ))
This is a bug of lingualeo )

(506) I have 20. And language level: advanced.

(507) )
лео мне не интересен уже

(509) There are good courses. All short and clear )

(510)
Yes, partly for money. )
Some time ago I had desire to learn English. It is no need in it now.

There is no need in it now.
Is it better?

(512) Now it's not necessary. I think that's better.

(512) It became worse.

(508) Извини, а 20 чего у тебя есть? Для адвансед как-то непонятно

Особенно, если учесть, что после интермедиата

(515) http://s019.radikal.ru/i620/1309/28/68952d7e4a82.png

(517) фейспалм.жпг -- ты его сам себе выставляешь...

так это самое... чего у тебя есть 20 штук?

advanced -- это почти native-speaker

в общем, это достаточно крутой левел. Сомневаюсь, что его Волшебник достиг.

А у него английский получше, чем у тебя

(519) I achived the advanced level in listening and reading skills. I can listen to and read non-adapted materials like movies, radio, literature, articles, news.

(518) Another picture (after testing).
http://s41.radikal.ru/i092/1309/45/facac19119de.png

(522) Here it is my results after the test
http://ximage.ru/data/imgs/1380377948.jpg

(522) Кинь ссылку на тест, плиз... а то себя все бегиннером и бегиннером считаю
(521) Ну, крут :) А сертификат есть?

(524) I have no need of certificates.

(525) Спорно... Ну, ок. Истинно, пока тебе не надо ничего никому доказывать )

(524) http://lingualeo.ru/langleveltest/restart

+(527) Steel_Wheel, tell the result after...

Зашкалило, ваш уровень свободный. Отвечал интуитивно

(523)Hard to believe :)
"Here it is my results after the test"

result - something that happens or exists because of something that happened before, therefore "after" is unnecessary, moreover in British English it`s "test results" (american - "grades")
"results" - plural - "here ARE results"

"Here are my test results"

В общем преинтермедиате, не выше.

(526)
Думаешь фотошоп? )))
а я думаю , что вполне реально
я там раза 4 не правильно ответил , а мог бы и правильно
написать если бы подумал
там не особо сложно
нужно только не спешить

Вообще Лео это большая песочница
это с одной стороны
а с другой стороны я не особо из нее и вырос )
но тесты там самые обычные
супер уровня не нужно
а то что мой результат не высок
это потому что я мало над английским работаю

играю в свою силу )))

(513)
это смотря какой смысл вкладывать )
Как раз сегодня нашел пример в художественной литературе
с похожим построением предложения
"I want to stay here now."
http://www.rulit.net/books/gold-the-final-science-fiction-collection-read-98570-11.html
Азимов
так что "now" место как раз в конце предложения
и употребляется оно

Поделитесь ссылкой на англоязычные фильмы с английскими субтитрами плиз

(534) kinozal.tv, смотри в техданные, чтобы было аудио английское и субтитры английские

(535) спс

(530) envy silently

(533) Yes, that's even better.

(531)Не, не фотошоп. Просто Лео льстит своим посетителям. Порталу нужно их как то удерживать посетителей - раз и рекламировать себя - два. Самый простой способ - расчесать самолюбие посетителя, что б он рассказал всем своим знакомым о "быстром прогрессе" на "учебном портале". Вот и все. Поэтому тесты такие легкие. В реальном мире никто тебе уровень "продивнутый" или "свободный" не поставит, если ты путаешь "is" и "are" - это ошибки начинающих.

(532)Прошел тест за ради смеха. Ничего выходящего за рамки intermediate в нем нету. Легко набрал уровень "свободный".

(539) in this topic we all speak English, except you

(541) native speakers usually say "all of us"

(542) But not always.
http://globaltrademag.com/we-all-speak-english/

+(543) http://www.artslondonnews.com/2013/05/09/we-all-speak-the-same-language-on-the-pitch/

(543) in this case it's better "all of us", I think. It's just about very slight difference in meaning.

(544) it's like "мы все" and "все мы". Sometimes it makes difference

(546) And what is the difference between these phrases?

Rihanna - We All Want Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8YxxmFTPdk
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rihanna/weallwantlove.html

(548) there's no word except in your examples

Did anyone look the film about Jobs?

(550) watch
I've heard it's bad.

(549) http://www.alleng.ru/mybook/3gram/5pron11.htm
the quote:
Следующие сочетания равноценны и взаимозаменяемы:
we all  мы все = all of us  все из нас = все мы;
you all  вы все = all of you  все из вас = все вы;
they all  они все = all of them  все из них.

(552) You don't understand. Морковка and Sidney have English traumas. They sleep and dream of mistakes from me.

(551)
ok, thank you for your correct.


I saw this film, I think it's normal, without fanaticism.
May be, the most people which hate S.Jobs and Apple Inc. they are saying It's bad.

(554) again - watched, not saw

(555) "I have seen"

(555)
yeah
I understood it after I sent the post...

see / watch
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=700401&langid=18

(558)
That is interestingly.
So if take into account that they write on the forum, I can use "I saw this film". Of course, I has not watched this film at home.

may be better will be saying:
if take into account that they WROTE on the forum ...

(541)really? (535) says I`m not an exception :)))

(542)U both wrong :)

in this topic everybody but you speak English

(559) He/she/it -> does/has (in present), another - do/have.

take into account - what does it mean?
Did you mean - if we accept their point of view?

(562) yes, I know a little of French also. Envy silently

(565)Every your sentence seems to suggest otherwise  :)

(554) no? it's not about attitude to Apple. Some people just don't like the film, how it was made or Ashton Cutcher

how do you do. London is the capital of Great Britain. The weather is good.

(553) the problem is that u have the trauma, and u think that everybody does too. But thats not true, some people were lucky to meet good creative teachers, others found good classes. And u completely ignore advantages of class studing because of your trauma. U think that your way of studing (by Houg or what was his name?) is the only effective one. But the only secret is practice. And u can practice both on your own and in a class. And Houg is mostly marketing and motivative staff. And  he is dilettante in many aspects(like many other coaches), that's why I don't like this course.

(565)  Envy silently -- sorry, there are no verbs in this phrase. I suggest, that you need pay attention for your grammar

2(570) envy - имеет два значения. Первое это существительное, второе это глагол, завидовать.
Во преложении без подлежащего, какой является "envy silently" первое слово будет глаголом в императиве.
Так что с точки зрения грамматики фраза построена безукоризнено.
У нее могут быть другие недостатки, самый главный из которых состоит в том, что носители например так не говорят, а говорят что-то типа "Don't be so jealous" или "Don't be so envious"

Но тест на лингвалео и правда .авно

(571)Тру стори бро. в русском языке это будет повелительное наклонение:
"Завидуй молча!"
Тока непонятно правда что приказывают - завидывать или молчать :)

(569)Yeah! They said it`s "natural" way to learn language, like babies or something. But they totally forgetting 12 years they spent in school. Without them they all would be like "ain`t know what`s wrong" and "nobody does not know". Just speak and to use language properly  - it`s two big differences, I tell you what!

(573)конечно понятно, потому что молча это наречие. Так что давай-ка, вместо того чтобы позориться тем что сам не знаешь грамматики, безотносительно даже к английскому языку, подучи-ка ее сам

(569)
One needs to make callosity  Gradskiy had say in "Golos". There are many ways doing that.

(576) I don't watch TV shows

(574) If u consider babies, note that it takes them about 4 years to start speak well enough so people can understand them. And of course their vocabulary isn't good enoug to discuss complecated topics such as sience or art or politics. Children also have people (usually parents) to answer such questions like "How is it called?" or "What does it mean?". These people are actually the first teachers. Also children usually develop their spelling and reading skills only at school (or in some pre-school classes with a teacher). So all this story about natural learning is mostly psyhological and marketing trick.

Some adults actually learn rear languages the same way (such as languages of savage tribes). But it really takes a very long time.

(577) многа ашипак :)
Учатся все же говорить из окружения. А в школе грамматика по большей части.

(578) Какие? Ты вообще читал мой пост, если не понял, русским по белому: в школе дети учатся писать и читать.

Ну в общем если верить известному тесту :
http://primaenglish.blogspot.ru/2013/06/c_21.html
с начала лета , неспешно переводя тексты , я набрал + 2 000 слов примерно = итого более 10 000 слов
для ленивого изучения = неплохо имхо )
особенно, если особых целей нет

(577)
Да не приставай к Станиславу, он в принципе хороший , просто молодой и верит в сказки ) (еще любит когда его хвалят, как и все мы , так это не грех наверное если в меру)
Пусть верит = потом сам перерастет
Вот моя дочка (ей полтора года) как что не по ее
так падает на землю и лежит , при попытках поднять = орет
не думаю , что она будет вести себя так же через уже года три ...
Я например Поля Брега (тоже маркетолог еще тот :))) ) лет в 20 читал , старшие говорили , что это бред , не верил. Само прошло.

(579)взять хотя бы "all this story".

Естественно если только говорить, то ты никогда не научишься писать и читать.

Вопрос только в том, что стандартном обучении сначала учат грамматику, а потом натягивают разговор.

Хотя быстрее (имхо) научится говорить (например как на своем языке), а потом натягивать грамматику.

И отдельно про чтение. Об естественном изучении языка. Опять же проще научится читать на интересной для тебя литературе, а не впих*емой в тебя насильно.

(579) и кстати, вы не верите в развитие процесса обучения?

(581) я ничего не имею против верящих в сказки, главное чтобы грязью не поливали, особеннно то, с чеми сами плохо знакомы. Нравится учить самостоятельно, есть эффект - замечательно. Но не надо говорить, что это рецпет для всех, а все остальное исключительно бяка.

(582) опять же возвращаемся к старой теме. Это лично у тебя учили грамматику, а потом все остальное, лично тебя учили по старым скучным советсвким учебникам. Так было далеко не у всех.

(582)быстрее*
Естественно смотря для каких целей.

(584) поделитесь вашим опытом пожалуйста.

п.с.
(У меня в школе  с англ. были проблемы, ни один учитель "не доработал" до второй четверти).

(584)>>Но не надо говорить, что это рецпет для всех...

Естественно тем кто не может самоорганизоваться он бесполезен.

(587)+ ну и опять же это как учиться тренироваться переплыть залив в бассейне, пока до дела не дойдет не поймешь а научился ли. :)

(586) ну вот видите, проблема не системы, а просто плохих  учителей. Нам учителя по возможности и фильмы приносить старались и учебники закупать хорошие, но у нас же многие просто фанатами своего дела были. И грамматику, и слова давали параллельно с увеличением сложности. Я вот английский с первого класса учила и естественно какое нибудь perfect continious или герундий нам в 1м классе (и даже в 3м) не объясняли.

(587) некоторым курсы нужны для самоорганизации, соглашусь. У меня вот подруга решила 3й язык выучить, пошла на курсы, потому что иначе говорит, просто время выделить дома было бы сложно. Я лично тоже вижу смысл в курсах, потому что в домашних условиях найти столько разговорной практики сложно, если только он-лайн игры или терпеливые знакомые какие-нибудь по скайпу + по началу некая систематизация основ. Опять курсы подходят тем, кто готовится к каким-нибудь тестам, скажем для вида на жительство или визы какой.

(586) а учебник был примерно такой (во всяком случае серия и автор эти) http://www.junglemassive.org.ua/content/uchebniki/uchebnik-angliyskogo-yazika-hrustaleva.html

и еще какие-то у нас были вообще мега-рарные учебники, их покупали в библиотеку штук по 10 и выдавали иногда в классе на урок. А-ля оксфордовские.

guys, how to translate/explain "Форс-мажор" to american guy?

(591) unpredictable surcamstances как вариант

*circumstance

(591) а вообще переводчик говорит, что и в английском по аналогии force Majeure

(591)
его не нужно переводить
это и так "непреодолимая сила"
улыбнулся ) спс
(594)
пью вашу кровушку троли? )))
толстые и зеленые ...
не горячитесь , не докажите
спорили бы вы про кунг-фу , про его стили = предложил бы вам сойтись ...
а про методы обучения бесполезно
так же как и в кунг-фу = зависит от способностей ученика
метод важен постольку поскольку ...
нет желания учиться = ничего не будет
а есть = и учитель не всегда нужен

СвинТуз Морковка Starhan

Ladies and gentlemens, why don't you write on English?
And... stop shitting here!

(596) да надоело, тем более кажется не все понимают

(597) Sometimes it's better to remain silent than to speak.

(597)
а если кто и понимает , то яндекс переводчик юзает )
понимающих человек 5-7

(598) да тут все равно ни разговор поддержать никто не может, ничего толком. И постоянно f*ck и sh*t. Видимо так скромность словарного запаса компенсируется

One needs to make a rule about a strange style of kung fu either good or nothing

(600) Is that the reason to begin the shitting?

(602) да, смысл говорить, если собеседник не может поддержать диалога?

Il s'av?re, je peux ?crire et de fran?ais
Und manchmal auf Deutsch
Y en los momentos de brillante inspiraci?n en espa?ol
And I can seem a polyglot

;-)
So un po ' di italiano  (С)

"Her mouth was as dry as cotton" - как переводится "У нее во рту было сухо ... "? как сухо?

(605)
хлопок можно лизнуть поймешь как )

(606) ни разу не лизал хлопок... "Ее рот был сухой как хлопок"?

(603) It's a dig at the Wizard :)

(607)
фланель попробуй погладить ... бррр

(607) или как вата...

(610)
cotton wool

(598) to keep silence

(607)
а не все можно перевести дословно без потери чего либо
иногда например теряется игра слов

(603) Don't speak if there's no sense for you.

(594) (595) Americans don't know what "force Majeure" means, that's the reason I've asked.

(612) It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. (c) Abraham Lincoln

(614) It's rather rude way to say so
To use conjunctive mood would be more polite.

(617) Don't fucking care.

(618) it's outrageous, lad! behave yourself!

(615) You can use 'Acts of God'

А гугловцы молодцы
http://s020.radikal.ru/i711/1310/a7/16d7a1fab5e0.jpg

(575)Да походу это у тебя с грамматикой беда. В русском языке с повелительным наклонением все понятно: "завидуй молча" - значит человек уже завидует и ему следует это делать молча. В английском языке времен несколько больше и не имея контекста фразы сложно понять: мне надо начинать завидовать(и делать это молча) или надо продолжать завидовать, но с этого момента делать это молча(т.е. замолчать).
Ты, кстати, строишь предложение правильно (Don't be so jealous) - просто походу не знаешь почему оно правильное : )

(577) The Hoge's course lasts about 6 months. Волшебник said he studied English for about 3 years.
And it's obviously that only one AJ's course is not enough to master the language.

(620) Thanks, it's  the best variant.

Я думаю ты хотел сказать:
Волшебник says he have studied English for about 3 years
но получилось:
Yesterday Волшебник said he studied English for about 3 years ago.

(571) So, I beg your pardon then. For this clause sounds strange. From this point I'm not mistaken

(607) Тогда стоит попробовать... Тебе все равно терять уже нечего

(621) LOL

(622) какой бесподобный выверт. Из неспособности в совсем простой фразе обнаружить сказуемое, означает что все вокруг не знают грамматику.

(629)Я все время учусь и не против критики, мало того с удовольствием выслушиваю где и в чем я не прав. Некоторым даже деньги за это плачу.
но я откровено не понимаю людей, которые пытаются "учить", оперируя при этом такими аргументами как "выверт" и глобальными обобщениями типа "все вокруг", когда речь идет только о них самих.

+(630)Английский язык - контекстозависимый т.е. самая простая фраза может иметь разный смысл в зависимости от контекста, простой пример: Chew Thoroughly  
1. Take this, chew it thoroughly and spit it(возьми, пожуй и выплюни - указание жевать)
2. You eating like a duck! Chew thoroughly! (ты жрешь как утка, жуй тщательно - указание снизить темп поглощения пищи, ибо человек уже жует)

(29)Compare "native language" & "mother tongue"

(625) У него получилось лучше, чем у тебя.