Just a quick one!
Hello everyone! Thanks for all your comments. This is (hopefully) going to be a quick blog in order to respond to everyone, as promised.
Guzin, it’s very nice to meet you. Your comments were a pleasure to read and I loved your use of “no pain, no gain” to explain the fact that we need rain to enjoy flowers! I’m sorry I haven’t visited your country (yet!), so I’d be delighted if you could tell me (and the others) more about it. May I just say that when you write, it might be an idea to put your thoughts into paragraphs to make it easier for people to follow. One idea per paragraph.
Beyza, I can’t believe you’re learning three languages all at the same time! It’s incredible! I wish you all the best – I’m having enough trouble with German right now! Thank you also for your valuable comments, especially about whether one should use to or for: you can use both!
Leila, it’s nice to meet you, too. Finland is another country I haven’t visited but would very much like to. What is the weather like up there right now? Do you get four seasons? I’m sorry I’m so ignorant: you’ll have to tell me more about life in Finland!
Ana Paula, good luck with the FCE exam later this year! I like the way you have tried to use “brush up” in a phrase, but don’t forget to use the prepositions “up” and “on”: “this blog area is an excellent way to brush up on my English and meet interesting people”.
Duke Lee, what an interesting name! Is Duke a nickname by any chance? It’s a small world really if someone from China knows about Portsmouth University! Are you a student or do you work?
Silwal, thank you for your warm welcome. I am surprised (but very pleased) that you have time to write despite working nights and with two young children, too! Keep up the good work but don’t tire yourself out!
Redouane, no your English isn’t catastrophic, far from it! (You should listen to my German, then you would know what catastrophic is!) Here are a few corrections: “I have lived in France for 2 years in Lille in the north”. You don’t live in Lille anymore, so you should use the past simple “I lived in France...”. Don’t make it more difficult, go with your instinct, it’s usually right! “My wife met difficulties to adaptate with the weather”. You can say “My wife had difficulties...” or “My wife met with difficulties...”. The former is what people usually say, the latter is less commonly used – probably only in written format. “Adapt” is probably the word you meant to spell and we use “to” with it: adapt to the weather, adapt to a new culture, etc. Hope that’s helpful!
Jurate, I had to laugh out loud at your comments – it is true that in France there are some people who simply refuse to speak English and can be quite petty about it. It might have something to do with national pride or the age-old rivalry between the UK and France. Nevertheless, in some ways, I kind of agree with the French – as a visitor we probably need to try to speak their language a bit; at least meet them half-way. If they see you are trying your best then they might soften up and respond in English to help you out. Good luck with your final school exams. When are they?
Manish, ich bin fein, vielen Dank. Aber ich bin ein bisschen müde! I’m not sure that phrase is 100% correct! Anyway, well done on getting your ZD certificate – is that a useful certificate to have for business? You are quite right: a language can be used as a tool to confound others! Just today in class my teacher was using Schwabian and Bayerlisch dialects and I was lost!
Natasha, thanks for your nice comments. Yes, it is a good experience for me to be a student again: it gives me a better insight into what it is like to be on the receiving end of a lesson and will help make me a better teacher and, dare I say it, a better and more humble person. Where are you from in Belarus and what do you do?
Sergio, thanks for your interest in my blog. Yes, you can say “Nice to meet you” even if it is online. You make a good point there, as this kind of communication is relatively new and there are no fixed guidelines (that I know of) on how to converse. In answer to your question, I want to be a teacher of French and German because although I love teaching English I would also like to add a couple of other languages to my bow.
Cris, it looks like you are an avid learner of languages. I admire your dedication! Which part of Buenos Aires are you from? I ask because I was there last year and fell in love with the country and the city. I also fell in love with the culture and the food and the wine and the fantastic welcome I received, despite being British!!!
Hello Paula and thank you for your kind comments. I look forward to reading more about you with a few newly learnt expressions thrown in – do you like challenges?
Beatriz, thanks for response. I am glad to have a blogger from Uruguay as I would love to learn more about your country. I was there last year on a day trip from Argentina – I went to Colonia, which was so beautiful and peaceful. Is the rest of Uruguay like that? By the way, I hope you are no longer confused about the first blog I wrote in response to an inexistent posting by Lukasz.
Mauricio, hello! Thank you for your response. I think there was some confusion because the first day my blog was published Anne’s photo was still up. Anyway, it’s nice to meet a fellow teacher, even if it is in a different discipline. What is it like in “small portion”? And why is it so named? Do you get small portions to eat? (Joke!)
Hello Habooba. Thanks for writing in. I’ve never met anyone with a name like yours; does it have a meaning? My middle name is Jameela and maybe you know what it means...
Hello Naweed. No, I’ve never been to Afghanistan, but I do know it’s quite mountainous. Is it hot during the day and cold at night? Here are a few corrections for you: “have you travel to Afghanistan” should be “have you travelled” or better still, “have you ever been to Afghanistan?”. “I have graduated” is perfect but “intermedait” is written “intermediate” and “callege” is “college”. Keep up the good work!
Hola Merce, thanks for your warm welcome. I agree, this is a very cool website with so many people from so many backgrounds. In answer to your questions, no, I never used my degree to work in Politics and IR. In fact I think many British graduates end up in completely different jobs! This isn’t to say that I didn’t like Politics and IR, in fact I loved the course: it was very interesting. I don’t know much about Portsmouth but I am learning and will update you as much as possible.
Kuldeep, your response was by far the most fascinating: you have managed to use all the expressions from my blog! Well done! I also agree with your ideas about learning paying big dividends and reflecting a positive outlook on life. Education and skills are things no-one can ever take away from you. By the way, you say “I upped my sticks” but actually you should say “I upped sticks”. No need to add “my”. Thank you for your compliments about my hair – it is all natural! My father is from Simla, which probably explains my colouring!
Janestory, thanks for your response, too. It looks like you have been everywhere in China, which is no mean feat given its size! I like the way you used “brush up on” (well done!) and gave a very comprehensive first entry. Now I don’t know what to ask you!
Pary, I was most certainly NOT bored reading your entry. Thank you for an informative insight into your life. How cheeky is your cheeky monkey? Ardebil sounds beautiful with mountains, volcanoes, lakes and hot springs – wow! Can you upload pictures on the site?
James, nice to meet you too. There’s no need to be so formal, just call me Sophie. What do you do and where in China do you live?
Antonio, thanks for your entry. Yes, I am sorry it was so confusing. Perhaps Lukasz will add his previous errors so that you can make sense of my corrections. How come your next entry will be from Belgium? Are you on holiday or on business?
Marianna, nice to meet you. I like the expression of sitting on two chairs at the same time. Is that a typical Slovakian expression?
Mahjabeen, thank you for writing in. Did you write in twice or are there two people called Mahjabeen from Pakistan?
Manuela, it’s nice to meet you, too. I’m jealous of your level of German – you must be pretty good if you’re studying for a degree in interpretation and translation! “Resume studying” is perfect - no-one gets back to studying. What do you do on Republic day in Italy? Is it a national holiday? Over here, we celebrate the Queen’s birthday; in fact, she celebrates it twice (well, she is the Queen!): one is an official birthday (on the first, second, or third Saturday in June, celebrated in London by Trooping the Colour, which is also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade), the other is her real birthday (April 21st).
Ernesto, it’s nice to meet you. I speak a little Japanese, but now I’m getting confused with German! I have to think twice before I answer a question in class, in case I use Japanese!
Vladimir, thank you for your warm welcome. I found Russian incredibly difficult to master, but that was before I tried Arabic and Japanese! Is Ukranian very different from Russian? I’ve never been to Ukraine and I regret not visiting the country whilst I was living in Russia. But maybe one day...
Silvana, how nice to read all about you. It was strange to read that you live 1500 kms away from the beach but then I realised you’re from Brazil! I like the way you used the phrase to describe how your skills have lain dormant, but I have to say they don’t seem that dormant to me!
Anna, nice to meet you. Yes, we do have a lot of cliffs and pebbly beaches in the UK, but there are some sandy beaches too. I really like living by the sea and I now realise what I have been missing all my life! It’s going to be difficult to leave Portsmouth at the end of August. Don’t worry about making mistakes; in fact, the sillier, the better – that way you’ll remember not to make them in the future!
Bonjour Concetta! How do you say bonjour in Piemontese? Well done on passing PET – how did you find Newcastle?
Chico – you are another prolific writer, well done! But then you are already an English teacher, so it’s not surprising! Which chat shows do you like? Do you know Parkinson? He’s a well-known British talk-show host and has had many famous people on his show over the years.
Thao, thanks for your warm welcome. In answer to your questions, yes, I like warm climates, but I think I prefer temperate ones. I don’t have any children and my hobbies are photography, cycling, sightseeing, dabbling in writing travel articles and having a good tie with my friends (if that can be called a hobby!). What about you? Apart from soaking in the sea and lounging around in the sun? LOL!
Farha, it’s nice to meet you. Yes, it must be difficult to teach a language well when it isn’t your first language. There’s a lot of pressure on teachers to speak it fluently and with the correct accent. I’m concerned that my German won’t quite be up to scratch when I start teaching but I reckon that the best we can do when we live far away from any native speakers is to watch videos/dvds or listen to the radio, if possible.
Hello Bluefish – interesting nickname. Why do you have such a name?
Joaquina, welcome to you too! What do you do? Which exam are you taking in two days’ time? Please don’t panic! The examiners aren’t there to make you fail. In fact they probably want you to pass. I will cross my fingers and think of you. Take a deep breath and do your best, that’s all you can do. Best of luck!
Hello Mariusz and thanks for your welcome. I can’t imagine anyone being frightened of rain. Are you sure that was what you felt? It must have rained a lot while you were in Ireland! I sometimes feel homesick, too. At the moment I miss my husband (who is currently in Japan).
Vijay, it’s nice to meet you too. What do you do?
Hello Madhav, nice to meet you. I’ve never met anyone from Kathmandu before. What do you like to do in your spare time? You say “it cent percent not for me” and I think you mean “it is not one hundred percent for me”. Why not? What do you want to do and where would you like to go?
Hello Manish! I think it is a very good start coming to this website and writing in. There are many things you can do here: games and activities to help improve your English skills in many different areas. Have a look around the site and try out some of the exercises whenever you have time to log on, but above all, have fun!
Hello Le from Shanghai – it’s nice to meet you. What do you do?
Hello Christy. Life in Japan is good – the country is highly developed in terms of industry and there are more convenience stores and coffee shops than you can throw a stick at! However, the culture can take some getting used to and the language is particularly tricky (well, it was for me, anyway!). The courtesy that you speak of and that most people think of when they think of Japan, is connected to the culture. What passes for common courtesy over here doesn’t apply over there. For example, holding a door open for someone in the UK is common courtesy, whereas in Japan it doesn’t happen very often! So you might think the Japanese are quite rude when they’re not, they just have different social rules.
Nice to meet you, Ryou. Do you live in Korea? You wrote “I lived in korea” which means you did live there but not anymore. Perhaps you mean “I live in Korea”? Also, “I want improving English” should be “I want TO improve MY English”. “I is feeling that english is very difficulty” = “I feel that English is very difficult”. Yes, English is quite difficult. Are you taking lessons anywhere?
It’s lovely to meet you all but that’s all for now. I must go to bed – it is now past midnight! I will try to add some photos and content next time. Bye!
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Hi Sophie! Thanks for your reply. I always forget to put the preposition after brush up(on). Now I´ll remember :-). Actually it´s a bit hard to memorize which preposition comes after a verb. Apart from that, I have a notebok with some of them that I consult when I´m in doubt about which preposition to use after a verb. Do you have any tip about how to learn prepositions more effective? Best wishes, Ana Paula.
Hello Teacher and Nice to meet you. In first moment I would like to say Thanks, you and the BBC because this website help me a lot with my english homeworks, but I'm still a beginner! Don't get scared when you hear that the beaches are 1500km from a city, Brazil is a huge country, for example Amazon Forest is 2500km or (1540 miles) away from me..:) By the way I live near Bonito city one of the most beautiful places in the world to do ecological tourism or near to the Pantanal one place like the everglades in Florida, but 100 time bigger than everglades. I'll stop typing or you'll think I live in the middle of the jungle heheh!!! I live at a medium city near beautiful places...:) It's time to go to bed.... see you at the next Topic...:)I hope I didn't write anything stupid..:)
Hello Sophie! Thankyou for the replies you have sent in response to our comments:). Im the only Mahjabeen from pakistan who have sent comments on this site actually when i was writing by mistake i've pressed the sent button. Thats created a confusion i think. Sophie tell us more about how u spend your day and how is the weather there?. I've some confusion in using 'have had' and 'had had' at the same time. Can u tell me the difference? Tc and keep smiling! Bye
Sophie you asked me about the Finnish weather, yes we do have four seasons. I am saddened to say that lately the seasonal changes are somewhat out of the ordinary. As we all have seen, the effects of global warming are causing havoc all over the world. However, our winters are gold and dark and in contradiction, the summers are light. The longest day of the year is approaching very soon, around June 24 sun shines even during the night. The temperature, at the moment, is around 20 degrees Celsius. Best wishes...
Dear Sophie, many thanks for the answer. Yes, I meant “ hundred Percent”. You showed interest on my spare time, ok for the last one year I, not only I but also she, been un noticely habituated to chit chat with each other. And We are going to have our first anniversary of our wedding on 27th of this month. And I love classical music very much, sometime I like to go for swimming, I rather like to listen bbc world service radio, which gives me plenty of opportunities to improve my listening and know international affair to which I am very interested in . Over the recent days here some favorite programs are missing in my time schedule like “Have you Say”, which would come at 14 GMT on every Sunday, but vanished now a days. In bbc I like ‘over to you’, ‘culture shock’, outlook, world today etc. I don’t see television any more as I have to concentrate mind into books. I am very fond of making friend and love very much to rejoin old friends and talk about past, it may be common phenomena. I also like western culture which is ,I think, based on reality. In my opinion, they are at times very frank and at times very personal and individual as well. But here in Nepal, social channel and bond is very important, you should think about what the society think about you, all the time, which have both pros and cons. When you channelize yourself to the society, your happiness is going to the happiness of the whole society, and when you are in pain and calamity, the society is there to help you. But one the other hand you have to perceive the social response before doing any work, where the society digest or not is the major determinant to take a decision. In my opinion for change the society’s speed is rather slower than the what an individual can make. I also like to talk about politics of all across. Once I was a fan of Tony Blair who was very charismatic at his time. But left his party feeble in front of Conservative. David Cameron has come with the same air which once brought the blair. Ok I love politics and even see own relevancy in it in the long run.xxxx
Hi Sophie, Thank you for quick reply and was ecstatic to note that you have a deep roots in Shimla (HP state of India). About 8 years back, after my marriage, we decided to go for honeymoon at Manali (HP). On my way to Manali (at Manali also), I observed women managing / running different small shops. This abacked me (because in north India, this practice is generally not seen). Immediately, I shared my view with my wife that this scene reflects that these people respects women very much and are very noble, gentle and peace loving people. I am to visit Shimla in near future to meet my friend who got transferred to Shimla (a tourist place & a historical city). This state is progressing very fast. Many industries are being set up in this hilly and beautiful state of India. The language spoken is very sweet. They have their own rich culture, folk songs, and traditions. Sophie, one day (near future) I would like to travel you and bloggers through student blog to good tourist places situated in HP. Central govt. is assisting it on a large scale. In nutshell, I always liked Himachalies and have few relatives and friends there. Any way, have you ever visited Shimla? If yes, share your experiences & impressions with bloggers. Thank you.
Hello Sophie..Thank you for answering my question..I took an english course many years ago..It lasted 1 year..But afterwards i have continued to study on my own..I must say English is a very very difficult language for me..Because it has too many words to memorise..Besides there are many phrasal verbs, proverbs and colloquials.. when it comes to German, a few years ago i intented to learn German only for a hobby..After a few months its grammar came to me very difficult and i quited..But last year i started to study on it again.. Italian is the same too..I only know a little German and Italian for the moment..but i hope it will develop in the future..the disadvantage of learning many languages at the same time is to mix them up..When i come across a word i am confused whether it is italian or german or english..:) see you..bye
Hi Sophie and all readers Sophie,Thank you for your response.I will be careful about putting different ideas into different pragraphs. I want to write about my country in a nutshell. Actually not my country but a kind of trip called "Blue Voyage" I think It is very attractive trip for all of us. Blue voyage is that: sailing around many islands and bays in addition to living on the boat for one week or however you want. This is a kind of cruise,travellers sail along the Southwest Turkish coast through swimming in the crytal water, resting quiet bays, visiting small picturesque villages and many historic ports. You will become of the heart with beauty and serenity. I am regular traveller. I've joined nearly for more than 15 years. I am addicted that kind of trip which makes me say that "Happily I am alive". Sleeping under the stars, feeling the swinging of the both, listening to quitness or peace are unbeliveable.I don't know how to define it. You can understand easily what a nice trip for me.It is a very rewarding.While the sun rises you wake up in your sleeping bag, not taking out,take your camera which is next to you, take some photos and then go on sleeping. when you get up early morning you wash your face through jumping into the sea and so on. whenver I go the trip I feel as if I was born again. Sophie you asked me to tell about my country. Blue Voyage is orginated from Turkey.It is used small boat (for 18 people)for Blue Voyage. I think It is more different than travelling with big ship.I am going to the trip after one week. Because of that reason I gave some information about it. That is all today. Byeee.
Hi Sophie, How are you? You asked me in which part of Buenos Aires I live. I live in the city of Buenos Aires (the federal district). If you browse my blog in April you'll see all the pictures I uploaded. I'm glad you liked my country. Why did you say that you were welcome despite being British? All tourists are very welcomed no matter their nationality. We love British people too. Have a nice day. Bye for now, Cristina
Hi Sophie! Glad to answer any you question. As for differences between Russian and Ukrainian languages there are a lot of them. But at the same time both languages are siblings. I mean two of them are rather comprehensive for Russian speakers and Ukraine speakers. To speak clear without silly mistakes is another and not easy task. I think traveling certainly makes you very resourceful and resilient. That’s why I always envy people who are traveling a lot. May be some time you’ll visit Ukraine and will meet cheerful and educated people. Certainly Ukraine, as any country on Earth, is inhabited by people from different social backgrounds but vast majority of Ukrainians are well bread and polite. As for Parkinson show, you’d meant above, I took a try to dip into but failed because it’s available only in the UK. Pity but nothing could be done.
Hi, you did a good job writing to each student. It is a surprise that you have been in my country. yes, Colonia is a beautiful city and the oldest in this territory. I live in Montevideo,the capital, that has a population over 1 million people. We are concentrated here. There are of course many other beautiful places to visit, perhaps no so peacefull as Colonia. Our international vacational city is Punta del Este.
Hi Sophie! Thanks for your replies i'm sure everybody is happy now :) Today i'm going to travel to a town which one has lovely crystalline rivers called Bonito (Beautifull) with too many orange fishes living in them water...i don't have the sea but i have rivers and they are amazing. I wish a great weekend to you. Enjoy and have fun! Bye
Hello Sophie,I'm really happy to have a chance to exchange our ideas. I'm writing from beautiful,ould city of Prague.If you haven't been there I do highly recomend.You mentioned to have studied Politics.Are you interested in any special sort or epoch of Politics? So bye for now j.
Dear Sophie, It is very difficult to write to everyone with personal feeling and making correction individually. You did so. Certainly this blog is a good platform to English learner and people feels more comfortable after starting writing comments on it. No one should bother about mistakes if they are determined not to do it again and again. You have written that you have never met a single person fro Kathmandu but I want to ask you either you haven’t met anyone from Nepal or just capital city of Nepal-Kathmandu. There are so many people from Nepal who migrated there permanently or are enrolled to various institutes to get degree from the UK. How you feel that you are on receiving end while you are learning German language. I also, have join this blog to brush up on my English language school though I started to learn English from grade 4 and studied various subjects in English but was still unaware to use this language in natural way. Nowadays my kids are learning all subjects except Nepalese language in English medium and it is pleasure to teach them how they can achieve knowledge of subject matter in English.
The comment without name is mine.I did it second time. Sorry for that.Thank you.
Hello Sophie, thanks for your reply and comments,I mostly have problem in writting and also making paragaph, can you help me how should I improve my writting skill? Best regard,
Hi dear Shopi , What are you up to ? Thanks for your replies to all readers !It was a good job at the start . It persuades readers to be more active , you know . Any way talking about my cheeky monkey , I heard that we can call a nogthy Son , cheeky monkey , couldn’t we ? it is a nice kid but some times …. I ‘m wondering How your middle name sound an Arabic name which means I think , beauty any way I ‘m not sure about the meaning and I have to refer to dear Habooba .Here are the links of my photo album in face book , hope you and other readers will like it . I ‘m feel sorry that I didn’t do some thing like that for my dear friend Anne , ( latest BBC Blog teacher ) : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=134241&l=a7b7b&id=1031206274 *** http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135994&l=0aa8d&id=1031206274 *** http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135352&l=655af&id=1031206274 *** http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135351&l=e6fba&id=1031206274 *** http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1638254&l=bcbfd&id=1031206274 *** I ‘m waiting to see your next entries . Have a nice weekend and bye . Kisses .
Hi Sophie, i just started reading these blogs..I find it very interesting and also a good learning experience. I am thrilled by your response/ replies. You have correctd so many things which I guess most of them would not have noticed it at all. For sure, I was not able to notice it. It shows your experience as a teacher in English. As a student, who is a beginer, what should be the best way to learn english and be articulate in writing as well as in speaking ? Though I schooled from an English school, my teachers mostly used to teach in the local langauage, which was not English. So I lack that finnese which otherwise an English student should posses. It was very nice meeting you and all.. Wish to learn many things from you specially the language and the art of writing.. :)
Hi Sophie, thank you for your reply, I think you are in a strange situation this month because at the same time you are theacher and student (I believe a good student). You have to study for your course and do your homework (how much homework today ?) but you correct our mistakes and show us our areas for improvement. How do you feel in this situation, what's your opinion ? See you next post, Sergio
Bundì Sophie - this is a Piemontese translation for Bonjour, but my favourite greeting in dialect is CEREA (it's sounds almost like cheerio)it's quite formal an can be used all the day. The Piemontese words TRAVAIL RAT ABAT-JOUR MENUISIER MANGER HIER have the same meaning and pronunciation than the French ones. About Newcastle I find it has a good balance between modern city conveniences and nature. I stayed in a residence, near the city centre,surrounded by fields where every day cows pastured. That was absolutely astonishing for me, the same as watching rabbits running in the meadows around the University buildings. I liked the area along the river Tyne, its spectacular bridges and the wonderful park near the stadium. In the main street there are too many big shops wich are the same everywhere; unfortunately this is a consequence of globalization and extreme consumering, isn't it? I prefer to have a look around in small old shops which sell typical goods.Bye bye.
Hi dear Anne and all loyal readers , I hope your voice has came back and your sore throat has got better . I ‘m happy that you like visiting Iran and I ‘m sure you will like it . And there are lots of historical places which are centuries older than our mosques . Like Perspolice in Shiraz city or Hamedan old historical hills or Kermanshah , Esfehan , Yazd ,Kashan cities to name a few , also . If you want to visit most of tourism areas of Iran you have to take at least one month journey . I will try to find some good web pages for you to be more familiar with Iran . Now I have to leave cyber . Best wishes and bye Xxxo
Hello Sophie! I'm Miriam from Muggiò, a little town in the North of Italy, near Milan and I'd like to introduce myself.I'm a teacher in a primary school. I've got a degree in Philosophy, but I've never thought it because I love children and it's funny to stay with them. I've been brushing up on my English for three years: I absolutely love English! Last November I passed, like Concetta from Torino, an exam in order to teach English in a primary school and now I'm very happy because I'm going to fly in Norwich for two weeks with a scholar ship to improve linguistic skills and learn teaching English. Last summer I went to Dublin in a host family. It was very difficult to speak and understand the language, but I did the best and I'll do the best the next month! Bye for now!
Hello!!! No Sophie, I don't know this British talk-show that you've mentioned, but I'd be very glad to watch it. As I told you on my previous posting, that's such an efficient way of getting familiar with "real life English" in my opinion. I'll try to find some videos of Parkinson's talk-show in the Net; however if you know some web sites where I could watch his talk-show, I'd be very pleased with you sending me the links to them if possible. As for the talk-shows I enjoy watching, I don't have a favourite one; I just surf the Net and if I come across an American or a British talk-show which is featuring a celebrity who I'm a fan of, I download it. Thank you for your tips. byebye
Hello Sophie, Habooba means sweetheart. But how come your middle name is Arabic? "Jameela" is Arabic and it means beautiful or more explicitely the owner of a beautiful face- like you are. In fact the Word "Jamal" means beauty. So "Jamil" refers to a male(beautiful man/boy) and "Jameela" to a female (beautiful woman/girl).
hi sophie.i'm from afghanistan and want to improve my english can you help me for the issue (improving my english)? and i newly joined to this blog it is really great to get faimilear wit h each other
Hi, Sophie! How are things with you? You´ve got me impressed on the careful way you respond to each one of us. I confess I´m not sure if I could do the same... I bet you´re a very patient person, aren´t you? And it´s very good to see how many Brazilians we´ve got here! Yeah, it´s quite difficult for people to get a picture of our country. Brazil´s very large and a bit exaggerated in many aspects. It might sound odd to hear that there are people like me who have never been to Amazon Rainforest, for example...
Hi Sophie, you're really nice bloger as also good teacher. you made reply to all of us although you must be busy with your study again and... So I think teaching is also your hobby. About my hobbies, I really like traveling, joining in to work in chartitable organization. I like the feeling when i could give a hand the poor overcoming difficult situation.Of course I also like listening to music, jogging, and chat with my friend,especial you! Good look on you and nice work week!
Hi Sophie, Don’t worry about the first blog, I was just lost. My trip to Romania has been a very nice one. I have spent nearly ten days. It was not for business but to attend the wedding of a former au pair. It has been the nicest one, I have ever been, by the traditional approach, by the joyfulness of people, by the atmosphere.
Hi sophie, hope u wii be fine, i think u r too busy with your routien and with german classes. because we haven't got any post from you. u don't know that how much we are anxcious about getting new vocabulary from you, i like the way when u give explanation of some new words and pharases but last time there wasn't any anything like that. plz do write daily no matter i will be a paraghaph, aleast we will be intouch and will learn some thing surly.bye than waitng for post.
Hi Sophie, I used to send comments on the last teacher's blogs but it's the first comment for you. I was wondering why you use " - " so much? What do you call it and what is it's usage? one other thing: try to explain the meaning of words that seem difficult, it can help a lot! so long!
Hi Sophie, I used to send comments on the last teacher's blogs but it's the first comment for you. I was wondering why you use " - " so much? What do you call it and what is it's usage? one other thing: try to explain the meaning of words that seem difficult, it can help a lot! so long!
Hi there , It 's sound my last comment will never publish there :-( . I will wait more then i will try post it again as i tried hard to publish some link for my photo galary in face book for our dear teacher and every other one . How it can be so petty ! bye
Hi Sophie! Yes, You may add one expression to your broad language knovledge from the Slovak language. I have learned German when I was 35 about fifteen years ago. The course for adult working people lasted four months and only one or two were able to manage it a little. It helped me in using articles a lot here. However, I don´t use any of this languages for I travel nowhere. Maybe I decide one day to take a course in Portsmooth to enjoy the sea and bays. See you!
Hi,Sophie! It is very nice to visit the website and see your blog. I am an English learner and learning by self thru website and book for some years. I would like to ask, how to communicate with oversea people in the business(formal or not formal) way? Do you have any comment for me, because I really don't know more. For example, dinning / reporting / introduct others. Another question is, if I want to take some courses, which kinds(PET/IELTS or others) will be useful? And, how to have a great improve for the speaking & listening skill? Thanks, Ling Ling
Hi Sophie, Wie geht's??? Its nice to see your research about the name 'Pompey'. Its really amazing. ZD(Zertifikat Deutsch) certifies that you can use German for your daily usage. It means you have a general knowledge of German.(My instincts tell me that there is something wrong with this sentence. Please correct me if i am wrong). Its not important for a business. If you want to learn some vocabulary and more for using for business purposes, then you should do a course in business german, i.e. WiDaf (Wirtschaft Deutsch). There are a lot of other certificates also, all serving different purposes. I want to get WiDaf for better job prospects. I read your blog and your corrections, but I was unable to understand something. You said "a chance to visit UK" is incorrect. Please help me with this, how is it incorrect? Its really nice to read your blogs. Thanks for the reply. Have a nice day. Bye
i am very happy & learning veary fastly.nowing that well wishes to living being capitaly. good luck.
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