🗃｜resources

[honest geyser]

the name says it all

english diseases are so complicated lmao

My usual way of thinking is that "apnea" should be called word-to-word like "Not-breath-during-sleep" as in my native

[crude moat]

Dang. I see the logic, at the cost of more letters.

There's a similar sort of thing in German.

[honest geyser]

yeah i think there is

not that i remember it

lmao

[crude moat]

In German, for example, glove is Handschuh, which is literally hand shoe. Lol

[honest geyser]

in polish glove is rękawiczka, which means "a hand thing"

[crude moat]

Lol

Awesome.

[honest geyser]

ręka = hand
rękawiczka = hand thing

but its glove

[muted wagon]

It is worth mention that knowing some basic Latin might be irreplaceable in your case since a lot of medical terms are derived from this language and it surely will bring some logic into the process

[honest geyser]

Yeah definitely, thankfully I am not crazy enough to memorize a long list, i just wanted to have some most common ones that i may end up seeing somewhere

so i went through some articles about what humans usually get

and wrote down terms i didnt know

[crude moat]

Good idea.

Do you know cold, flu, and bug?

[honest geyser]

in polish "oven" is literally called "baker", because you can put something into the oven and kinda bake it i guess

[honest geyser]

Yeah sure, i also know like, flea, louse, lice

Bed bugs

ticks

so on

Tapeworms

You mentioning a bug kinda made that list appear in my head lol

[crude moat]

Wow, that's super logical. Love it.

[honest geyser]

I think I even know "aphid", this is not medical anymore, but thats kinda an insect, this little motherclucker which eat leaves from beetroots and carrots and so on

[crude moat]

Lol Nice one. Some good words there.

[honest geyser]

*eats

[crude moat]

Oh, I remember them from Grounded! (the game)

I'd say go with that instead of which, too.

[honest geyser]

I remember them from spraying them to death for long years cuz my parents had a lot of vegetables growing

[crude moat]

I drive the car that goes vroom.
I'm driving the car, which is something I enjoy doing.

[honest geyser]

oh okay thanks

[crude moat]

No problemo.

I'm using Duolingo ATM. Completely destroying the German one, and have even reported a few weird answers. Lol

[honest geyser]

You reminded me of one time when i was told about an english oral exam, exactly about one situation from it, from examiner's viewpoint, and it was like the person had to answer to "What kind of cuisine do you like?"

and

the person said "Italiano cooking.", so the examiner asked further, like "Do you mean italian cuisine?"

and the person answered, quite outraged, "No! Italiano cooking"

the situation kept on repeating itself few times more, eventually they just asked next questions

[crude moat]

Lol Awesome.

[honest geyser]

this one made one recall that cuz problemo italiano

*me

[crude moat]

Yeppo.

[honest geyser]

again, typo

[crude moat]

I seeo exacto whato youo meano.

[honest geyser]

lmaooo

thats kinda japanese accent already

they always attach vowels at the end of english words

because in japanese language, a word can not end with a consonant except for N

So accent is "akusento"

or music is "musikku"

[crude moat]

Oh wow. That's cool.

[honest geyser]

Japanese pronounce "english" as "engurishu"

[crude moat]

I remember learning some Japanese. All I remember now are weird random words and some grammar things. Not much at all. It was a long time ago.

Like how they attach things like -wa to works to show the subject or something. Pretty cool.

Watashi-wa ...

[honest geyser]

lovely language, i once wanted to attempt official certificate from it, but i resigned, i still speak some just to survive and i can read some kanji, but still never as good as it used to be

[crude moat]

Good lord, that's really impressive.

Meanwhile, Duolingo has me saying: „Die Maus spielt jeden Tag Basketball.“

[honest geyser]

yeah its quite more complex once you learn to read their characters

Or the grammar

[crude moat]

I had to give up. It was way to much for me to learn unassisted. I stood no chance. But it was fun.

I looked into French and Spanish, and eventually settled on German.

[honest geyser]

I still remember potential forms in japanese, it sounds crazy, like "wasureru" means "to forget", written as 忘れる, but "to be able to forget" is already wasurerareru

忘れられる

tongue twister

Or they even have something called 使役受け身系, this means passive-causative verb forms, so stuff like "I was forced to say" or "I was forced to eat"

I was forced to eat = tabesaserareta

[crude moat]

Jeeez.

Way beyond me. I am but a mere mortal.

[honest geyser]

https://talkpal.ai/grammar/causative-passive-form-in-japanese-grammar/

If you want to torture yourself

[crude moat]

Yeah, I will definitely stick with German. Lol

[honest geyser]

this is only one word

[crude moat]

Jebus.

[honest geyser]

but conjugated

[crude moat]

Ah, so they conjugate words like in German?

[honest geyser]

no

they conjugate words totally different way

[crude moat]

Oh, OK.

[honest geyser]

german has some logic in it

they dont

[crude moat]

Wow, I just had my German blocked by the server. Lol

Deutschhörverständnis?

They allow that, at least. But yeah, like that?

[honest geyser]

i once had my tagalog blocked

tagalog is the language they speak in philippines

[crude moat]

Oh yeah, I remember hearing about that.

[honest geyser]

Try typing "ma!hal k!o ang pilipinas"
But delete the exclamation marks, type the same without them

This means "i love philippines" in tagalog

but somehow thats blocked

[crude moat]

Yep, blocked. Lol

Any idea why?

[honest geyser]

Which is irrational because if i type the worst polish curse words then theyre not blocked, while normal filipino words are

[crude moat]

Weird.

mahal

Bingo. K o is the issue.

[honest geyser]

k!o is blocked

yeah

[crude moat]

Yeah.

Weird. Lol

[honest geyser]

it means child in japanese

子

K o

Like they attach this to the words to mean young things, for example "a kitten" is koneko, 子猫

while "a cat" is already simply neko

No idea why k o is blocked tho

[crude moat]

Strange.

Yet... Kind.

Totally fine.

Kindchen.

Mädchen. Junge.

The filter needs some work.

[honest geyser]

Kurwa

well doesnt block me

skurwysyn jebaniec pierdolony chuj

still no block

i typed all the worst curse words in my native

[crude moat]

Lol

<tame profanity here>

[honest geyser]

lmaaao

I swear, we had german classes at school and

[crude moat]

I don't really know many. Lol

[honest geyser]

And every single kid, EVERY

would pronounce schiessen the same as scheissen

[crude moat]

Lool

Ah, schießen. To shoot.

das Schießen.

[honest geyser]

yes

scheissen to shit

[crude moat]

Awesome

That could get you into trouble.

Entschuldigen Sie mich, bitte. Aber ich muss mal Ihnen scheißen.

Not sure why you'd be so polite if you were about to shoot somebody. Lol

[honest geyser]

so they ended up saying, while reading some german aloud, stuff like "In the city center, someone started shitting all of a sudden. People were scared and started escaping, but the person kept on shitting"

[crude moat]

Lool

Awesome

I think I'd scheißen myself laughing if I were there to hear that.

[honest geyser]

my german teacher was dying

[crude moat]

I bet.

I didn't realise scheißen actually meant to poop. I only ever heard and used it as a fairly tame curse word.

[honest geyser]

there was a lot of that, but usually it was in english, like most common occurence was "queue" being pronounced as "queen-queen"

[crude moat]

Is it reflexive? Also scheiße ich mich?

[crude moat]

Excellent!

[honest geyser]

Yeah it did

and it does

or a bad one was also squirrel

because to pronounce a squirrel you really gotta be careful

[crude moat]

I don't think I know that word.

How does it go?

[honest geyser]

so the thing is its not german, the problem lies in the polish language this time, we say "skurvysyn" which is an extremelly bad curse word meaning "motherf###", and english squirrel sounds the same

almost the same

[crude moat]

Oh wow

[honest geyser]

If you pronounce squirrel with your british accent, this is not the same

if you do that with american, still not the same as polish

But

[crude moat]

Oooh, you mean the actual English word.

I thought you were talking about German, still. Lol

[honest geyser]

If you make a polish speaker pronounce "squirrel" for you, then they will end up saying "motherf###" in polish, because they have slavic english accent

[crude moat]

Das Eichhörnchen.

[crude moat]

Awesome. I'll try to remember that, on the off-chance I meet a Polish person.

[honest geyser]

In kindergarten we had some very very simple english classes, like "A tree." or "A dog"

and

when there was a squirrel, every kid kept on sayjng "look, motherf###!"

[crude moat]

Lool

[honest geyser]

the teacher was absolutely destroyed mentally

[crude moat]

That is incredible. I'm gonna have to share this with everyone I know. Lol

[honest geyser]

i did that myself

and all my friends do, polish cant say squirrel properly

i mean i think i can, but am not perfect yet

@crude moat

wait not this

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ifbLTpOgnr4

[crude moat]

I wonder what others words people can't say without cursing someone out. Lol

[honest geyser]

You dont understand polish, but thats even better

watch that

And notice how he says squirrel

[crude moat]

LOL

The hesitation!

That was awesome.

You could tell he did NOT want to say it.

I'm struggling to pronounce it the way he does. Dang.

[honest geyser]

we have the same R as russians

The problem is we always say our R

Not english R sound

i learned to say the english one, but if i speak quickly, i may sometimes make an ooopsie and say polish R

[crude moat]

Oh, rolled?

[honest geyser]

Yess

[crude moat]

Awesome.

Back of the throat, like in German, or front of the tongue?

[honest geyser]

front

[crude moat]

Aso.

Cool.

[honest geyser]

just like he said squirrel

with rolled R

[crude moat]

You get that a lot in Scottish.

SO that wouldn't be an issue for me.

Unless it's excessive. Lol

[honest geyser]

thats natural for me actually, british and american R are almost impossible for polish, unless they practiced a lot, i did

[crude moat]

Oh yeah, I remember him rolling the R now.

It's a heck of a lot of seemingly randomly placed R rolling. I would actually massively struggle with that.

[honest geyser]

yeah it is, thats how we pronounce english, unless we just learn to pronounce it a bit more... naturally

[honest geyser]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aK9lvFL1AAM

Your lack of polish will actually make this funnier i think

[crude moat]

Lol Awesome.

He really sounds Russian to me.

Is Polish a lot like Russian? It sounds so damn like Russian.

No. Not 50 grand. 50 thousand!

So they don't make love with us. Lol

Wow. That was awesome.

[honest geyser]

The original message the guy wanted to tell the investor was "So that they dont scam us in the currency exchange"

but in polish slang, to scam somebody is literally to make love with somebody

so it ended up being "So they dont make love with us"

[crude moat]

Lol

That's so strange.

Languages are weird.

[honest geyser]

Yes, we can understand some russian without learning it at all, but thats limited to only some words

[crude moat]

Wow.

[honest geyser]

we can talk with czech and slovaks normally

without knowing their languages

They speak czech to us, we answer in polish

And we both usually get what is going on

The problem is... until we dont. Like, russian word for "a chair" means "a table" in polish

Or russian word for "love" means "they like" in polish, or maybe "world" in russian means "peace" in polish

[crude moat]

Woah. That's awesome. Is it like American English VS British English?

[honest geyser]

no

it is very very convoluted

[crude moat]

Oh.

[honest geyser]

if i play myself a russian radio, i can understand some words, but most of what they say is not understandable to me

If i play myself a czech radio, i can guess a looot more

[crude moat]

„If I play a Russian radio (station?)“

[honest geyser]

yeah

lmao

[crude moat]

Lol

[honest geyser]

radio station, of course

[crude moat]

Definitely don't add the myself there.

It actually sounds German. lol

[honest geyser]

because in polish we say this the same way germans do

so i just

[crude moat]

Awesome.-

[honest geyser]

did the same

[crude moat]

Verstehst du gut Deutsch?

[honest geyser]

nicht so gut

aber ich kann some words verstehen

lmao

[crude moat]

Lol

That's like me when I forget a bunch of words!

Aber ich kann einige Wörter verstehen.

Or manche Wörter.

[honest geyser]

My best german sentence is sprechen sie english

[crude moat]

I think einige is the better choice, but 100% sure.

Lol

[honest geyser]

I mastered it, long years of practice

[crude moat]

Lol

Awesome

[honest geyser]

Long years of telling germans to fork off, unless they can use google translate, or speak english

Nah am not that rude

[crude moat]

Verstehst du denn diesen Satz? Wenn ich dir über meinen Tag erzählen, würdest du mich verstehen und so die Meinung begreifen?

[honest geyser]

i get everything except for erzahlen and begreifen

[crude moat]

Damn, nice one.

explain and comprehend.

[honest geyser]

do you understand these sentences? when you [something] about my day, would you understand me and therefore [something] my point?

thats my understanding

[crude moat]

Not toooooo bad. Very close.

Do you understand this sentence? If I tell you about my day, would you understand me and so comprehend the meaning?

[honest geyser]

ahhhhh

okay i see

yeah makes sense now

[crude moat]

You probably got thrown off by the Akkusativ den.

Thinking it was Plural.

[honest geyser]

in polish we have 7 grammar cases

germans have 5 i guess

or 4

[crude moat]

Jebus. 4 in German. Nominativ, Dativ, Akkusativ, Genetiv.

[honest geyser]

yeah, weve got 7 of them

[crude moat]

That's gotta be pure hell for a learner.

[honest geyser]

Russian has 6 cases, polish is 7 cases, german 4, and finnish is like 16 cases i think

[crude moat]

😮 Good lord.

16 is just evil.

16 ist halt böse.

[honest geyser]

polish usually hate germans on the street tho

cuz history

[crude moat]

Really? Wie kommt d... oh that's why. Lol

[honest geyser]

yeah we just tell them theyre hitlers

lmao

[crude moat]

Just remember, Nazis invaded, not the Germans you see today.

[honest geyser]

i know that, my own cousin and uncle are germans

[crude moat]

Awesome.

[honest geyser]

but they speak fluent polish

Thankfully

[crude moat]

For God's sake. My message got eaten again.

That's gotta be handy for learning German. I wish I had a family member who spoke German.

[honest geyser]

Could be handy that i can walk five km and already am in germany

[crude moat]

😮

I am so jealous.

[honest geyser]

no border control

cuz EU

[crude moat]

Wow.

You're incredibly lucky.

In that regard.

[honest geyser]

If i replaced germany with UK or USA or australia

[crude moat]

Are you just north of Germany?

[honest geyser]

Then that'd be lucky

[crude moat]

Or East?

I can't remember the map that well over that way.

I wish I were so close to Germany. I'd love to live there... well, I think I would. I've heard some unpleasant things, though.

[honest geyser]

i live in south-western poland, which means the part of germany am touching must be east-southern

[crude moat]

Ah. Gotcha.

[honest geyser]

Yeah the same for me when it comes to english speaking countries

would be so nice to live like 5km not to germany, but to australia or UK

(which means id have to live in sea)

[crude moat]

Oooh, I see. Looked at a map just now.

You're near Prague or something.

[honest geyser]

yes

Close proximity to czech republic and germany, at once

[crude moat]

Berlin is just a hop and a skip away.

Jealous.

I've gotta get a plane for all that.

Would probably cost a fortune.

[honest geyser]

yeah but... you know it sounds fun and so on, for me it is not, because i have no interest in germany or czech, am interested in english more

[crude moat]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

You planning to move to the UK or America some day?

Or Australia.

Or Canada. Lol

[honest geyser]

I thought about that and more likely UK or Canada

[crude moat]

Awesome.

[honest geyser]

USA is not friendly to foreigners

i mean politically yes

[crude moat]

Yeah, certainly seems that way. ICE and all that.

[honest geyser]

but practically it is not

[crude moat]

It seems like foreigners there are seen as „less than“.

I'm sure it's not the case for everyone, though.

TBH, the UK can be pretty xenophobia, too.

I don't really care. I like seeing the variety of different people.

[honest geyser]

in germany they often joke about shooting polish so, every country can be racist

[crude moat]

As long as when I go to make a phone call (i.e., to order food), it's someone who can speak English. Lol That's quite a popular opinion, I'm afraid.

[crude moat]

Jesus, that's messed up.

[honest geyser]

and polish joke about sending ukrainians away, even tho they migrate to poland to escape the war

[crude moat]

I'd actually love to have a friend here who had bad English. I think I'd enjoy helping them speak English. Sounds like it would be fun.

A weird thing to want, but it is what it is. Lol I just see teachers in programmes teaching people English, and it seems so much fun.

I'd love to have a German friend like that, especially.

[honest geyser]

Lmao i have to maybe just go outside and catch you one

[crude moat]

Lol

Get a big net. Get a few.

Just in-case some turn out to be weird.

[honest geyser]

Like, kidnap them and pack them into a container, some idk, jar, and send them via plane

[crude moat]

Jar? How small a German are you thinking of?

A little mini German. Lol

[honest geyser]

no, am thinking about a big jar

[crude moat]

Ooh.

That's a relief.

[honest geyser]

Like ||as gas chamber||

[crude moat]

I've been thinking of joining a German speaking group, if such a thing exists here.

Oh scheiße, you went there.

[honest geyser]

lmfaooo

[crude moat]

Now who's the racist! Lol

[honest geyser]

Es tut mir leid dass ich schlecht joks machen

jokes

[crude moat]

(not that it's racism... same race... different nationality)

[crude moat]

Es ist doch kein Ding. Ich verstehe gut dass es nur ein Witz war. 🙂

(obwohl es ja schlecht war lol)

[honest geyser]

war in english = war
war in german = was
war in polish = brewing

lol

[crude moat]

Lol

We all have our priorities.

[honest geyser]

or japanese "i love you" sounds like "gimme b#tches" in polish

Daisuki vs daj suki

[crude moat]

Obohl man vermuten würde, dass die Deutschen an „brewing“ denken würden.

I used to know that.

[honest geyser]

yeah

[crude moat]

I can't remember what I learned, though.

Daikirai, maybe.

[honest geyser]

daikirai

[crude moat]

Yeah.

[honest geyser]

大嫌い

[crude moat]

Is that love?

[honest geyser]

to hate the most

[crude moat]

Oooh.

Right.

[honest geyser]

lmao

[crude moat]

Oops. Lol

Imagine that.

[honest geyser]

like u can say "doitsujin ga daikirai desu"

"I hate germans the most"

[crude moat]

Cool.... I think. lol

Hasst du eigentlich die Deutschen?

[honest geyser]

hasst du = do u hate
eigentlich = no idea here

[crude moat]

Actually.

[honest geyser]

ah

no

Ich hasse diesen menschen nicht

diesen personen

[crude moat]

diese Menschen oder diese Personen. Diesen gilt für den Dativ und so.

[honest geyser]

yeah

[crude moat]

Aber in deinem Satz war es nur der Nominativ, glaub ich.

[honest geyser]

thats because i use no logic here, i simply recall some random words and patterns i know, lol

[crude moat]

Naja, du sprichst Deutsch nicht so schlimm.

Considering you're just remembering bits and pieces.

[honest geyser]

cuz am slim shady yeah am slim shady all you other slim shadies are just imitating

Schlimm

Shady

[crude moat]

Lool

Took me a moment to get that.

[honest geyser]

i listen to eminem a lot

[crude moat]

I loved Eminem when I was younger. Still love his music, but I've heard his stuff a bazillion times at this point. It's a happy memory from my Kindheit, Enimen anzuhören.

His older music was amazing.

[honest geyser]

Yeah, my favorites are without me, the real slim shady, rap god, so on

till i collapse

[crude moat]

The Slim Shady LP was my favorite album.

[honest geyser]

He was the reason I learned what "till" means in english

[crude moat]

Awesome.

Wie alt bist du?

[honest geyser]

because i had to google what "till i collapse" meant

[honest geyser]

ich bin neunzing

Oh shit no

19

[crude moat]

Neunzig.

[honest geyser]

i said 90

[crude moat]

Very close.

[honest geyser]

lmfao

[crude moat]

Oh yeah.

Neunzehn.

I had a brain fart, too.

[honest geyser]

amazing

neunzig lmfao

[crude moat]

Lol

OK, since you're definitely old enough, I'll show you one of my favorite tracks. But it's pretty messed up.

Like, really messed up.

[honest geyser]

after all i have read in stephen king's books then no one surprises me

[crude moat]

Let me know when you've clicked it, so I can delete the message. Don't want kids seeing this.

[honest geyser]

Clicked

listening

[crude moat]

It's such a raw and powerful masterpiece. I love it. It's so messed up, it used to give me goosebumps. Something just utterly raw about it.

[honest geyser]

Oh god damn thats good, my first

Sounds like my parents when I used to have them

[crude moat]

The original on CD is best. This one's censored and stuff.

Oh schitt.

You went there, too.

Did you „lose“ them?

[honest geyser]

lmfao yeah

not really lose

abandoned myself

[crude moat]

Oh, OK. Dang. Wow.

They were toxic and you escaped their madness?

[honest geyser]

i saw too much and heard too much so, better leave

[crude moat]

Glad you got out. Hope this video doesn't trigger the crap out of you. 😐

[honest geyser]

nah

am chill

[crude moat]

Gut zu wissen.

[honest geyser]

Good to know

cool

i guessed

[crude moat]

Oh, my favorite part „here, I'll scream with you 'aaaah somebody help'!“ lol

Ja, du hast gut vermutet.

[honest geyser]

vermutet... your knowledge of verbs is quite vast lol

[crude moat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hfMtY

Now this one, another track of Eminem I adore.

I basically listened to these and other Eminem tracks on loop over and over and over, when I was younger. Lol

That intro ... ah man... goosebumps.

[honest geyser]

I learned future simple from Queen

We will rock you

[crude moat]

Oooh, nice.

Lol That's awesome.

Good band.

Innuendo is my favorite album from Queen.

[honest geyser]

I repeated that sentence and i even edited it like "We will not rock you. Will we rock you?"

[crude moat]

Lol

[honest geyser]

lmao

[crude moat]

We Will Not Rock You would've been an awesome album title.

[honest geyser]

You have no idea how counterintuitive "Will we rock you?" is to non-natives

everyone wants to say "We will rock you?" or idk

Or like

"We not will rock you", everything except for the correct version

[crude moat]

Oooh.

Lol

Sounds confusing.

[honest geyser]

or like

"We did not rocked you"

Lmfao

[crude moat]

Verb tends to go first in English, with a question.

But not always.

[honest geyser]

yeah

[crude moat]

Depends how we say it?

That, for example, would be a sort of... unsure statement, posed as a question.

Granted, the verb is still first. lol

[honest geyser]

how do we say it is a real question, yeah

[crude moat]

German is quite flexible.

I love that about German, even if the word order can be weird.

[honest geyser]

polish the same, we can flip it, reverse it as we want

[crude moat]

Awesome.

[honest geyser]

my favorite was when i was studying the weirdest stuff, like "We will not have been rocking you"

[crude moat]

Sprichst du Deutsch?
Deutsch, sprichst du?
Ich glaub schon beiden Arte klappen.

[honest geyser]

future present continuous negative

no

Am dumb wait

[crude moat]

Probably not the second one. It looks weird.

Unless the last clause was an afterthought or something.

[honest geyser]

future perfect continuous

[crude moat]

Ooh.

Yeah, sounds about right.

German has no present continuous tense. That tripped me up for years.

[honest geyser]

"in a year, this building will have been being built for 20 years"

[crude moat]

Lol

I bet that was tricky.

I struggle sometimes with those sort of tenses in German.

[honest geyser]

i swear i was just about to wheep when i found out that a sentence like that is possible

future perfect continuous in passive voice

[crude moat]

Weep

[honest geyser]

weep

Damn

really

[crude moat]

Sounds painful to figure that out as a learner.

I struggle similarly in German.

Yeah, weep. I checked, in-case I was having a blonde moment. Lol

[honest geyser]

Ah yeah, my bad

Whimper, wail

Similar

[crude moat]

Ich würde den Hund gehabt haben, hätte ich die Zeit gehabt.

That was confusing to figure out. I think it might be wrong.

[honest geyser]

if i had time, i would have gone out for a walk with my dog

yeah

[crude moat]

I would have had the dog, had I had the time. Lol

[honest geyser]

Would have gone

[crude moat]

Doesn't translate too well to English, I think.

[honest geyser]

Third conditional

Actually not even that

[crude moat]

Ich hatte gehabt.
I had had?

[honest geyser]

i had had is correct in english tho

past perfect

[crude moat]

🤨

[honest geyser]

i think?

[crude moat]

Not sure, actually. Lol

What is reality?

Who am I?

[honest geyser]

I had dad that little bag before it got stolen

[crude moat]

What is English?

[honest geyser]

*had had

[crude moat]

Ooh

Hmm

[honest geyser]

I had had fever before I came back to work

[crude moat]

In a previous time, I had something.

I guess that sort of makes sense.

[honest geyser]

Magic of english

[crude moat]

I'd just say I had.

To avoid hadhadhadhadhadhadh. lol

[honest geyser]

yeah cuz youre a real human

[crude moat]

I'm not so sure had had is a thing, now.

[honest geyser]

unlike IELTS or other exams

[crude moat]

But, maybe it is.

Wow, apparently it is a thing. I guess I already knew it, but we don't really say it. Or maybe I do but don't think about it.

[honest geyser]

i studied that i believe

[crude moat]

Dunno if you've noticed this, but sometimes a native speaker says all sorts of things without really thinking much about it. Then when they're asked about it, suddenly the brain has a mini meltdown. Lol

[honest geyser]

yes

because you just learned through input

and i learned cuz i had to conciously analyse everything

analyze

[crude moat]

Yeah, like I do with German.

I think had had is super rare.

I feel like time travel would be a good topic for talking about having had had something. Lol

I had had been having.

That's a thing.

I think.

I had been having, but all that in past... so had had been having.

[honest geyser]

no

this is incorrect

[crude moat]

Lol

[honest geyser]

i had been having = past perfect continuous

[crude moat]

Yeah, but imagine if you're referring to a past case of been having.

I had.

What had I?

Had been having.

[honest geyser]

Ah

[crude moat]

I'm probably breaking English. lol

[honest geyser]

i must say english tenses are already like a fairy tale about fat british dudes drinking tea with weed travelling through parallel universes

For ESL speakers

[crude moat]

I had had been having a meal, had I had the money.

Lol

Oh wait, that doesn't make sense.

[honest geyser]

it doesnt

yeah

Had I had the money, I would have been having a meal

Third conditional

[crude moat]

Had I had had the money, I would have had a meal.

[honest geyser]

third conditional too

[crude moat]

Yeah, that definitely sounds like a regular sentence.

I guess it's mainly saying had had in succession which is unusual.

[honest geyser]

"Had I had" and forms like this, when you omit "if", in conditionals, are extremelly confusing for non-natives

[crude moat]

But had I had sounds normal-ish to me.

Oh I bet. Because of the subjunctive mood?

I find it a bit confusing in German, sometimes.

Especially as some verbs have their own Konjuktiv version.

I can't even remember any.

I rarely use it.

Wären, hätten, würden, that's my lot.

[honest geyser]

I just found out I can not make a sentence like this on my own, like "had I had" or stuff

I always need to say "if"

otherwise i cant

[crude moat]

Ooh

Had I a car, I could drive.

[honest geyser]

yeah i wouldnt even conceive this

i would understand of course

[sturdy shadow]

This is a real thing

[crude moat]

I think the easiest way to remember this is if the clause or sentence starts off with had or were, it might be in the subjunctive mood. Not always, unfortunately.

[crude moat]

Good early morning. Why are we awake? lol

[sturdy shadow]

Here is it evening and I wonder why I am still awake. LOL

[crude moat]

Were I rich, I'd... buy a mansion.

[honest geyser]

I once was explaining polish grammar to a chinese student in english. I must say, I relate, because i was explaining my own language in a second language to a person whose language is even different

(i failed)

[crude moat]

Oh, I thought you were Bri'ish like me.

[crude moat]

Awesome. At least you tried.

Try to form a sentence using the subjunctive mood.

[honest geyser]

its like i cant even explain my own grammar because my native is so overcomplicated

[sturdy shadow]

This sounds like a really Herculean task!

[crude moat]

I usually get told and think English isn't that hard, but when I get into the nitty gritty details, I realise there's more to it.

[sturdy shadow]

I am from the USA 😁

[crude moat]

Awesome. Hello, Amerika.

[honest geyser]

Were I a hangman, my body would hang somewhere in some forest

must make sense

[crude moat]

That's pretty damn good!

[honest geyser]

Thanks

lmao

[crude moat]

The only issue I have with that sentence, is in the first clause, „a hangman“. It's not wrong, if you meant a hangman.

But you might've meant a hanging man.

Or, were you hanging.

[honest geyser]

oh yeah

[crude moat]

But if you mean you're a hangman, like.. were you that thing, then sure.

For example, were I a car, I'd go vroooooooom.

[sturdy shadow]

I have googled more grammatical structures since joining the English Hub in October than I ever imagined. There is stuff I know and don’t know how to explain. And sometimes people ask questions and I am like “hmmmm….I don’t have any idea what they are even asking.” LOL

[honest geyser]

The usual questions here are "I didn't ate breakfast, is that correct?"

[crude moat]

Yeah, I've made the effort to teach myself some obscure (to us, I guess) grammar stuff. It's really helped me help others.

I'm vague on a bunch of stuff, though.

Like... cases. I think I could point the cases out. I just learned all that stuff in German, not English. Most of my grammar knowledge was learned in German, as in for the language and in the language. Lol

That's why I just type Genitiv, Akkusativ, Dativ, and Nominativ.

I still feel weird typing accusative.

I keep misspelling it. lol

[honest geyser]

english has its own names for this

Not that I remember them

[sturdy shadow]

Sometimes, I just don’t answer a question because I am like….”meh, I don’t know and can’t make myself care.” Verb tenses are a good example of this kind of topic for me.

[crude moat]

Genitive, accusative, dative, ... nominative? Do we have nominative? I guess we do. We'd have to, I'd have thought.

[honest geyser]

there is more

[crude moat]

Yeah, I'm rough on tenses, too. I get confused between past perfect and past simple, I think. I remember bits and pieces.

[honest geyser]

english has more case names than this

[crude moat]

I went shopping. Past simple.
I have gone shopping. Past perfect?

[honest geyser]

because i know that i have 7 cases in my native, and i am sure english has a separate name for every single one of them

[honest geyser]

I have gone shopping is present perfect

[crude moat]

Oh, apparently we just have genitive, nominative, and accusative.

[honest geyser]

I had gone is past perfect

[crude moat]

But genitive is sometimes know as possessive.

And I think accusative is sometimes known as objective?

Yeah, I definitely need to up my tense game.

Lol

That's kind of awesome.

[honest geyser]

lmao

[crude moat]

Too late. I read it. 😛

No offence taken, if that's what worried you.

I was actually thinking something similar. Lol

[honest geyser]

In practice you speak this language way better than I do, so i guess you have no reason to be offended anyway lol

[crude moat]

True. 😛

I wish I knew more grammar stuff, as a lot of questions people have here are about grammar.

I can help with quite a lot, but I have to sometimes check online to verify or because I have no idea.

[honest geyser]

I sometimes get complexes because I know that I will never speak english as well as some fat american, despite my effort, but then i kinda just remind myself thats not a competition, its just means of communication

Like some dumb hog, donald trump or something, speaks better than i do, lmao

[crude moat]

Es ist fast 02:00 Uhr. Also muss ich leider ins Bett gehen. Ich bin hellwach, aber ich muss schlafen. Morgen triffe ich einen Freund von mir.

[honest geyser]

woah i understood 100%

[crude moat]

😄

Sehr gut.

Wenn du Lust daraf hast, können wir zusammen, unseres Deutsch zu üben.

Aber nicht heute Nacht, da ich schlafen soll.

[sturdy shadow]

And the reality is most Americans only speak English so when it comes to being able to communicate you have done more work and have a better position than most people in the USA.

[honest geyser]

alles klar, gutte nacht

Gute

idk

[crude moat]

Jep, gute.

Und Nacht. Remember, the nouns are capitalized.

Gute Nacht ihr beide.

[honest geyser]

I have done more work, but i do not have a better position

americans are rich ugly and fat

But they speak it natively

[crude moat]

Woah, hold on there. Not ALL Americans are like that. Jebus. OK, now I'm off. Lol

[sturdy shadow]

This does not always mean they speak it well, I can tell your from experience.

[honest geyser]

i know, i was waiting for your reaction

lmao

[sturdy shadow]

Wishing you a good sleep.

[honest geyser]

Hm okay you are right

But still its kinda like, the fact itself makes them have it easier

[sturdy shadow]

Yes, they take it for granted.

[honest geyser]

if i were to be an english teacher, somehow, in some countries, i am going to be paid less regardless of how well i know english, than natives

even if they happen to be worse than me

[sturdy shadow]

Yes, I understand this must feel really frustrating. Because they may know very little about grammar and structure, and even less about teaching but just because they are native they get some recognition.

[honest geyser]

or foreign companies will not see me the same as american passport holder

simply cuz theyve been born to that dystopian rotten land

[sturdy shadow]

There definitely seems to be something dystopian here and there are some trash elements that seem to have floated to the top, but not everyone thinks the same here.

[honest geyser]

youre right, am just being overly negative cuz i feel slight jealousy, lol

[sturdy shadow]

I get it, it seems unfair in some ways that no matter how hard you work there will be people here that get things handed to them and they are not even capable of recognizing how much privilege they have.

[honest geyser]

yeah... anyway i gotta go sleep too, am european, so, good night

[fair rock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97NCKoDni40
Please watch this video

[pearl mantle]

Greetings Ladies and Gentle-Men. I'm delighted to be in this Hub

[shrewd ivy]

greetings accepted

[crude moat]

bgheat

[honest geyser]

nice podcasts if you want something interesting to listen to, available on spotify/podbean/some of them on YouTube as well

On many topics

• Science Vs
• Anything Goes with James English (he interviews many controversial people, he is British/Scottish)

Politics

• Bernie The Podcast by Bernie Sanders

History

• The Rest is History by Goalhanger
• History Extra by Immediate media
• American History Hit
• Stuff You Missed in History Class

Medicine/Biology

• Good Nurse Bad Nurse

Psychology

• Psychology in Seattle Podcast
• HealthyGamerGG

Horror/True crime

• Freaky Folklore (horror stories from folklore of different countries)
• Rotten Mango (true crime, check this only if you really like that)
• UK True Crime Podcast

Asia

• Asia Geopolitics by The Diplomat
• The Bangkok Podcast by Greg Jorgensen (about Thailand)
• Abroad in Japan
• K-PoD: Life in Korea
• The China Show

IT

• HTML All the things (about web dev)
• Darknet Diaries

have a pleasant day, and listening, theyre all of my choice cuz if you prompt AI to give you some, then AI gives you crappy ones

[subtle gorge]

Learn English In Action 📌 300 Advance opposite words 🗺️ Daily English Learning📌https://youtu.be/lMYpRp_zV0I?si=NRN-NolCWncPBrSr

[vivid wasp]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IXyWOXH-ms00kvg8o1eahI10EOKGP5l_C8ag7esjEJM/edit?pli=1

[inland steeple]

It was a very useful sharing, thank you

[sharp cairn]

Can anyone help me connect to the English cset single preparation group.

[lusty current]

https://engdic.org/ielts-vocabulary-words/

[spark valley]

@lusty current
Thanks puly

[dark relic]

For Portuguese/English beginners:

https://englishficando.com.br/ingles/palavras/christmas

[fresh grove]

I made this pomodoro application, learned bit by bit from YouTube i hope it helps you guys ❤️https://youtu.be/Wh-0FcxP-kU?feature=shared

[lusty current]

You are always welcome!

[olive sapphire]

Hello friends. Anyone can recommend some books about history, science, that kind of things for beginners? Because I’m interested in things like this and it would also improve my academic writing ability and formal English. I would appreciate it if you could offer some. Thank you in advance!

[crude moat]

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

[keen prism]

https://youtu.be/VBTmNoa1Keo?si=il678zjgo4-Xvtp7

[ancient radish]

#🗃｜resources Hey guys, 🥂 congrats! Once again, we made it a year! In this new fresh start of 2024, let’s be productive and positive together, improve ourselves and make our life better I made a 2024 planner, free to share and hope you guys love it and use it wisely 🥳🥳🥳✨

[dark relic]

Speaking of the Portuguese language.
Good material to increase vocabulary.

https://englishficando.com.br/ingles/palavras/bicycle

[night island]

Is this website still working?

https://mega.nz/folder/JUcW3AKb#nET97c4_EwvlxmuDfEB8kw

IELTS course

[dark hazel]

hi guys, glad to find this Hub

[grizzled kettle]

If you joined my class today and want to reread what I discussed, here's the link: https://medium.com/language-learners-toolkit/fall-in-love-with-english-in-2024-essential-tips-to-elevate-your-language-learning-journey-882b637c3c62

[grizzled kettle]

New SynonymSunday! https://youtube.com/shorts/Bs4_7_08CNA

[wheat nymph]

https://youtu.be/BFhPT4DtfY4

[dark relic]

https://englishficando.com.br/ingles/palavras/bed

[humble nest]

This is the story read in the special session on Accent at..
AlanG's English Class. 2024-01-13
(This post is in six parts. The number in parenthesis refer to the sections as read by the six readers)

Peter Piano
An Adventure In Accent
as told to AlanG

(1)
Once upon a time there was a beautiful little piano named Peter. Peter Piano loved to sing his notes all day and all night. He loved to sing his D sharp and he loved to sing his F minor. He loved to jump from his B to his E. His favorite note of all was his G Major; and he would start his day and finish his night by playing his favorite note over and over. The music Peter played was beautiful.

Peter lived in a small town. There were very few other instruments for Peter to play with. And he longed to make music with others. Peter dreamed that one day, he would play in an orchestra.

But Peter did not know where to find other instruments to play with. One day, he decided to go out and find them. First, he went to the town close by. And he saw some people standing there. Peter went up to these people and said, "Hello, my name is Peter Piano and I love to make music. I am looking for other instruments to play with. Here is the sound of my favorite note, G Major.” And Peter, with a big smile, played his favorite note for them.
.

(2)
But suddenly they started to laugh. Peter did not understand. He had never played his favorite note for people before. He did not understand why they were laughing. And then he realized, they were laughing at him. Poor Peter. They said, "What a funny sound you make little Piano". "We have never heard a G Major that sounds like that before". Peter was crushed. He did not know what to say, he did not know what music to make. He just turned around and walked away. And as he did, he heard them continue to laugh.

As Peter slowly walked home, he tried to play his favorite G Major but he could not. All he could think about was being laughed at. When he finally got home, he just sat quietly in the corner. He could not make any more music.

The next day, when Peter woke up, he wondered, should he try again? Could he try again? Could he find others to make music with? Would the next people he found also laugh at him? Somehow, Peter was able to go out and try again. This time, he went to a different town. But poor Peter, the same thing happened again. And this time it hurt more. And this time, when he returned home, he could not make any music at all.
.

(3)
It was like this for several days. Peter could not make any of his beautiful music, he was too scared. He was afraid he would get laughed at. He was afraid that no one wanted to hear the sound of his favorite note. He was afraid he would not find his orchestra.

But slowly, when Peter was by himself, he began to be able to make his music again. And when he was able to listen, his notes sounded as beautiful as ever. He really believed in his music, he really believed in his notes. And he thought, "There must be the people who want to hear my notes. There must be other instruments that want to make beautiful music with me."

So he went out again to look for others to make music with; and to look for his orchestra. Much of the time, he doubted; much of the time, it was hard to hold onto hope. But he tried the best he could, he took just one step at a time, he played just one note and then the next. And then one day, he heard something.
.

(4)
From not so far away, he heard all kinds of notes, and some of the sounds, he had never heard before, and all of the sounds were wonderful. He followed the sounds and suddenly he saw them. So many wonderful instruments making so many wonderful sounds. There was an oboe and there was a flute and there was a violin, and so many more instruments too, all making beautiful notes.

When they saw him, they said, "Hello little Piano, and welcome; what brings you here?" Peter felt something was different here, something was warm and inviting. He was suddenly excited to tell them, but he felt a little nervous too, "Hello, my name is Peter, and I have been looking so long for someone to play my music with." The other instruments started to smile, they warmly told Peter that he was welcome to play his music here. They said they would love to hear his notes and they asked him, "Peter, do you have a favorite note?"

Peter was so excited, “Oh yes, my favorite note is G Major." He was not sure if they would want him to, but he bravely asked, "Do you think.. do you think I could play it for you? Could I play my favorite note?" "Why yes, Peter, of course, please play your favorite note for us." And Peter played his favorite note, his G Major. All the other instruments applauded. All the other instruments smiled. "That is beautiful Peter. You make a beautiful G Major. Would you like to hear our G Majors?"
.

(5)
Peter could not understand. What did they mean, their G Majors. Peter thought it was his note, a G Major on a Piano. But he trusted his new friends, very much. And Peter said, "Yes, I did not know about other G Majors, but yes please, let me hear yours." And each of the other instruments played their G Majors each in turn. The oboe, the flute, the violin, and all the rest; each in turn, they played their own G Majors.

Peter was so happy. Those are all beautiful. They are each so beautiful. But I do not understand. I recognize a G Major in each of yours, you Oboe, You Flute, You Violin, and all the rest. I recognize the G Major, but they each also sound somehow different. They are each G major, they are each beautiful, but they are each unique." "Why Peter," said the other instruments, “that is Accent, that is the sound of our individual voices. Each of the notes we played are a G Major, but each is in our own voice, and the sound is with our own Accent."

“This Accent is wonderful”, thought Peter. “Yes, I can hear the G Major in each, but I can also hear your special and unique voices in each of you.” ”Accent is wonderful”, thought Peter. ”My new friends are wonderful. And Accent is wonderful.”

"Peter", said the instruments. Peter turned to them. "Yes"? "Would you like to play in our orchestra"? Peter wept with tears of joy. "All my life, all my life”. said Peter, ”I have wanted to play in an orchestra. All of my life I have wanted to make the sounds of my notes, the sounds of my voice in an orchestra. Yes, please, oh please", said Peter. "I would love to add the sound of my notes, the sound of my accent to the sounds of your voices, to the sounds of your accents". And together, they made beautiful music.

The End (The Beginning)
.

(6)
Epilogue

Many years later, after many notes, after many concerts, Peter had learned so much about beautiful notes; about the unique versions of the shared notes, his favorite G Major and all the other notes, played by all the different instruments. Peter loved the sounds of all of their unique voices. And Peter wanted to help others learn the beauty of individual voices, of individual notes.

Peter had leaned there was one G Major, but so many different expressions of it; so many sounds of a G Major each in the voice of all the so many different instruments.

Peter decided to help the young instruments learn to use their voices, the young Oboes, the young Violins, the young Pianos. Peter worked with all of the young instruments to help them learn how to pronounce their own beautiful notes, their own G Majors and all the rest. Peter helped the young instruments learn to pronounce their own beautiful notes each in their own unique voices, each with their own unique accents.
.
(end of post.. Peter Piano)

[lament ore]

https://dreamscape.shoelacegaming.com/

its more of an game

but u learn english

used it in grade 4

[dark relic]

For portugues/english beginners
My suggestion to improve theirs vocabulary:

https://englishficando.com.br/ingles/palavras/pancake

[verbal kernel]

‘Learn to compose a good story!’ Notes

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10O3RFiBLxGoRD2aniNDt5HUbxFiJErHri6KCHZddGj0/edit

For writers: You can send me your story for feedback. DMs are open for this so don’t hesitate!

[grizzled kettle]

https://youtu.be/D59dqcFfHB0

[versed goblet]

does anyone have a good free anki deck?

[lethal current]

Very massive English books pack, which have over 200 positions for free to download: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0ByKeZjlHtSH2Ynd4WXkzZkRXcDQ/0ByKeZjlHtSH2NDVXWmhvUDFLV0E?resourcekey=0-hBapKw7Ri4FX1426U_bREw&sort=13&direction=a

[dark relic]

For portuguese people improve their vocabulary, suggestion:

https://englishficando.com.br/ingles/palavras/bottle

[glossy jetty]

I whant to learn more english

I have s level B1

[dire rampart]

https://youtu.be/tLULIzOj-Ew?si=FOQvSR2ZknSEV5CG
i don't known if mods tolerate this,anyway i'm bypassing it coz it is benefical

[honest geyser]

I remind every visitor here about the nice list of podcasts. Manually chosen and all have been tried out already

[late fox]

Hi , what is your favourite resources that help you learn Australian English ? so far I found a few internet radios out there I cna practice listening and maybe speaking, just wondering how do you understand the Aussie accent , thanks 👋🏼

[untold mason]

Try watching Aussie tv

[little crown]

thanks

[fallow drum]

There?

[long zinc]

thank you

[rain sapphire]

Thanks a lot!

[dusty plank]

tysm

[vapid pivot]

Hi

I need a PDF for learning English

[vast tusk]

Me too

[cunning fog]

Hi

[dire rampart]

@vapid pivot @vast tusk

[vapid pivot]

Anyone please give me some comic book 📚 pdf for learning English.

[crude moat]

If you like British comedy, check out Beano and/or Dandy comics. Beano was my favorite as a kid. Should be fun and helpful for learning English.

[warm fox]

Can you recommend some free library online, please?
Thank you very much!

[ancient radish]

Here’s a sample and exercise of PET level, give it a try, need answers can text me in my teacher chat room 🥰

[warm fox]

kinda website

[crude moat]

Do you have a correction ?

[ancient radish]

Answer for the test

[umbral pond]

any one here now?

[raven phoenix]

this

@carmine peak

[carmine peak]

@raven phoenix thanks alot

[olive ice]

i need help with tenses.

can someone provide me notes for tense

[olive ice]

yoo

thanks moonie

[ashen flint]

That helps so much!!

[surreal dawn]

Glad to help!

[pallid oracle]

This is so helpful moonie,

[surreal dawn]

IKR! I also struggle with English tenses. The credit for it is not mine tho - one of the teacher posted in class

[crude moat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FicsBEzynAc - I thought this video had some cool ideas

[raven scroll]

hello

I can understand English very well BUT I can barely speak with a good accent

so how can I improve it

[molten imp]

One word

Talk

[raven scroll]

I'm in Egypt so there's no one to speak to with english

is there is any app I can talk to other English speakers?

[arctic shuttle]

Does someone know resources (like books) about how to improve your English writing skills. I realise I have quite some work to do if I want to write my stories in English. 😅

[uncut mantle]

Have you tried any online class?

[glass mango]

Hi do you have any online courses recommended

Institutions

[glass mango]

same

[uncut mantle]

Hi
I'm studying at EF https://englishlive.ef.com/en/about-us/
I don't have any experience with others courses, but I'm enjoying this one

[glass mango]

Hi Do You take the group type course or 1v1

Oh thanku

[uncut mantle]

Both!
Both class are productive.

The private class (1v1) is better because the teacher can give more time.
The group type is nice too, because you listen others people talking, from different coutrys, with different accents

[raven scroll]

never

[raven scroll]

is it free or paid

[uncut mantle]

Unfortunelly paid

[sinful junco]

https://www.learnenglish.com/grammar/grammar-activities/fill-in-the-blanks-quizzes-complete-list/ @mighty meteor try this :3

[raven bough]

I'm Egyptian too bro just join any room and talk with people
And to improve your accent do some shadowing

[warm fox]

Have you ever read economic books ?

[nova flax]

guys, does anyone know some website to check how widely a word is used?

[burnt ivy]

not sure if this would be what you're looking for, but the collins dictionary rates each word out of 5 for how frequently they're used

[nova flax]

thanks

[crude moat]

I am looking to improve my English for hotel reception as well as vocabulary for hotels. All the best

[honest geyser]

i think you cant accurately tell that, but as one person mentioned above, collins dictionary does classify the words this way (keep in mind that if a word is rare it does not mean you can ignore it and never know it, natives love using confusing or bookish words in daily conversations too)

Gonna share a resource I guess. Few of them.
For people who want to listen to native pronunciation of something, some paragraph, text, anything, and dont have anybody to help them out, and they hate the google translate robotic voice, then:

1. https://elevenlabs.io/ this AI has realistic voice, many to pick from, but they limit your texts per day
2. https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/ the same case as above
3. https://speechgen.io/ warning: worse than the previous two, this one is way less realistic and more robotic than the previous ones

also a note: the AI may make mistakes, as far as ive used it i havent noticed many, but it can since its just an algorithm

[nova flax]

yooo, thank you! very useful stuff

[honest geyser]

they, and other websites, are trying to make you pay for some subscriptions, but to use the services and even download that you dont need to, so it works free

[crude moat]

So I want to check out these two books:-

The bluebook of grammar and punctuation;

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language;

I started reading the first one as it's short in volume and want to continue with the second one to expand my knowledge in grammar.

What's your opinion on these two books?

[untold mason]

The second one looks more useful

[haughty sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/paprikafume-slay-queen-yass-gif-23886483

[runic tundra]

Could you recommend me a youtube channel or video about travelling that fits an A2 level?

[heady badge]

I can recommend this channel:
MoreBestEverFoodReviewShow
If you are interested in food, travel and foreign culture, then this would be just the thing for you.

[wheat nymph]

I'll definitely watch this channel when I get high

[mint inlet]

I can’t use my courses in Memrise app anymore. So I need an alternative.
My needs:
*Being able to import lists to create study sets in mobile app.
*Having test kind of practicing parts.
*Supporting all languages and not just English.

[honest geyser]

AnkiDroid - for Android
Anki - for Windows, Linux, macOS
Anki - for iOS

the first of your requirements is not gonna be met tho

but id use it anyway. i love it, ive been using it for like 3 years now, and honestly it is the best choice for notes

[hoary steeple]

Somebody can tell me a YouTube channel or a series in English for A2/B1 level?

[severe shore]

I was actually exploring on internet, for a good grammar book. These 2 books were mentioned by many. I'm yet to start reading one . I was wondering; if i should get an ebook or a paperbook. What format do you recommend?

[severe shore]

is there any anki deck for english?

[mint inlet]

I have lists which contains hundreds of words. And I only use mobile device. It would be so hard for me to add them one by one.

[plucky sorrel]

Anki has a built-in feature for sharing decks, you can check it out here https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=english

[severe shore]

Yeah, thankyou.
I want to know, if there is a deck for English language.

[bronze compass]

Educational

[sharp estuary]

how to open an apkg file?

[honest geyser]

Yes, just like @plucky sorrel answered above, there are ones that are available for everybody to just download. I usually just make ones myself for myself tho, I note down words from stuff am reading online or movies/podcasts/videos am listening to

https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=english

if you open this address, you can see many of ones that are about english

[honest geyser]

.apkg file is a file that contains a deck (=means a collection of notes) of notes (cards) in Anki. You can open this by using "import" feature

this is how you open it on mobile app

on desktop Anki, you most likely have "import" button somewhere in the menu, just click it and its gonna open

[mint inlet]

I have started to use Quizlet. When I use it’s site in landscape mode import feature appears.

[honest geyser]

well, whatever suits you the best

[foggy summit]

How many new words a day do u recommend?

[honest geyser]

whatever suits you the best, like it depends. Id just say to never learn a word alone, always search online for some sentences with it and include them in your note, its very helpful to know how the word is used

i do 5 new words daily now, thats kinda lazy, but i dont have much time. Anything from 1 to 20 daily sounds good tbh

[foggy summit]

ty for the answer

[thorny mantle]

Can someone recommend an english study app for me pls

[crude moat]

falou

[foggy summit]

i need books for beginner readers

Advice?

[honest geyser]

These will not be easy reads, by no means, but you can take a look at "Carrie" by Stephen King, and "Cycle of the Werewolf" by Stephen King, if you like horrors

i mention specifically them, because other books from King are way longer. these two are like 100-something pages

[lethal current]

Recommend me a big book pack for reading at A1, A2 and B1 level.

[sharp estuary]

Thank you so much. That's helpful.

[thorny mantle]

Wat?? sorry didnt get that right

[celest forge]

Hi

[spiral socket]

Just some random table with adverbs and adjectives, perhaps it might come in handy for someone

[amber flare]

Hi. Is there any irregular and regular verbs list?

[ashen flint]

If you search up on Google what you're looking for, there are many examples that come up

[cosmic gust]

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/ is a good website to learn English Grammar

[torn bone]

xX

[dusty jay]

;d

[crude moat]

i have cambridge's book

[hollow rain]

bro dm me...

[crude moat]

Why?

[reef holly]

Hi, I'm a non-native English & developer aiming to speak fluently English, so I launched https://languagebeast.com/ - a place to Learn English vocabulary that matters with synonyms and antonyms for common English words. You can study through flashcards or offline from printable PDFs.
I'd love to hear your feedback guys!

[pallid copper]

Hello, I'm here because I want to ask for resources to do one on one Classes or just class resources about how to teach, if you can help me please send me what you have, thank you!

[surreal dawn]

https://discord.com/channels/801609515391778826/1217474137266585711

[wooden garnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEWrfgSGUu8 the best way of learning irregular verbs I guess

[clever pasture]

thanks bro :V

[waxen wharf]

nice representation! BTW, which platform do you see this? twitter or something?

[crude moat]

Instagram

[waxen wharf]

thx

[steel tree]

Hey

[crude moat]

start with kids books. The creakers is a good one by a popular artist. (the book is directed at age 10)

[jagged coral]

Where can I get it

[safe dirge]

wtf

[crude moat]

online

Ebay

[weary jasper]

Hi

[tough flower]

Hi

[wheat nymph]

Hi

[scarlet jasper]

yo

[prime rampart]

gm

[sturdy badge]

hi

[hallow girder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E34IJFWME48

[coral ivy]

Hi

[crude moat]

Hello

[prime rampart]

Hi

[solid crystal]

why does everyone say hi?

[arctic shell]

Hello everyone! i want share one app that i used and i love it. Is for it Because i recomend the app ☺️ "AKELIUS" . Hasta ahi llego mi ingles jaja. Disculpen.

Soy una persona a la que le cuesta el Ingles y que no le a funcionado los métodos convencionales de estudio. La app es gratuita y me la estoy pasando muy bien con ella. Tiene lecturas en ingles, vocabulario, pronunciación, hasta canciones y operaciones matemáticas. Espero les sirva la data .

[tawny berry]

hello

[prime rampart]

gm

[limber ravine]

Hello, I am a native English speaker and I know intermediate Spanish, I am conducting an English as a second language research study, I am willing to tutor people with anything dealing with English learning. Please DM me if you are interested.

[warm fox]

thank you so much

[sand anvil]

I'm interesting because I'm native espanish espeaker and i want to learn english

[stark meteor]

hello, I have a question, how can I get better my english pronounciation?

[lean stratus]

One thing that can help is by reading a passage out loud on readlang, then reading it a loud with the text audio.

Basically, just imitate native speakers when you come across something with english captions.

[iron cairn]

Hi everyone! I'm build a tool to help people practise their conversational English! Is this something everyone would be interested in?

[wicked patio]

what do you mean with tools ? it's like app or extension

[dim juniper]

Hi peoples. How's it going? My name is Marcelo, i'm from Brazil and study english begginer.

[crude moat]

hiii i'm looking for this book in pdf version in french ik this server is only for english plz no harsh comments but i eed it so if anyone knows where can i find a free pdf copy plz tell me i'll be very grateful ! thsi is the name of the book i tried manuy websites but i didn't find it anywhere the book name :Anne Ancelin Schützenberger. Précis de psychodrame : Introduction aux aspects techniques... Édition abrégée avec glossaire et bibliographie

[humble pasture]

I have found the English version
But not the French.
Only French version I can find is behind a pay wall

Actually I might have also found the French version but I can't read French so I have no idea if it's the right book

[tight saddle]

I happen to speak both languages, I could compare if you want

[fossil thicket]

Guys can we wrote our own books

[stark lake]

https://twee.com/links/

Free AI English lessons

[pine totem]

Did u search in anna's archive?

https://annas-archive.org/

[vital ibex]

There are videos, and scripts for lower beginners to Advanced on the website and YouTube. Also, explanations about grammar in English, and quizzes. This is very useful.
https://elllo.org/english/levels/index.htm

https://youtube.com/@elllofriends?si=AzryyfoICEpmdRnY

[pallid forum]

hi there every one, i am searching for resources to remeber grammers, any suggestions?

[wheat nymph]

maybe trying to read previous messages on this topic?

[warm fox]

thanks sir

[bleak prism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ learn English right now

[warm fox]

thank you so much

[hollow crater]

Hi im about to take my C1 english exam at the end of the year in hopes of getting at least 95 and above, are there any great C1 mock test resource i can refer to?
I have the Cambridge C1 exam book already, but other than that do you guys know of any great resources?
Also are there any great tips for the writting and speaking part of the test?

[honest geyser]

i can share one advice, read books and note down new words, preferably using some digital app, no need for using paper

reading and getting to know new words, seeing many contexts with them, is very helpful later on when you yourself write things

its not really a strategy for a test, but its something that definitely improves you generally, and it helped me a lot so i share it

[honest geyser]

i mean, maybe i should clarify this, writing on paper is beneficial when you try to memorize stuff, because it makes you think about what you write. What I meant is that keeping the track of new words is best done using some apps, not paper notebooks, because you may end up having thousands of them

and its just easier to have them stored digitally cuz no need to carry an additional physical notebook

[hollow crater]

Ah ok tysm for the advice :3 but do u know of any great resources i could refer to in preparation for the C1 exam?

[honest geyser]

i probably do not, since am not an exam taker so much recently. although you seem a little bit confusing to me, you have a native role, and youre asking about C1 exam. you'd pass this easily if youre a native

[hollow crater]

Hmm alright then ty

[radiant oracle]

you would still need a little help to get a perfect in C1 :p
not all natives achieve C1, but they mostly do

[honest geyser]

it would suck to speak a language for your entire life and not be above C1

like you'd have to maybe read no books at all, never read any documents, and idk what else, some real talent is needed to be so bad while being a native lmao. I mean bad for a native, not bad generally, ofc

[radiant oracle]

on average, late C1 is a native's level, even though they definitely have better average vocabulary 🤔

[honest geyser]

i remember how Schuyler once wrote a comment on the possible inaccuracy of language levels, basically saying its too difficult to measure anyway so theyll never be accurate

which i agree with, cuz it is so hard to measure something like this. Even the vocabulary is vague, sometimes "rare C2" words are used in a casual conversation even tho theyre "super rare"

am sure someone who gets a B2 on a language certificate is stronger than somebody who gets an A2, for sure, but when we go into stuff like C1 and C2 then thats just difficult

[radiant oracle]

you need skills, some even seemingly unrelated to language, to master language -w-

[honest geyser]

Yeah, for example somebody may eventually label me as A1 because of how bad my hearing is

not the comprehension skill, literally am like deaf

[radiant oracle]

to be fair, the curve should adapt to you, not go against you

[honest geyser]

everything is against us, poor language learners. We are like chinese soldiers crumbling under elephants of hai bà trưng in 40 A.D

[radiant oracle]

wrong side of the conflict lmao

but you're right

[honest geyser]

wdym wrong side of the conflict

am pretty sure i didnt mess anything up

[radiant oracle]

ye but I'm sure I'd not be a Chinese soldier

[honest geyser]

Mhm yeah i dont wish you this

[radiant oracle]

mmm

[honest geyser]

i wouldnt be a viet soldier nor a chinese soldier

[radiant oracle]

as?

[honest geyser]

am not a viet so

i wouldnt be

no war for me. No hai bà trưng fighting under occupations

[radiant oracle]

just come and contribute lmao

[honest geyser]

id burn and viets would make phò out of me

i mean, phở

[radiant oracle]

nearly got mature stuff there

[honest geyser]

Like con đĩ ngu and con đi ngủ. All that fun tonal stuff going on

[radiant oracle]

that's a great way to dodge filters

("stupid prostitute" versus "{child goes / I'm going} to sleep")

[honest geyser]

hehe i know this one

My fish sauce senses sensed it

[radiant oracle]

:3

[haughty thistle]

Hello, I am sharing this Notion with a lot of english ressources https://spiral-clematis-e11.notion.site/250-Free-English-Resources-78e95be00f874914927bb70a9912b180

[forest nebula]

🎥 I watch movies but I don’t learn English. Why? ❓
Listen to the newest episode of my podcast channel on Apple Podcasts. 🎧

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/english-with-nimafar/id1740346464?i=1000652862652

[winter sparrow]

I use this one and I recommend it.
https://open.spotify.com/show/4X48gpjrctXNJWtOnUgwq8

[lethal current]

Learning English through text stories with repeat, listening and vocabulary: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSTqDYF6Q6mizp7FgPI9-HCuZb9-g5Se

[uneven fog]

Can I put my resources here?

I built a foreign text reading tool for my daughter. She has read some English novels with its help. You can install it in Apple’s app store by searching “keepreading”.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keepreading/id1576840247

[signal sphinx]

@uneven fog Unfortunately, it is only supported for macbook 13+. Can you please make it also compatible with version 12

[uneven fog]

Thanks for feedback! Let me try. But it may take very long time since the tech I used in the app is not working in macOS 12.

[signal sphinx]

Take your time with it! I'll be down to check it once it's done...The application looks promising

[uneven fog]

😀 thanks

[late lava]

do you know any android app about ai teacher for learning english (self-learning)?

probably about learning any sentence

[crude moat]

Introducing the 'Distraction Deleter 9000'! A miraculous gadget that amplifies your addiction to smartphones, ensuring you'll never escape the clutches of endless scrolling and discord checking! Guaranteed to drain your productivity in record time!
https://youtu.be/WZ5IEB9BDhM?feature=shared

[lethal current]

I have been tested AI apps per few months, but these are paid.

🔶🔹🔶The amazing method of learning: 🔶🔹🔶
over 150 short stories for reading and listening in the same time. The stories has repeating, vocabulary and answers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEYNR81bAsCdAHJiuEkQWJg

[ivory hatch]

Any resources to improve my essays?

[crude moat]

yeah no problem french and english it's ok if u can ofc just send them to me plz if u don't mind ofc much appreciated !

[crude moat]

yeahi did now i didn't find it alas

[surreal dawn]

#🗃｜resources message

[fervent sage]

Hello, can someone share me the book Almod by Won-pyung Sohn on PDF?

[tall grail]

Gibt es Leute, die Deutsch sprechen ?

[crude moat]

Ja

Gibt es ein problem bruder?

[tall grail]

ein Mädchen 😂

Kennen Sie hier Kanäle für Deutschsprachige?

[crude moat]

Ah soooo ich verstehe

[crude moat]

Das glaube ich nicht, da es sich um einen englischen sv handelt

[tall grail]

Ja oder

[crude moat]

Oder

[tall grail]

Vielen dank

[crude moat]

Ur welcome

[tall grail]

Do u mind a friend request?

[crude moat]

Yep

I accept

[tall grail]

Hahahah

Ok dude nice to meet u

And i really wish u a good luck with the exams

Btw iam graduated from faculty of science

So originally iam a chemist🤣

I just did a shift career

[honest geyser]

ja, ein bisschen, aber ich komme aus Polen, nicht aus Deutschland

[honest geyser]

am pretty sure there is a lot of germans on this server, but i dont even remember their nicknames, so i can not just ping them. Good luck on your search tho lol