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Just ask your language questions here. doesnt matter if its not about English. you can ask about any languages here.
But, Especially ppl from USA, plz dont take ppl's Dication Faults here. this is not a thread about it. thankx
But, Especially ppl from USA, plz dont take ppl's Dication Faults here. this is not a thread about it. thankx
Hamird Lieutenant |
06.07.2009 - 01:38 Written by Guest on 06.07.2009 at 01:24 I have no idea why Charles Manson killed Polanski's wife, though I don't think that was related to the movie.. But what I did get from Rosemary's baby was not sarcasm at all. After all, I think better to take the discussion to a movie thread in recreations.
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THE_BLACK_GOD Account deleted |
09.09.2009 - 14:21 THE_BLACK_GOD
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What is the true pronunciation of "Sked (Spoon)" in swedish? "shi ed" or "shed"? and what about "Tre (Tree)" its "Tri e" or "Tre" ? I have a problem with e in words which are ending to it, Im learning swedish by Eurotalk cds but pronunciations are not so nice and without problem cause there are 2 pronunces and oftenly they are different! Tack !
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Bad English Tage Westerlund |
09.09.2009 - 14:46 Written by Guest on 09.09.2009 at 14:21 I might be wrong but irs something like sch - ed sch like schalke 04 in german
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09.09.2009 - 14:58 THE_BLACK_GOD
Account deleted Written by Bad English on 09.09.2009 at 14:46 I asked for "Sked" and "Tre" not irs, wanna know their true pronunciations, and my another question is what is the best Electronic Dictionary of Swedish English which has proununciations too?
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Bad English Tage Westerlund |
09.09.2009 - 15:03
I cant explain by tre but best way is get Swe TV otherwise its hard to know how pronauce those , you must hear n see how wrtiteing those words, I need 3 year to get how pronauce and typing is hard
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Warman Erotic Stains |
09.09.2009 - 15:21
That's a tough one... the "sked" pronounciation is really hard to explain. And "trä", well kinda hard to. T as in T, a hard R and Ä is pronounced like the "A" in "ask". I have a question about norwegian. When it's "AA" in a word, is it pronounced like "Å" in swedish?
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12.09.2009 - 12:47 THE_BLACK_GOD
Account deleted Written by Bad English on 09.09.2009 at 15:03 any TV channels at hotbird? and what about a good electronic swedish english talking dictionary?
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Bad English Tage Westerlund |
12.09.2009 - 13:04 Written by Guest on 12.09.2009 at 12:47 No on hotbotd Swe TV is encripted on sirius 4¤E and thor 1¤W You need Viasat or Cabaldigital pacagies to see , fck I hate if in country has 2 paceges, there shood be only one
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;' [image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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12.09.2009 - 13:16 THE_BLACK_GOD
Account deleted Written by Bad English on 12.09.2009 at 13:04 you mean that I cant see any swedish chanel without paying? in sirus?
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Bad English Tage Westerlund |
12.09.2009 - 13:23 Written by Guest on 12.09.2009 at 13:16 No you need a card legaly buy in swe and elegaly take it whewre ever you want , unfortunatly non Scandinavian tv is for free, only place in Europe, other has Damn fucking viasat get Serie A wrights, pusses, or they buy Allsvenakn n Ellitserien or give beck to Canal Digital, fuck
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;' [image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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12.09.2009 - 20:40 THE_BLACK_GOD
Account deleted Written by Bad English on 12.09.2009 at 13:23 and it sux for sure and again its meaningless! why the hell? hehe
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THE_BLACK_GOD Account deleted |
22.09.2009 - 11:56 THE_BLACK_GOD
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I need a swedish english dictionary why no one answers my question?
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Bad English Tage Westerlund |
22.09.2009 - 11:57 Written by Guest on 22.09.2009 at 11:56 google language tools can be usefull, otherewise I dunno online, maybe try book shops? Where are you in Swe?
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;' [image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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22.09.2009 - 12:02 THE_BLACK_GOD
Account deleted Written by Bad English on 22.09.2009 at 11:57 no Im in turkey thats why I ask, I have a swedish to persian dictionary right now but I its hasnt any Phonetic Alphabets I need a sverige english dictionary you know? a program not online cause Im not always online. I like a dictionary for my laptop.
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Bad English Tage Westerlund |
22.09.2009 - 12:04 Written by Guest on 22.09.2009 at 12:02 Dunno if it eksit bur like G spell like Y Trelleborg , like trellebory K Kiosk like Schalke, Sch in ger like Schosk Å like O Ä like E like EE more
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THE_BLACK_GOD Account deleted |
22.09.2009 - 12:06 THE_BLACK_GOD
Account deleted Written by Bad English on 22.09.2009 at 12:04 now Ive found http://www.lingvosoft.com/English-Swedish-Talking-Dictionary-for-Pocket-PC/ , wish to find it free hehe
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FOOCK Nam |
15.10.2009 - 06:45
1.What is absolute different between: past tense : was/were, had, did and : some tense : had + v-ed (done/been etc) and : some tense : would have + v-ed (done/been etc) I know some sort of those differences but not really clearly 100% understanding deeply, so clarify me ? Thanks 2. I guess your advance answer for this following question can be varies, but still ask, : How to differentiate Verb (with)+ out/up/down/off/in/away/for/to The only for sure I know is "to" that means refers to person or kind of entity, "away" kind like "gone away" but for the rest, sometimes I am still confused. 3. I am serious, I really wonder about it. Maybe there should be topic name "english learner" , jk So, go.
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Hamird Lieutenant |
15.10.2009 - 11:02 Written by FOOCK Nam on 15.10.2009 at 06:45 You're first question is about something that we learned in two years when we were at high school.. So it's kinda hard to explain, at least for me.. Maybe some expert or an English folk can do it for you.. About your second question, I guess there are not rules (if there is, I'd be glad someone explain them), so I think the best way to find out them you must memorize them correctly, in order to do it you can use something like this one:
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FOOCK Nam |
15.10.2009 - 11:54 Written by Hamird on 15.10.2009 at 11:02 About the first question: I think we are generic at that issue, I do not know sure how do you really get it but to me it is like I understand it but honestly not clearly enough or deeply as good as I can explain it in English. That is I questionize it here, hope someone can explain it deep/clear in english. About the second question, well actually, I am not sure either, but as based on my humble English language experience, I feel like there is a rule for V+preposition (oh yeah, now I remember that term out), yeah maybe that rule is not even more than 50%, I feel like that. Is the book you show that covers all kind V+ preposition...which I wonder? How long have or had you used that book ?
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Hamird Lieutenant |
15.10.2009 - 12:46 Written by FOOCK Nam on 15.10.2009 at 11:54 Well I use them how I use my mother tongue.. It's in fact the only way you can use them correctly.. For example for past perfect sentence, you must first rapidly analyse what structure you should chose for it.. And after some times it will take place in your subconscious and you easily use them.. That book contains almost all of verbs in English and their collocation.. The cunning idea of these kinds of dictionaries is that they put all possible preposition for a verb and their meaning.. For example for the verb, Get, they sort all prepositions which are meaningful such as off, on, in, out, ... and each meanings.. Studying verbs with their collocations can be the most important to learn English verbs..
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FOOCK Nam |
15.10.2009 - 15:05
Does that you mean your mother tounge grammar/structure same as English or you mean your influently like your Iranian?. By the way, subconscious, that what I aim to get in. Moreover, the thing you say about verbs and its "entourage" is rightly broadest in English, and the most Ive considered need-to-consolidate to me.
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Ernis 狼獾 |
15.10.2009 - 20:50 Written by FOOCK Nam on 15.10.2009 at 06:45 I saw a cat yesterday. - saw a cat yesterday...once...just like that.. it's an event in the past I had seen the same cat before the day before yesterday. - it had happened BEFORE the event in the past.... You would have seen the cat too if you were there with me that day but you weren't so you didn't see the cat. - you didn't see the cat but if you were there then you WOULD HAVE SEEN the cat...that's an event that would have happened in the past but it didn't... Written by FOOCK Nam on 15.10.2009 at 06:45 These are phrases/expressions.... sometimes there is no logic so you'll just have to memorise them and learn to use them right....
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FOOCK Nam |
16.10.2009 - 06:38
Wow, thanks a lot, Viggo, your answer is very clearly. . Really appreciate, . I have further question like: "have been" vs "had been" vs "was": -my case was like this: a lady asked me like if I ever (have/had) been in Tokyo..I answered: I was there. She fixed it to me like: "oh you been there" So, from what you explained above, "was" is an event in the past, but "I was in Tokyo" is right or wrong how that the lady fixed like "you been there", because "I (have/had)stay(ed) or was in Tokyo is event in the past", right ? or can I answer her if right like: I was in Tokyo before. can it be right ? - another thing like this: I have been there (does that mean I still continuously been there(now) or no longer in (now) I had been there(that means in the past and no longer, right (as I remembered by school being taught) ) but wonder that when I heard the people talk, they just say like: I been there, I been here, I been in this school, etc..how can we determine that if she had been in that school or if she has been in that school ?
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Ernis 狼獾 |
16.10.2009 - 18:55 Written by FOOCK Nam on 16.10.2009 at 06:38 I was in Tokyo. - it requires that you add WHEN you were there..."I was in Tokyo two years ago" is ok. I have been in Tokyo. - this means that you have been in Tokyo some time in your life...you are not in Tokyo at the moment. Have it that way. I ate an apple. an event in the past. I have eaten an apple. - the apple has been eaten. There is no apple any more. a situation in the present influenced by the event in the past. When my bro came home, I had already eaten the apple. There was no apple no longer when your bro came home. An event in the past that happened before another event in the past. I have been in Tokyo twice. I was in Tokyo for the first time two years ago and then I was in Tokyo the second time last year. When I met this woman I had been in Tokyo twice already.
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FOOCK Nam |
16.10.2009 - 20:57
Thank you a lot, English teacher Can be the last thing I wonder around the stuff I have been asking (<---is that correct grammar? ) is: I remember exactly that a person asked me like this "how long have you been here (the location)", I answered " I have been here for 2 weeks", I guess both of that question and MY answer are wrong based on the thing you explained above, cause "I have been here" that means I still have been staying there At that moment. But I totally think what you describe is correct, I guess for the one who asked if correct must be "how long have been staying here" or like "how long have been being bere". Other thing is I have wandered in few chatroom and found they talked to each other "how have you been?". I guess concretely that it is "how long have you been doing?", right ? Looking forward to the answer,
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Ernis 狼獾 |
16.10.2009 - 21:06 Written by FOOCK Nam on 16.10.2009 at 20:57 In fact you have several grammatical errors in your posts and it seems to me you actually have trouble understanding some things well.... "How have you been doing?" means "How are you?" ...it asks about your present and the first one also asks about what you have done lately... "Can be the last thing I wonder around the stuff I have been asking (<---is that correct grammar? )" No... I don't know how to correct it because you seem to put pieces of sentences together into one text without creating real phrases... Written by FOOCK Nam on 16.10.2009 at 20:57 Both the question and answer are right....I can't see any problem.... Read this chart...
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FOOCK Nam |
16.10.2009 - 21:36
@Viggo: Nice source you just given me, the chart. Really appreciate, By the way, based the chart guides, I would fix my sentence like this: "This can be the last thing I wonder around the stuff that I have asked you:...(and it stil goes on) ". Is that better ?
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Ernis 狼獾 |
16.10.2009 - 22:03 Written by FOOCK Nam on 16.10.2009 at 21:36 "Can this be the last thing I ask about the stuff we've been speaking about so far?" Dunno...well..after all I'm not an English-speaker myself either....
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FOOCK Nam |
16.10.2009 - 22:25 Written by Ernis on 16.10.2009 at 22:03 I find your sentence is good, in my opinion, also from a non-English speaker too, .
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FOOCK Nam |
30.01.2010 - 15:56
I have a question: - What is the most common meaning of "spiritual" - Does "mind" refers to the something besides body, means "thought". Is that mind = thought - "Viciously protective" --> negative or positive ? and how does that kind "protective" affect to the people who are protected, as negative or positive ? Hope somebody can help
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