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Adopting an active method for language learning
So far I've been exposed a lot to the English language since it's quite a ubiquitous language. Essentially, I think that the best and easiest to find content regarding many matters on the internet is in English, therefore I just started translating content and started picking up something here and there, starting with texts then evolving to watching YouTube videos and watching anime series with English subtitles. As time went on, I started noticing that I was already able to understand a lot of this language and some time ago, choose to be more immersed in English: I changed the language of my smartphone and computer to English, decided to only watch movies in English, to play videogames only in English; and, more recently started watching American TV, which I found very good for getting used to spoken English, I've been watching the channel CBS News, that contains subtitles but they appear a little after the speeches so I can pay total attention to the voices and when I don't understand something, I look for the subtitles. Sometimes I can understand the written word but sometimes not, so I look for its dictionary definition or translate it to Portuguese. I also plan to buy an e-reader, those things seem to be pretty helpful when it comes to reading books in a foreign language since I can easily look for the dictionary definition of words in a very practical way. Initially, I'm planning to read translated Chinese wuxia and xuanhuan novels, history books about the bronze age Europe and Stephen King's books as well, he seems to be a good author for people who fall in the intermediate level.
But still, although I've been receiving all these language inputs, I noticed that I'm not really producing anything with the language I'm learning. So I looked up places to learn how to properly and ended up here in LangCorrect, that's exactly what I was looking for! I'm looking forward to producing texts on a regular basis and tackle English grammar. I also find it pretty cool that I can help people with their Portuguese skills, it's great to be helpful for someone, I know how hard is tough learning a language can be, especially regarding output skills, since even if we can understand reasonably well a language, many times we don't pay much attention to grammar words (I have a bad time trying figure out if I should use 'in', 'on' or 'at'; 'this' or 'that'; and even 'to' or 'for', for instance).
To conclude, I find it noteworthy to say I'm actually surprised that I was able to write all this. Even in my own native language, I have always been a bad writer and struggled to learn grammar as I speak in a somewhat grammatically incorrect way and always had low scores whenever I had to write something while in school. I'm also a lurker on most websites and online communities I frequent, so I'm pushing myself a little to do this since I find it important for the development and improvement of my English skills. The Grammarly browser extension was also fairly useful to write this, it corrected some mistakes I did.
April 4, 2021
4/30 Il mio cibo preferito
Non posso scegliere il mio cibo preferito, è impossibile. Croquetas, tortillas... Allora, scelgo il cibo spagnolo. È una parte molto importante della nostra cultura.
E il cibo che non mi piace è un cibo specifico per la Pasqua, chimato "Torrijas", che è un pezzo di pane fritto, bagnato in late, con le uova e un po' di zucchero. L'odio perché quando ero piccolo lo dovevamo cucinare a scuola ogni anno, e c'era tanta pressione a farlo bene e velocemente, perché non dovevamo bruciarlo.
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Day 2: Hobbies
I don’t have many hobbies, for sports I’m very lazy, I don’t make much exercises or workouts but I really enjoy reading, so my favorite hobby, or the one I actually do more often is to read.
I like to write and to read.
I also like watching Tv series but I don’t think that could count as a hobby.
Back to the topic, I like to read a lot of things, since articles, blogs, environmental stuff and novels, usually I read more novels: novels of love, or books of fantasy.
I like Harry Potter and I have lost the count of the times I have read that book series, the seven of them. My favorite writer is J.K. Rowling, I also enjoy Carlos Ruiz Zafon, who is an Spain writer that died last year from Cancer, but his books are so good that I thing, everyone needs to give him a chance.
So, I could say I have two hobbies. Writing and reading.
April 4, 2021
4. April Challenge Beitrag
Das heutige Thema ist Essen. Was esse ich am liebsten oder was ist mein Lieblingsessen und mein unbeliebtestes Essen. Bevor ich nach Deutschland umgezogen war, aß ich gern Tacos. Leider sind meiner Meinung nach Tacos bzw. mexikanisches Essen in Deutschland zu schlecht, da das Geschmack des Essens nach dem deutschen Gaumen angepasst ist.
Deswegen ist Döner jetzt mein Lieblingsessen. Ich liebe es, einen wärmen und knackig Döner zu essen. Auch ist das Preisleistungsverhältnis eines Döners unschlagbar. Zum Glück mag meine Frau auch Döner und normalerweise essen wir Döner einmal pro Woche.
April 4, 2021
Talking about food
It's not easy to choose just one dish, because I love eating, but I guess that french fries with fried eggs would be on the top of my list. However, the more I grow older the more I'm fond of spoon dishes and vegetables. I guess I'm starting to concern about my health and french fries are not famous for their benefits.
What I have no doubt about is that breakfast is my favorite meal; the best thing about waking up is eating a delicious breakfast. I like eating oatmeal, usually with berries, but I also add bananas, chocolate, or nuts. I sit at the table and eat while drinking black tea.
On the other hand, there's no one specific dish that I hate or something. I don't especially enjoy corn in salads, neither I like sugar on my tea or coffee (I'd rather sweeten it with milk). But I'm not allergic to any ingredients and I don't find any plate disgusting, so I can eat at anybody's mama's home without having a bad time. And that's great for every first time having dinner with your couple's parents.
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Meu prato favorito
Meu prato favorito se chama Spätzle. É um tipo de massa que vem do sul da Alemanha. Os ingredientes são farinha, água e ovos. Nós comemos com lentilhas ou em uma sopa chamada Gaisburger Marsch.
Além disso, temos um prato chamado Maultaschen. É um tipo de massa também, mas parece um grande ravióli. Esse prato foi inventado na idade média porque naquela época a igreja proibia comer carne às sextas-feiras. Por causa disso, as pessoas escondiam a carne dentro da massa.
Eu não gosto de peixe ou algum animal que vem da agua. Eu não gosto do gosto de beringelas e zuccinas também.
April 4, 2021
Food? - Day 4
I'm not really fond of eating so this question especially hard for me to answer. Also considering I don't have appetite recently, it is hard to come up with one. I like them equally? Howewer, I really like my brother's hamburger. Unlike me, he likes to be in kitchen and he is very good at it.
There are ton of I don't like to eat. I guess, leek would be first among the things I don't like to eat. I don't know why but I really doesn't like leek.
April 4, 2021
れんしゅう
Ｑ：かさはいくらですか。
Ａ：このかさは1200えんですよ。
Ｑ：それはなんですか。
Ａ：これはとけいです。
Ｑ：じゃあ、しんぶんじゃないですね。
Ａ：そうです。
Ｑ：あれはなんですか。
Ａ：あれはぎんこうです。
Ｑ：このペーは290えんです
Ａ：あのコンピュートは68000えんです。
Ｑ：そのノートは3500えんです。
Ｑ：すみません。あのジーンズはいくらですか。
Ａ：あのジーンズは5700えんです。
Ｑ：たかいです。そのほんはいくらですか。
Ａ：このほんは2600えんです。
Ｑ：じゃあ、そのほんください。
Ａ：どうぞ。
Ｑ：すみません。トイレはどこですか。
Ａ：トイレはここですよ。
Ｑ：ありがとうございます。
Ｑ：それはだれのえいごのほんですか。
Ａ：そのえいごのほんはたけしさんのえいごのほんですね。
Ｑ：このＴシャツはメアリーさんのＴシャツですか。
Ａ：いいえ。
Ｑ：じゃあ、だれのＴシャツですか。
Ａ：それはわたしのＴシャツですよ。
Ｑ：メアリーさんは２ねんせいです。まさとさんも２ねんせいです。
Ａ：ロバートさんは22さいです。わたしも22さいです。
Ｑ：これはなんですか。
Ａ：それはこうちゃです。
Ｑ：これはなんですか。
Ａ：それはサラダです。
Ｑ：おいしですか。
Ａ：おいしいじゃないです。パスタはおいしいです。
Ｑ：じゃあ、パスタおねがいします。
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Lemon pie and roast
I'll start with my least favorite food: roast. Around 2 years ago I felt a bad taste, that disgust gradually advanced. I don't know why but It happened.
It was like my body said "Nope". Now even if I try to eat meat (turkey, chicken, pig or bovine) I get a terrible headache and nauseas. I can only eat them with a sandwich or another things (in a sauce for example).
My favorite food is lemon pie, I really love this dessert. So sweet and acid at the same time. Every time I go to a cafe I ask for it, unfortunately they usually don't have lemon pie or it's terrible. Many times I ate lemon pies so nasty and old. But I paid for it and I don't want to waste food or money, so I ate them anyways.
But if it's a lunch, lasagna is wonderful for me. It can have vegetals, two types of sauce, cheese, literally whatever you want to eat. It's like a tower of tasty things.
Talking about sauces, I really love white sauce. Spaguettis with white sauce, mushrooms and chives. It's so simple and nice.
I don't want to write so much today because I must to study. It's 13:56, lunch will be ready soon.
Honestly, I feel so clumsy when I read what I wrote.
I say to myself "come on, you can read pretty well. Where's your vocabulary?"
This is so poor, redundant and simple. I feel a bit pity.
April 4, 2021
4.4.21: Mon plat préféré
Mon aliment préféré et essentiel est le pain. Pas n'importe quel pain, mais du pain noir allemand. J'aime bien aussi manger le pain blanc comme la baguette, mais pour moi rien n'est aussi savoureux que le vrai pain allemand. Il y a des étrangères qu'ils pensent que le pain allemand est trop dur, mais pour moi un pain allemand frais avec du beurre est la perfection. Quand je vivais à l'étranger, j'ai souvent rêvait du pain allemand. Dans mon rêve, j'ai souvent trouvé une boulangerie allemande dans mon quartier et j'ai pensé : " Waouh, pourquoi je n'ai pas trouvé cet endroit plus tôt ? " Un jour, j'ai participé à une conférence pour les professeurs de langue allemande à Pékin. Il y avait une boulangerie qui a vendu du pain allemand. Le pain était encore chaud. Tous les Allemands ont porté le pain comme un bébé et avait un sourire béat sur leurs visages. Les Allemands sont connus pour aimer les pommes de terre, mais en fait, c'est le pain qui les rend heureux.
April 4, 2021
Day 1
I have been learning English for almost all my life, since I was very little, at kindergarten, but to be honest, I never paid too much attention to the classes, so, when I get graduated from school at age 16, I didn’t know much about the language, just basic stuff.
I always liked to watch tv series in English and movies, to hear music as Taylor Swift and I think that, through the years, I have acquired some vocabulary but, my biggest debilities is the grammar, I haven’t practice my grammar and for that my writing skills are not as good as I wanted it to be.
I am studying grammar now, I have quiet two months or so, I want to know English very well, to be able to write, speak and listening in a high understanding level.
My biggest chance, I believe is to not mix different tenses, as Present, Continuous and Past, is a little difficult for me now, because when I write, I think that one of my most commons mistakes is to star writing in Present and then move to Past abruptly.
I’m going to continuing practicing and improve!
April 4, 2021
Pâques.
Aujourd hui c'est Pâques! Au royaume uni, ou J'habite, ma famille célèbrent avec un barbecue dans le jardin de ma mère. Elle a un grand jardin cela parfait pour festivités. Traditionnellement nous mangeons rôti d’agneau, si nous avons ça avec les autre aliments de BBQ, comme des hamburgers, des 'hot dogs', de la quiche et du pain avec romarin (cette une étrange mélange des aliments n'est pas?). Tout les enfants jouent à un jeu s'appelle 'egg hunt', où les adults cacher oeufs aux chocolate dans le jardin et les enfants doivent trover eux. Normalement ma soeur fait un gateaux 'simnel', c'est tres traditional ici, et c'etais prefere de mon pere - mais mon pere a décédés il y a huit moins et nous étions trop triste pour gateaux simnel cette anee. Peut être l'année prochaine :)
April 4, 2021
Practica de gramática #1
- Él le cocinó un sandwich de queso y se lo trajo la semana pasada.
- Yo tenía que les escribo una nota y se lo mando anoche.
- El estudiante le pintó la bicicleta de gris y se lo dio ayer.
- La conductora le limpio las llaves y se las pone sobre la mesa del garaje.
- Pedro no ha se compró estos libros todavía.
- Mientras mi hermano comería el pastel de zanahoria, mis padres leerían los libros maravillosos.
- De niño, yo compartía mis juguetes con mi hermano.
- Había dos payasos en el armario grande en la película.
- Los estudiantes primero estudian por el examen y luego van a el restaurante para comian.
- Los estudiantes primero estudian para el examen y luego van al restaurante para comían.
- No me gusta está medicina porque es muy amarga.
- Ella siempre olvida de cambiar su vendaje.
- El médico necesita aprender muchos cosas.
- El niño odia mucho la sangre.
- El pelo de la mujer es muy hermoso.
April 4, 2021
El Retorno de mi Compañera de Conversación
Ha pasado un largo rato desde la última vez que escribí una entrada española. Vamos a ver si todavía puedo hacerlo ;)
Hacía casi dos años, conocí a una mujer española en Hellotalk. Ella tiene una pasión por el íngles, y nos llevamos tan bien que intercambiamos los números de teléfono y charlamos en Whatsapp. No hablamos o enviamos mensajes cada día, pero conversamos al menos una vez por semana.
Hacía más de un Mes, paró de contestarme. Vale, no pude quejarme. Ella tiene su propia vida y las cosas suyas tienen la prioridad. Me preocupé un poco por su salud porque soy una persona nerviosa, pero ayer me envió una nueva mensaje :). Me alegro que ella esté sana y salva y que todavía tenga mi compañera de conversación.
Gracias por leer :)
April 4, 2021
¡María Antonieta de Austria!
Reto de escritura: Día 4
Domingo, 4 de abril de 2021
María Antonieta la reina de Francia durante 1774-1792 fue conocida por su famoso dicho "si no tienen pan, que coman pasteles" cuando sus damas responderle su pregunta que la gente de francia no tenían pan para comer.
Su dicho me recuerdo que otra reina nueva en el tiempo presente que actúa como ella.
Quizás hable diferente pero no es preocupe por ella si los pobres tenían algo para comer. Tambien, ella pone cualquier persona que es contra ella en la prisión.
Es muy hermosa afuera pero muy podrida y corrupta adentro.
Desafortunadamente las similitudes entre las dos reinas son reales.
Una versión en inglés de esta obra maestra se adjunta debajo :')
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April 4, 2021
Journal
I’m watching this show on Netflix: Love Island. It’s kind of hilarious, but it’s addictive at the same time. I’m usually never into such reality shows. I usually watch movies or documentaries. But I got interested in this show because Netflix was showing me a clip (?) of it in their advertisement, and some of the contestants looked very pretty/ handsome and caught my eye.^^; And I liked how the whole thing was taking place in Fiji, one of the places I’ve really wanted to travel to.
Anyways, on Love Island, several contestants - males and females - try to find their best partner, while the number of the contestants are periodically changing (like once every four days) such that there is always an odd one out (the one who can’t get coupled with anyone.).
For example, there are initially 5 girls and 5 boys in the island, who all pair up well. But then another girl enters the scene, steering up the atmosphere. This girl chooses one of the boys she likes best and if that boy agrees, they become a new couple. One person who is then left without a partner are kicked out of the island.
After a while, another boy joins the island, and such re-coupling continues.
The producers probably did this on purpose to create this conflict that is enjoyable to watch (only) to the viewers. To me, it was funny, but annoying at the same time though. I guess I put myself in the shoes of the girls whose boys betrayed them and went for new girls.^^;;;;
Anyways, I couldn’t believe how I put off my work and watched the shows for hours. Haha.
A couple who gets the most vote by the public(?) wins $100k after a month in the Island. Zac and Elizabeth won the vote in the first season. They stayed loyal to each other and definitely were the best looking ones, I think.
But they broke up a few months after the show. It was a shock because they really seemed to care for each other. I guess the island and the reality outside were different...
Anyway, I’m glad I found another mind-grabbing show on Netflix, although they are making me procrastinate.
April 4, 2021
選り好み
20代になったまでは結構選り好みだった。見た目がいやだから食べないということが多かった。だから、子供の頃、好きな食べ物をとことん食べた。好きなものを食べていやなものを食べない。しかし、時とともに自分の好きなものが変わってきた。前に好きじゃなかったものを好きになった。昔はピザに載せているトマトソース、ケッチャップ、トマトスープなどが好きだったが、トマトそのもの自体が好きじゃなかった。今だとハンバガーに載せたり、トマトに塩をかけたりして食べるのが好きだ。何かを食べてみないと損すると思う。もちろん、誰でも苦手なものがあると思うが。
今日は何を書こうかしっかり来なかったから無理やり書けないようにした（笑）
それでは、また後ほど、諸君