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Feb. 16, 2021
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1. Pastanede alışveriş yaparken bazı bayat olan ekmek buladim. While shopping in the bakery, I found some bread which was stale.
2. Kahve ve ekmek kahvaltılik için isterdim ama ekmek bayattı. I wanted coffee and bread for breakfast, but the bread was stale.
3. Cep telefonunu için başka şarj aletimi kullanabilirsin. You can use my other charger for your cellphone.
4. Dükkanı bilgisayarım için doğru şarj aletini yoktu. The shop did not have the correct charger for my computer.
5. Odamdaki koltuğumun yanında olan şarj aletini kullanabilirsin. You can use the charger which is near my armchair in my room.
6. Hafta sonu için çıkmaktan önce evin bütün kapıları kiltleyeceğim. Before leaving for the weekend, I'll lock all the doors of the house.
7. Kız kardeşim öfkeli iken kendisini odasında kiltelidi. While my sister was angry, she locked herself in her room.
8. Ben Dükkandayken kapıları kilitlemeye emin ol. Make sure to lock the doors while I'm in the shop.
9. Ezgi, dünyanın gelinden bayraklar olan parka gitti. Ezgi went to a park which had flags from all over the world.
10. En sevdiğimin beyzbol takımın bir bayrağı sipariş ettim hafta sonunda evimin önüne koyacağım. I ordered a flag of my favorite baseball team, I will put it in front of my house this weekend.
Feb. 16, 2021
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1. South Carolina'nın eyaletin bayrak benim eyaletimin bayrağından daha çok seviyorum. I like South Carolina's state flag much more than my state's flag.
2. Televizyondaki ikisi de futbol takımı benzer üniformaları giyiyordu, kafama acıtıyordu. Both of the football teams on the TV were wearing similar uniforms, it was hurting my head.
3. Ben Ortaokuldayken her cuma yıkanabilirmak için spor üniformalarımızı evimize getirdik. While/when I was in middle school, every Friday we would take our gym clothes home so it could be washed.
4. Çiçekçi dükkanından Simay'ın doğum günün için lale ve güller sipariş verdim. I ordered tulips and roses for Simay's birthday from the flower shop.
5. Çiçekçi dükkanını gittim ama Emine için hiç çiçekler bulamadım. I went to the flower shop but I could not find any flowers for Emine.
6. Emine bizim için kahve alırken, onun için çiçekçiden demet çiçek alıyordum. While Emine was buying coffee for us, I was buying a bundle of flowers for her.
7. Umarım yakın zamanda bilgisayarım tamir edilecek, bu hafta sonunda için ithyacım olacağım. I hope my computer will be repaired soon, I will need it for this weekend.
8. Şimdi müzik dinliyorum yakın zamanda uyumaya dalacağım, yarın erken uyanmam lazım. I'm listening to music now, I will sleep soon, I need to get up early tomorrow.
9. Yakın zamanda parkta seninle beraber olacağım, şu an yolları çok kalabalık. I'll be at the park with you soon, the roads are crowded right now.
10. Kız arkadaşımın kardeşinin partisine için Pastaneden ahududulu turtası getireceğim. I will bring a blueberry pie from the bakery for my girlfriends sister's party.
11. 2017'de çok güçlü fırtınadan sonra seramızı yıkılmıştı. After a very strong storm in 2017, our greenhouse had collapsed.
12. Emine, bugün çocuklarımızla bir serayı ziyaret edecek, umarım onları bitkiler nasıl büyümeye öğrenecekler. Today Emine will visit a greenhouse with our children, I hope they learn how to grow plants.
13. Monica, turta fırında pişirken ders çalışıyordu çünkü hafta sonunda bir sınavı var. While Monica was baking a pie she was was studying because she has an exam this weekend.
14. Sonraki yaz evimizin arkasında bir sera inşa edeceğiz ve farklı sebze dikeceğiz. Next summer we will build a greenhouse behind our house and we will plant different vegetables.
Feb. 16, 2021
Une bonne surprise
Un petit garçon accompagné de ses parents passe une agréable journée dans le zoo. Fatigué, il dort pendant un moment. Quelle surprise à son réveil.
La cage des singes a été ouverte. Par hasard, quelqu’un du personnel avait oublié de fermer la porte de la cage de ces animaux.
Le garçon a toujours aimé les singes. Il était enchanté pour la façon dans laquelle ils se déplacent parmi les arbres. À s’avis, tous les hommes devraient être comme eux.
Les singes ont donc se propagé dans tout le zoo. Les personnes ont été émerveillés par l’événement. Quelle bonne journée pour le garçon chanceux.
Feb. 16, 2021
Bürokratie: Geburtsurkunde
Wenn man geboren ist, bekommen seine Eltern eine Geburtsurkunde. Diese Urkunde ist unsere erste Unterlage und sie ist sehr wichtig. Auf dieser Unterlage stehen die Einzelheiten des Kindes z.B. Geburtsort, Geburtsdatum, Personalien der Eltern, und die Namen des Kindes. Ich weiß, dass in deutschsprachigen Ländern, wenn man ein Kind benennt, muss das Geschlecht des Kindes vom Namen klar sein. Diese Geburtsurkunde ist eine wichtig Unterlage, die gefordert wird, wenn man seinen ersten Reisepass beantragen und heiraten will. Normalerweise bewahren die Eltern die Unterlage irgendwo sicher auf. Dann, wenn man alt genug ist, geben die Eltern die Urkunde dem Kind. Es ist wichtig, dass man immer (außerhalb Urlauben) sie nah aufbewahrt, sonst wird man wie ich, deren Geburtsurkunde gerade in einem weiten Land ist.
Danke schön fürs Lesen :)
Feb. 16, 2021
Writing: Televising Trials Help Popularize Knowledge
The more the public knows about the criminal justice system the better. Subject to appropriate safeguards, there's no reason why there shouldn't be televising of very many cases. Members of the public, denied seeing a real criminal court in action unless they're there in person. In this age of mass media, most people derive their knowledge of what goes on in a court from what they see on videos. However, many vidoes just show clips about trials and they have few accurate portrayals and even present a misleading picture. The official releases complete trial video ensuring the public gain first-hand experience of how that system works.
Feb. 16, 2021
What do I do to avoid procrastination?
Nothing!
I procrastinate!
I don't think procrastination is a bad thing.
Not sure, but those theories about procrastination probably come from the business world and those measurements of productivity and efficiency with the aim to line humans with robots. IMHO, such things are not applicable to humans.
Humans are not machines. Humans cannot be consistent.
If someone "procrastinates", I would rather ask a question "why are you not motivated to do the things you are supposed to do" than make a conclusion that someone procrastinates considering it bad.
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Feb. 16, 2021
Serbian vs English
Serbian is my mother tongue.
Some people except I speak it perfectly, but that's not true. If I want to publish something in Serbian I would pay a proofreader to correct my mistakes.
My English is OK (I can work in English, watch movies in English (I prefer watching them with English subtitles), listen to music in English, ...), but it can be much better and I would like to improve it. That's why I am writing here!
One of my biggest struggles when speaking English is a bias (or whatever it is in my brain) pushing me to translate from Serbian to English. It doesn't work.
Sentence construction
- There are rules in Serbian about sentence construction, but they're much less important than in English. In English, in most cases, the meaning of the sentence depends on the word order. In Serbian, the order of the words in a sentence can influence the meaning, but in most cases, it doesn't matter, or at least it matters less often than in English.
Swearing
You guys, English speakers, have your swear words that I can use, but when I am deeply pissed off I cannot find a way to express myself well as I can in Serbian! I think we have a reacher swearing vocabulary.
Idioms
There are idioms in Serbian that have their meaning and they're not translatable literally. I am not sure where to find equivalents for those idioms. If I can use more idioms in English it will make my English better and richer, closer to native (at least I think it will). If you know websites where I can find English idioms please share them with me. Thank you in advance!
To be continued ...
Feb. 16, 2021
Swimming
I'm not good at swimming very much. In Japan, there are swimming classes in school and swimming is popular. However, I wasn't taught how to swim in detail, so I couldn't swim with breathing in elementary school. Afterward, my junior high school had a tradition that the seventh-grader students swam for long distances in the sea over four days. In this training, I learned breaststroke putting my head out of the water. This method doesn't need breathing so it's perfect for me. Besides, we wore Japanese traditional underwear, fundoshi. The underwear didn't cover my thigh so it was easy to swim.
Feb. 16, 2021
冒険の始めに
昨日TRPGの冒険は続きました。
話のヒーローは四人です。
タイーリンはエルフのドルイド です。北の寒いところからきます。
ウルッデはバーバリアンでタイーリンの友達です。
クロリルはドワーフの牧師です。
ラエリカはエルフでクロリルの友達です。
もう30年前にクレールバールという小さい村で大変事件がありました。悪い魔法士は村の幾つの子供を殺しました。あのとき他のヒーローはその魔法師と戦いました。そのヒーローのうちにカロームというドワーフがいました。
事件のあと村からいとつのバーバーリアンの夫婦は遠くの他ところへ引っ越ました。その夫婦はウルッデの両親がなりました。
カロームはクレールバルのちかいにお寺を作り始めました。
クロリルは五年間そのお寺の工事で働いていました。
最近お寺はできていました。
私達の物語の始めは例のヘーローはお寺の開会式ためにクレールバルにちょどうきました。
Feb. 16, 2021
16. Februar - Feierabend
Am Abend, gehe ich nach schweren Arbeitstag ein bisschen spazieren. Wahrend spazierte lerne ich Deutsch mit Karteikarten oder hören zum einige Podcasts. Meistens gehe ich nach ‘Limehouse Basin’, das ist ein Dock mit viehle Boote.
Nachdem ich nach zu Hause gekommen bin habe ich Abendessen gekocht. Wenn ich Zeit habe, koche mir was Schönes aber normalerweise ich esse jeden Tag das Gleiche: Salat und Risotto. Gestern habe ich über ‘wie man Risotto koche’ auf Youtube geschaut. Normalerweise beim Essen schaue ich 30 Minuten lang Deutsch oder Kochen Videos auf YouTube.
Feb. 16, 2021
La disparition inquiétante
Une fille de huit ans est retrouvée, allongée sur l’herbe d’un parc.
La fille avait disparu plusieurs jours plus tôt. Sa famille l’a cherché partout, mais elle l’a jamais trouvée. Elle a donc appelé la police pour mener une enquête minutieuse.
Ce n’était pas la première fois que cela a arrivé. Les parents de la fille étaient trop exigeants avec lui. Quand elle était plus jeune, elle avait l’habitude de d’enfuyer chez sa grand-mère pendant quelques jours. Pourtant, cette fois c’était différente: personne ne savait pas où était-elle.
Heureusement, elle a été trouvé dans un parc lorsqu’elle était en train de regarder le ciel. Elle a quitté sa maison pour s’aventurer dans le monde.
Feb. 16, 2021
Gibberish
I've never thought I've graduated from my college(=secondary school here) for ten years. All these years I've always dreamed about my school life. To be honest I'm not even sure if I regretted my own performance in public exam, or simply reminisced about the old days. Wearing yellowish school uniform and keeping the books on my hands, I simply lost the thread of my thoughts, just wandering around the school. It still stands out in my mind that during the day i was such an ardent student devouring books inside out. To the others, I was kind of a freak or a nerd. To me, perhaps I was just a normal kid you meet in your everyday life. Back in the day times were not always tough I still had spare time to fritter away, but ten years later, how much can I waste? I can't help reflecting on what I did there. But reflect doesn't help at all, stuck in the past won't do anything but just keep you being suck down the rabbit hole. I need to move on, I need to get a new lease of life.
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Feint is poised to play his DJ set this Thursday.
The Asian British DJ announced on his Instagram account yesterday that he will perform a live DJ set and have a Q&A session with his fans on “MCTV.” The event will be held on Feb. 18 at 12:00 p.m. PT.
“MCTV (Monstercat TV)” is a live streaming program held by the dance label Monstercat on its official Twitch account every Tuesday and Thursday.
Feint recently dropped the melodic drum’n’bass track “Do Better'' via Monster Instinct on Feb. 3, flexing his well-known d’n’b prowess.
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Feb. 16, 2021
USAs Konstitution
Når USA blev uafhanging, landet brugede Konfederationsartiklerne. Der var en lille føderale regering. Men stater ville ikke at betale skat. Man kunne ikke lide centralisering, men regeringen havde mange problemer med penge. I 1789, logiverne debatterede og accepterede USAs ny føderal-konstitution.
Feb. 16, 2021
A Letter
Personally, I think China's climate is better than Canada's in terms of the weather alone. Whenever I hear the temperature of minus thirty or forty degrees, I can't imagine how to spend it.
As I said before, at least for me, the new year is more like an ordinary day, and I also hope it's an ordinary day. I don't want it to bring me undue burden.
Today is my first day on duty after the new year. I saw the Phalaenopsis that someone gave us before the new year in my office. It was really beautiful. I will take a picture of it and send it to you later.
Could you please tell me the place you work at? I really want to know, I like to understand it through maps.
I've always been very grateful for all the help you give in the process of my English learning, and here I would like to say to you sincerely: thank you so much!
Feb. 16, 2021
Una carta
Hace unas semanas mi mejor amiga del colegio me mandó una carta. Su carta me sorprendió porque no habíamos hablado durante años y me sorprendió más aún que dijo que pensaba mucho en mi.
No sabía cómo responder así que le llamé para no perder demasiado tiempo en devolver la carta. Hablamos durante una hora discutiendo nuestros trabajos y otras cosas nuevas. Cuando nos despedimos, le dije que iba a mandarle una carta de todas formas porque quería mantenerme en contacto con ella. Esta noche intenté escribir la carta pero no tengo ni idea de que escribir porque ya le he contado casi todo por teléfono. ¿Alguien tiene alguna idea sobre que hablar con una vieja amiga?
Feb. 16, 2021
Macht uns die Technologie einsamer?
Die Technologie hätte uns enger verbinden sollen. Nie zuvor war es einfacher, mit Familienmitgliedern und Freunde in Kontakt zu bleiben. Auch wenn wir tausende Kilometer entfernt leben, wissen wir alles über die kleine Einzelheiten von den Leben des anderen. Aber oft fühlt es, als ob wir einsamer sind, wegen des Internets.
Früher hätte ich gesagt, dass das Internet verschlimmt die Einsamkeit. Ich hasse es, wenn ich mit Freunden oder Kollegen bin, und wir alle nur auf unseren Handys gucken und fast nicht reden. Ich hasse es, dass ich so viel Zeit vor einem Bildschirm bringe, ohne draußen zu gehen und ein echtes Leben zu machen. In der Vergangenheit habe ich versucht, Regeln einzusetzen, die meine Handynutzung beschränken hätte sollen. Natürlich habe ich die meisten davon gebrochen. Aber ich nutze Facebook immer noch nie, und ich habe gar keinen Instagram oder Twitter Konto.
Ja, in der Vergangenheit, glaubte ich, dass die Technologie, beziehungsweise Social Media, unsere Leben schädet. Aber jetzt denke ich anders. Ohne das Internet wäre das Leben während der Pandemie unerträglich. Ohne die möglichkeit, von Zuhause aus zu arbeiten, wäre unmöglich, die Wirtschaft zu erhalten ohne dass viel mehr Leute sterben würden. Wir könnten nicht mit unseren Familien reden, nicht mit Freunden im Netz treffen, oder mit Kollegen über die Arbeit diskutieren. Wir wären wirklich alleine. Und auf einem persönlichen Niveau wäre es unmöglich, meine Beziehung mit meinem Freund, zu erhalten, ohne dass wir im Internet kommunizieren könnten. Er lebt mehr als 1000 km weit entfernt, aber mit Whatsapp können wir täglich sprechen ohne Probleme.
Natürlich hoffe ich, dass wir lernen, besser mit der Technologie zu leben. Irgendwann wird die Pandemie zum Schluß kommen, und wir können Zoom hoffentlich nie wieder sehen. Aber viellech wäre es gut, wenn wir ein Paar von unseren neuen Pandemiegewohnheiten halten. Natürlich sollen wir nicht mehr 16 Stunden vor dem Bildschirm sitzen, aber es könnte nicht schaden wenn, zum Beispiel, wir immer noch Skype calls zu Oma machen, und wochentlich mit unseren Freunden, die weit weg leben, über Messenger anrufen. Vielleicht haben wir eine Pandemie gebraucht, um zu erinnern, dass wir können entscheiden, ob das Internet uns verbindet oder trennt.
Feb. 16, 2021
ks
Katie Se7en has explained the implicit meaning of her latest track, “Krinne Circle.”
The Japanese DJ took to Instagram early this morning to explain her motives behind producing “Krinne Circle,'' referring to the ongoing pandemic. “Krinne Circle” was released via Mixmag Asia on Feb. 3.
“This song came about as a response to the current global situation,” Katie Se7en said in the post. “What can I do as an artist? I thought of a song of cleansing, and found the sound of Krin log drum (Ghana’s traditional instrument).”
She concluded by saying, “I bet people beat logs since beginning of our time for all kinds of rituals and ceremonies. In my imagination, we sat around a fire in a cleansing ritual and beat the drum in frenzy groove to drive out bad things in air!”
So, now you know what she tried to express in her track. Listen to the trippy techno house track, “Krinne Circle,” while keeping her words in mind!
Feb. 16, 2021
La ética (Parte 1)
Opino que la ética es muy curiosa. Aunque ahora parece que las éticas de culturas distintas son semejantes, no era siempre como esto. Incluso en la misma cultura pueden ser diferentes éticas. Un buen ejemplo es las éticas distintas de Athens y Sparta. A pesar de que compartieron la religión, tenían diferentes morales. En Sparta, podías mentir y robar siempre y cuando no te agarraban. Sin embargo, esto no era legal en Athens.
Supongo que puede que las reglas la afecten. Las leyes de Sparta eran muy diferentes de las de Athens. Si no, pudo haber sido muy similares.
Dos oraciones con "venir + gerundio".
1. Vengo esperando desde hace dos horas.
2. Venís quejándoos desde que regresamos de vacación.
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