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Thank you for the correction MI
Can you tell me something about your travel to England, please?
It is anything speciallious that I must eat or anything that i must see? I am going to do journeys to London, Cambridge and Oxford and I will see and do as much as it has.
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | Can you tell me something about your travel to England, please?
Is there anything special that I must eat or anything that i must see? I am going to do journeys to London, Cambridge and Oxford and I will see and do as much as I can. |
Well, I have been to England on multiple occasions, but I have only ever been to London and environment (especially Southend-on-Sea). London is a very big city, so there is a lot to see. I especially like the atmosphere of London, which can be grasped best, when just wandering around, which is what I like to do when I am there.
Of course, when you have never been there, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London or Buckingham Palace are places you might want to see - but you'll find those in every guide. I'd also advise to take a one-day ticket for the London underground since many interesting places are quite far apart. What I like a lot about London are the big parks like Hyde-Park, Regents Park or James Park, because they help to create this very special atmosphere that I found in London. Of course, parks, etc. are not too interesting for a one day trip, if however you wanted to visit them nevertheless, I'd advise Hyde Park and Speaker's Corner. If you are lucky, there will be some speakers around (most of them come there every other day). I talked to one of them once, a left-wing who had lived in Berlin for several years.
Aside from that, there is nothing special I would say that you have to do or see.
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Pablo
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okay that sounds nice. Do you think after 3 weeks study and live in England, my english will be better? |
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | okay that sounds nice. Do you think after 3 weeks of studying and living in England, my English will be better? |
There are many parameters involved in how much your English will improve. You will certainly feel more comfortable in speaking English. This is very important, because this will encourage you to speak more freely and more often for example in class (as I gathered, you will be attending school again, soon), which in return will help you to improve your English. Aside from this, it is really up to you, the people around you and your abilities of learning languages. Speak as little German as you can and encourage your guest familiy to correct you as often as possible.
However, I doubt that three weeks will be enough to give you the "feeling" for the language, thus greatly improving your English. This takes more time.
But then - I can hardly predict to what degree your English might improve. I know of people whose English (in terms of correct grammar) has not improved very much after having lived in England for months and others, who jumped several grades in school after only three months.
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Thank you. I hope so. In which cities where you ever been in UK? |
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | Thank you. I hope so. Which cities have you ever been to in the UK? |
I corrected your sentence above. You will notice the construction with an additional "to". An alternative would be something like "Which cities have you ever visited" or perhaps "In which cities have you ever been", although I don't like the latter (which I believe to have a slightly different emphasis) and prefer the former. The main part which you should probably memorize is the question construction "Have you ever (verb) ...".
Concerning your question, I cannot really answer it fully. I have been to different parts of London and to Southend-on-Sea on different occasions (I believe I visited London about six or seven times and Southend about four times) and this is about it, because all my longer visits date back half a decade or more, when I was neither really interested in seeing as many different places as possible nor allowed to do longer travels completely on my own.
In addition, I have been to Dover and I have travelled a little around Essex, but I can't remember very much. Perhaps one day I will find time to explore the other parts of England as well as Wales or Scotland...
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Hi, okay. At this time I will prefer ''Have you ever been''.
Your tavelstoryies about England sounds nice. What was the most marvellous thing oder day that you remember in your travel in England? |
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | Your tavelstories about England sound nice stories --> plural --> sound. What was the most marvellous thing or day that you remember of your travels to England? |
That is a question, which is very hard to answer. What I liked very much was playing football with my classmates during lunch breaks.
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Do you mean soccer or American football? And in what kind of school were you in England? |
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Since I was in England, by "football" I mean the only real kind of football, which in North-America and Oceania is called soccer  .
I attended an all-boys catholic comprehensive school (well, it was called "all-boys", but the sixth-form was mixed). Nothing special, no boarding school, since they usually are much more expensive.
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Okay, where have you stayed in England? By a guest familiy? |
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Did anyone have experience with a au pair in the usa? I want to learn more about the Amerikan culture.
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No, I haven't but I think that MI can say something about that.
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| Verfasst am: 04. Mai 2011 22:17 Titel: |
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | Okay, where have you stayed in England? With/At a guest familiy? |
Correct, as I stated above, I lived with a very nice guest family.
To the au-pair question:
I haven't done any au-pair, but I know some, who have. They have all been very lucky with their families and thus enjoyed the work very much.
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Ok that sounds great.
Do you think 3 month are enougth to improve the knowleg in the englisch language? Or do you think I need more time?
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I think that will improve your English a lot. |
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That depends entirely on you - your behaviour (will you speak only English when you are there?) as well as your talents, your age and the amount of English you already know.
In order to really get the hang of the language, three months is rather short. I have been to France for six months in grade 11 - had I only been there for three, it would not have been enough to stabilize my knowledge of this language. It will certainly improve, yes, but I would not have felt nearly as much at ease with the language than I felt after six months.
Besides, I believe most families search au-pairs only for a year. Do keep in mind that it will take months to really adapt to the different environment, perhaps get friends, etc. I have never been to another country for more than six months at a time, but people who have say that it mostly took them half a year to really adapt to the environment and then they could just enjoy the other half. I can partly verify this for my time in France.
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Hey MI
Can you tell me how it is for an English people when for example a German like me is speaking with him and I make a mistake and don't say the gerund in sentences which needs the gerund.
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| Verfasst am: 05. Mai 2011 22:33 Titel: |
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: |
Can you tell me how it is for an English person when for example a German like me is speaking with him and I make a mistake and don't say the gerund in sentences which needs the gerund. "a people"= "ein Volk"
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You mean "progressive form", because a gerund is something else. Building the gerund and the progressive form of a verb may be the same, but gerunds are verbs used as a noun.
I have seen your thread, but honestly, I don't really know what to answer, because I am no native speaker, thus I didn't answer.
If I may hazard a guess nevertheless, I'd say if it is a sentence where the usage of one particular structure is really obvious (example: someone disturbs you while you are doing your homework, thus you'd say: "I'm doing my homework, please let me concentrate.") it'd feel very strange to them. I doubt it'd be as bad as when you forget an "s" with "he, she, it" in simple present, because in another context, your sentence might be correct.
Perhaps it is a little similar to people using the German condition II nowadays (Konjunktiv II, z.B.: "Wenn ich diesen Mann kennte, dann hätte ich seine Adresse") in oral communication. It'd feel pretty strange.
In sentences where both types could be easily justified, giving the sentence slightly different meanings, I doubt many would notice.
Another problem why I can't really say anything better is that I don't remember having been corrected for using false tenses in England. Perhaps I hardly ever used false tenses, or they didn't notice. Since most of my grammatic knowledge is based on gut feelings (Bauchgefühl), it makes things even worse.
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Pablo
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Oh Mi
your answers are soo difficult to reading for me but I think that I have understand it.
Can you recommend me an English book which is easy to reading for a beginner like me? |
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | Oh Mi
your answers are soo difficult to reading for me but I think that I have understand it.
Can you recommend me an English book which is easy to reading for a beginner like me? |
-ing form nur wenn du gerade dabei bist.
I'm reading.
It is easy to read.
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Hier geht es um keine progressive Form, sondern um das Gerund... |
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ruri14
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macht nichts. Es heißt trotzdem read und nicht reading
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | Oh Mi
your answers are soo difficult to read for me but I think that I have understood it.
Can you recommend me an English book which is easy to read for a beginner like me? |
ruri is right, it has to be just "read" here, because you have a "to", which makes it an infinitive, not a gerund. In the second sentence you could have written "which is easy reading" (entspricht: "was eine einfache Lesung ist"), but I'd stick to the infinitive-form you used.
Furthermore, "I have understood" requires the participle, of course - it's a present perfect, isn't it .
I believe that my replies are not too easy to read. But in that case, it's learning by reading for you . I try not to use extremely long and complex sentence structures, but I do use extended vocabulary, since there are so many English words that might come in handy one day.
Your question about a book: I don't really know. Books like "Harry Potter", if you like them, are pretty easy to read (not very difficult English, some extended vocabulary knowledge needed), you also might want to try reading something you have already read in German. That might help you very much.
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| Verfasst am: 06. Mai 2011 17:32 Titel: |
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No, I don't like Harry Potter. I will take look in the bibliary.
How long have you learned English? |
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I did not mean only Harry Potter, but books of this kind in general: Written for a youn audience. Fantasy books very often fall into that category, thus the example.
I started learning English in grade 5 and finished school (bilingual abitur) in 2007. That means I have "learned" English for eight years in school. Since then, I don't take any classes, I only come across English here and in every day life (half the books I read/have to read, videos, sometimes a conversation with a foreign students, etc.)
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| Verfasst am: 08. Mai 2011 21:36 Titel: |
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Cool, I have been having English in school for a few years but a lot of them I have forgotten in the last years because I have worked.
Now I have been learning English for a few months and I like it but the grammar is so much. Every day I am learning vocabluary and grammar exercises.
I think the easyiest way for someone who wants to learn English is that he goes to the UK or America.
My Problem at time is that I use ever the same sentence structure. Every sentence of me is a relative sentence with the word ''that'' among.
For me is this the easyiest way to speak English. I hope that I can changing this anytime in the future.
Do you notice a positive change because of my English?
Thank you for writting here with me.
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I have read, watch an hear Harry Potter in English and German. It´s really good to improve your English.
It´s hard to finde a good link.
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I hate Harry Potter. Harry Potter is for kids, I am an adult.
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I can feel with you
I hate Harry Potter, too. But I am a teen-ager.
Maybe you can subscibe an english newspaper. Thats interesting and good to improve your English, too.
I've some video about nature, about Afrika etc. and I look them gladly because the language is easy and I like nature and animals.
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Where do you get this videos? |
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Where do you get this videos?
->
Where did you get those videos?
We buyed them at a second hand store or at the "Flohmarkt"
But you also can buy some german DVDs about this topic and most of them are also in english.
So you can look it first in German and than in English. That's really good!
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I will take a look in the bibliary. There are also many DVDs and maybe I will have luck. |
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Yes, thats a good idea, too.
Have a good night!
yours ruri |
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | Cool, I have had English in school for a few years (needs past perfect, because it was before the time you have forgotten those things) but I have forgotten lots in the last years because I have worked. SVO sentence structure is required.
Now I have been learning English for a few months and I like it but the grammar is a lot. Every day I am learning vocabluary and doing grammar exercises.
I think the easiest way for someone who wants to learn English is that he goes to the UK or America. "y" at the end of a verb is changed to "i", a rule that applies (<-- here too ) always in a situation, when some letters are added to a verb with a "y" at the end
My Problem at time is that I use always the same sentence structure. "ever"="jemals" - doesn't fit in German, either, does it? Every sentence of mine contains a relative sentence with the word "that". It cannot be just a relative clause as relative clauses are only subclauses. Therefore, you should rather say that your sentences structure usually contains only a main clause and a relative sub clauseFor me is this the easiest way to speak English. I hope that I can change this anytime in the future.
Do you notice a positive change in my English?
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| cat hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | I have read, watched an heard Harry Potter in English and German. It´s really good to improve your English. present perfect |
| ruri hat Folgendes geschrieben: | We bought them at a second hand store or at the "Flohmarkt" beware irregular verbs But you can also buy some german DVDs about this topic and most of them are also in English.
So you can watch it first in German and than in English. That's really good! You'd rather take "watch", as it means "looking and paying attention"
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | I will take a look in the library. |
@Pablo:
It is very difficult to assess your improvement in English after such a short time. I have only ever read short texts written by you, where it is difficult to really see the style of the author, hence my problems. In reference to your sentence structure, I cann assure you that it is the best way to learn correct English if one sticks to a simple sentence structure at first. You can then add more and more elements such as more adjectives and prepositional phrases ore some subordinate clauses. The reason, why I believe this method to be the best way, is the strict rules that exist for English sentence structures. It is true, the rules don't seem very strict in well written English, but in fact there really is an underlying structure unfamiliar to a German speaker. This sentence structure is neccessary because of the missing declination and conjugation in English grammar.
| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | I hate Harry Potter. Harry Potter is for kids, I am an adult. |
I believe you just don't like it, because the story doesn't appeal to you, which is fine to me. As I said, I only took it as an example.
If however you really don't like it, because you consider it beneath you to read a book for children, then this is truly sad - in several ways.
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Hey MI,
* Oh I see that I have done so many mistakes...
**But I think that I have understood the tenses to 90%. Now I know when I must use the present oder the past or the future. I mean this is very important.
I usually don't use the Future 2 oder Future 2 progressive but that is normal for a beginner, isn't it?. Can this be a problem for me, if I am in England? ***I mean in German we use seldom the future 2. It is in Englisch also the same?
When will you go to England again?
Here are some sentences from my answer in the passiv voice.
* So many mistakes have been done by me.
** The tenses have been understood by me to 90%.
*** The future 2 is used seldom by the German.
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I think th Harry Potter thing depens on your Birthday. As I was a 12 hp was something like twilight now. But now I don´t read it any more.
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| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | I usually don't use the Future 2 oder Future 2 progressive but that is normal for a beginner, isn't it?. Can this be a problem for me, if I am in England? ***I mean in German we use seldom the future 2. It is in Englisch also the same? |
Exactly the same. Some tenses are used much more then others. From personal experience I'd say future II and present perfect progressive are hardly ever used and I can't even recall a single situation in which I heard the future II progressive being used, although there will most certainly have been such situations. Don't worry there (by the way: your sentences are correct in my humble opinion).
| Pablo hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | When will you go to England again? |
I don't know, that depends on several factors, but I don't see myself going to England in the near future, because I won't have holidays for some time and as far as planned, I won't go there for my studies this year, either.
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| Verfasst am: 12. Mai 2011 21:43 Titel: |
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Oh okay.
Annoys you that?
What should I take for present for my guestparents? What took you with you in your last journies? |
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| Verfasst am: 13. Mai 2011 15:33 Titel: |
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Why do you want to have a present?
Maybe a goodbye present would be nice.
It will be a flirt!
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