Индия-Пакистан

Hello everybody!

I was just about to fall asleep when it suddenly came to my mind that we had wanted to have a topic here just for practising our languages. And as I am to give a short speech in English tomorrow, so I decided to be the first one here

Everyone who is interested in practising a little bit, is welcome here! Let's start

На всякий случай вольный перевод для тех, кто еще только начал разбираться в премудростях английского языка, но хотел бы поскорее его освоить

Привет всем!

Я уже почти уснула, как вдруг мне пришло в голову, что мы хотели открыть темы в этом разделе просто для того, чтобы попрактиковаться в языках. А поскольку завтра мне предстоит выступить с небольшой речью, то решила быть первой (Заметьте, прямо сорвалась с постели, чтобы не забыть Во чокнутая )

Все, кому интересно немножко попрактиковаться, добро пожаловать! Начнем

Юль, а можно по-конкретнее по этой темке. Написать на инглише и потом перевести? Или просто написать текст, а потом кто-то будет переводить?

WOW, brave girl!
Sometimes you will laugh at my English, as i never learnt it properly, only independently from books and from internet. But, in spite of this and that you are English teacher, I want to correct you:

Everyone who is interested in practising a little bit, is welcome here should be Everyone who is interested in practising a little bit, is welcomed here

Maybe im wrong? Then its your turn to correct me.

MariaP,
I`m not English teacher, but you are wrong:)))

See, how much useful topic is created!!!! THank you!

Амира,
Now you understand why I've created this topic? Just to encourage people to use English, not to be afraid to talk (it happens with many people and it's normal). Masha, Julie - thank you girls Masha, your English is not as bad as you are trying to show So keep posting. Actually I was hoping that our US girls will join us here, coz they use the language daily And yes Masha, everybody makes mistakes, teachers are no exception. I wrote "everybody is welcome" coz I've heard native speakers say "You are welcome here", so

So please everybody join us. If you don't know what to write, just start with a couple of sentences and say how you use English in your everyday life (if you do, of course ) Thank you for participation

well, one of them are still using another language more often than english..

Yul, topic is not too bad, but sometimes you just want to relax and enjoy your native language than other languages that you have in your head...

Sure, let's give it a try It would be kinda nice to just type things here directly without using translit.ru
My only concerns are the following:
- Should we correct each other if we see some mistakes/typos? My previous experience shows that some people really mind it
And if we do correct each other, I guess we should try to do it in non-judgemental way..

- It's always best to learn from native speakers. I am a bit concerned that we 'll end up picking up incorrect phrases from each other

that's also true. For us, who are living abroad and using English on everyday basis, it's just really nice to be able to chat in Russian on the forums

Hey, I am curious if you have trouble maintaining French? are you using it at all these days?

Although I use English daily with my husband and outside, I noticed that I talk more and more like my husband - intonation, same constructions and words. Thanks God, he doesn't have Indian accent and talks clearly, so my English is improving But the best way to broaden your English vocabulary is reading, reading and reading! coz American people use very simple and informal language.

Same here, except my husband does have an accent - guess what? some americans already told me that I have an indian accent too

I totally agree about reading - ironically, my english vocabulary was better before I came here , I used to read more, now it's mostly technical stuff..

Same here, except my husband does have an accent - guess what? some americans already told me that I have an indian accent too

russian girl with indian accent - really funny!!

I have plenty of time now to read as much as I can Probably in future I won't have that opportunity and I guess I need to work hard on it now.
But my French got stuck somewhere in my head and I am forgetting it c`est la vie!
Irishkos, maybe we'll open the same topic about French?but, sure, you have plenty of practice with your husband..

And yes and no... hopefully my husband understand english, but sometimes it's difficult to make "high" phrases...
I've just started to write and noticed that my mouse wanted to select the box for cyrillic


one of our friend, he is arab, but when he spent the whole year with us he started to talk as Amit, indian. And one american said: "I understand that Amit has an indian accent, maybe Sourech (my husband) has a little bit of this accent, but how come that you're arab but speak with INDIAN accent"

Oh, I noticed that sometimes I also speak with a little bit indian accent when I speak to indians.

well, we can try... but not sure for success coz most people would prefer to speak english...

He-he, same with me I definitely speak differently to different people - I don't do it on purpose, but I seem to be using different phrases when I speak to my neighbor and other americans, and different words/intonation when I speak to indians.



Sorry, I did not quite understand whether you speak French or English to your hubby? Or is it both?

yulika and others,

We can chat here of course, but another thing that I found helpful is to go read some british/american forums - that's the best practice probably..

Wowwwww girls, thanks a bunch I knew to whom appeal to For me it's an opportunity to keep up with the living language (can you use that for Russian "поддерживать язык"? ).
Well, some comments, if you don't mind


Well yeah, we have to agree upon than, and yes, the best way not to hurt anyone is just not to be judgemental. Some people DO mind their being corrected. I thought about it when Masha corrected my sentence.

By the way, oak, is typo a short informal word for misprint? I just love these little details, I feel like I am getting into the language essence when I get to know these


I couldn't agree more. But for us you guys, living among native speakers, are equal to them And if we correct each other's improper word usage politely that could keep us from making further mistakes, what do you think?


That's absolutely true


That's me when I am in India talking English to Indians My husband refuses to understand my accent (which tends to sound more American as some Americans say). That's why I prefer Hindi in India


I'd love to give it a try. Coz I feel I have started to forget my French completely

Reading is one thing and replying is the other this chat could be a first step to talking English for those of the participants who don't use English daily or would like to improve their language skills (including me ). And is there any garantee that we won't find any non-native speakers on those forums? I guess most of those could be already filled up with guys wanting to have some practice with the native speakers

Hmm, not sure , does not sound quite right.

.

I actually decided not to correct people unless they specifically ask smth - it would just take too much time and there is a chance that smbdy would get hurt




Yep, typo = опечатка. I am Olga/Olya btw





Nah, it's not true, at least in my case; my English is fine, but is in no way as good as native speakers.



Wow, lots of people here know French, impressive! I know some German but it is probably horrible by now

Sure, lurking (just reading topics on the forums (lurker is somebody who just reads but never/rarely posts)) is not gonna be that useful, but one can register and start posting, it is not really that scary Anyhow, I did not mean to suggest it instead of this topic, but rather as smth in addition to this topic

No with him most of the time is French... just sometimes I mix everything...

Like indians mix english and hindi (or english and tamil etc.) We also use some russian and hindi words in our conversation Sometimes a russian (or hindi) word fits the best

yulika,

Jul', btw: do you speak Hindi or English to your husband? I actually like the British version of English, that many educated indians here speak, much better than the language an average american speaks

oak, exactly!

Ol', Yulia speaks hindi with her husband... Yul, sorry to answer for you..

Oh, I prefer even british accent, even if sometimes it's difficult to understand

me neither I just couldn't think of something else right now

Yeah, that's the best idea. Or we will scare off all others

Thank God, I was craving to know your name but I never dared to ask And I hate to call people only by their forum nicknames, that's why I always add the person's real name, it sounds much better

Well none of us is perfect, but I am impressed by your English Btw I got to know you've done your PhD in the US, is that correct?

My French is not impressive any more

Aha, sometimes it's the only possible version

It's ok dear, I was busy with my previous post As my husband refuses to understand my accent and I refuse to speak with Indian accent, the best option for us is Hindi well, it's better to call it Hinglish, coz we both mix English words a lot, and yes, we started to mix Russian, coz he is eager to learn some.

I don't understand it at all at times, that's why I prefer American. I watched an Indian movie called "Deceivers" (with Pierce Brosnan and some other British actors). If it had not been for English subtitles, I would have never understood what they were talking about

ok girls, I 've got to run, I'll try to reply tomorrow. But yeh, British accent can be hard to understand, but I like it nethertheless.. I am obsessed with everything British (except soccer!! )

oak, The worst when british talk on the phone...

Oh, in our building management company there is one maintenance guy who is Irish... No one (even americans) doesn't understand him.. he always cuts the words and every time it's better to make him come than to let him explain on the phone how to fix...

Oh, Ol', if you'd like we can open a topic in german.. but my german really s s ... sorry...

As for me, I usually mix English, Hindi and Russian

Oh ... i see, yulika. Now i know what i can do with this topic Im not much use english in my everyday life. Only when im talking with my friends on yahoo, but its not to much, couple hours, that1s all. So i have a lot mistakens not only in writing and speaking but im tryig to do my best to do it more or less good

Thanks yulika for this topic

Oh my God...here all on english

I think will good if here moderator too and she can corect if not right

Hey you guys!

I am desperate I was trying to remember at least something in French to participate in your conversation but all in vain it takes me so much time just to remember the easiest things

I want to ask little question. How do you ask ur child if he did BIG MATTER in toilet or not. It's important to be informed sometimes, especially if he has some health problem... To say "did u shit?" sounds rude. How to say normally (as for me, i mean "сра*ь" under "shit"...but i need to know how to translate "какать" into english)

Thanks

MariaP -

to poop

MariaP, did you make poopoo...

MariaP,

какать = "to poop" or "to go number two (in the potty)"

Thank you! nice word - to poop....cool!

Thanks Yul,
it was brilliant idea!
And whats a pity that I have found it so late
No one write here anymore

Civetta, so let's start it all over again (I guess there's a typo - 'No one writes here anymore')

nevertheless?

"Everyone who is interested...is welcome" - is a correct form. I have never heard "everyone is welcomed". Sorry.

Shouldn't it be "I am not an English Teacher"? (Sorry, I am not good with arcticles )

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/welcomed - the word is used, but mostly in passive or past tense sentences.

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=238251

Tian, "everybody is welcome" should be just welcome

Oh, my God...here all IN English?

Profi222,

I think it would be good to have a moderator over here, who could correct us?

and what a pity? (Ladies, should we put "a" before "brilliant idea"?)

ana, right, that's the most common way English-speakers are using the phrase. "Welcomed", I guess, should have something explaining how exactly the action is done, like... for e.g. "they are welcomed with a warm smile/cold stares" etc.