Learn and write english

[free]

Use THE whenever you are talking about a specific item/person/...

Thanks!

[free]

please, can somebody tell me when to use THE ?

or: does anybody could tell me, when to use THE ?

Use THE whenever you are talking about a specific item/person/...

 

If you say for example "I picked a flower for my mother" you don't have to add anything. It's a legitimate sentence. But if you say "I picked the flower for my mother" you need to explain exactly which flower you mean. You can say for instance "I picked the flower that was growing by the tree for my mother." If you use THE you have to be more specific. Otherwise people wont understand what you're trying to tell them.

 

And another thing: "please, can somebody tell me when to use THE ?" is OK.

"does anybody could tell me, when to use THE ?" is not OK. Try "could anybody tell me..." or "can anybody tell me..."

Great, you gave me a suitable explanation! thanks!

 

Are you studiying english?

Or, did you learn english for a long time?

Are you an english language teacher?

What level of english you have?

Did you attend any school where you were learning english language, except primary school?

What is the easiest way to learn english grammar?

What is the easiest way to gain knowledge for to write in english?

Do you have any certificate of to fininishing a course of english in an international level?

Did you learn to speak and write english by yourself?

[Volk K.L.]

English is the main language in my job and not Slovene.

[free]

English is the main language in my job and not Slovene.

Realy?

 

And what is your job?

What you're doing for living?

 

Are you a salesman?

[Volk K.L.]

No. I'm not a salesman. I'm the OMC technician in telecommuniaction company. My job is to maintain and provide the network alive non-stop. The switch (brains) and the network (nerves, heart and body) together have a special name. Baby. That's our baby. To keep baby alive, you must feed him, love him, dress him etc.

[Sončna Vila]

Hey, lunatics

 

Wohooo, I didn't even know that we have a theme like this here at LNF

 

So I guess I'll be chatting in english for some time here with you too, ha? Well, what's to say... I think I'm going to sleep soon, because it's gettin' a bit late even for me ("night type of person" ) at this hour ... Well, I just wanted to say that you catched my eye with this theme and ... heh heh... see you in the next few days

 

Oh, Free... It's a great idea, opening a theme like that I just love english, was always intuitively good at it (so don't ask me what "a gerund" is, because i STILL don't have even the minimal idea about it - that much about my english grammar ) and ... heh heh.... I think I learnt it from MTV

 

Good night, sleep tight, honeyzzzz

 

 

Sunny Fairy

[coccinelle]

Oh, Free... It's a great idea, opening a theme like that   I just love english, was always intuitively good at it

 

Sunny, I'll sign this too

 

I would have dropped in earlier but have never found enough time or energy to write more than a few words... so I never bothered starting (to write) in the first place.

 

I'm still learning... partly on my own, partly on English courses...

Besides being blessed with a natural talent for languages I've been lucky enough to have had a few exellent English teachers... although I'm not very strong at the theory of grammar I usually just know what's right.

 

And, Free, maybe just a note on asking questions...

 

When you use the 'wh' question (i.e. what, where, when, why...)directly you reverse the order, so you say, "What are you doing...," not, "What you're doing..."

 

But when you ask indirectly, this rule does not apply, so: "I wonder what you're doing..." is correct.

 

Hope I haven't complicated things too much...

 

Cheers,

Ladybird

[free]

Hey, lunatics  

 

Wohooo, I didn't even know that we have a theme like this here at LNF  

 

So I guess I'll be chatting in english for some time here with you too, ha? Well, what's to say... I think I'm going to sleep soon, because it's gettin' a bit late even for me ("night type of person" ) at this hour ... Well, I just wanted to say that you catched my eye with this theme and ... heh heh... see you in the next few days  

 

Oh, Free... It's a great idea, opening a theme like that     I just love english, was always intuitively good at it (so don't ask me what "a gerund" is, because i STILL don't have even the minimal idea about it - that much about my english grammar     ) and ... heh heh.... I think I learnt it from MTV      

 

Good night, sleep tight, honeyzzzz    

 

 

Sunny Fairy

hello

 

Nice to see you here, as well the others.

 

nice comparisionment (- is this right?) you've made about MTV

I can say that for my self as well. My conversation is very good, but writing is poor.

 

Do you like that someone correct your english? Because I don't want to be enoying, unpleasant..,

even that I like for my english to be corrected.

 

English is very nice language to me. More that Slovenian, even if the second one is my native language.

 

I did noticed, that I could express my self differently than in my native language and I don't know why?

Maybe I think differently when I'm using english.

 

volk k.l.

hm, is your job interesting to you?

[free]

Oh, Free... It's a great idea, opening a theme like that   I just love english, was always intuitively good at it

 

Sunny, I'll sign this too

 

I would have dropped in earlier but have never found enough time or energy to write more than a few words... so I never bothered starting (to write) in the first place.

 

I'm still learning... partly on my own, partly on English courses...

Besides being blessed with a natural talent for languages I've been lucky enough to have had a few exellent English teachers... although I'm not very strong at the theory of grammar I usually just know what's right.

 

And, Free, maybe just a note on asking questions...

 

When you use the 'wh' question (i.e. what, where, when, why...)directly you reverse the order, so you say, "What are you doing...," not, "What you're doing..."

 

But when you ask indirectly, this rule does not apply, so: "I wonder what you're doing..." is correct.

 

Hope I haven't complicated things too much...

 

Cheers,

Ladybird

Great, thanks!!

 

Can I ask you which school do you attend?

 

At the moment I attend an english course in the school named Palatin.

But I rather have my own private teacher.

[coccinelle]

Can I ask you which school do you attend?

 

At the moment I attend an english course in the school named Palatin.

But I rather have my own private teacher.

 

It's not a school I attend; we have a language training at our company which is great as I don't have to pay anything. We work in groups of about 10 participants with the emphasis on business English.

 

As opposed to you I find it easier to express myself in writing; I have a feeling that I make too many mistakes when speaking. Perhaps I'm not relaxed enough; I should learn to just let go...

 

Having a private teacher would be great but it's rather expensive I suppose.

 

By the way, you should say, "I'd (I would) rather have my own private teacher," since you're expressing a wish here.

[free]

Can I ask you which school do you attend?

 

At the moment I attend an english course in the school named Palatin.

But I rather have my own private teacher.

 

It's not a school I attend; we have a language training at our company which is great as I don't have to pay anything. We work in groups of about 10 participants with the emphasis on business English.

 

As opposed to you I find it easier to express myself in writing; I have a feeling that I make too many mistakes when speaking. Perhaps I'm not relaxed enough; I should learn to just let go...

 

Having a private teacher would be great but it's rather expensive I suppose.

 

By the way, you should say, "I'd (I would) rather have my own private teacher," since you're expressing a wish here.

Cool! You are lucky to work in that kind of a company i suppose.

 

I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers which they're charging you 2.000 SIT per hour for the private leson in english.

or:

I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers. They charge 2.000 SIT per hour for giving private lessons in english.

 

So my reason for to have a private teacher is beacuse I speak english very good, but writing and using the right grammar it's not ok.

I have holes in my knowledge. I need a teacher that is capable to find that holes and to show me how to fill them properly.

 

At first I should learn grammar, actualy the basics of a grammar.

[Volk K.L.]

volk k.l.

hm, is your job interesting to you?

Well sometimes is very boring. That means the network is fine, there's no problem. Sounds strange but I like the network failures or switch failures. At that time, we are using all our knowledges to solve and fix the problem. Of course there's no place for individual characters, because of team work. The only bad thing in my job is working night shifts during saturdays, sundays or celebration days. Sometimes I must work during the OFF days, because of upgrading the last version of SW and HW, or special backups to protect the system, or really bad failures etc...

Job itself is interesting for me, because technology is so alive. It acts like a life form. A lot of people said that with AI the world will be like in Terminator movies. Nobody knows that AI is right know at their home. Mobile, ADSL, ISDN, CATV technology is very close to AI technology. We could say that telecommunication of the present and future time is very clever technology and of course very alive, something like Skynet in the Terminator movie.

[coccinelle]

Cool!    You are lucky to work in that kind of a company i suppose.

 

I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers which they're charging you 2.000 SIT per hour for the private leson in english.

or:

I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers. They charge 2.000 SIT per hour for giving private lessons in english.

 

So my reason for to have a private teacher is beacuse I speak english very good, but writing and using the right grammar it's not ok.

I have holes in my knowledge. I need a teacher that is capable to find that holes and to show me how to fill them properly.

 

At first I should learn grammar, actualy the basics of a grammar.

Well, working in a company like mine certainly has its advantages and disadvantages.

 

"I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers. They charge 2.000 SIT per hour for giving private lessons in english," is correct, whereas the first statement should be slightly modified:

I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers who charge you 2.000 SIT per hour for private lessons in english.

 

You also say, ...reason for having a private teacher...

and, your English is good, but you speak English well...

and, ...using the right grammar is not ok (you already have 'grammar' as an object, so you don't need 'it' as another one )

 

Also, when referring to a person (teacher), you use 'who' not 'that'.

 

Hope I'm not too annoying with all these corrections... otherwise feel free (after all, you are Free) to tell me to go to hell

[coccinelle]

Hi Lunatics,

 

I should be writing an essay for tomorrow's English class but am hanging around on this forum instead. It really is addicting! And I'm afraid this little text won't do for the essay. I guess I'll have to make up an excuse for tomorrow since I'm not in the mood to write some serious stuff right now.

 

Have fun everyone!

 

Ladybird

[free]

Well, working in a company like mine certainly has its advantages and disadvantages.

 

"I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers. They charge 2.000 SIT per hour for giving private lessons in english," is correct, whereas the first statement should be slightly modified:

I know the assosiation where you can find private teachers who charge you 2.000 SIT per hour for private lessons in english.

 

You also say, ...reason for having a private teacher...

and, your English is good, but you speak English well...

and, ...using the right grammar is not ok (you already have 'grammar' as an object, so you don't need 'it' as another one )

 

Also, when referring to a person (teacher), you use 'who' not 'that'.

 

Hope I'm not too annoying with all these corrections... otherwise feel free (after all, you are Free) to tell me to go to hell  

Yes, cool, thanks!!

I love to be corrected!! So, please correct me whenever you like to!

I think I don't understand what you were talking (writing) about when you were correcting me??

 

Did you write your esey? How it was?

 

I didn't went to my class yesterday, beacuse we have so much work to do in the office (at the job)

Tommorow is another one

 

I think your english is very good!

[opij]

eniting(SVAŠTA)

[coccinelle]

Yes, cool, thanks!!  

I love to be corrected!! So, please correct me whenever you like to!

I think I don't understand what you were talking (writing) about when you were correcting me??

 

Did you write your esey? How it was?

 

I didn't went to my class yesterday, beacuse we have so much work to do in the office (at the job)  

Tommorow is another one  

 

I think your english is very good!

Thanks for your reply.

Sorry you didn't understand the corrections - I obviously wasn't clear enough. You can send me an OS if you want me to explain anything (in English or Slovene).

 

I didn't manage to write the essay, but it was no big deal as neither did anybody else, so we just postponed the whole thing until next week. It must be the Mercury's retrograde movement taking away the creative energy.

 

 

This time you wrote :I didn't went to my class yesterday...

The correct statement would be:I didn't go to my class yesterday

 

When you use a negative statement in the past, you only put the first part (the negation - didn't) in the past tense. the verb stays in the basic form - the infinitive (in this case - GO).

 

torej, ko nekaj zanikaš v preteklosti (past tense), ostane osnovni glagol vedno v nedoločniku; čas v tem primeru določiš z nikalnico (did not ali skrajšano didn't). Upam, da je tole razumljivo; nisem pedagog, da bi znala bolje razložiti.

[free]

Thanks for your reply.

Sorry you didn't understand the corrections - I obviously wasn't clear enough. You can send me an OS if you want me to explain anything (in English or Slovene).

 

I didn't manage to write the essay, but it was no big deal as neither did anybody else, so we just postponed the whole thing until next week. It must be the Mercury's retrograde movement taking away the creative energy.

 

 

This time you wrote :I didn't went to my class yesterday...

The correct statement would be:I didn't go to my class yesterday

 

When you use a negative statement in the past, you only put the first part (the negation - didn't) in the past tense. the verb stays in the basic form - the infinitive (in this case - GO).

 

torej, ko nekaj zanikaš v preteklosti (past tense), ostane osnovni glagol vedno v nedoločniku; čas v tem primeru določiš z nikalnico (did not ali skrajšano didn't). Upam, da je tole razumljivo; nisem pedagog, da bi znala bolje razložiti.

hay!!

 

thanks for correcting me!!

 

I discovered an interesting link:

http://www.millionairemind.com/free_audio/

of course in english!

It's realy interesting lecture at that audio!

..I would like to be one of that 20% of the people who are living their dreams!

 

What about you? Do you have any financial problems?

I hope I don't asking you something that you're not willing to discussed.?

 

Whatever, I think that many people aren't satisfied with their financial situation, and it's interesting to know and understand Why!; including my self!

But by the way, I'm very rich person! or better: I intend to be very rich!

he he

and at that moment I was heard: ''The less you will think, the richer you'll be!!''

- It was the guy talking on that tape that I was mentioned at the top of that message.

 

So,would you like to live in an english speaking sorrunding?

 

have a nice day!

[free]

I like to be wherever I am

and I wish the sun could shine on me today!

[coccinelle]

I discovered an interesting link:

http://www.millionairemind.com/free_audio/

of course in english!  

It's realy interesting lecture at that audio!

..I would like to be one of that 20% of the people who are living their dreams!

 

What about you? Do you have any financial problems?

I hope I don't asking you something that you're not willing to discussed.?  

 

Whatever, I think that many people aren't satisfied with their financial situation, and it's interesting to know and understand Why!; including my self!

But by the way, I'm very rich person!    or better: I intend to be very rich!

he he  

and at that moment I was heard: ''The less you will think, the richer you'll be!!''  

- It was the guy talking on that tape that I was mentioned at the top of that message.

 

So,would you like to live in an english speaking sorrunding?

 

have a nice day!

Hi,

a really interesting link! I haven't taken time to listen to all the tape yet. In fact, I'm not very excited about listening to tape-recorded voices; I'm much more a visual type of a person, and I prefer watching (or reading) to just listening. Anyway, listening (and talking) to a native speaker in person is an all together different experience.

 

I'm currently lucky enough to earn just as much as I need. Sometimes I think that more money means more trouble so I'm quite satisfied with what I have. Of course it's great dreaming about having loads of money and indulge in things we now can't imagine. :$$:

 

But being rich and having a lot of money are two different things. I think that someone who is pleased with his/her life is richer than someone who has money but is not happy.

 

I think living in an English speaking would be an interesting experience to try.

 

Enjoy!

[free]

jeah!! cool, I agree with you.

 

to be rich inside it's much more important.

 

I prefer talking personaly it's much more interesting; but the contents of the tape is what I'm was talking about.

 

Heh, more money more truble!!?? - I don't think so! I think that you're talking about something that you did not experienced yet!!??

I don't think that if I have more money I should be in truble!! I think there are many people which they are heaving a huge of money and they're very satisfied in their lives. What you are talking about is personaly relation to the money, personaly attitude in define circumstanes, I think!!? And that is something different of heaving or not heaving enought money, I think.

 

You didn't correct nay of my word or sentences!

I'm becomming better in english

 

How is the eneglish word for velika noc?? (is it 'eastern' ??)

 

have a nice weekend!

[coccinelle]

You didn't correct nay of my word or sentences!  

I'm becomming better in english  

 

What if I just didn't feel like correcting you?

(No offence, but I could have found something to correct if I really wanted to)

 

Actually, I think you're quite good. I think in an actual conversation you would do better than me.

 

By the way, you used heave/heaving a couple of times instead of have/having.

 

According to my electronic dictionary, heave has quite a few meanings, all different from what you meant:

1. Utter a sound, as with obvious effort

2. Throw with great effort

3. Rise and move, as in waves or billows

4. Lift or elevate

5. Nautical: to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position

6. Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

7. Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

8. Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

 

'velika noč' is Easter (you were close enough )

 

 

Cheers

[free]

hi hi

it's realy cool to read your posts!!

 

yes!: have not heave

 

he he, maybe the word 'heave' wasn't writen by coincidence!? as I see the meaning now!

You know, I do not belive in coincidence!!

 

Easter become eastern as well; so the eastern people take it as their own.

Who was the first who have the 'Easter'? Crhristians or Jews or someone else?

Who else than christians celebrate the easter?

 

What's the meaning of the 'easter' and why The Easter?

 

How did you spend your time at last Easter?

 

Is it true, that we suppose to meditate at holidays, because 'the energies' are higher and forceful (stronger) than usual?

 

good night!

[free]

uh, it's almost eleven o'clock :o|o: in the evening.

 

...the time strikes the mind, which was unconsciously trying to figure out whats happenig between my plans for the day. :o|o: :xx!:

conclusion: no peace, no consciousness! ---- unorganize-no peace-no consciousness!

 

and some voice say: 'ej, pall, try to meditate!'

[coccinelle]

Hi,

 

I had a nice post almost completed yesterday but then had some work to do and by the time I was able to get back to finishing it, it was gone!

 

Now I wonder wherher it was Mercury in action or just a warning that I shouldn't do things like that at work :o|o: (and what I'm doing again right now) x!x

 

Anyway, have a nice day everyone