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lim3

00venerdì 31 agosto 2007 22:34

Hi there, this is the only place in the forum in which you can, or better, you must, speak english!

About "One Hundred Windows", as our loved commender in chief Marci, said, about your life, about your ... what you want.

There is only a rule to observe: Here, we speak english.
The second rule is that if you find an error in one other person's post, you would be kind to tell him where he's wrong.

This is a place to improve our knowledge and our ability in writing and reading...let's make the most of it!!!

Ballerinadisiviglia

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 00:24

I think it is a good idea. [SM=g27811]

It is not as easy as it seems writing in other languages because you must not only observe grammatical rules,but also,and above all,thinking in English [SM=g27829]

and respect the collocation of words,that is to say,the way words occur in a given context.I have had enough of collocation & company [SM=g27826]

However,at least here,I can speak English without having the profesors'breath on my neck [SM=g27825]

See you next time! [SM=g27811]

veu

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 00:27

WONDERFUL IDEA!!!

LIM YOU ARE GREAT!!! WE APPRECIATE IT

WE TRY TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITHOUT ERRORS, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICOULT... IN ANY CASE, WE'LL TRY!

Ballerinadisiviglia

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 00:52

Re:

veu, 01/09/2007 00.27:

WE TRY TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITHOUT ERRORS, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICOULT... IN ANY CASE, WE'LL TRY!

Sure!It is important to speak and never mind if we make mistakes..it mean we will try to correct them each other,as Lim said in the previous message.

lim3

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 09:57

Good morning to everybody. I must admit that I feel a little shiver of pride when I open the forum and I found the background image...Isn't it lovely?

But now i have no more excuses...I must study and i'm not so enthusiastic about it...

LUIGI100V

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 11:46

Nice idea!!! [SM=g27811]

EDO284

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 12:04

I AGREE WITH LUIGI! IT'S A GREAT IDEA! CONGRATULATIONS LIM!

M87

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 14:27

so now, after saying words in english on youtube, now i can speak english here! it's a good idea but i think i'll write hardly ever... but maybe...

M87

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 14:28

what will gianmaria think about this [SM=g27828]

Ballerinadisiviglia

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 14:42

Re:

lim3, 01/09/2007 09.57:
Good morning to everybody. I must admit that I feel a little shiver of pride when I open the forum and I found the background image...Isn't it lovely?

But now i have no more excuses...I must study and i'm not so enthusiastic about it...

("I find" not "I found":a little slip [SM=g27823]

)
Yes,this background is magic,fantastic. [SM=g27823]

Regarding study,yes,you are quite right...With this heat it is easy to lose concentration..Besides,your will to study tends to decrease.

Ballerinadisiviglia

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 14:55

Re:

M87, 01/09/2007 14.28:
what will gianmaria think about this ?

Of course he will be enthusiastic about this novelty and write much here.He can train as a teacher [SM=g27823]

lim3

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 15:18

I will really like contacting him and inviting him to join us in this experiment...if someone has his contact msn could tell him that his presence here is requested :)

thanks ballerina, i'll remember find [SM=g27823]

Xena3000

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 15:35

I don't speak inglish very well, but i think that this project is very innovative!! Congratulation Lim for this idea and also for your inglish!

lim3

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 15:43

no one of us is walter scott, xena:) this place exist exactly for who doesn't speak perfectly english, but would like to improve...then, welcome between us!

Ballerinadisiviglia

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 15:54

Re:

lim3, 01/09/2007 15.18:
I will really like contacting him and inviting him to join us in this experiment...if someone has his contact msn could tell him that his presence here is requested :)

(I WOULD really like)
I have his msn contact,but it is a long time that I have not happened to see him logged on Msn.As soon as I see him,I will inform him of this novelty

lim3

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 16:17

Re:

Maybe Gianmaria is dating with a blond beautiful girl (not Carol-big-eyes i hope), and we must wait to hear something from him...

by the way...think, non thinking, after must.

(we really risk to became terrible about this post...but I think is this that make it useful...and amusing :) )

Ballerinadisiviglia, 01/09/2007 00.24:
I think it is a good idea. It is not as easy as it seems writing in other languages because you must not only observe grammatical rules,but also,and above all,thinking in English and respect the collocation of words,that is to say,the way words occur in a given context.I have had enough of collocation & company However,at least here,I can speak English without having the profesors'breath on my neck

See you next time!

M87

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 16:30

IS IT A GOOD IDEA IF I TRIED TO CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MADE NOW?

Ballerinadisiviglia

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 16:44

Re: Re:

lim3, 01/09/2007 16.17:
Maybe Gianmaria is dating with a blond beautiful girl (not Carol-big-eyes i hope), and we must wait to hear something from him...

by the way...think, non thinking, after must.

(we really risk to became terrible about this post...but I think is this that make it useful...and amusing :) )

Yes,yes,About Gianmaria I think the same [SM=g27823]

Thank you for having corrected me [SM=g27811]

I think that correcting each other is very useful!

M87

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 17:23

Re:

lim3, 01/09/2007 15.43:
no one of us is walter scott, xena:) this place exist exactly for who doesn't speak perfectly english, but would like to improve...then, welcome between us!

THIS PLACE EXISTS. maybe they say WHO DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH PERFECTLY but i'm not sure.

what's STAVO PER in english?

lim3

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 17:31

Re: Re:

M87, 01/09/2007 17.23:

THIS PLACE EXISTS. maybe they say WHO DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH PERFECTLY but i'm not sure.

what's STAVO PER in english?

you're right in both cases:)

stavo per can be translated with "I was about to", i think, but I'm not sure.

other opinions?

Ballerinadisiviglia

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 17:40

Re: Re:

M87, 01/09/2007 17.23:

what's STAVO PER in english?

There are different ways: To be about to/ to be on the point of/to be going to/to be ready to

Es:Sto per uscire = I'm about to go out/I'm going out

Your question would be more correct written in this way:
How do you say "stavo per" in English? or "What's the English for "stavo per" ?

lim3

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 17:44

Re: Re: Re:

Ballerinadisiviglia, 01/09/2007 17.40:

There are different ways: To be about to/ to be on the point of/to be going to/to be ready to

Es:Sto per uscire = I'm about to go out/I'm going out

Your question would be more correct written in this way:
How do you say "stavo per" in English? or "What's the English for "stavo per" ?

very very good...i think i'd better go and review something in my grammar book...but at the moment i think i'll go and take a little rest.

p.s. we are the best [SM=g27828]

M87

00sabato 1 settembre 2007 20:57

Re: Re: Re:

lim3, 01/09/2007 17.31:

you're right in both cases:)

stavo per can be translated with "I was about to", i think, but I'm not sure.

other opinions?

really? wow!!!!!!!!!!
when i was thinking about the right sentence, i was going to write in italian (this is what i'd have said). stop, let's change, let's speak about something else!

Ballerinadisiviglia

00domenica 2 settembre 2007 12:47

It seems indeed that September has arrived,in all senses...

Gianmaria Framarin

00domenica 2 settembre 2007 14:17

Hi there lads and lassies, the teacher's back home, although the only time left for me on this computer lasts just... one hour at lunch!
Yes me dears, I'm currently going to the beach from about half past 11 to 7 p.m. would you believe!!!
Believe it or not, my nephew forced me to go to the beach right after Midsummer's day, so that I could play with him a bit, so I started following him and from that day on I never missed a day, now I'm wholly tanned, you should see me... 20 kilos more and all black!
Yes, I know I should try and lose weight but, you know... eating is just like living after all, the more you want to swallow into your stomach the more you're hungry for life, that's how I feel about it.
Anyway, I'll lose some weight, but only winter will erase this suntan from my skin, for God's sake!
The only time left for me to switch my computer on is lunch time, I sometimes even skip Centovetrine and have to ask my mum about it...
I think I'll keep on doing this for another month, after all I live in front of the seaside, September's a wonderful month (I hated it when I was a kid [SM=g27812]

...), the beach empties up and so many foreign tourists (mostly Swedes) come back after having left in July due to the fact they hate crowded places, believe me!
So I don't know how long I'll have the chance to stay here now, all I know is that I'll try and keep updated and I'll be back for good by the end of this month, I swear!
Bye bye mates!

Gianmaria Framarin

00domenica 2 settembre 2007 14:23

And... yes, it's "to be about to", although in Scotland we say "tae be aboot tae", funny accent... pronounce it like " te bi ebuut te" and you'll get it.
You're all very good at English I have to say, I knew about (or aboot, as you like) Tania, I didn't know about the rest of yous ("yous" instead of "you" is another Scottish feature, don't mind).
Let me pay my compliments, really.

Ballerinadisiviglia

00domenica 2 settembre 2007 14:41

Casorati!It's a pleasure to see you again [SM=g27823]

and I am glad you are spending a nice summer..Well done Your nephew! [SM=g27823]

lim3

00domenica 2 settembre 2007 14:46

welcome back gian maria!

enjoy the beach also for who, like me, is already at work and cannot swim any more... but i promise I will take a long long bath after my degree,..in october...if everything goes as it has to...

Bye bye, and enjoy your nephew :)

Ballerinadisiviglia

00domenica 2 settembre 2007 14:54

Re:

Gianmaria Framarin, 02/09/2007 14.23:
And... yes, it's "to be about to", although in Scotland we say "tae be aboot tae", funny accent... pronounce it like " te bi ebuut te" and you'll get it.
.

I would have difficulty in understanding this pronunciation! [SM=g27825]

Gianmaria Framarin

00domenica 2 settembre 2007 17:32

You'd have even more difficulties in understanding a word from the Cockneys (London) or the Scousers (Liverpool), believe me mate!
The Scottish pronunciation in quite easy for the Italians, not only because of the rolling "r"s, but also because Italians and Scots have the same sistem of vowels in general, whereas the English do not. Have you ever heard some Englishman pronouncing the words "know", "now" or "play"? Believe me, Scots are more understandable...
Aye (yes in Scots), I'm doing fine, I haven't received any phone call from some sort of school yet though! I'm waiting...
Do have a warm (hopefully) and deep dive into the sea in late October, lim!
My nephew is a light in my life, now even more than before, because he's learning what it means to be a moaner, just like all kids are, he's getting to know all the vices and vortues of being a kid, and this is what I call innocence. I'm proud of him.

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