April 1, 2021
How long have I been studying english and why?
Well, isn't like I was studying all the time or everyday since a time X, I tried to learn english occasionally with little things: try to read withouth translate, practice pronunciation with Duolingo and a bit with Busuu, searching the words that I don't know and remembering it after that, and a few times I tried to speak english with people (although they weren't natives or students with a higher english than mine).
Thinking about that, I started with 6 y.o. at primary with the typical things (the family, colors, the rooms of a house), it was non optional subject, something useful. It continued at secondary, until the last year. After that I started to exercise trying to understand songs and videos in english, probably 3 years ago (I don't remeber it exactly).
Now, Why did I tried to learn English?
For many reasons:
1) It's useful for videogames (Yep, videogames are something essential in my life, I enjoy it a lot, so when isn't translated I can practice my english and understand at the same time).
2)It's useful to travel (It will be my life jacket).
3)It's useful to help the foreigners (If someone ask for help in english I'll able to, at least, understand what is saying and do something).
4)It open a lot of doors for study, job and meet people around the world (above all is useful to read articles of investigation in english).
5)Why not?
6)Learn other languages changes something, I mean, I tried to learn different languages and I noticed some kind of pattern, sometimes although I don't know which language is or what is saying I can notice and suppose what is probably saying.
7)It's funny say words in other way, sometimes I express myself in english and not in spanish because, just I feel it and I do it.
8)I can help other people to learn english with simple things as correct a little grammatical error, saying what it says and how to say something in english.
9)I hope to someday be capable to be a translator.
Probably I have many gramatical errors, but anyways, I tried it at least.
Bueno, no es como que he estado estudiando todo el tiempo o todos los días desde un tiempo X, intenté aprender inglés ocasionalmente con pequeñas cosas: intentar leer sin traducir, practicar la pronunciación con Duolingo y un poco con Busuu, buscando las palabras que no sé y recordándolas luego de eso, y unas cuantas veces intenté hablar en inglés con otras personas (aunque no eran nativos o estudiantes con un inglés superior al mío).
Pensando sobre esto, empecé a los 6 años en la primaria con las cosas típicas (la familia, colores, las habitaciones de la casa), era una asignatura no opcional, algo útil. Continuó en la secundaria, hasta el último año. Después de eso empecé a ejercitar intentando entender canciones o videos en inglés, probablemente 3 años atrás (No lo recuerdo con exactitud).
Ahora, ¿Por qué intenté aprender inglés?
Por muchas razones:
1)Es util para los videojuegos (Sip, los videojuegos son algo esencial en mi vida, lo disfruto un montón, así que cuando no está traducido al español puedo practicar mi inglés y entender al mismo tiempo).
2)Es útil para viajar (sería mi salvavidas).
3)Es útil para ayudar a extranjeros (Si alguien pide ayuda en inglés seré capaz de, al menos, entender lo que dice y hacer algo).
4)Te abre un montón de puertas para el estudio, trabajo y conocer gente alrededor del mundo (sobre todo es útil para leer artículos de investigación en inglés).
5) ¿Por qué no?
6)Aprender otros idiomas cambia algo, quiero decir, intenté aprender diferentes idiomas y noté algún tipo de patrón, a veces aunque no sé qué idioma es o que dice puedo notar y suponer qué está diciendo probablemente .
7)Es divertido decir palabras de otra forma, a veces me expreso en inglés y no en español porque, simplemente lo siento y lo hago.
8)Puedo ayudar a otras personas a aprender inglés con cosas simples como corregir un pequeño error gramatical, diciendo qué dice o cómo decir algo en inglés.
9)Espero poder algún día ser capaz de ser una traductora.
Probablemente tengo muchos errores gramaticales, pero de todas formas, al menos lo intenté.
How long have I been studying eEnglish and why?
Well, it isn't like I was studying all the time or everyday since a time X,. I tried to learn eEnglish occasionally with little things: trying to read withouth a translateor, practiceing pronunciation with Duolingo and a bit with Busuu, searching for the words that I don't know and then remembering it after thatthem, and a few times I tried to speak eEnglish with people (although they weren't any natives or students with a higher elevel of English than mine).
Thinking about that, I started withat 6 y.o. atin primary school with the typical thingbasics (the family, colors, the rooms of a house), it was non -optional subject, something useful.
Instead of saying "Thinking about that,", which doesn't sound like something a native speaker would say, I suggest "That being said,".
It continued ato secondary school, until the last year.
Last year = the last year that you attended school or 2020
Final year = the year when one graduates; grade 12 (it may be called something else where you live)
After that I started to exercisepractice by trying to understand songs and videos in eEnglish, probably 3 years ago (I don't remember it exactly).
"Exercise" usually refers to physical activities like running and lifting weights. It doesn't sound right here.
Now, Wwhy did I triedy to learn English?
"Did" is already in past tense, so "try" shouldn't be conjugated in past tense.
For many reasons:
1) It's useful for videogames (Yep, videogames are something essential in my life, I enjoy ithem a lot, s. So when one isn't translated, I can practice my eEnglish and understand at the same time).
2) It's useful tofor travel (It will be my life jacket).
3) It's useful tofor help theing foreigners (Iif someone asks for help in eEnglish, I'll be able to, at least, understand what ihe's saying and do something).
4) It opens a lot of doors for study, jobwork and meeting people around the world (above all it's useful tofor read articles ofing investigation articles in eEnglish).
5)Why not?
6) Learning other languages changes something,. I mean, I tried to learn different languages and I noticed some kind of pattern, sometimes, although I don't know which language it is or what is sayingbeing said, I can notice and supposeguess what is probably sayingbeing said.
7) It's funny to say words in other ways, sometimes I express myself in eEnglish and not in sSpanish just because, just I feel like it and I do it.
8) I can help other people to learn eEnglish with simple things such as correct a littleing minor grammatical errors, saying what it sayswords mean, and how to say something in eEnglish.
9) I hope to someday be capable to beas a translator.
PI probably I have many grammatical errors, but anyways, I tried it at least.
April 1, 2021
Well, it isn't like I was studying all the time or everyday since a time X,. I tried to learn eEnglish occasionally with little things: trying to read withouth a translateor, practiceing pronunciation with Duolingo and a bit with Busuu, searching for the words that I don't know and then remembering it after thatthem, and a few times I tried to speak eEnglish with people (although they weren't any natives or students with a higher elevel of English than mine).
With "try to read withouth translate" I tried to say "intentar leer sin traducir" not "intentando leer sin un traductor", same with "practice" I tried to say "practicar" and not "practicando". I wanted to use the infinitive, not gerund.
Why is neccesary to add "any" in the sentence "they weren't any natives"?
The others are okey for me. Thanks.
April 1, 2021
Thinking about that, I started withat 6 y.o. atin primary school with the typical thingbasics (the family, colors, the rooms of a house), it was non -optional subject, something useful.
Thinking about that is "pensando sobre eso", even if is correct I'll try to incorporate your suggestion, I admit that I never heard or read "That being said", thanks for that.
About at/in primary/secondary, I read that both are okay, so?
Is it neccesary to write school with primary or secondary?
I wanted to say "las cosas típicas" with "typical things", it sounds weird?
April 1, 2021
You're listing the things (that you've tried in order to learn English). The infinitive is wrong in this case. For example:
"I used to work at the pizza place: taking orders, cooking pizzas and delivering them."
Otherwise, you can say:
"I used to work at the pizza place; I took orders, cooked pizzas and delivered them."
The infinitive isn't as commonly used in English as it is in Spanish.
"There weren't natives" isn't correct / doesn't sound right to me. You can replace it with "There were no natives" or "There weren't any natives".
April 1, 2021
It continued ato secondary school, until the last year.
How can I use them? Any significant difference?
Here the last year and final year are in secondary, we have primary and secondary, after that university or similary.
April 1, 2021
After that I started to exercisepractice by trying to understand songs and videos in eEnglish, probably 3 years ago (I don't remember it exactly).
I see, thanks!
Here "ejercicio" (exercise) is used for many things (physical activity, homeworks, practice)
April 1, 2021
You're listing the things (that you've tried in order to learn English). The infinitive is wrong in this case. For example: "I used to work at the pizza place: taking orders, cooking pizzas and delivering them." Otherwise, you can say: "I used to work at the pizza place; I took orders, cooked pizzas and delivered them." The infinitive isn't as commonly used in English as it is in Spanish. "There weren't natives" isn't correct / doesn't sound right to me. You can replace it with "There were no natives" or "There weren't any natives".
I understand, here infinitive is used withouth problem in this case.
So any is more as a way to use than a grammatical error. Thanks!
April 1, 2021
Thinking about that is "pensando sobre eso", even if is correct I'll try to incorporate your suggestion, I admit that I never heard or read "That being said", thanks for that. About at/in primary/secondary, I read that both are okay, so? Is it neccesary to write school with primary or secondary? I wanted to say "las cosas típicas" with "typical things", it sounds weird?
I don't think "at primary/secondary" sounds right. "At school" is correct, but that doesn't mean that "at primary" is. Similarly think about the difference between "at school" and "in school" and how you can't be "at primary" the same way you can be "at school".
I would say it's necessary to write school after primary and secondary, especially considering that they're not typically called these things. What you call secondary school is a formal and usually unheard way of saying "high school". At least this is true in North America.
"Typical" means average or normal and has a connotation of "boring". I don't think it can apply to vocabulary. The vocabulary you're describing sounds more like it's easy (basic) than "average/typical".
April 1, 2021
How can I use them? Any significant difference? Here the last year and final year are in secondary, we have primary and secondary, after that university or similary.
You were talking about secondary school, so "final year" would be understood as the final year of secondary school.
The "last year" of school however can mean the last year that you went there. If you dropped out in grade 10, that was your last year of school. It can also just mean the school year of 2019-2020 (relative to now). For example:
"I studied English at school in the last year." This means you studied English from (where I live) September 2019 to June 2020, regardless of whether it was your final year.
April 1, 2021
I don't think "at primary/secondary" sounds right. "At school" is correct, but that doesn't mean that "at primary" is. Similarly think about the difference between "at school" and "in school" and how you can't be "at primary" the same way you can be "at school". I would say it's necessary to write school after primary and secondary, especially considering that they're not typically called these things. What you call secondary school is a formal and usually unheard way of saying "high school". At least this is true in North America. "Typical" means average or normal and has a connotation of "boring". I don't think it can apply to vocabulary. The vocabulary you're describing sounds more like it's easy (basic) than "average/typical".
Here isn't a difference like "secondary school" and "high school", we just say "secundaria", I understand.
I searched if I need to use in or at to say primary, and in internet I read that both are okay, but if isn't common that's understandable.
Here typical is used with many things and many ways, so, the connotation obviously can change, I didn't knew that, thanks for your time and help! I'll try to remember it.
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6)Learn other languages changes something, I mean, I tried to learn different languages and I noticed some kind of pattern, sometimes although I don't know which language is or what is saying I can notice and suppose what is probably saying. 6) Learning other languages changes something |
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7)It's funny say words in other way, sometimes I express myself in english and not in spanish because, just I feel it and I do it. 7) It's funny to say words in other ways, sometimes I express myself in |
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8)I can help other people to learn english with simple things as correct a little grammatical error, saying what it says and how to say something in english. 8) I can help other people to learn |
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Probably I have many gramatical errors, but anyways, I tried it at least.
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3)It's useful to help the foreigners (If someone ask for help in english I'll able to, at least, understand what is saying and do something). 3) It's useful |
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9)I hope to someday be capable to be a translator. 9) I hope to someday be capable |
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Well, isn't like I was studying all the time or everyday since a time X, I tried to learn english occasionally with little things: try to read withouth translate, practice pronunciation with Duolingo and a bit with Busuu, searching the words that I don't know and remembering it after that, and a few times I tried to speak english with people (although they weren't natives or students with a higher english than mine). Well, it isn't like I was studying all the time or everyday since |
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Thinking about that, I started with 6 y.o. at primary with the typical things (the family, colors, the rooms of a house), it was non optional subject, something useful. Thinking about that, I started Instead of saying "Thinking about that,", which doesn't sound like something a native speaker would say, I suggest "That being said,". |
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It continued at secondary, until the last year. It continued Last year = the last year that you attended school or 2020 Final year = the year when one graduates; grade 12 (it may be called something else where you live) |
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After that I started to exercise trying to understand songs and videos in english, probably 3 years ago (I don't remeber it exactly). After that I started to "Exercise" usually refers to physical activities like running and lifting weights. It doesn't sound right here. |
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Now, Why did I tried to learn English? Now, "Did" is already in past tense, so "try" shouldn't be conjugated in past tense. |
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For many reasons: This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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1) It's useful for videogames (Yep, videogames are something essential in my life, I enjoy it a lot, so when isn't translated I can practice my english and understand at the same time). 1) It's useful for videogames (Yep, videogames are something essential in my life, I enjoy |
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2)It's useful to travel (It will be my life jacket). 2) It's useful |
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