Well, I have been interested in this language since I was ten. I'm surely not an expert in the english language (compared to certain other individuals here >_>) and I have never been to Britain. The only english-speaking country I have been to is India and that was at a time when my knowledges in English weren't too extraordinary.
Hmmmm....I have the slight feeling that I'm going to read this a bit more frequently than other OT-threads.
Hm, yeah, watching movies in english is quite a good opportunity to improve your own language skills. (Damnit, it feels somehow fine to write in english after writing in japanese, btw thanks to Ranmaru for beginning the thread - I understood your posting very well, so I'm a little ashamed of my ownNevermind.. yeah, back to topic!)
I haven't used my english skills actively since ... ahm, I don't know ... well, it's some time ago, especially writing english. Reading is another topic, you get used to reading a lot of english topics (for studies for example), but writing or active using. So I'm thankful for this thread where we can use our skills (and my quite poor english skills, please excuse my lack of knowledge in expressing myself)... yeah.
My english skills are very lowly, so please don't complain if it'll be hard to understand.
I'm intrested in learning this language since there was no way playing FFIV without english knowledge. So all i did was playing the game with a dictionary by my side, and by and by my skills improved far enough to communicate in this language. Can't say i'm really great, but at least other persons can just understand what i'm saying. As long as they're intrested in what i'm saying, of course.
I watched english movies, and read some english comic books, but that didn't really helped my improving my abilites. I'm terribly weak in expressing myself, but at least i'm able to understand what was written here. I count this as an success.
Oh, you think so?Zitat von Eve
Isn't this right like normal people are talking?
Hm... not really. I guess I prefer german movies because i hate it to think about what they are saying instead of knowing it right away. But I admit that the most synchronisations gonna let me puke compared to the original.
Well, I'm interested in English since I first started to learn it at elementary. Now I'm English advanced course student in the 12th grade. I very like this language and I very sympathise with english speaking countries. I was in the 9th grade for 2 weeks in the UK (South East Coast) and it was so wonderful that I decided to choose English advanced course though my marks were about C-D. lol
Well, 'cause I love this language that much I want to become English teacher. Especially I look for a opportunity to teach English (and German) language at Japanese schools or night schools sth like that.
Well, very good for raising the English skill is to read english books (with German translation, like some Shakespeare's) and watching English movies. But this is just sth for advanced anyway!
Mh, tea time lol
Knumon
hi ^^
I learned English in my school.
At first I didn"t like this language,because I prefered French,but this changed with the time.
Now,I have fun in learning and speaking english.
Nevertheless,I still have to learn a lot.
Its weird when you hear from your teacher that you´re like 13-15 points right now.... i honestly tought this will get hard in english but it seems that this advance course/regular course will both be a piece of cake... on the other hand ... when i look at the work of my classmates i can understand my ranking. We had to write a short story, of our own, in the last week. The other girls/boys wrote some story, wich were so bad that i tought i´m back in the 5th grade... like "july and tom was" or "they take us to the hotel and spoke with us"... i mean okay, my english isnt good... like "13-15 points"-good, but their english is that bad that i´m automaticly getting a push in grades
weird
I signed the contract for an apartment today, so I won't have to live in a student's dormitory where I have to share the bathroom with a bunch of others for another semester. After I changed my university, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find an apartment in time since I'll move to the last federal state that's not charging tuition fees, Rhineland-Palatinate, and there's a zillion of students going there. As for sure, there are not enough apartments or flats and the secretary told me that she expects that about 1000 student won't have a domicile when the semester starts.
So I just saved 500 euros that I now invested into a hot 40 square meters apartment.
is shakespeare writing like the people of his time spoke? certainly not.Oh, you think so?
Isn't this right like normal people are talking?
dialogue is in hollywood productions to great parts standardized. sometimes I can tell even from foregoing sentences how a spoken scene is going to end.
and often they are so stupid and heroic, you need to withstand the temptation to vommit right in front of your TV. furthermore, patriotism is an abnormally obtrusive subtheme of nearly every production. >__> in contrast to our own past it always seems a bit off.
by the way has anyone seen SEVEN (SIEBEN) a few minutes ago on pro sieben? well, it's not overwhelming but compared to others a fine piece and it has NO happy end. °_____°
How do you know?
Maybe some lords.
Of course. Everything needs an unmistakable mark to have success.
Abnormally? Oh... I thought, this would be reality. ^^
And by the way, there are some american movies, that don't contain the army and the navy and this patriotic "real american" stuff.
Watched "The perfect Storm" (Der Sturm) on RTL? Far more impressive and definitly no happy end.
I missed watching SEVEN, but the description sounded boring to me anyway.
I envie you. Must be great having an own apartment and a own life, you don't have to share with anyone else.
So do I. It's more impressive than the other Off-Topic-Threads because it's in English. You have to think contrary to the QFRAT for example. And it isn't as much off topic as the others because it's concerned with "Fernweh".
You're such a lucky guy, you know? I want an apartment, too. But I couldn't pay it. I saw a nice apartement near my school for 300€ which would be good to live with a friend and I thought if I should take it, but it would be too expensive. I couldn't go on holiday or buy some little things like a CD or pay the bill for my mobile phone.I signed the contract for an apartment today, so I won't have to live in a student's dormitory where I have to share the bathroom with a bunch of others for another semester. After I changed my university, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find an apartment in time since I'll move to the last federal state that's not charging tuition fees, Rhineland-Palatinate, and there's a zillion of students going there. As for sure, there are not enough apartments or flats and the secretary told me that she expects that about 1000 student won't have a domicile when the semester starts.
So I just saved 500 euros that I now invested into a hot 40 square meters apartment.
Well in three years I'll search one, too.
So, I'm going to go to bed. Good Night.
I've seen it until they found the third victim...
Then I was too tired, so I didn't watch more.
(Was only one tense in these sentences right? :3schau )
I hate it also, but I like watching movies first in english and then in german, because it's really funny to see, how different the story can be, if you don't understand anything... ^^Quotation of Diomedes
[...] Hm... not really. I guess I prefer german movies because i hate it to think about what they are saying instead of knowing it right away. But I admit that the most synchronisations gonna let me puke compared to the original.
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@Ranmaru: that's the kind of flexibility which so many people around are lacking. Always complaining but not taking any further action. So that might be like a kind of reward...
@SEVEN: definitely a very good movie. On the one hand it has to be great because Kevin Spacey is in a way a main character. But apart from that, it's not just another patriot and standard criminal movie but has at least some kind of innovative plot. Well I must admit I saw the beginning and decided that I still remembered it too much and so I went to bed... sleeping is so wonderful.
@aki: I am just curious. Afaik you said you would start an apprenticeship now. But on the other hand you're always talking about school subjects...
So another day of writing that boring bachelor thesis. Some ****ass got all the books I need for that from the university's library. And even though he would have had to give them back by 27th of august he didn't return them. I guess they should raise the penalties...
Lol. In an apprenticeship you have to go to school, too.And at the moment I have 3 days school in a week. ^^ But that will change after fallholidays and I'll have two times a week school. On friday I've got a base rate for 7 weeks whereas 3 of them have past already and next week have the teachers advanced trainig on friday, so I have to go to work ^^
Good Morning btw.
Gonna go in October. I have to live in the dormitory for another 4 weeks, but that's not too bad. My two room mates are okay, it's just too small. My room has 13 square meters and there's a kitchen with about 18 square meters for the three of us.I envie you. Must be great having an own apartment and a own life, you don't have to share with anyone else.
And after one year of room-sharing I'm so looking forward for an apartment on my own.
Oh, I like moving around so that's not a problem. New people, a new city and a new apartment. That's great everytime.
If you want to learn English in Forums you have to go to an English speaking one. I know two or three which are quite nice, but it's realy hard to talk to them, if you can't speak more than a bit English. Because there you can't just use the GErman word, if you don't know the English word. But I think you already knew this...
Well you're absolutely right
Just a hint: use www.leo.org if you need a good translator/dictionary. It often even has examples with how to use the word correctly.
But on something else: at the moment I have to read pretty much english law texts. I've never encountered any texts that was so exhausting to read...
Well you're absolutely right
Just a hint: use www.leo.org if you need a good translator/dictionary. It often even has examples with how to use the word correctly.
But on something else: at the moment I have to read pretty much english law texts. I've never encountered any texts that was so exhausting to read...
Whee!!^^
My old englisch teacher at the "Realschule" gave us the same link, but i've forgot it. Thank you so much.
@ law texts: Hm, have the english so many laws or is it just difficult to read?
Speaking of tiring texts... did anybody of you try to read 'The Lord of the Rings'? Man, I really like the movies but the book was really too heavy for me. I dozed off several times during the first 100 pages. Then I quitted reading. I tried it once again in German, but the way Tolkien is writing makes me fuzzy. The author seems to love the detail, this may be nice sometimes, but... well... I just couldn't read it.
By the way... I hate my work...
Since I can't stand fantasy fiction of any kind, I do not like Lord of the Rings. I read the first book and I wondered many times how many pages one can write just describing things I do not want to now about. And it's very heavy stuff indeed, the language isn't easy. I never tried it in German, though. The fact that "elves" had been translated with "Elben" is even for me as someone who doesn't like fantasy, absolutely terrible. Raping the German language …
I know that. It is exact like with me.Speaking of tiring texts... did anybody of you try to read 'The Lord of the Rings'? Man, I really like the movies but the book was really too heavy for me. I dozed off several times during the first 100 pages. Then I quitted reading. I tried it once again in German, but the way Tolkien is writing makes me fuzzy. The author seems to love the detail, this may be nice sometimes, but... well... I just couldn't read it.
By the way... I hate my work...
I have also tried to read "The Lord of the Rings" in German, but somehow it bored me, ... It is already a while since I read it, perhaps I should try it again. ^^
I just don't like the style of Tolkiens writing.
But the movie was very nice and I liked to watch it.
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