Problems with english

[Rusu_luvs_LP_4ever]

...Woah already there has been a topic change lol...

Any other problems you have with phrasing what you are saying?

 

[Clogz]

English is hardest to learn because the rules bend so much. But, once you figure it out, it is the easiest to speak. So its a real plus/minus situation.

And 'May' is the proper way to ask, but most people say 'can'. May is more respectful so use whichever you please.

And say could instead of shall, in that instance. Could is asking, while Shall is actually a confirmation.

 

[majinkamahl]

There are many people from all over the world in here and not every one speaks english well. I've often got problems with grammar. This topic is to help with english.
So I'll start it I just don't know how to ask smb to take photos. Which one is correct?

May I take pictures?

Can I take pictures?

Could I take pictures?

Shall I take pictures?

Or maybe any or none of them is correct?

All of these examples are technically correct.

 

[Friðbjörn]

GotLinkinPark?']Oh. I see. My parents went there' date=' but it was fine for them cause they went with some other people. One of who which new Spanish and the other French. It's a sort of mix isn't it?[/quote']Sorry to continue off topic, but I have to answer this question.

It's not a mix. If you take Basque and compare it to either French or Spanish, you'll see they have exactly no words in common, nothing alike.

 

[melunia]

i have a really little question: what's the difference between 'maybe' and 'perhaps'. is there a difference?

 

[Friðbjörn]

i have a really little question: what's the difference between 'maybe' and 'perhaps'. is there a difference?

I think it means exactly the same.

 

[o0SugaxNxSpice0o]

i have a really little question: what's the difference between 'maybe' and 'perhaps'. is there a difference?

I'm pretty sure they're both the same thing. It's like a possibility, or an chance. You could also use "Possibly", they all mean the same thing :thumbsup:

 

[link]

im withe victim on the "may i take a picture"

 

[Klaudia]

I've always thought English was the easiest language. It's a national language isn't it, the majority of the world are speaking it ^.^ French for example, there's like... masculine words, feminine words, plural words. It's all confusing and about 4 ways of saying "the" & "I" etc. You have to use different versions for different contexts depending on what you want to say =( Thank *** I dropped French.

Chinese looks a million times harder than English. Have you seen those words? ****** **** >.< Each word is a different meaning, you actually have to learn to write the words and learn the meaning behind it. There's no way to actually "read" it like in english because they don't have an alphabet or something? Sorry, in my opinion it really does look hard lol.

Urgh and polish lol! It looks scary. I don't think I could attempt any other words after "Chesk" (sp?) ('Hello' in polish). Sorry for my long input. I find languages facinating, I just can't learn them very well.

Vash and Misery basically answered your question :thumbsup:

LOL, yeah, polish is very hard to learn We have 7 cases! (in german only 4!), also feminine, maskuline and neuter words, times, ends of the words, plural forms, and ortography. It's hard to learn when we have to write "z" or "rz", "a" or "om", "u" or "o", "h" or "ch" and so on. I live in Poland and I've got sometimes problems with it and not only me... I tried to teach polish Germans and Danish, but they couldn't have spoken a lot of words or when they said it was very funny listen to them

"Hello" in polish is "czesc" but I don't use our letters, it should be "cześć", but I don't know if you see polish letters.

 

[Friðbjörn]

LOL, yeah, polish is very hard to learn We have 7 cases! (in german only 4!), also feminine, maskuline and neuter words, times, ends of the words, plural forms, and ortography. It's hard to learn when we have to write "z" or "rz", "a" or "om", "u" or "o", "h" or "ch" and so on. I live in Poland and I've got sometimes problems with it and not only me... I tried to teach polish Germans and Danish, but they couldn't have spoken a lot of words or when they said it was very funny listen to them
"Hello" in polish is "czesc" but I don't use our letters, it should be "cześć", but I don't know if you see polish letters.

Yes, but do you have 7 cases for nouns as well? German only has these for der, die and das ("the" in German) and what, adjectives? My language has got four as well, but also for all nouns, pronouns, everything. That's a lot, but not really if you compare it to Finnish, which has 16 cases and no prepositions.

 

[4everLP_Shinoda]

Oh, thanksNo, I don't think that english is the hardest language to learn, I think chinese, finnish, polish or even german is more difficult than english...

I second that 2(at least I would find them difficult 2 learn).

Btw,thanx for starting an English thread,I´m difinately gonna watch this thread as many times I can cuz it´s gonna be useful for me,I can even ask something in here when I have a doubt,right?

And as for your questions,my answer 2 u is that they are well asked,and as many ppl said in here if u use "May",it will sound more proper and nicier but it´s just me.

 

[Klaudia]

Yes' date=' but do you have 7 cases for nouns as well? German only has these for der, die and das ("the" in German) and what, adjectives? My language has got four as well, but also for all nouns, pronouns, everything. That's a lot, but not really if you compare it to Finnish, which has 16 cases and no prepositions.[/quote']7 cases for nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns! We have also 2 gentles of singular form and polish is really hard to pronounce. I think your language is very hard too. I find scandinavian languages hard, expecially finnish, I tried to learn it, but I failed...

 

[Klaudia]

I second that 2(at least I would find them difficult 2 learn).Btw,thanx for starting an English thread,I´m difinately gonna watch this thread as many times I can cuz it´s gonna be useful for me,I can even ask something in here when I have a doubt,right?

And as for your questions,my answer 2 u is that they are well asked,and as many ppl said in here if u use "May",it will sound more proper and nicier but it´s just me.

Yeah, of course you can ask something in here :thumbsup:

 

[Friðbjörn]

7 cases for nouns' date=' verbs, adjectives and pronouns! We have also 2 gentles of singular form and polish is really hard to pronounce. I think your language is very hard too. I find scandinavian languages hard, expecially finnish, I tried to learn it, but I failed...[/quote']Yeah my cousin's married to a Polish woman so I've heard a lot of Polish. It sounds very hard.

The thing with Finnish is that it's not related at all to the other Scandinavian languages. Polish and Icelandic are a lot more related for instance than it is to Finnish. Actually, aside from Icelandic and Faroese, Nordic languages are pretty simple and easy, at least if you work hard enough trying to learn them.

 

[4everLP_Shinoda]

Yeah' date=' of course you can ask something in here :thumbsup:[/quote']Thanx^^ :thumbsup:

 

[4everLP_Shinoda]

Sorry 2 bug u all but I was wondering if u can give me a hand in my english h/w.I have 2 write this article about chocolates(I´m not kidding),and I don´t have any ideas 2 write about.

My english teacher gave me some titles 2 start the article and I´m between "Confessions of a chocoholic" and "Could you live without it(chocolate)?",so I´m not decided yet,so if u can give me some ideas 2 write about it,I would be happy for it.

Once again sorry 2 bug u all and thanx in advance.:thumbsup:

 

[Klaudia]

Does any one know what means "legal tender"???

I don't know much about the chocolate. You got the stupid titles.

Maybe you should mention the facts about the chocolate for example which countries are chocolate-lovers or in which country people have discovered it, but I find this titles more creative. They're rather to say your feelings and thinkings than to write facts. dunno. If I were you I would take the second one "Could you live without it?"

 

[4everLP_Shinoda]

Thanx for the help Klaudia:thumbsup:

 

[Rusu_luvs_LP_4ever]

dude has any of you tried learning japanese or chinese...it isn't that hard...just because you have different characters it doesn't mean anything. Eveything is logical and always follows a pattern (there only a few minor things that dont)....

 

[4everLP_Shinoda]

I have always thought(and still)that Japanese is one of the most difficult language 2 talk and even 2 write!!I would drive insane if I had 2 read something in Japanese.

I wanna learn how 2 talk Italian tho,may be it´s cuz I have listened 2 lots of songs from Tiziano Ferro(I dunno if any1 knows him),he sings balads and another reason why I wanna learn Italian is cuz it´s kinda similar as spanish and portuguese.

May be I will give it a try