what's wrong with my english / myLot

By AA

Guangzhou, China

August 17, 2015 9:23pm CST

yeah , i may pronounce the english very well as a Chinese,, but typing and spell is horrible , always typing wrong which is another meaning in english. for example , when i asking my customer what's his target price, instend of " tragic price "

; gorverment instead of " groverment ", there is lot to explain

. who can help ? am i useless ? and after i learning spanish, sometimes read english words in spanish way , people don't get it and either to me.

i may the worse learner

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Yuki

@yukimori (10143)

• United States

18 Aug 15

I've heard that English is extremely difficult to learn as a second language. I think you're doing a fantastic job. I studied Spanish for 4 years in high school, and I'm nowhere near confident enough in my abilities to go on a Spanish forum and post. There's no way you can be the worst learner. You're here, aren't you?

I think you're going to find myLot is an extremely welcoming community. We have members from all over the world, and there are so many here who learned English as a second language. I've seen quite a few whose English has improved in leaps and bounds as they participate here. We'd love to have you here, too!

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@ACETY5 (174)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Aug 15

waw, that's really nice to meet you friend. you learn spanish 4 years in high school ? we learn english since 5 grade i mean in pirmary school till college and always do the exam on that

would you mind to let me know how your guys learn the spanish , cause i want to learn, even not easy for me .

waitting you share laaaa

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@ACETY5 (174)

• Guangzhou, China

21 Aug 15

@yukimori muchos graciase,,hola,jaja

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Yuki

@yukimori (10143)

• United States

19 Aug 15

@ACETY5 My classes used a series of books called Somos Así. We started off learning the Spanish alphabet, and then progressed to greetings and building vocabulary and grammar skills. I think the best thing that the classes did for me was teach me how to conjugate verbs. The teacher I had for years 2-4 was really focused on drilling us. We'd practice them every day, so the whole class was really good at it. We'd start with the infinitive, then go from there like this: estar: to be (feeling, located, or temporarily) yo estoy tú estás él/ella/usted está nosotros/nosotras estamos vosotros estáis ellos/ellas/ustedes están We studied those tenses for two years, then moved into more complicated conjugations. The site I'm linking to seems to be a pretty good resource for information on conjugating verbs in Spanish. Other than that, I've found that practice is essential. I read a lot of Spanish-language books. That helped me learn a lot about the language.

Spanish Verb Conjugation - estar

www.123teachme.com

Full verb conjugation table for estar along with example sentences and printable version. Over 1000 Spanish verbs conjugated.

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beverly boyden

@granny2015 (432)

• United States

18 Aug 15

sometimes you can use the new smart phone that dictates what you say

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@ACETY5 (174)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Aug 15

but get the dictionary still need time when we need write it down quick,, haha , maybe this is my excuse

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cherigucchi

@cherigucchi (14879)

• Philippines

19 Aug 15

It may take a lot of practicing it in writing and speaking.

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Madison Ogashi

@MaddiOashi (183)

• United States

18 Aug 15

No, you not useless! You are still trying to learn. gorverment.... did you mean g o v e r n m e n t? (1 "r" ) Also, instend is like this = i n s t e a d . ( 1 "n") Do not worry, there is always somebody here to help!

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@ACETY5 (174)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Aug 15

see ? i done that again ,hahah