Feels like my brain freezing

@ifa225 (14364)
Indonesia
December 19, 2022 6:30am CST
I want to make a discussion about many things But I feel like my brain is freezing, I am so lazy to think. It often happens because I need to translate my opinion from Bahasa to English. Need a fresh brain to do that. Google translate is not working so much since the grammar between bahasa and English is not the same. What is your obstacles in making a post in my lot if you are a non native speaker?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458642)
• Switzerland
19 Dec 22
I am not native English speaker, but I always have so many notifications that the time I have finished to clear them I have no time to write.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
19 Dec 22
Yes, sometimes I feel full too with the notifications , I have not deleted them yet, gonna need some spare time to do that
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458642)
• Switzerland
19 Dec 22
@ifa225 I delete as I read if not I do not remember which one I checked.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
19 Dec 22
@LadyDuck yeah, it happens to me that I open the same notifications over and over I should do like the way you do
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (15749)
• Raurkela, India
19 Dec 22
I don't have any problem as I was educated in a convent where the medium of instruction was English.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
20 Dec 22
@aninditasen I saw your profile, greetings for all the teacher in the world, they bring konwledge and enlighten others
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
20 Dec 22
You are so lucky, here we have to pay some extra money of tuition to be more fluent in English
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (15749)
• Raurkela, India
20 Dec 22
@ifa225 That way in India too people take tuitions to learn good English. I have taught English online to both Indians and students in the US.
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Marlina
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
19 Dec 22
My obstacles are : lack of time and some laziness.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
19 Dec 22
You are such a busy person hehehe I am glad you drop your response here even you are busy and lazy
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Erly Maglangit
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Dec 22
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
19 Dec 22
I usually speak and write English just fine... I don't write very many discussions because I'm lazy. I'd rather go talk to people on their discussions than write discussions myself.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
20 Dec 22
That is very nice of you Sounds like you are so generous
Erly Maglangit
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
22 Dec 22
You can surely become a good writer practice makes you perfect. I'm also not a native speaker.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 22
I just visited your profile, I thought Philipines is usingEnglish as their main langueage too
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
23 Dec 22
@cacay1 same like Indonesia, we have so many traditional language too. But it's too bad that not so many understand English.
Erly Maglangit
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Dec 22
@ifa225 our national language is Tagalog. We have many languages here hehe but it's Tagalog and English that made us understand each other.
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Kit
@ankurdini (1791)
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20 Dec 22
Whenever i want post here then i choose food topic easy to think about it. Non native always has problem to post with correct Grammar
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
20 Dec 22
True, I wish someone can correct my writings here so I can be aware of my mistake in grammar
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Kit
@ankurdini (1791)
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22 Dec 22
@ifa225 my grammar also not so well. So i take long time to post anything correctly.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 22
@ankurdini yeah, time will help us to make us better in English
Marlina
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
23 Dec 22
I don't have a problem.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
23 Dec 22
Nice to know that you don't
M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
19 Dec 22
English is not my native language, either, but I know it well enough so that I don't have to translate it. I think it would help you to read a lot of English and then start writing in English. It will sound more natural than if you translate your language into English. If you can, you should watch films in English with subtitles. By and by you won't need the subtitles so much any more and you'll become more fluent in English. Read English newspapers and books in the original without looking up every unknown word!
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
19 Dec 22
You have so many good tips here, thank you so much. I still have difficulties in understanding a movie without subs tittle
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
19 Dec 22
@MALUSE there is no wonder your graamnar is excellent I will try that, I am already in my early 40 yo, let's see if my brain still working good or not by carry those 20 words perday
M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
19 Dec 22
@ifa225 I'm German. I was a teacher of English for 40 years at secondary grammar schools. You can also write down, say, 20 new English words every day which you carry with you all day long. Whenever you have some minutes to spare, look at them. Your vocabulary will increase without much effort. Start with everyday words, not words you hardly ever meet in texts. ----- Drop me a line when you see that my suggestions help!
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