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HOW TO MAKE A SHORT INTRODUCTION OF YOURSELF!

 Presentarse es lo más importante que debemos conocer a la hora de aprender un nuevo idioma. No tiene que ser perfecto o largo, solo debe ser fácilmente comprensible para cualquiera. Para ayudarte a crear tu breve presentación, aquí tienes algunas preguntas que tendrás que responder para poder presentarte fácilmente. 1. What is your name? / Cual es tu nombre? - My name is Ronny.  2. Where are you from? / De donde eres? - I am From The Dominican Republic. 3. How old are you? / Cuantos años tienes? - I am twenty-one (21) years old. OJO: Recuerda, es necesario iniciar siempre tu presentacion con un saludo, ejemplo: - Hello / Hi: Hola - Good Morning: Buenos Dias - Good Afternoon; Buenas Tardes - Good Evening/ Night: Buenas Noches Todo lo que hemos aprendido nos dará este resultado: Hello, Good Morning, my name is Ronny, I am from Dominican Republic and I am Twenty-one (21) years Old. 1. Ahora, escribenos en los comentarios tu propio ejemplo de presentación en inglés, utilizando los ejemp

SIMPLE PRESENT

  The simple present is a   verb tense   with two main uses. We use the simple present tense when an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly (or unceasingly, which is why it’s sometimes called present indefinite). Depending on the person, the simple present tense is formed by using the root form or by adding ‑s or ‑es to the end. EXAMPLE: I feel great! Pauline loves pie. I’m sorry to hear that you’re sick. EXAMPLES:  The simple present is a   verb tense   with two main uses. We use the simple present tense when an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly (or unceasingly, which is why it’s sometimes called present indefinite). Depending on the person, the simple present tense is formed by using the root form or by adding ‑s or ‑es to the end. I feel great! Pauline loves pie. I’m sorry to hear that you’re sick. The other is to talk about habitual actions or occurrences. Pauline practices the piano every day. Ms. Jackson travels during the summer. Ha

Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine & Ye: Meanings & Usage

  In works of old, high-fantasy or historic fiction one may have chanced across the strange words: thou, thee, thy, thine and ye. Whilst most people understand the jist of the words (that they all refer to people), the way each is to be correctly (formally) deployed is somewhat more difficult. In Old English, we had: Thou = 2nd person singular subject (like du in German) Ye = 2nd person plural subject (like ihr in German) Thee = 2nd person singular object (like dich in German) You = 2nd person plural object (like euch in German) Thou = you when the subject (“Thou liketh writing.”) Thee = you when the object (“Writing liketh thee.”) Thy = your possessive form of you. (“Thy blade well serves thee.”) Thine = your possessive form of you, typically used before a noun. (“Thine writing smacks of mastery.” or, “The writing is thine.” — thy own can be used in place of thine to similar effect) Ye = you all | all of you used when referring to a group of people (“Ye fools!”) In Middle Engl

ANTHIMERIA??

   In rhetoric, anthimeria or antimeria (from the Greek: ἀντί, antí, "against, opposite" and μέρος, méros, "part"), is using one part of speech as another, such as using a noun as a verb: "The little old lady turtled along the road." In linguistics, this is called conversion; when a noun becomes a verb, it is a denominal verb, when a verb becomes a noun, it is a deverbal noun.    In English, many nouns have become verbs. For example, the noun "book" is now often used as a verb, as in the example "Let's book the flight". Other noun-as-verb usages include "I can keyboard that for you," "We need to scissor expenses," and "Desk him." Other substitutions could include an adjective used as a noun, as in "She dove into the foaming wet," interjection as verb, as in "Don't aha me!" a verb as a noun, as in "Help! I need some eat!" and so on.    Anthimeria is common in English. Fo

WHAT ARE COGNATES?

     A  cognate  is a  word  that is related in  origin  to another word, such as the English word  brother  and the German word  bruder  or the English word  history  and the Spanish word  historia . The words were derived from the same source; thus, they are cognates (like cousins tracing their ancestry). Because they come from the same origin, cognates have similar  meanings  and often similar  spellings  in two different  languages .  "Cognates are often derived from Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian) that have their origins in Latin, although some are derived from other language families (e.g., Germanic)," noted Patricia F. Vadasy and J. Ron Nelson in their book "Vocabulary Instruction for Struggling Students" (Guilford Press, 2012).                     EXAMPLES:        night: nui  (French),  noche  (Spanish),  Nacht  (German),  nacht  (Dutch),  natt  (Swedish, Norwegian); root: Indo-European,  nókʷt constipated: constipado  (Spanish); root (stem): La

17 Useful English Greetings for English Learners

  1. Hey ,  Hey man , or  Hi You can use “hey” and “hi” to greet someone instead of “hello”. Both are particularly popular among younger people. While “hi” is appropriate to use in any casual situation, “hey” is for people who have already met. If you say “hey” to a stranger, it might be confusing for that person because he or she will try to remember when you met before! You can also add “man” to the end of “hey” when greeting males. Some people also use “hey man” to casually greet younger women, but only do this if you know the woman very well. Remember that “hey” doesn’t always mean “hello”. “Hey” can also be used to call for someone’s attention. 2. How’s it going?  or  How are you doing? These are casual ways of asking “how are you?” If you’re trying to be particularly polite, stick with “how are you?” but otherwise, you can use these expressions to greet almost anyone.  The word “going” is usually shortened, so it sounds more like “go-in”. You can answer with “it’s going well” or