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  1. January 20th, 2007, 06:58 PM #21
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    Re: Not at all

    Quote Originally Posted by djscarab
    The English language is one of the hardest languages to learn.
    I'm not agree too
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  2. January 20th, 2007, 07:12 PM #22
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    Re: Not at all

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    I do not agree either
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  3. January 20th, 2007, 07:16 PM #23
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    Language difficulty

    I'm no expert, but all of the information I have seen puts languages in categories according to their level of difficulty. The difficulty would probably be relevant to the student's native language though. So, a native speaker of German would find learning English easier than learning Arabic.

    For those who have English as their first language, the following is adopted as standard for the US Military language program:

    French, German, Spanish are among the easiest
    Russian, Korean, Arabic are among the tough ones
    Chinese Mandarin is at the top.

    I suppose it is all relative though. I believe that English has to be at the top of the difficult languages. I have grown up speaking it. I'm well educated. Yet, there are still very puzzling aspects of the language. I still have trouble with grammar and spelling and such. If it were an easy language, I don't think I would still have these problems after 37 years.
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  4. January 20th, 2007, 07:27 PM #24
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    Re: Language difficulty

    Quote Originally Posted by djscarab
    I believe that English has to be at the top of the difficult languages. I have grown up speaking it. I'm well educated. Yet, there are still very puzzling aspects of the language. I still have trouble with grammar and spelling and such. If it were an easy language, I don't think I would still have these problems after 37 years.
    I can say all these things (except the amount of years ) about Russian and myself.
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  5. January 20th, 2007, 07:29 PM #25
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    Re: Not at all

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    I do not agree either
    :P
    А разве нельзя сказать "I'm (not) agree"??
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  6. January 20th, 2007, 07:32 PM #26
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    Re: Not at all

    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    А разве нельзя сказать "I'm (not) agree"??
    А фиг его знает... Просто я никогда не слышал, чтобы в такой фразе использовали continuous. Тогда уж I'm (not) agreeing.
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  7. January 20th, 2007, 07:45 PM #27
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    Re: Not at all

    Quote Originally Posted by Basil77
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    А разве нельзя сказать "I'm (not) agree"??
    А фиг его знает... Просто я никогда не слышал, чтобы в такой фразе использовали continuous. Тогда уж I'm (not) agreeing.
    Нельзя, потому что to agree - глагол. Образовать простую отрицательную форму нужно с помощью вспомогательного глагола to do. I do/did not agree. He/she does/did not agree.
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  8. January 20th, 2007, 08:19 PM #28
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    Странно, а у меня в памяти сидит фраза "Are you agree?"
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  9. January 20th, 2007, 08:22 PM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    Странно, а у меня в памяти сидит фраза "Are you agree?"
    Maybe you're referring to the famous movie quote "Are you Mr. Agree?"
    Сюда нужно смотреть. И слушать, что я говорю.
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    I don't know this movie.
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    Это не фильм. Он, похоже, имел ввиду: "стандартная киношная цитата: "Ты что, мистер Соглашалка?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Basil77
    Это не фильм. Он, похоже, имел ввиду: "стандартная киношная цитата: "Ты что, мистер Соглашалка?"
    Ховайся! А то сейчас тебя Оля убьёт!
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  13. January 20th, 2007, 08:59 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
    Ховайся! А то сейчас тебя Оля убьёт!
    Почему??!
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  14. January 20th, 2007, 09:01 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by Basil77
    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
    Ховайся! А то сейчас тебя Оля убьёт!
    Почему??!
    А, может, и не убьёт. Подожди её.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Basil77
    Это не фильм. Он, похоже, имел ввиду: "стандартная киношная цитата: "Ты что, мистер Соглашалка?"
    Ну, это хорошая догадка, но я просто пошутил. Извиняюсь.
    Сюда нужно смотреть. И слушать, что я говорю.
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    Кстати, Lampada, почему по-украински? Можа я нi розумiю?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Basil77
    Кстати, Lampada, почему по-украински? Можа я нi розумiю?
    Не знаю, Я с Украины. Наверное, мне это сильнее (и смешнее) звучит.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
    Не знаю, я с Украины. Наверное, для меня (по мне) это сильнее (и смешнее) звучит.
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  19. January 20th, 2007, 09:53 PM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
    Quote Originally Posted by Basil77
    Это не фильм. Он, похоже, имел ввиду: "стандартная киношная цитата: "Ты что, мистер Соглашалка?"
    Ховайся! А то сейчас тебя Оля убьёт!
    Lampada, так многие русские пишут, и я их не исправляю, это их дело. Но вот твой пост выглядит очень плохо Как будто ты исправила на "ввиду" и как будто так правильно.

    P.S. Правильно - иметь в _ виду.
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    Re: Not at all

    Quote Originally Posted by djscarab
    Not Middle English or Old English, but Latin. This is not a requirement, but having some exposure to Latin will definitely help with your vocabulary and understanding of the language.
    English, like German and other Nordic languages have little in common with latin (although English is closer to latin than German). French, Spanish, Italian and other romance languages are much closer to latin. If you look at the language tree you'll see that you'd want to learn Germanic if you want to "understand" English

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