The English Thread - O Tópico em Inglês

[LuisMiguel]

Exactly. One of the most common mistakes is related to the inversion of the subject and verb when asking a question.

"You are ok." - "Are you ok?"
"She was waisted." - "Was she waisted?"
"He is drunk" - "Is he drunk?"

On the top of that: the difference between waste and waist.

[ZylmhuinVII]

Good afternoon mates! LIC, that music is very interesting! And the video, too!

Well, I have now finished the lunch-time. I have eaten one cheese and "chourição" sandwich. I loved it! And, in the end, I drunk a bit of Sunquick juice, inside my water bottle. It was nice, too.

Now I'm on the computer. Next, I will work. So, I'm enjoying the last few minutes here, on the Forum Autohoje.

Goodbye!

A few changes... don't know if all of them are OK, but someone will correct if not.

[omnibus]

I have eaten (tenho comido)

Ex:
Já tenho comido melhor batata - I have eaten better potato

[33Stradale]

Good afternoon mates! LIC, that music is very inteeresting! And the video, too!

Well, I have now finished (cut the "the") lunchtime. I ate one cheese and chourição sandwich (not sandwitch). I loved it! And, in the end, I drank a bit of Sunquick juice from my water bottle. It was nice, too.

Now I'm on the computer. Next, I will work. So, I'm enjoying the last few minutes here, in Autohoje Forum.

Goodbye!

I´ve got to stop coming here. I have work to do!

[ZylmhuinVII]

I´ve got to stop coming here. I have work to do!

drank or drunk?

[LIC]

Good afternoon mates! LIC, that music is very inteeresting! And the video, too!

Goodbye!

She has more clips, and hotter than this

[MrsX]

On the top of that: the difference between waste and waist.

Oh shit... big calinate!

[ZylmhuinVII]

Oh shit... big calinate!

A big kick on the grammar

[bg2]

Não existia uma velha regra sobre tópicos nonsense?

se o silver vê isto..

[MrsX]

A big kick on the grammar

That's right... Hit harder the little blind guy.

[33Stradale]

drank or drunk?

drank.

[ZylmhuinVII]

drank.

Got it... the conjugation of the verbs is my weak spot...

[JFML]

Got it... the conjugation of the verbs is my weakest spot...

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[33Stradale]

A lot of portuguese people use too much "the" in english sentences. You can get rid of almost all of them. If you do so your sentences will sound a lot better to a native english speaker.

[ZylmhuinVII]

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It's a weak spot, I'm not saying that is the weakest

A lot of portuguese people use too much "the" in english sentences. You can get rid of almost all of them. If you do so your sentences will sound a lot better to a native english speaker.

Totally right... "verbs conjugation" is better than "conjugation of the verbs"

[LIC]

That reminds me wen i speaked to people about alegoric cars with paper flowers instead: floats in a parade to talk about burn of ribbons, and foreign people looked to me: WTF this guy is speaking about???

[Ilyushin]

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"My weak spot" is correct in this context. By the way, I like this topic very much and I am just trying to write a sentence which is bigger than 20 words without misspelling anything.
Here is a question for the experts:

No sooner had I opened my door (.............) that something was missing

A) and I realized
B) then I realized
C) did I realize
D) had I realized


And why?

Thank you
Nice to meet you
The book is on the table
Best Regards

[omnibus]

That reminds me wen i speaked to people about alegoric cars with paper flowers instead: floats in a parade to talk about burn of ribbons, and foreign people looked to me: WTF this guy is speaking about???

spoke

"floats"?? so os USA é que te vão entender, creio

[jimbo]

A lot of portuguese people use too much "the" in english sentences. You can get rid of almost all of them. If you do so your sentences will sound a lot better to a native english speaker.

true, but even that first sentence can be easily shortened to: "A lot of Portuguese overuse 'the' in sentences."

english is a fairly compact language, no need for long sentences.

[omnibus]

"My weak spot" is correct in this context. By the way, I like this topic very much and I am just trying to write a sentence which is bigger than 20 words without misspelling anything.
Here is a question for the experts:

No sooner had I opened my door (.............) that something was missing

A) and I realized
B) then I realized
C) did I realize
D) had I realized


And why?

Thank you
Nice to meet you
The book is on the table
Best Regards

hat I realized something. eu tirava o that

[JFML]

apagar

Or should i say. Erase it, please

[Ilyushin]

hat I realized something. eu tirava o that

the question is just like this, it came from an English test. And I failed miserably

[ZylmhuinVII]

hat I realized something. eu tirava o that

"and realized something"

you already have the "I" on the sentence, don't need another one.

[JFML]

It's a weak spot, I'm not saying that is the weakest

If you mean that, then what you should be saying is:

Got it... the conjugation of the verbs is one of my weak spots ("points" would be better here)...

[33Stradale]

true, but even that first sentence can be easily shortened to: "A lot of Portuguese overuse 'the' in sentences."

english is a fairly compact language, no need for long sentences.

Tell that to Shakespeare or Melville (Mobby Dick)!

[LIC]

Não existia uma velha regra sobre tópicos nonsense?

se o silver vê isto..

And written in portuguese language

[Ilyushin]

If you mean that, then what you should be saying is:

Got it... the conjugation of the verbs is one of my weak spots ("points" would be better here)...

You are wrong. He can say "The conjugation of the verbs is my weak point", just like you say in Portuguese: "A conjugação de verbos é o meu ponto fraco". It's correct.

[ZylmhuinVII]

If you mean that, then what you should be saying is:

Got it... the conjugation of the verbs is one of my weak spots ("points" would be better here)...

Understood...

You are wrong. He can say "The conjugation of the verbs is my weak point", just like you say in Portuguese: "A conjugação de verbos é o meu ponto fraco". It's correct.

Wasn't expecting that my sentence generate this discussion, but it's good, we are learning something here...

[omnibus]

"and realized something"

you already have the "I" on the sentence, don't need another one.

não é bem assim (uma regra qualquer da gramática)... além do mais eu só escolhi uma hipótese.

[JFML]

"My weak spot" is correct in this context. By the way, I like this topic very much and I am just trying to write a sentence which is bigger than 20 words without misspelling anything.
Here is a question for the experts:

No sooner had I opened my door (.............) that something was missing

A) and I realized
B) then I realized
C) did I realize
D) had I realized


And why?

Thank you
Nice to meet you
The book is on the table
Best Regards

I think it's "B)" cause it's an action that was caused by the main action on the sentence...