Ston Merchant
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- Aug 1, 2011
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keep trying...... the red is a repitition, ain't proper grammar.
I note that you have begun and I congratulate you. Your level is actually quite good. I am myself not all that good, and I need people to correct me too. We need to encourage each other. Many mistakes can be avoided by using shorter sentences, especially when our command of the language is not very advanced.
then find some one with whom you can practice to speak, because many in tanzania are found better at written english than spoken one.
''someone'' is one word. last part could be ''because many Tanzanians are better in written than spoken english.''
I stand to be corrected as I am still learning too! Thank you guys.
Should languages start with a capital letter, i.e. "English"? Just asking.
''someone'' is one word. last part could be ''because many Tanzanians are better in written than spoken english.''
I stand to be corrected as I am still learning too! Thank you guys.
keep trying...... the red is a repitition, ain't proper grammar.
Hi Belinda we are better at not better in especially when the next word is a noun(ie. written english is a noun).Formula better at+noun.''someone'' is one word. last part could be ''because many Tanzanians are better in written than spoken english.''
I stand to be corrected as I am still learning too! Thank you guys.
mama wawili, jizoeshe kusoma kila gazeti au kitabu kilichondikwa Kiingereza unachoweza kukitia mkononi, itakusaidia sana, ongea Kiingereza kila unapopata fursa, usikasirike kukosolewa wala usione haya kuwa utakosea. Jiepushe kuongea swanglish, yaani kile Kiingereza cha kina Wema Sepetu cha kuchanganya na Kiswahili.
Mama Wawili, how do you do?
I am delighted to join this discussion. What a helpful thread for me too?!
Point taken,oooh its my wish to think in English,then how come to think straight in english?I am dealing with grammer hope I will be improving day by day,thanks for the advice buddyBe blessed Kotinkarwak. I have visited the website just to see what is in there, and I was (very)much impressed. I will be responding to the debates and questions. But I am not sure whether what others have posted is all right.
Mama Wawili, avoid thinking in your first language when you wish to speak or write in English. Always think in the language you are using to avoid messing up the sentence order. I guess you are thinking in a Bantu language, possibly Kiswahili before you type your sentences. If you think in English, the right grammar kicks in, if you change your thoughts to another language, your brain quickly adapts to the relevant sentence structure.
Some examples you must have noticed in conversation: Glass beer (glass ya beer) instead of beer glass, plate number instead of number plate, system charge instead of charging system and countless other gems peculiar to Tz English which come about as a result of unconsciously applying the Kiswahili Noun Phrase structure to English constructions. English usually (not all the time, which makes the language 'difficult') places the describing word before the item being described - Head Teacher(compare with Mwalimu Mkuu), beautiful girl ( Msichana mrembo).
Oops, I said no grammar!
Such a nice advice Zomba.I used to read those English news papers and few English novels.But what i am facing is that,I have read new vocabularies and fail to apply them.Because some of them are too difficult to use them into my sentences ,or use them incorrectly ,thats why I asked JF members to assist me.
Yes Belinda your right but remember to start a sentence with capital letter
Thanks alot for your wish,the issue is im working with government istitution where the means of communication is kiswahili as you know most of our time we spend there
i want to improve it now, no matter what situation i will be facing,those circumstances have caused all these im facing today,i have started implimenting it,thanks for the advice
Yes Belinda your right but remember to start a sentence with capital letter
your- possessive pronoun (cha kwako)
you're- you are
The use of your instead of you're is a very common mistake in English. I teach my students not to abbreviate words especially when leaning the language as it tends to (how shall I put this without sounding condescending..) silly mistakes.
dont use I'm, you'll find yourself using am. use I am
we'll is also another huge no no. forget the apostrophe and you got yourself a well. tee hee
and loads more that I can't think of right now, but the bottom line is, do not shorten your words as
(a) its a very informal habit *DO NOT USE in letters, essays, journals and anything that is to be written down* (unless you're me and tend to flaunt the rules)
(b) like I said, it leads to common mistakes