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  • Apr. 20th, 2015 at 9:56 AM

Let me introduce myself. My name is Svetlana. I live in Russia and my mother tongue is Russian. I have a  diary in livejournal.ru: [info]lightluna  .  This diary I keep only for my exercises in English. If you want to add me to  friends, please write some words for me here.

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I want to invite you on LingQ

  • Oct. 26th, 2009 at 11:06 PM
If you try to study foreign languages, welcome to LingQ







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Really I know a bit more, but I has found the Linguist System recently, It still didn't count all words which I know in English.

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traffic jam kills my time.

  • Oct. 21st, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Sometimes I leave for a work only a five minutes later than it's necessary. Then I have to spend more time for way because the traffic almost stands up. Today I spent a half of hour for travel by bus. I came to work  at  9 a.m. sharp. But I don't like when I haven't some time before a work. Tomorrow I am going to go work a bit early. I hate traffic jam.

Why do I make no headway?

  • Oct. 10th, 2009 at 4:58 PM
So, I am studying English every evening about two hours. I try to improve my listening on lingq.com. I am writing posts on lang-8 and speaking on livemocha. But I feel that I do so little and spend too little time for my learning. The sense steals away me. To read and translate with a dictionary is all what I can well do.

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Learning of languages with native speaker

  • Oct. 5th, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Recently I have found one resourse for languages learning. It is LingQ 
I have chosen a free membership and  I was amased the  opportunities, which it's offering. You can study one from ten languages here. There are English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Swedish and Japanese.  You can read and listen the text in the same time. And you can note the knowing words and  learn the  new words on the flashcards. It is really useful site.
But if you want to have a personal tutor you need to pay.

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Crochet mobile phone cover

  • Oct. 1st, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I meant to show a new crochet tablecloth here, but I didn't make a photo yet.
So I show you another thing which I made. I have made this cover for two days, when I went to my mother. It was quite simple.
Unfortunately, in the same time I cleaned up my mobile phone in the washing machine. I forgot to check my pockets before the washing.Then I was having to buy another mobile phone.
Perhaps, I have to crochet new mobile phone cover, because it needs other size.



Sep. 19th, 2009

  • 11:04 PM
It has been so long since my last post here. What was I doing this time?
I went to my mother for a couple of days. One time I visited a museum. It was a park of a sculpture. I made some photos, If it interesting to you, you can see it here:
Фото с меткой «музеон» на Яндекс.Фотках
I finished a crocheting tablecloth and I am going to make and show its photo.
I also had found new sites for languages learning. I will talk about it next time.

good news for me

  • Jul. 1st, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I have some news.
A few months ago I took the course "English. The first level" from the Free distant business education's system. If you want to know more this link is for you: http://www.businesslearning.ru/CoursFrm.asp?actid=81 Last Saturday I passed an exam and I got the certificate. This is only one step in my learning English.
I bought the Longman Pocket Activator. I read this book in the bus and underground when I go to work. I find it really useful.
Finally, the weather has become wonderful in Moscow these days.

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One old Russian cartoon film

  • Jun. 22nd, 2009 at 11:42 PM

One man asked "What do you think about Brazil?"  I thought about the sun, beaches, chocolate and carnivals. I  know so little about this country.
But I remember well the Russian cartoon "A hedgehog plus a turtle".
It is cold in Moscow again.  "I want to go to Brazil. I want to go to a far coasts" I want to offer you this "warm" link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNmWGXUruWs 
 

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I want you to take a look at: Real English--Learn English with ESL Videos and Lessons - Real English is a Registered Trademark of The Marzio School. 

It is strangely, but I haven't placed this link in my Russian diary. though I tried  :-)

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The words "Вы" and "ты".

  • Jun. 11th, 2009 at 12:08 AM
В русских письмах к собеседнику иногда обращаются на Вы, если Вы с ним мало знакомы, или он намного старше, или Вы хотите подчеркнуть своё уважение к нему. К друзьям и ровесникам можно обращаться на ты.
Allow to explain it in English.
If you write the letter in Russian you can write "Вы" or "ты". It depends on different reasons.
Use the word "Вы" when you know addressee too little. Always use the word "Вы" when you write a formal letter. Use the word "Вы" when you show respect for your addressee. Use the word "Вы" if he or she is more older than you. Write this word with a capital letter and all verbs write in plural form.
For example: "Здравствуйте. Как Ваши дела? Какая у Вас погода? Напишите мне, что Вы любите."
You can use the word "ты" when you write to old friend or coeval. The word "Вы" keeps a distance between people. The word "ты" pulls together people.

Jun. 7th, 2009

  • 11:20 PM
I passed the exam two week ago. I finished the Elementary course with an estimated "B". My colleagues say that it is a good result, but I'm not sure. I think I need to learn more. It is so easy to refuse the purpose. Anyway I will continue. I want to speak English fluently and read English books without translating.

An attempt at translation

  • May. 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 PM

Everything will pass, but not all will be forgiven.
Time will come to pay with our own destiny for another's pain


Everything will pass, but something won't been have the forgiving. Time will come to pay with own destiny for another's pain.
It was the trying of translating.
I wrote the original  in Russian a long time ago.

"Всё пройдет. Но не всё простится.
За чужую боль
Нам придет время расплатиться
Собственной судьбой."

I have written the first sentences with  the my friend's help on http://lang-8.com  This site is one more for languages exchange. You can meet a new friends here or ask an advice in your learning.

May. 22nd, 2009

  • 11:13 PM
It appears that my exam will only next Wednesday. I can use additional time to repeat the lessons. I think that my vocabulary still is limited. Therefore I can't finish some exercise on http://www.livemocha.com/ .  And I found a lovely opportunity to make own dictionary in the site http://rapidsteps.com/en/ru/vocabulary/ 
Tomorrow is Saturday. I wanted to walk to the  park and watch the spring flowers. But I have to work tomorrow. It isn't anything  unusual, it's  simple accounting weekdays.

May. 18th, 2009

  • 10:55 PM
I will have the exam this Wednesday. I am afraid that I am not ready. Last week was difficult. I had a lot of  work. I didn't write anything  in this diary. But I am still learning English every evening. Finally I found one useful link, it  improve my listening. http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm 
My friends wrote  me that the spring came. May be I will go to the park on Saturday.

Try to explain

  • May. 5th, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Sometimes to speak correctly is more easy than to explain the rules.
My friend have asked about difference in the Russian words "это" and "эти".
At first I wanted to find the explain in the Internet. But I could not  make it.
Then I have written next text:

We use the word "это" in different cases.
1. demonstration pronoun with the neutral gender nouns: this window - это окно, this animal - это животное, this occupation - это занятие
2. instead other words, if this words is known talkiers:  I know it - Я знаю это. после этого — after that
3. As a subject in the sentences: It is my home. - Это мой дом. These are my friends. - Это мои друзья.
4. In definitions: Russia is a country. - Россия - это страна

We use the word "эти" when we talk about plural nouns.

Correct me please, if I am mistaken

May. 4th, 2009

  • 11:30 PM
I have dreamt about kittens tonight. There were  two small and thin kittens. I caught them in the old house later than gnomes have left the library. It is strange, isn't it?

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May. 3rd, 2009

  • 8:11 PM
Today is a last day of my vacation. As it seems to me,  I have made so little.
I crochet a tablecloth. It increased by a few centimeters during these two weeks. I used last ball of threads. Today I bought  some more same threads. But I don't know when I will finish it. 
I am going to go to my work. The rhythms of big city will  wait me tomorrow.

Apr. 30th, 2009

  • 10:28 AM

I receive the letters from http://www.onlineenglishteacher.co.uk   four time a week. So I find out much information about English. I can have  a lot of new possibilities to learn this language. If I had had the Internet 25 years ago I would have spoken English fluently. If I buy a media player I can improve my listening. If I have more imagination I write the posts easy every day. In addition, this link http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional.htm  should help me if I forgot some rules about structure of conditionals.