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Silvestergirly
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The vocabulary

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I don't have a very good English Vocabulary.

And I think only learn vocabulary get on my nervs.
Do you know other ways to improve my vocabulary?




Jefferson1992
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Re: The vocabulary

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Hi Silvestergirly and welcome!

I know your situation quite good. Also I had problems to learn vocabulary.

To make it easy for me to learn them I read many books and watched many films.
This is a good opportunity to learn new vocabulary quickly because you learn how to use the vocabulary in sentences.

Another good possibility is writing diary in English or letters to your friends.
Also listening to music is a pleasant chance to learn vocabulary by heart.

There are so many Things you could do.

The most important thing is you have to speak! Speak English as much as you can. You will see, you learn vocabulary very fast by using them.

I hope I helped you a bit:)

greetings

Chris

tiorthan
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Re: The vocabulary

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Silvestergirly hat geschrieben:I don't have a very good English vocabulary.

And I think only1 learning2 vocabulary gets3 on my nerves.
Do you know other ways to improve my vocabulary?
1 - Only is (probably) somwhat misplaced in this posiiton but I can't tell why because I'm not sure what exactly you were trying to express.

2 - This must be an ing-form because it must be a noun in this position (it forms a composite noun with vocabulary).

3 - The subject for this verb is "learning vocabulary" which is a singular noun and therefore 3rd person singular present, thus requiring the verb to end in -s.
Jefferson1992 hat geschrieben:Hi Silvestergirly and welcome!

I know your situation quite well1. Also I also2 had problems to learn vocabulary.

To make it easy for me to learn it I read many books and watched many films.
This is a good opportunity to learn new vocabulary quickly because you learn how to use the vocabulary in sentences.

Another good possibility is writing a diary in English or letters to your friends.3
Also listening to music is a pleasant chance to learn vocabulary by heart.

There are so many Things you could do.

The most important thing is you have to speak! Speak English as much as you can. You will see, you learn vocabulary very fast by using it4.

I hope I helped you a bit:)

greetings

Chris
1 - This is an adverb because it describes a property of a verb (know in your sentence).

2 - If you put also in the first position in a clause it does not mean "auch" but "außerdem". Which doesn't seem to be the meaning you were after (doesn't seem to me anyway).

3 - Actually, this is a good idea only if you have those entries checked for correctness. Otherwise you probably make a habit out of mistakes you commit and nothing is as hard to get rid of as a habit.

4 - The word vocabulary is a collective noun, just like for example water. Collective nouns are singular words and even though they can be used as a singular pronoun it only applies to persons. Inanimate things always use it.
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Silvestergirly
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Re: The vocabulary

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Jefferson1992 hat geschrieben:Hi Silvestergirly and welcome!

I know your situation quite good. Also I had problems to learn vocabulary.

To make it easy for me to learn them I read many books and watched many films.
This is a good opportunity to learn new vocabulary quickly because you learn how to use the vocabulary in sentences.

Another good possibility is writing diary in English or letters to your friends.
Also listening to music is a pleasant chance to learn vocabulary by heart.

There are so many Things you could do.

The most important thing is you have to speak! Speak English as much as you can. You will see, you learn vocabulary very fast by using them.

I hope I helped you a bit:)

greetings

Chris
Hi Chris,At first thank you for your answer.
Yes I started reading English books as well. Most of the time I buy English books. I think the orginal is much better than the german ones.

writing diaries sounds also very good, too :)

I hardly don't now where I can speak English in Germany... =(
Most of my friends aren't very good in English, so I haven't anyone to talk to.


yes you did! Thank you a lot!

greetings
Sil (=

@tiorthan
Thank you for your correction!

Jefferson1992
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Re: The vocabulary

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Hi Silvestergirly,

I know it is very difficult to find people who want to speak English.

I have also many problems speaking English.

We can speak English via Skype/Facebook whatever if you like, but be warned, I am not good in it:)

Maybe we found more People who want to train it, and so we are like a little big group:)

greetings

Chris

Silvestergirly
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Re: The vocabulary

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Jefferson1992 hat geschrieben:Hi Silvestergirly,

I know it is very difficult to find people who want to speak English.

I have also many problems speaking English.

We can speak English via Skype/Facebook whatever if you like, but be warned, I am not good in it:)

Maybe we found more People who want to train it, and so we are like a little big group:)

greetings

Chris
Hi Jefferson,Maybe we can set up a English group in Facebook and searching for people which are interested in.Yes, I will give you my Skype name in a few seconds. :)greetingsSil

tiorthan
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Re: The vocabulary

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Silvestergirly hat geschrieben:Hi Chris,
First of all, thank you for your answer.
Yes,1 I started reading English books as well. Most of the time I buy English books. I think the orginals are much better than the German ones.

Writing diaries sounds also2 very good, too :)

I hardly know where I can speak English in Germany... =(
Most of my friends aren't very good in English, so I haven't anyone to talk to.
1 - In a sentence, when there are adverbials preceding the subject, they are separated from the clause by a comma.

2 - Also or too, but avoid using both. By the way, the correct position of also would have been ".. also sounds ..." before the verb.

3 - "Hardly don't know" would mean that you cannot avoid knowing. That's obviously not what you intended.
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nrjones
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Re: The vocabulary

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Read the newspaper. Many newspapers divide topics into themes, which you can choose according to your need. You can also check out online dictionaries and make vocabulary lists based on how frequently they appear in English. Books and movies sometimes contain words and phrases that are not so common, or they might be used in a poetic way. Wouldn't recommend using them for learning vocabulary...

Delfino
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Re: The vocabulary

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Jefferson1992 hat geschrieben:We can speak English via Skype/Facebook or whatever
if you like, but be warned, I am not good at it.

Maybe we found more people who want to train it, and so we are like a little big group.
:watch: A smiley doesn't replace the full stop at the end of a sentence.
Jefferson1992 hat geschrieben:I know your situation quite well. I also had problems to learn new vocabulary.

To make it easy for me to learn them I read many books and watched many films.
These are a good opportunities to learn new vocabulary quickly, because you learn how to use the vocabulary in sentences.

Another good possibility is writing your diary or letters to your friends in English.
Also listening to music is a pleasant chance to learn vocabulary by heart.

There are so many things you could do.

The most important thing is to speak in English!
The most important thing you'll do is to speak in English!
The most important thing you have to do is to speak in English!

greetings is not a closing line. You could use it at the beginning of a speech. "Greetings everyone, ..."
Chris
Silvestergirly hat geschrieben:Maybe we can set up an English group in Facebook
and search for people who are interested in communicating in English.
tiorthan hat geschrieben:Actually, this is a good idea only if you have those entries checked for correctness.
Otherwise you probably make a habit out of mistakes you commit and nothing is as hard to get rid of as a habit.
:watch: I totally agree with tiorthan.
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carolgreen876

Re: The vocabulary

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Another good possibility is writing diary in English or letters to your friends.
Also listening to music is a pleasant chance to learn vocabulary by heart.

thegreenman
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Re: The vocabulary

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get some post-it notes, go around your apartment and put those often yellow notes on things. on the note you write the english meaning for the object.
believe me itll work,thats how i learned spanish ;)

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