why the English language is so hard to learn:

Caroluk

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why the English language is so hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time
to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor
pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or
French fries in France (surprise!). Sweetmeats are candies while
sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.


Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is

neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write
but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese ?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
Is it an odd, or an end?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian
eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do
people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and
send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man
and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique
lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns
down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which,
an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.

That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the
lights are out, they are invisible.

P.S. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?

:lol: LOL! I find it easy...........but there is a very big difference between British English and the American version, I often smile when I hear them talking in "English"
Carol
 

tizenkilenc

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I particulary don't fancy this language whose verbs are identycal to nouns and don't change by person and number.In the other hand, I'm a great admirer of Magyar, wich I hope to learn someday :D.
 

askmore

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I think English is one of the easiest language. I practically learned it from movies and Guns & Roses lyrics. But because of that I make some (probably a lot) mistakes.
I learned japanese for a few months (a few years ago), and it was quite easy.
But I cannot learn german. It's too difficult right at the start.
By the way I'm a native hungarian speaker.
 

Kata_29

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angolul levelezés

Sziasztok!

Van-e esetleg valakinek kedve angolul levelezni emailben?
Én kb. középfokon tudok, az írást szeretném fejleszteni főként, de mellette szóban is beszélhetünk.
Humán érdeklődésű vagyok, szeretem a tartalmas, igényes kommunikációt :)
Ha valakinek van kedve, csak szóljon.
Bye
 

One of them

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Sziasztok!

Van-e esetleg valakinek kedve angolul levelezni emailben?
Én kb. középfokon tudok, az írást szeretném fejleszteni főként, de mellette szóban is beszélhetünk.
Humán érdeklődésű vagyok, szeretem a tartalmas, igényes kommunikációt :)
Ha valakinek van kedve, csak szóljon.
Bye

Hello Kata!

You can write to me in English via email if you wish. I would be glad to help you - you can write about anything you wish, and then we'll see how it goes.

lehel.vajda kukac gmail.com
 

gasparm

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Dontkiss bother me at all if someone corect my sentences !I´m still learning English but it´s pretty hard to learn it quite allone!Thank you very much!
 

FagyisSzent

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No need to worry, gasparm! All languages are difficult to learn, not just English.

If you'd like your sentences to be corrected, here is my suggestion about your latest ones:
"It doesn't bother me at all if (when) someone corrects my sentences. I'm still learning English, but it's pretty hard to learn it well on my own. Thank you very much!"
Please note one uses exclamation marks rather sparingly in English. Probably a cultural thing.

So, why are you learning English alone? There are quite a few study groups you could join either in your own city or online. You can pick up some good books that will improve your vocabulary and can listen to books on tape (audiobooks) that can help you with your pronunciation. Watching English-language channels on TV can give you exposure to current idiomatic language as well. So you are not alone. Use the means that you do have at your disposal. Of course, what will help you the most is conversing with others in English. Preferably others whose mother tongue is English. Cheers!
 

gasparm

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I have been learning English for 2 jears now but I need somebody to speak!I have a lots of Audiobooks I hear them and read at the same time!I think it didn´t help me much!The most effizient was so far by Gaal Otto kreativ English to learn !I mix the English language with German because I just learnt German recently!Can you recomend me some thinks where I could speak??I opened a topic (Nyelvtanulás skype on keresztül)but nobody wanted to speak with me so far!
 

gasparm

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No need to worry, gasparm! All languages are difficult to learn, not just English.

If you'd like your sentences to be corrected, here is my suggestion about your latest ones:
"It doesn't bother me at all if (when) someone corrects my sentences. I'm still learning English, but it's pretty hard to learn it well on my own. Thank you very much!"
Please note one uses exclamation marks rather sparingly in English. Probably a cultural thing.

So, why are you learning English alone? There are quite a few study groups you could join either in your own city or online. You can pick up some good books that will improve your vocabulary and can listen to books on tape (audiobooks) that can help you with your pronunciation. Watching English-language channels on TV can give you exposure to current idiomatic language as well. So you are not alone. Use the means that you do have at your disposal. Of course, what will help you the most is conversing with others in English. Preferably others whose mother tongue is English. Cheers!
I have been learning English for 2 jears now but I need somebody to speak!I have a lots of Audiobooks I hear them and read at the same time!I think it didn´t help me much!The most effizient was so far by Gaal Otto kreativ English to learn !I mix the English language with German because I just learnt German recently!Can you recomend me some thinks where I could speak??I opened a topic (Nyelvtanulás skype on keresztül)but nobody wanted to speak with me so far!
 

dorina39

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Sziasztok!

Tudna valaki nekem abban segíteni, hogy hogyan, milyen segédanyagokkal kezdhetném újra az angol tanulást. Korábban középfokú Rigó utcai nyelvvizsgát szereztem, de ma már egy pohár víz kérése is nehezemre esne angolul. Bármilyen segítséget megköszönök!

Ui: Nagyon örülök, hogy van egy ilyen honlap. Annak is, hogy TI IS BÜSZKÉK VAGYTOK RÁ, HOGY MAGYAROK VAGYTOK! További szép estét kívánok minden MAGYARNAK, ÉLJEN BÁRHOL!
 
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