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Maybe anybody will sometimes help me and be able to answer my newbious questions.
Only for these who has much time ;)


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My first trouble is using WOULD COULD SHOULD.
I can't understand when I must use it.
May anyone explain me it with simple words?
 
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could means you have a choice
"I could do it if I wanted to"

would means there is a condition
"I would go if I had enough money"

should means you really ought to
"I should go to church on Sunday"

but I would guess that a lot of English speakers who should know how to use these words could learn a lot from you!

ps "thread of a Russian learning English" !!
 
mmcp42 said:
could means you have a choice
"I could do it if I wanted to"

would means there is a condition
"I would go if I had enough money"

should means you really ought to
"I should go to church on Sunday"

but I would guess that a lot of English speakers who should know how to use these words could learn a lot from you!

ps "thread of a Russian learning English" !!
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That is an excellent explanation mmcp42 and your right many of us English speakers should take note of it:D
 
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

How I've understood it:
I could visit to London but I'm still bysy with my job.
I would visit to London but I'm poor for it.
I should visit to London so that to see the Big Ben!

Did I understand it correct?
 
Sounds good to me :thumbs:

Ive noticed you in a few threads now, well done for trying to learn! Its not the easiest language, thats for sure :)
 
i bet elekro is doing a damnsight better than i would be if i tried to learn russian!
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You should try to study Russian ;)

Ive noticed you in a few threads now, well done for trying to learn! Its not the easiest language, thats for sure
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I should see Betty because she's beautiful! ;)
 
elektro said:
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

How I've understood it:
I could visit to London but I'm still bysy with my job.
I would visit to London but I'm poor for it.
I should visit to London so that to see the Big Ben!

Did I understand it correct?
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Yes you did, but to help you a little bit more I would say:

I could visit London but I'm still busy with my job
I would visit London but I can't afford it
I should visit London so I can see Big Ben

Others will have different opinions on this and I guess the most important thing to remember is that I could understand what you meant. Good luck with learning English :thumbs:
 
Mustn't I use TO between words visit & London?
It's my last question a day. :)
 
That is correct, the word TO isn't needed. I'm trying to learn a bit of Czech at the moment so it's all fun. I learned spanish before and can now speak that and I am trained to teach languages so I know how you feel and what you experience!

The key is to be confident.

The learning key is to be active, if the body is physically active when you are learning you have a much better chance of capturing the information as your brain is active, chemical, oxygen, etc etc... So when you learn, exercise... at the very least bounce a ball on your non dominant elbow :D

Spaseeba. (spelt incorrectly no doubt)
 
Spaseeba.
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Пожалуйста!

end I go to sleep...
 
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Hard work this learning business! :)
 
How do you bounce a ball on your elbow?

I would if I could. Perhaps I should learn?
 
Good luck electro, your English is miles better than my Russian :lol:

If you ever need to ask a question that you can't say in English give me a PM and I'll help, my gf is Russian too and can almost speak better English than me :bonk:

What I find most Russian people (and people who speak Slavic languages in general) have most problems with is articles like 'a', 'an' and 'the'.

I have MAJOR problems with cases in Russian, I can't get my head around the fact that nouns change their ending too :cuckoo:

Anyway have fun here and Пока
 
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today's question is:
How and when should we use Participle 1 and Participle 2 ?
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Participle 1 should be used on a thursday
and
Participle 2 should only be used during months with an r in them i think
 
elektro said:
today's question is:
How and when should we use Participle 1 and Participle 2 ?
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the first thing you have to know about English is that we don't get taught the formal rules!

do you refer to a/an and the?
 
do you refer to a/an and the?
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I've learned it and I can explain when I shold use these words.
However I often forget to read and speak it :)
 
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to be honest elektro guy, its no use asking the english about the english language!
 
elektro said:
I've learned it and I can explain when I shold use these words.
However I often forget they :)
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the clue is in the name

the is the definite article - use it when you refer to something particular
a is the indefinite article - use it when you refer to "one of many"
an is the same as a - use it if the next word starts with a vowel

but the good thing about English - that separates it from most other languages - and makes it hard for us to learn other languages - is that there is a lot of redundancy "built in"

you can make a lot of mistakes in English and still get the meaning across
most foreign languages are so "tight" that a single mistake means you lose the sense very quickly

well that's how I see it!
 
mmcp42 said:
the clue is in the name

the is the definite article - use it when you refer to something particular
a is the indefinite article - use it when you refer to "one of many"
an is the same as a - use it if the next word starts with a vowel

but the good thing about English - that separates it from most other languages - and makes it hard for us to learn other languages - is that there is a lot of redundancy "built in"

you can make a lot of mistakes in English and still get the meaning across
most foreign languages are so "tight" that a single mistake means you lose the sense very quickly

well that's how I see it!
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HEY, you english?!
 
A smiling girl is participle 1
A smiled girl is participle 2

what's the odds?
 
about 25 to 1 i think.

you going to watch man u verses chelsea elektro?
what time is it in the moscow area now?
 
Oh I've understood it!
I'm not a football fan
 
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you are up late huh?
is moscow good now? or bad? i have a friend lives there?

I didn't understand this quastion.
you know the football match a week on wednesday??!
 
I'm not a football fan

do you like ice hockey?
 
Hey guys, do you jeer at me?
Don't use my bad English knowledges ;)
 
is moscow good now? or bad?

having checked my "phrases of english" book i have found it IS a valid question.
perhaps you have an old edition?
 
Interesting thing - I know all words in some sentences, but I don't detect full sense of a phrase...
 
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