Afandi English
The frog is ... a ... worm.
Good job. Mostly.
What’s this frog doing?
👍 It’s devouring the worm, which means eating without chewing, quickly, greedily and all in one go, just like an animal. 👎 Munching means eating noisily or loudly chewing, 👎 nibbling is what mice do with their little teeth, but frogs don’t have teeth. I think.
What’s the worm like?
👍 It’s slimy as you can tell by slime threads attached to the worm. 👎 Wobbly would describe a jelly-like substance that moves when shaken, 👎 filthy is a bad word for ‘dirty’.
What’s this frog doing?
👍 It’s devouring the worm, which means eating without chewing, quickly, greedily and all in one go, just like an animal. 👎 Munching means eating noisily or loudly chewing, 👎 nibbling is what mice do with their little teeth, but frogs don’t have teeth. I think.
What’s the worm like?
👍 It’s slimy as you can tell by slime threads attached to the worm. 👎 Wobbly would describe a jelly-like substance that moves when shaken, 👎 filthy is a bad word for ‘dirty’.
#3 A Good Laugh: Hungry and confused in China
▶️ Brace yourself (=prepare for sth unpleasant) for an awful combination of creative cookery and machine translation. All photos taken by me! 😎
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
▶️ Brace yourself (=prepare for sth unpleasant) for an awful combination of creative cookery and machine translation. All photos taken by me! 😎
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
#78 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• air
• chair
• hair
• pair
• share
• there
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They contain the double vowel [eə] but for some unknown reason many students insert an [i] sound in it. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• air – wrong: ейер, correct: ер
• chair – wrong: чейер, correct: чер
• hair – wrong: хейер, correct: хер
• pair – wrong: пейер, correct: пер
• share – wrong: шейер, correct: шер
• there – wrong: зейер, correct: зер
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• air
• chair
• hair
• pair
• share
• there
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They contain the double vowel [eə] but for some unknown reason many students insert an [i] sound in it. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• air – wrong: ейер, correct: ер
• chair – wrong: чейер, correct: чер
• hair – wrong: хейер, correct: хер
• pair – wrong: пейер, correct: пер
• share – wrong: шейер, correct: шер
• there – wrong: зейер, correct: зер
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
#1 World Food: Pakora from 🇮🇳India
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Pakora is ...
... made of:
Vegetables (potatoes, onions, aubergines, etc.) in a crispy (=pleasantly hard outside, causing a noise when chewing) chickpea (=no’xot) coating (=outside layer)
... eaten with:
Ketchup, chili sauce or any other sauce
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Pakora is ...
... made of:
Vegetables (potatoes, onions, aubergines, etc.) in a crispy (=pleasantly hard outside, causing a noise when chewing) chickpea (=no’xot) coating (=outside layer)
... eaten with:
Ketchup, chili sauce or any other sauce
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#44 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Mini markets
Here’s a good example for glocalisation: Uzbekistan’s countless mini markets. It’s become normal to replace the local oziq-ovqat do’koni with the cooler sounding mini market. Why glocalisation, you ask?
Globalisation
“Mini market” is English, the global language, and the same word is used in many countries, although not really in English-speaking countries. The idea of a mini market is also quite uniform – small in size but clean, modern, brightly lighted, well-stocked and with good service.
Localisation
Mini markets usually belong to chains, the biggest of which is probably 7-Eleven from Japan. In Uzbekistan, however, mini markets are simple small shops run by families.
---Vocab---
📍glocalisation = mix of globalisation and localisation 📍countless = very many 📍uniform (adj) = same-looking 📍well-stocked = having a lot of products 📍chain = company with many branches
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Here’s a good example for glocalisation: Uzbekistan’s countless mini markets. It’s become normal to replace the local oziq-ovqat do’koni with the cooler sounding mini market. Why glocalisation, you ask?
Globalisation
“Mini market” is English, the global language, and the same word is used in many countries, although not really in English-speaking countries. The idea of a mini market is also quite uniform – small in size but clean, modern, brightly lighted, well-stocked and with good service.
Localisation
Mini markets usually belong to chains, the biggest of which is probably 7-Eleven from Japan. In Uzbekistan, however, mini markets are simple small shops run by families.
---Vocab---
📍glocalisation = mix of globalisation and localisation 📍countless = very many 📍uniform (adj) = same-looking 📍well-stocked = having a lot of products 📍chain = company with many branches
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Where do you PREFER to shop?
Anonymous Poll
32%
Outdoor market (bozor)
52%
Supermarket
3%
Mini market
14%
Hard to say
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Dear Afandi spotters, please give Afandi and his donkey a break today and enjoy the salqiiin summer night. To make up for the lost opportunity here's a special video!
#must_watch
#must_watch
Why can't I understand the English in this video?
Final Results
14%
It's high level English.
33%
It's a local dialect of English.
36%
It's gibberish (=o'zining tili).
17%
I understand every word.
Afandi English
Why can't I understand the English in this video?
It's actually gibberish. I just didn't want to make it a quiz to see how many of you falsely claim to understand every word.. 😝
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#9 Infographic: The Global Water Crisis
▶️ Suv-obi hayot. Central Asia is among the world regions most at risk for water shortages. Learn more about the global water crisis and think what impact it may have on your country and your life.
❗️ Monday is for discussions and debates! Today we will have a discussion on Afandi English Chat.
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
▶️ Suv-obi hayot. Central Asia is among the world regions most at risk for water shortages. Learn more about the global water crisis and think what impact it may have on your country and your life.
❗️ Monday is for discussions and debates! Today we will have a discussion on Afandi English Chat.
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic