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📍linguistic = about the science of language 📍crossroads = the place where roads meet 📍Cyrillic script = the Russian writing system 📍gibberish = a non-existing language 📍hasty = rushed, done in a hurry 📍sth spells disaster = sth causes a big problem
📍linguistic = about the science of language 📍crossroads = the place where roads meet 📍Cyrillic script = the Russian writing system 📍gibberish = a non-existing language 📍hasty = rushed, done in a hurry 📍sth spells disaster = sth causes a big problem
Should the government do something to prevent language misuse?
Anonymous Poll
46%
Yes, put an end to this mess.
29%
Maybe a little, just to prevent the worst.
16%
No, it's a beautiful kind of chaos.
10%
Do I care?
#33 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Cheddar
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Society, psychology, popular science
💡 Content: This channel offers you explainers of various strange phenomena in the world, and particularly in America.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/cheddar
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Society, psychology, popular science
💡 Content: This channel offers you explainers of various strange phenomena in the world, and particularly in America.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/cheddar
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#73 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi at Istanbul’s Grand Bazar
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
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👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
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👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
Muhabbat did it again! Ask me how? I don't know! 🥳🥳🥳
Oh and great designs today from Abdulloh, Asadbek, Oisha and Boburshox! 👏👏👏
Oh and great designs today from Abdulloh, Asadbek, Oisha and Boburshox! 👏👏👏
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#1 Know Your World: Gudetama
🆕 Mondays on Afandi English are for world knowledge, giving you the necessary information to understand and discuss current affairs (=news, things happening in the world). We can find world knowledge in documentaries, infographics, statistics, articles and maps, so let’s look at those!
▶️ Today’s documentary is about Gudetama, a Japanese egg-yolk-shaped cartoon character. Interestingly and unexpectedly, this little thing can teach quite a bit about Japanese culture and history.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
🆕 Mondays on Afandi English are for world knowledge, giving you the necessary information to understand and discuss current affairs (=news, things happening in the world). We can find world knowledge in documentaries, infographics, statistics, articles and maps, so let’s look at those!
▶️ Today’s documentary is about Gudetama, a Japanese egg-yolk-shaped cartoon character. Interestingly and unexpectedly, this little thing can teach quite a bit about Japanese culture and history.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
#60 Afandi Quiz: Who said it?
🆕 In this new type of quiz you have to guess whose quote (=sth that sb said) the sentence below is.
▶️ “Life is really simple but we insist on (=keep doing sth although it is bad) making it complicated.”
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #quote_quiz
🆕 In this new type of quiz you have to guess whose quote (=sth that sb said) the sentence below is.
▶️ “Life is really simple but we insist on (=keep doing sth although it is bad) making it complicated.”
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #quote_quiz
Afandi English
Who said it?
Not bad!
👍 It was indeed a quote of Confucius, ancient China’s most prominent (=important) figure. Regardless of (=no matter) the other options, talking about life and stuff is more the job of a philosopher, isn’t it?
👍 It was indeed a quote of Confucius, ancient China’s most prominent (=important) figure. Regardless of (=no matter) the other options, talking about life and stuff is more the job of a philosopher, isn’t it?
#97 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Qaytib keling, sizni sog’indim.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Please come back, I missed you!
✅ Well, it should be:
Please come back, I miss you. (every day)
Please come back, I’m missing you. (right now)
Please come back, I’ve been missing you. (before and still now)
❓Why?
❗️ There’s no good reason why this sentence should be in the past tense as it expresses a present feeling.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Qaytib keling, sizni sog’indim.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Please come back, I missed you!
✅ Well, it should be:
Please come back, I miss you. (every day)
Please come back, I’m missing you. (right now)
Please come back, I’ve been missing you. (before and still now)
❓Why?
❗️ There’s no good reason why this sentence should be in the past tense as it expresses a present feeling.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
#6 World Food: Ratatouille from 🇫🇷France
▶️ Ratatouille is …
... made with:
Fresh vegetables like tomatoes, courgette (=a vegetable similar to cucumbers but for cooking), aubergine (British English; Americans say “eggplant”), peppers, onions and garlic. The vegetables are stewed (=cooked slowly) with Mediterranean (=from the countries surrounding the sea between Europe and Africa) herbs (=small aromatic green plants) like basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
... eaten with:
Any staples (=basic foods), such as bread, rice or pasta. Or as a side dish to meat.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Ratatouille is …
... made with:
Fresh vegetables like tomatoes, courgette (=a vegetable similar to cucumbers but for cooking), aubergine (British English; Americans say “eggplant”), peppers, onions and garlic. The vegetables are stewed (=cooked slowly) with Mediterranean (=from the countries surrounding the sea between Europe and Africa) herbs (=small aromatic green plants) like basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
... eaten with:
Any staples (=basic foods), such as bread, rice or pasta. Or as a side dish to meat.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
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#20 Movie Time: Goodbye Lenin (2003)
▶️ Today’s movie is a tragicomedy (=both funny and sad film or theatre play) from 🇩🇪Germany. It’s a story about an East German family during the crazy times of German reunification (=becoming one again). Watch how a hero son takes care of his mother under very tricky (=difficult) circumstances (=conditions, situation).
❗️ The movie is in German with English subtitles. Subtitles are an excellent way of pushing you speed up your reading and stop the stupid habit of reading out loud! 😉
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #comedy #drama
▶️ Today’s movie is a tragicomedy (=both funny and sad film or theatre play) from 🇩🇪Germany. It’s a story about an East German family during the crazy times of German reunification (=becoming one again). Watch how a hero son takes care of his mother under very tricky (=difficult) circumstances (=conditions, situation).
❗️ The movie is in German with English subtitles. Subtitles are an excellent way of pushing you speed up your reading and stop the stupid habit of reading out loud! 😉
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #comedy #drama
#74 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi cho’ntakking in Asaka
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Congrats to Boburshox!!! Played soooo many times but won today for the first time! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Lovely designs there, Oyatillo, Mukhlisa and Oisha! Cheers! 👏✌️👍
Lovely designs there, Oyatillo, Mukhlisa and Oisha! Cheers! 👏✌️👍