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
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums! Mark the picture and send it to @jochenho. You have half an hour.
❓ If you can, mark Afandi and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the pinned message above!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums! Mark the picture and send it to @jochenho. You have half an hour.
❓ If you can, mark Afandi and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the pinned message above!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
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! 👏✌️👍
It’s a strange world: The End
▶️ Over the past 1.5 years Afandi English has supplied you with (=given you) background information about 25 interesting phenomena. Time to review!
#1 A Long Place Name
#2 Animal Cafés
#3 Deep Fakes
#4 A Visa-Free Island
#5 The Word “OK”
#6 Polyandry
#7 An Underground Town
#8 Digital Nomads
#9 Veganism
#10 Basic Income
#11 Vertical Farming
#12 Workaholism
#13 Enclaves & Exclaves
#14 Big Mac Index
#15 Whataboutism
#16 Procrastination
#17 Guilt vs Shame Culture
#18 Nudging
#19 Murphy’s Law
#20 Planned Obsolescence
#21 Not In My Backyard
#22 Pyramid of Needs
#23 The Overton Window
#24 Singularity
#25 Stockholm Syndrome
❗️Mondays are still for world knowledge! Keep tuning in to the best of documentaries, infographics, statistics, articles and maps!
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world
▶️ Over the past 1.5 years Afandi English has supplied you with (=given you) background information about 25 interesting phenomena. Time to review!
#1 A Long Place Name
#2 Animal Cafés
#3 Deep Fakes
#4 A Visa-Free Island
#5 The Word “OK”
#6 Polyandry
#7 An Underground Town
#8 Digital Nomads
#9 Veganism
#10 Basic Income
#11 Vertical Farming
#12 Workaholism
#13 Enclaves & Exclaves
#14 Big Mac Index
#15 Whataboutism
#16 Procrastination
#17 Guilt vs Shame Culture
#18 Nudging
#19 Murphy’s Law
#20 Planned Obsolescence
#21 Not In My Backyard
#22 Pyramid of Needs
#23 The Overton Window
#24 Singularity
#25 Stockholm Syndrome
❗️Mondays are still for world knowledge! Keep tuning in to the best of documentaries, infographics, statistics, articles and maps!
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world
#61 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?
Today’s quiz is about a truly strange lady in a Japanese supermarket.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #word_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a truly strange lady in a Japanese supermarket.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #word_quiz
What is this lady NOT?
Final Results
16%
grotesque
19%
eccentric
24%
sneaky
11%
wacky
12%
weird
18%
bizarre
Afandi English
What is this lady NOT?
Well done, mostly!
👍 Sneaky was the right answer. It doesn't mean strange but clever in a bad way.
👎 Eccentric describes a person who is proud to be different from others and doesn't feel embarrassed about it. Bizarre is strange in a surprising way that you don't have an explanation for. Grotesque means strange in an ugly way when it describes a person. Weird is a fairly direct synonym of strange. Wacky is strange in a funny and crazy way.
👍 Sneaky was the right answer. It doesn't mean strange but clever in a bad way.
👎 Eccentric describes a person who is proud to be different from others and doesn't feel embarrassed about it. Bizarre is strange in a surprising way that you don't have an explanation for. Grotesque means strange in an ugly way when it describes a person. Weird is a fairly direct synonym of strange. Wacky is strange in a funny and crazy way.
#98 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• coincide, coincidence, coincidental
• communicate, communicative, communication
• economy, economist, economic, economics
• educate, educator, educated, education
• exam, examine, examiner, examination
• photo, photographer, photography, photographic
• politics, policy, political, politician
• social, society, sociology, sociological
• technical, technique, technology, technological
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They have variable stress, i.e. different word stress:
• COincide, coINcidence, coinciDENtal
• comMUnicate, comMUnicative, communiCAtion
• eCOnomy, eCOnomist, ecoNOmic, ecoNOmics
• Educate, Educator, eduCAted, eduCAtion
• Exam, eXAmine, eXAminer, examiNAtion
• PHOto, phoTOgrapher, phoTOgraphy, photoGRAphic
• POlitics, POlicy, poLItical, poliTIcian
• SOcial, soCIety, soCIOlogy, socioLOgical
• TEchnical, techNIque, techNOlogy, technoLOgical
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• coincide, coincidence, coincidental
• communicate, communicative, communication
• economy, economist, economic, economics
• educate, educator, educated, education
• exam, examine, examiner, examination
• photo, photographer, photography, photographic
• politics, policy, political, politician
• social, society, sociology, sociological
• technical, technique, technology, technological
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They have variable stress, i.e. different word stress:
• COincide, coINcidence, coinciDENtal
• comMUnicate, comMUnicative, communiCAtion
• eCOnomy, eCOnomist, ecoNOmic, ecoNOmics
• Educate, Educator, eduCAted, eduCAtion
• Exam, eXAmine, eXAminer, examiNAtion
• PHOto, phoTOgrapher, phoTOgraphy, photoGRAphic
• POlitics, POlicy, poLItical, poliTIcian
• SOcial, soCIety, soCIOlogy, socioLOgical
• TEchnical, techNIque, techNOlogy, technoLOgical
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
🎉 Special Day: Buy Nothing Day
🆕 Special days help us pay more attention to the things and people that matter. Celebrate with Afandi English!
▶️ Perhaps you have heard about Black Friday in America – the shopping holiday that follows the traditional American holiday of Thanksgiving. American shoppers spend lots of money on Black Friday, and some people argue that this is bad. They started a so-called “Buy Nothing Day” as a protest against consumerism (=belief that it’s good to buy and use many things).
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX3DOxaSHU0
👉@afandi_english👈 #special_day
🆕 Special days help us pay more attention to the things and people that matter. Celebrate with Afandi English!
▶️ Perhaps you have heard about Black Friday in America – the shopping holiday that follows the traditional American holiday of Thanksgiving. American shoppers spend lots of money on Black Friday, and some people argue that this is bad. They started a so-called “Buy Nothing Day” as a protest against consumerism (=belief that it’s good to buy and use many things).
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX3DOxaSHU0
👉@afandi_english👈 #special_day
YouTube
Buy nothing!
The “Buy Nothing Project” is on a mission to teach us all how this year’s holiday shopping could cost you -- nothing! ABC News’ Will Ganss shows us.
#63 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Lessons from a rural school
November is month of foreign languages at schools in Uzbekistan, and why shouldn’t it! So I went to one of those peculiar school events at a rural school. Let me share some impressions with you:
Hospitality
Uzbek hospitality is overwhelming as always and visiting a school is a very official affair, making you feel like you are the president of your country. Check out the video of a performance about “the virus” and Uzbek hospitality.
Chiroylism
Schools are heavily decorated places even when there are no visitors. But on special occasions like these they go out of their way to impress the guests with balloons, cool English slogans and functioning technology.
Carrot & Stick
No school visit is complete without an open class in which the visitors can witness a carefully planned and perfectly delivered class. Watch the video of a modern and yet traditional classroom.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
November is month of foreign languages at schools in Uzbekistan, and why shouldn’t it! So I went to one of those peculiar school events at a rural school. Let me share some impressions with you:
Hospitality
Uzbek hospitality is overwhelming as always and visiting a school is a very official affair, making you feel like you are the president of your country. Check out the video of a performance about “the virus” and Uzbek hospitality.
Chiroylism
Schools are heavily decorated places even when there are no visitors. But on special occasions like these they go out of their way to impress the guests with balloons, cool English slogans and functioning technology.
Carrot & Stick
No school visit is complete without an open class in which the visitors can witness a carefully planned and perfectly delivered class. Watch the video of a modern and yet traditional classroom.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan