Congrats to Abdullokh!!! 🥳🥳🥳
And thumbs up for our designers Xurshidbek, Ziyoviddin and Muhammadali! 👏👍✌️
And thumbs up for our designers Xurshidbek, Ziyoviddin and Muhammadali! 👏👍✌️
#8 Know Your World: Western views on Muslims
▶️ Europeans and Americans are often accused of Islamophobia (=fearing or hating Islam). Is it really that bad? What are the numbers? And what differences are there between countries?
⛓ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/08/in-the-u-s-and-western-europe-people-say-they-accept-muslims-but-opinions-are-divided-on-islam/
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #statistic
▶️ Europeans and Americans are often accused of Islamophobia (=fearing or hating Islam). Is it really that bad? What are the numbers? And what differences are there between countries?
⛓ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/08/in-the-u-s-and-western-europe-people-say-they-accept-muslims-but-opinions-are-divided-on-islam/
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #statistic
Pew Research Center
In the U.S. and Western Europe, people say they accept Muslims, but opinions are divided on Islam
Many across Western Europe and the U.S. would be willing to accept Muslims as family or as neighbors. Yet there is no consensus on whether Islam fits into these societies.
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#70 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz
Afandi English
This song is from ...
Ouch!
👎 Unfortunately this song is not from 🇻🇳Vietnam although that’s a pretty good guess. 🇧🇩Bangladesh was wrong because it should have sounded more like Indian music then. 🇨🇳China was also wrong, by the sound of the language more than the style though.
👍 🇰🇭Cambodia was the right answer. The language of Cambodia is called Khmer and sounds harder than Vietnamese to which it is related.
👎 Unfortunately this song is not from 🇻🇳Vietnam although that’s a pretty good guess. 🇧🇩Bangladesh was wrong because it should have sounded more like Indian music then. 🇨🇳China was also wrong, by the sound of the language more than the style though.
👍 🇰🇭Cambodia was the right answer. The language of Cambodia is called Khmer and sounds harder than Vietnamese to which it is related.
#9 A Good Laugh: Knallerfrauen
▶️ Who said Germans aren’t funny? Watch this German lady getting into awkward (=strange) situations.
More Knallerfrauen here.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
▶️ Who said Germans aren’t funny? Watch this German lady getting into awkward (=strange) situations.
More Knallerfrauen here.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
#107 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Biznes markazda kostyum shim kiyishiz kerak.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
At the business centre you should wear a costume.
✅ Well, it should be:
At the office you should wear a suit.
❓Why?
❗️ The word business centre is a pseudo-anglicism – a word that seems to be English but isn’t actually used in English-speaking countries. If you want to refer to the building you can say office building.
❗️ A costume is a special set of clothes that actors wear, or you may wear a zombie costume on a Halloween party. It has nothing to do with formal clothes. The word is an example for a false friend – a word that seems easy to translate but means something different.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Biznes markazda kostyum shim kiyishiz kerak.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
At the business centre you should wear a costume.
✅ Well, it should be:
At the office you should wear a suit.
❓Why?
❗️ The word business centre is a pseudo-anglicism – a word that seems to be English but isn’t actually used in English-speaking countries. If you want to refer to the building you can say office building.
❗️ A costume is a special set of clothes that actors wear, or you may wear a zombie costume on a Halloween party. It has nothing to do with formal clothes. The word is an example for a false friend – a word that seems easy to translate but means something different.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
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#5 Afandi Karaoke: Marry You (by Bruno Mars)
▶️ Here’s a song that is not only good for your English but also really helps you understand cultural differences!
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
▶️ Here’s a song that is not only good for your English but also really helps you understand cultural differences!
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
1) I live in ...
Anonymous Poll
86%
Andijan
4%
Fergana
0%
Namangan
5%
Tashkent
2%
elsewhere in Uzbekistan
3%
not in Uzbekistan
2) I am ...
Anonymous Poll
20%
a high school student
4%
an 'abituriyent'
43%
a university student
22%
a teacher
10%
none of the above
4) I would like to see more ...
Anonymous Poll
13%
entertainment
17%
study materials
13%
global affairs
57%
all of the above
#72 Travelogue Germany: Weird products
People lack very little in an advanced economy like Germany but, damn, they don’t know that! They need all kinds of peculiar products. Let’s take a look at some:
Stamped vegetables
Save the planet? Don’t use labels then, plastic or paper, all bad.
Covid soft toys
You feel that covid is so much more than just a virus and the vaccine is really THE vaccine? Cuddle up to these little life changers.
Rainbow hand cream
Can’t get proud enough of LGBT? Celebrate every day with a specially themed hand cream.
Flood bread
Do something good for flood victims, your local bakery and yourself all at once? That’s well worth a few extra pennies.
Cheese melting dome
You’re upset that your cheese on the grill refuses to melt while the meat under it gets burnt? Get yourself some professional gear.
Dog poop bags
Wanna walk your dog like a pro? Get a roll of dog poop bags in a cute little container.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany
People lack very little in an advanced economy like Germany but, damn, they don’t know that! They need all kinds of peculiar products. Let’s take a look at some:
Stamped vegetables
Save the planet? Don’t use labels then, plastic or paper, all bad.
Covid soft toys
You feel that covid is so much more than just a virus and the vaccine is really THE vaccine? Cuddle up to these little life changers.
Rainbow hand cream
Can’t get proud enough of LGBT? Celebrate every day with a specially themed hand cream.
Flood bread
Do something good for flood victims, your local bakery and yourself all at once? That’s well worth a few extra pennies.
Cheese melting dome
You’re upset that your cheese on the grill refuses to melt while the meat under it gets burnt? Get yourself some professional gear.
Dog poop bags
Wanna walk your dog like a pro? Get a roll of dog poop bags in a cute little container.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany