#73 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Uzbekified Latin
The Latin alphabet doesn’t belong to one language only but the majority of languages in the world use it. The Uzbek take on the Latin script basically follows two principles inherited from Cyrillic and Arabic:
Spell as you tell
Spelling has to follow pronunciation. Foreign words enter through Russian and original Latin spellings are removed before they arrive. Some words like Internet survive this but most are less lucky, like chizburger (cheeseburger) or dizayn (design). If we insist on the foreign spelling people will punish us with mispronunciation, as Paynet, pronounced [paɪnet], not [peɪnet], shows.
One sound, one letter
In Cyrillic and Arabic, letter combinations exist but it’s not like English where two letters can be one sound (“sh”), four letters can be two sounds (“ough”) or one letter can be two sounds (“x”). “Tawkent” just feels better than “Tashkent”. Check out this earlier post.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
The Latin alphabet doesn’t belong to one language only but the majority of languages in the world use it. The Uzbek take on the Latin script basically follows two principles inherited from Cyrillic and Arabic:
Spell as you tell
Spelling has to follow pronunciation. Foreign words enter through Russian and original Latin spellings are removed before they arrive. Some words like Internet survive this but most are less lucky, like chizburger (cheeseburger) or dizayn (design). If we insist on the foreign spelling people will punish us with mispronunciation, as Paynet, pronounced [paɪnet], not [peɪnet], shows.
One sound, one letter
In Cyrillic and Arabic, letter combinations exist but it’s not like English where two letters can be one sound (“sh”), four letters can be two sounds (“ough”) or one letter can be two sounds (“x”). “Tawkent” just feels better than “Tashkent”. Check out this earlier post.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Afandi English
#73 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Uzbekified Latin The Latin alphabet doesn’t belong to one language only but the majority of languages in the world use it. The Uzbek take on the Latin script basically follows two principles inherited from Cyrillic and Arabic: …
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📍sb’s take on sth = sb’s opinion about sth, sb’s attitude towards sth 📍principle = basic rule 📍inherit sth = get sth from the older generation 📍Cyrillic = the alphabet used by Russian, Ukranian, Bulgarian and Serbian 📍insist on sth = keep doing sth, not giving up 📍combination = different things put together
📍sb’s take on sth = sb’s opinion about sth, sb’s attitude towards sth 📍principle = basic rule 📍inherit sth = get sth from the older generation 📍Cyrillic = the alphabet used by Russian, Ukranian, Bulgarian and Serbian 📍insist on sth = keep doing sth, not giving up 📍combination = different things put together
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan fully Latinised their languages while Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan kept Cyrillic. What’s best for Uzbekistan?
Anonymous Poll
33%
Full Latinisation. Get rid of Cyrillic now.
21%
Let Cyrillic slowly fade away.
39%
Keep both alphabets side by side.
7%
Return to Cyrillic.
#86 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi with his own kind
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❓ Can you spot our Afandi in this picture?
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That wasn't easy!!!
And cheers to our designers today - Sardorbek, Zafar and Sarvar!
That wasn't easy!!!
And cheers to our designers today - Sardorbek, Zafar and Sarvar!
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#10 Know Your World: Difficult dating
▶️ Millennials are the generation of young adults in Western countries, according to the official definition those born between 1981 and 1996. It is this generation that struggles to find life partners because of social change brought about by technology.
🌹 Happy Valentine's Day!
🔤 Subtitles provided, of course.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ Millennials are the generation of young adults in Western countries, according to the official definition those born between 1981 and 1996. It is this generation that struggles to find life partners because of social change brought about by technology.
🌹 Happy Valentine's Day!
🔤 Subtitles provided, of course.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
#73 Afandi Quiz: What’s this map about?
🆕 In this quiz you have to guess what the map is showing.
▶️ The map shows two kinds of countries. Most countries are red but some countries are blue.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
🆕 In this quiz you have to guess what the map is showing.
▶️ The map shows two kinds of countries. Most countries are red but some countries are blue.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
What does this map show?
Final Results
6%
use of miles vs kilometres
38%
left- and right-hand traffic
26%
Britain and its former colonies
30%
GSM vs UMTS mobile phone standards
Afandi English
What does this map show?
A narrow win!
👍 This map is indeed about which side of the road people drive on. Most countries have right-hand traffic but there are quite a few countries with left-hand traffic, notably the UK and its former colonies in Africa, South Asia, Oceania and the Caribbean. But surprisingly also Japan and Southeast Asia that have left-hand traffic even without British influence.
⛓ The history of all this is actually quite interesting as many countries switched from one side to another. Check out more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic
👍 This map is indeed about which side of the road people drive on. Most countries have right-hand traffic but there are quite a few countries with left-hand traffic, notably the UK and its former colonies in Africa, South Asia, Oceania and the Caribbean. But surprisingly also Japan and Southeast Asia that have left-hand traffic even without British influence.
⛓ The history of all this is actually quite interesting as many countries switched from one side to another. Check out more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic
Wikipedia
Left- and right-hand traffic
Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively. They are fundamental to traffic flow, and are sometimes called the rule of the road.…
Afandi English
#1 Self-study: Tom & Savannah 🆕 Brand new on the channel: Materials for self-study! Learn English with interesting videos. You won’t believe how much English you can extract from a video if you go to the bottom of it. IELTS students – here is your source…
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#21 Self-study: The Worst Place in America
▶️ Today’s video and handout are about an American journalist who declared Red Lake County in Minnesota to be the worst place in America and ended up moving there. Check out what made him have a change of heart (=change one’s opinion or feeling about sth).
❗️If you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 👆 and the instructions on the handout below 👇.
👉@afandi_english👈 #self_study
▶️ Today’s video and handout are about an American journalist who declared Red Lake County in Minnesota to be the worst place in America and ended up moving there. Check out what made him have a change of heart (=change one’s opinion or feeling about sth).
❗️If you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 👆 and the instructions on the handout below 👇.
👉@afandi_english👈 #self_study
Afandi English
#21 Self-study: The Worst Place in America ▶️ Today’s video and handout are about an American journalist who declared Red Lake County in Minnesota to be the worst place in America and ended up moving there. Check out what made him have a change of heart (=change…
CBS The worst place in America (self-study version).pdf
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Dear English learners in Andijan,
The Speaking Club at Inyaz is back! It's every Thursday from 2pm to 4pm. Please join the Telegram group for information and reminders!
❗️Today we'll have another session!
https://t.me/joinchat/wU3JQrkWq685YmVl
The Speaking Club at Inyaz is back! It's every Thursday from 2pm to 4pm. Please join the Telegram group for information and reminders!
❗️Today we'll have another session!
https://t.me/joinchat/wU3JQrkWq685YmVl
Telegram
Inyaz Speaking Club
The Speaking Club has moved into Cyberspace! Interested in hosting one? Send a private message to @jochenho
#110 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• alcohol
• Alzheimer’s
• hamburger
• Hamlet
• Harry Potter
• Harvard
• Hawaii
• Hong Kong
• Hitler
• hyena
• hygiene
• Ohio
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The [h] in these international words and names was changed to [g] in Russian - here's why. Make sure you do not pronounce [g] in English!
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• alcohol
• Alzheimer’s
• hamburger
• Hamlet
• Harry Potter
• Harvard
• Hawaii
• Hong Kong
• Hitler
• hyena
• hygiene
• Ohio
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The [h] in these international words and names was changed to [g] in Russian - here's why. Make sure you do not pronounce [g] in English!
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
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#3 Future: Interview with a robot
🆕 Anticipate (=expect and be ready for sth) the future with Afandi English. The world is changing rapidly – damn you if you sleepwalk (=walk while sleeping, getting into a bad situation because you don’t pay attention) into the future and don’t secure your place!
▶️ Here’s an interview with Sophia, a slightly creepy (=frightening, making you nervous), artificially intelligent robot that looks and acts like a human. The video is several years old actually and Sophia has either learned to be even more human-like by now or she was replaced by a better robot, who knows.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
🆕 Anticipate (=expect and be ready for sth) the future with Afandi English. The world is changing rapidly – damn you if you sleepwalk (=walk while sleeping, getting into a bad situation because you don’t pay attention) into the future and don’t secure your place!
▶️ Here’s an interview with Sophia, a slightly creepy (=frightening, making you nervous), artificially intelligent robot that looks and acts like a human. The video is several years old actually and Sophia has either learned to be even more human-like by now or she was replaced by a better robot, who knows.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
Should humans keep creating intelligent robots?
Anonymous Poll
39%
Yes, it’s the future.
33%
Yes, but not human-like robots.
15%
No, it’s morally wrong.
14%
No, they may kill humans one day.
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#28 Movie Time: Mars Attacks (1996)
▶️ Today’s movie is an 🇺🇸American comedy about a Martian (=from planet Mars) invasion (=taking control of a territory by force) of Earth. Watch how Earth manages to defend itself accidentally!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #comedy
▶️ Today’s movie is an 🇺🇸American comedy about a Martian (=from planet Mars) invasion (=taking control of a territory by force) of Earth. Watch how Earth manages to defend itself accidentally!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #comedy
#87 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi getting a haircut by Nuriddin in Paytug’
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture 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?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture 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