#9 Travel Notes: Déjà vu
(=sth you feel you have seen before)
▶️ There are a few things in 🇹🇷Turkey that look strangely familiar to someone living in 🇺🇿Uzbekistan. Here’s what:
🔹 Dummy police cars – Can’t control the traffic? Put up a few dummies (=fake object) to scare at least those who aren’t familiar with the local area.
🔹 Shops called “markets” – “Shop” doesn’t sound as cool and modern as “market”, which is derived from (=comes from) the globally used Anglicism (=English word in another language) “mini market”. Sadly, it’s a mistranslation.
🔹 Education centres – Uzbekistan is so full of education centres that there’s hardly room for anything else. Foreign tourists often have no clue what this IELTS thing is in Uzbekistan. In Turkey, however, it’s a thing (=it’s a phenomenon, sth that people know about) as well.
🔹 Big Bens – These classically designed modern-day clock towers are able to take any small town to the next level.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey
(=sth you feel you have seen before)
▶️ There are a few things in 🇹🇷Turkey that look strangely familiar to someone living in 🇺🇿Uzbekistan. Here’s what:
🔹 Dummy police cars – Can’t control the traffic? Put up a few dummies (=fake object) to scare at least those who aren’t familiar with the local area.
🔹 Shops called “markets” – “Shop” doesn’t sound as cool and modern as “market”, which is derived from (=comes from) the globally used Anglicism (=English word in another language) “mini market”. Sadly, it’s a mistranslation.
🔹 Education centres – Uzbekistan is so full of education centres that there’s hardly room for anything else. Foreign tourists often have no clue what this IELTS thing is in Uzbekistan. In Turkey, however, it’s a thing (=it’s a phenomenon, sth that people know about) as well.
🔹 Big Bens – These classically designed modern-day clock towers are able to take any small town to the next level.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey
#135 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Qani Afandi? Men topdim!
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Where is Afandi? I found!
✅ Well, it should be:
Where is Afandi? I found him!
❓Why?
❗️ Every language has transitive verbs and intransitive verbs. What’s that? Transitive verbs need an object, intransitive verbs don’t. Unfortunately, the same verbs can be different in another language. The Uzbek topmoq is intransitive while the English find is transitive.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
❗️ Every language has transitive verbs and intransitive verbs. What’s that? Transitive verbs need an object, intransitive verbs don’t. Unfortunately, the same verbs can be different in another language. The Uzbek topmoq is intransitive while the English find is transitive.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
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#10 Future: A world without cash
▶️ Some countries are more advanced than others but one trend can be seen everywhere – cashless payments are becoming more popular. And one day we will probably live in a cashless world.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
▶️ Some countries are more advanced than others but one trend can be seen everywhere – cashless payments are becoming more popular. And one day we will probably live in a cashless world.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
Do you think cash money should be abolished?
Anonymous Poll
33%
Yes, cashless payments are much easier.
51%
At some point, but it's still too early now.
16%
No, I prefer cash.
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#47 Movie Time: Lessons of a Dream (2011)
▶️ Get ready for the ⚽️World Cup, guys! Today’s film is a 🇩🇪German drama about the 19th-century teacher who first introduced football to Germany. Watch how he manages to establish the game against all odds (=despite many difficulties).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #drama
▶️ Get ready for the ⚽️World Cup, guys! Today’s film is a 🇩🇪German drama about the 19th-century teacher who first introduced football to Germany. Watch how he manages to establish the game against all odds (=despite many difficulties).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #drama
👉 https://t.me/faxriddin_xabibullayev27
🤠 If you're into educational issues and possess some knowledge of the Uzbek language you will find this channel interesting!
🤠 If you're into educational issues and possess some knowledge of the Uzbek language you will find this channel interesting!
#106 Afandi Quiz: What is this thing?
Here’s a strange-looking thing. What could it be?
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
Here’s a strange-looking thing. What could it be?
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
Almost good job!
💡This thing is in fact a musical instrument! It’s called “jaw harp”, or also “Jew’s harp” and originally comes from Mongolia. Read more about it on Wikipedia.
💡This thing is in fact a musical instrument! It’s called “jaw harp”, or also “Jew’s harp” and originally comes from Mongolia. Read more about it on Wikipedia.
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#16 A Good Laugh: The World’s Worst Translator
▶️ Check out just how bad the world’s worst translator can be!
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
▶️ Check out just how bad the world’s worst translator can be!
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
#11 Correct me if you can
▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:
Some teachers take a salary of only 2 million.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #correct
▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:
#15 World Food: Potato salad from 🇩🇪Germany
▶️ There are as many recipes of potato salad as there are German people. They will eat it during barbecues, on parties and picnics and even on Christmas. German potato salad is …
... made with:
Boiled potatoes, everything else is optional (=can be chosen): oil or mayonnaise, onion, green peas, pickled (=sour, preserved) cucumbers, fresh herbs (=small aromatic plants for cooking) like parsley and dill, mustard (=sharp-tasting yellow paste), boiled eggs and sausage.
... eaten with:
Bread buns (=small round bread), sausages or grilled meat.
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ There are as many recipes of potato salad as there are German people. They will eat it during barbecues, on parties and picnics and even on Christmas. German potato salad is …
... made with:
Boiled potatoes, everything else is optional (=can be chosen): oil or mayonnaise, onion, green peas, pickled (=sour, preserved) cucumbers, fresh herbs (=small aromatic plants for cooking) like parsley and dill, mustard (=sharp-tasting yellow paste), boiled eggs and sausage.
... eaten with:
Bread buns (=small round bread), sausages or grilled meat.
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#45 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Omeleto
📊 English Level: Various
🔤 Subtitles: Mostly provided
💬 Topics: Fiction; short films of different genres
💡 Content: Omeleto is a collection of professionally made short films. Usually between 10 and 20 minutes long, you’ll find comedies, dramas, romances, horror, cartoons and more.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/@Omeleto
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
📊 English Level: Various
🔤 Subtitles: Mostly provided
💬 Topics: Fiction; short films of different genres
💡 Content: Omeleto is a collection of professionally made short films. Usually between 10 and 20 minutes long, you’ll find comedies, dramas, romances, horror, cartoons and more.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/@Omeleto
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#85 Travelogue Tukey: Try something new
▶️ Without the many new things to try, travelling would be half as interesting. Let’s explore 🇹🇷Turkey for some weird stuff:
Unripe melons
The taste is cucumber plus x, and it is eaten with a dash of salt. Quite special, especially when sold by unripe people!
Carob
Chocolate hanging down from a tree? Yes, this fruit has a chocolatey flavour indeed but think of it more as a wood-flavoured chocolate.
Mussels
This iconic Izmir street food is enjoyed with lemon juice. ‘Enjoyed’ of course only if you’re into seafood.
Atom Tea
Wipe out all the germs and viruses that trouble you in one go. Boom!
Situation
Apparently this refers to a drink. Hot or cold, alcoholic or not – maybe that’s up to the situation.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey
▶️ Without the many new things to try, travelling would be half as interesting. Let’s explore 🇹🇷Turkey for some weird stuff:
Unripe melons
The taste is cucumber plus x, and it is eaten with a dash of salt. Quite special, especially when sold by unripe people!
Carob
Chocolate hanging down from a tree? Yes, this fruit has a chocolatey flavour indeed but think of it more as a wood-flavoured chocolate.
Mussels
This iconic Izmir street food is enjoyed with lemon juice. ‘Enjoyed’ of course only if you’re into seafood.
Atom Tea
Wipe out all the germs and viruses that trouble you in one go. Boom!
Situation
Apparently this refers to a drink. Hot or cold, alcoholic or not – maybe that’s up to the situation.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey
---Vocab---
📍a dash of sth = a small amount of sth that is added to sth 📍mussel = shell-like sea creature 📍iconic = famous, celebrated 📍sb is into sth = sb likes sth 📍wipe sth out = eliminate, destroy 📍germs = microbes that can make people ill 📍in one go = at one time only 📍apparently = it seems, it is said 📍refer to sth = mean, signify
📍a dash of sth = a small amount of sth that is added to sth 📍mussel = shell-like sea creature 📍iconic = famous, celebrated 📍sb is into sth = sb likes sth 📍wipe sth out = eliminate, destroy 📍germs = microbes that can make people ill 📍in one go = at one time only 📍apparently = it seems, it is said 📍refer to sth = mean, signify
Which of these would you give a try?
Anonymous Poll
32%
Unripe melons
34%
Carob
27%
Mussels
38%
Atom Tea
25%
Situation