Afandi English
By using spades instead of a frying pan, the soldiers are β¦ .
Not bad but thereβs only a relative majority for the right answer!
π The correct answer is indeed improvising. When you lack the right stuff but manage to do your thing anyway it means you improvise. Russian speakers had an advantage here.
π Stimulating was wrong for two reasons β 1) it means making someone or something excited / active / grow, etc. and 2) itβs a transitive verb that needs an object. You cannot say youβre stimulating without saying who or what you are stimulating.
π Marinating is a cooking term and means put meat or fish into a marinade (mixture of spices and oil). Oops!
π Instigating is also transitive (needs an object) and has a negative meaning of causing bad actions, e.g. βinstigate terrorβ.
π The correct answer is indeed improvising. When you lack the right stuff but manage to do your thing anyway it means you improvise. Russian speakers had an advantage here.
π Stimulating was wrong for two reasons β 1) it means making someone or something excited / active / grow, etc. and 2) itβs a transitive verb that needs an object. You cannot say youβre stimulating without saying who or what you are stimulating.
π Marinating is a cooking term and means put meat or fish into a marinade (mixture of spices and oil). Oops!
π Instigating is also transitive (needs an object) and has a negative meaning of causing bad actions, e.g. βinstigate terrorβ.
#40 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
βΆοΈ Try pronouncing the following words:
β’ abroad
β’ August
β’ automatic
β’ born
β’ bought
β’ brought
β’ course
β’ daughter
β’ law
β’ pause
β’ raw
β’ saw
β’ sauce
βWhat sound do these words have in common?
βοΈThey all contain the long vowel [Ι:], as in βboringβ or "tall". Pay attention to this sound:
β’ abroad β correct: abr-Ι:-d
β’ August β correct: Ι:-gust
β’ automatic β correct: Ι:-tomatic
β’ born β wrong: burn, correct: b-Ι:-rn
β’ bought β wrong: boat, correct: b-Ι:-t
β’ brought β correct: br-Ι:-t
β’ course β wrong: curse, correct: c-Ι:-rse
β’ daughter β correct: d-Ι:-ghter
β’ law β wrong: low, correct: l-Ι:
β’ pause β correct: p-Ι:-se
β’ raw β wrong: row, correct: r-Ι:
β’ saw β wrong: sow, correct: s-Ι:
β’ sauce β correct: s-Ι:-s
π@afandi_englishπ #mistakes #pronunciation
βΆοΈ Try pronouncing the following words:
β’ abroad
β’ August
β’ automatic
β’ born
β’ bought
β’ brought
β’ course
β’ daughter
β’ law
β’ pause
β’ raw
β’ saw
β’ sauce
βWhat sound do these words have in common?
βοΈThey all contain the long vowel [Ι:], as in βboringβ or "tall". Pay attention to this sound:
β’ abroad β correct: abr-Ι:-d
β’ August β correct: Ι:-gust
β’ automatic β correct: Ι:-tomatic
β’ born β wrong: burn, correct: b-Ι:-rn
β’ bought β wrong: boat, correct: b-Ι:-t
β’ brought β correct: br-Ι:-t
β’ course β wrong: curse, correct: c-Ι:-rse
β’ daughter β correct: d-Ι:-ghter
β’ law β wrong: low, correct: l-Ι:
β’ pause β correct: p-Ι:-se
β’ raw β wrong: row, correct: r-Ι:
β’ saw β wrong: sow, correct: s-Ι:
β’ sauce β correct: s-Ι:-s
π@afandi_englishπ #mistakes #pronunciation
#6 Education Video: Success at school vs in life
βοΈThere seems to be a big problem in education β schools and real life are too different from one another. Life doesnβt always reward the good students, and bad students often get away without punishment. Why is that and what can we do about it? Watch this video to find out!
βΆοΈ www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Egxm5QuW9o
π@afandi_englishπ
βοΈThere seems to be a big problem in education β schools and real life are too different from one another. Life doesnβt always reward the good students, and bad students often get away without punishment. Why is that and what can we do about it? Watch this video to find out!
βΆοΈ www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Egxm5QuW9o
π@afandi_englishπ
YouTube
Success at School vs Success in Life
Many people who do brilliantly at school turn out not to do so well at life. Why?
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#7 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Super Bus Stops
A bus stop is a place where buses stop, right? Well donβt be fooled, Uzbek super bus stops can do a lot more. The Uzbek word βbekatβ has evolved from its original βbus stopβ meaning to become something more synonymous with βshopβ β and itβs true, bus stops are rarely served by buses and are usually small roadside shops where people can stop their cars and buy the one thing they truly love: fizzy drinks.
Why this evolution? Maybe itβs the collapse of Soviet-style bus system in provincial towns. Public transport is run by Damas and taxi drivers and thereβs no need for bus stops anymore. So they turned into shops and the business model is so popular that new so-called bus stops are being built even where there never used to be any.
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πfooled = cheatedπevolve / evolution = develop / developmentπsynonymous with = meaning the same asπfizzy drinks = drinks with gas, like Pepsiπcollapse = failure
π@afandi_englishπ #travel #uzbekistan
A bus stop is a place where buses stop, right? Well donβt be fooled, Uzbek super bus stops can do a lot more. The Uzbek word βbekatβ has evolved from its original βbus stopβ meaning to become something more synonymous with βshopβ β and itβs true, bus stops are rarely served by buses and are usually small roadside shops where people can stop their cars and buy the one thing they truly love: fizzy drinks.
Why this evolution? Maybe itβs the collapse of Soviet-style bus system in provincial towns. Public transport is run by Damas and taxi drivers and thereβs no need for bus stops anymore. So they turned into shops and the business model is so popular that new so-called bus stops are being built even where there never used to be any.
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πfooled = cheatedπevolve / evolution = develop / developmentπsynonymous with = meaning the same asπfizzy drinks = drinks with gas, like Pepsiπcollapse = failure
π@afandi_englishπ #travel #uzbekistan
#21 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi arrives in Fergana
β Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
βοΈIf you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
π@afandi_englishπ #spot_afandi
β Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
βοΈIf you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
π@afandi_englishπ #spot_afandi
#14 Tongue twister: A bit of spice
βοΈChallenge yourself and practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today:
βΆοΈ There is a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminium pan.
Translation:
Aluminium tovada minimal miqdorda dolchin bor.
βοΈPay attention to:
π Pronunciation β Make sure you pronounce [Ιͺ] in minimum, cinnamon and aluminium. There is no sharp [i] sound here. Check #37 Our Favourite Mistakes (from 17 September).
π Linking β Same or similar consonants and end-consonants with start-vowels are linked with one another:
There is Ν a minimum Ν of cinnamon Ν in the Ν aluminium pan.
π@afandi_englishπ #tongue_twisters
βοΈChallenge yourself and practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister today:
βΆοΈ There is a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminium pan.
Translation:
Aluminium tovada minimal miqdorda dolchin bor.
βοΈPay attention to:
π Pronunciation β Make sure you pronounce [Ιͺ] in minimum, cinnamon and aluminium. There is no sharp [i] sound here. Check #37 Our Favourite Mistakes (from 17 September).
π Linking β Same or similar consonants and end-consonants with start-vowels are linked with one another:
There is Ν a minimum Ν of cinnamon Ν in the Ν aluminium pan.
π@afandi_englishπ #tongue_twisters
#14 University Vocab: Academic Writing
βMost students would agree that this is the hardest part of their studies. Whatβs there to know about academic writing?
π A piece of academic writing is often called a paper. There are term papers, also called final papers, that focus on content of a particular course and research papers that require independent research.
π Essays are usually shorter and less scientific. In certain types of essays you may also be asked to state your opinions, which is quite different from research.
π At the end of your studies you most likely have to write a thesis paper, or simply a thesis. Depending on the degree this can be a bachelor thesis or a master thesis. For PhD level we usually speak of dissertation.
π Published papers are called articles, and they are published in academic journals.
π@afandi_englishπ #uni_vocab
βMost students would agree that this is the hardest part of their studies. Whatβs there to know about academic writing?
π A piece of academic writing is often called a paper. There are term papers, also called final papers, that focus on content of a particular course and research papers that require independent research.
π Essays are usually shorter and less scientific. In certain types of essays you may also be asked to state your opinions, which is quite different from research.
π At the end of your studies you most likely have to write a thesis paper, or simply a thesis. Depending on the degree this can be a bachelor thesis or a master thesis. For PhD level we usually speak of dissertation.
π Published papers are called articles, and they are published in academic journals.
π@afandi_englishπ #uni_vocab
Audio
#5 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song
Todayβs quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you find the right country? Pay attention to the language and style. You have 2 hours for this!
π@afandi_englishπ #song_quiz
Todayβs quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you find the right country? Pay attention to the language and style. You have 2 hours for this!
π@afandi_englishπ #song_quiz
Afandi English
This song is from ...
π₯³ Congratulations, most of you got that right!
π This song is indeed from Croatia! We all know enough Russian to hear some Slavic (=the language family that Russian is in) words in the song but itβs still quite different from Russian. Croatian is a Slavic language of the Southern branch.
π The style of the song probably made some of you choose Greece. Unfortunately that was wrong. Yes it sounds very βSouthernβ and maritime (=about the sea) but Greek language is nothing like Russian.
π It couldnβt have been from Latvia, not from a linguistic point of view β Latvian is a Baltic language and not so close to Russian β and not from a musical point of view either β the style is clearly Mediterranean (=from the sea between Europe and Africa).
π Only few of you thought the song was from Ukraine, possibly because you heard some Russian-sounding words in it. But Ukrainian is much closer to Russian as both of them are Slavic languages of the Eastern branch.
π This song is indeed from Croatia! We all know enough Russian to hear some Slavic (=the language family that Russian is in) words in the song but itβs still quite different from Russian. Croatian is a Slavic language of the Southern branch.
π The style of the song probably made some of you choose Greece. Unfortunately that was wrong. Yes it sounds very βSouthernβ and maritime (=about the sea) but Greek language is nothing like Russian.
π It couldnβt have been from Latvia, not from a linguistic point of view β Latvian is a Baltic language and not so close to Russian β and not from a musical point of view either β the style is clearly Mediterranean (=from the sea between Europe and Africa).
π Only few of you thought the song was from Ukraine, possibly because you heard some Russian-sounding words in it. But Ukrainian is much closer to Russian as both of them are Slavic languages of the Eastern branch.
#41 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
βΆοΈ Please translate the following sentence:
Afandi koβp ishlaydi va oyligi ham normal.
β Perhaps you think it is:
Afandi works a lot and his salary is also normal.
β Well, it should be:
Afandi works a lot and his salary is also normal good.
βWhy?
βοΈ Unlike in Russian, normal doesnβt have a positive meaning in English, it just means usual or ordinary.
βοΈ It could even be negative. If you ask your friends βHow are you?β and the answer is βJust normalβ then that could mean they find their life boring. βDonβt be so normalβ also means βDonβt be boring like all the other peopleβ.
π@afandi_englishπ #mistakes #vocabulary
βΆοΈ Please translate the following sentence:
Afandi koβp ishlaydi va oyligi ham normal.
β Perhaps you think it is:
Afandi works a lot and his salary is also normal.
β Well, it should be:
βWhy?
βοΈ Unlike in Russian, normal doesnβt have a positive meaning in English, it just means usual or ordinary.
βοΈ It could even be negative. If you ask your friends βHow are you?β and the answer is βJust normalβ then that could mean they find their life boring. βDonβt be so normalβ also means βDonβt be boring like all the other peopleβ.
π@afandi_englishπ #mistakes #vocabulary
#13 YouTube Channel Recommendation: CrashCourse
β Link: www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
π English Level: Advanced, some technical terms
π€ Subtitles: Available
π¬ Topics: School subjects (history, natural sciences, maths, literature), technology, psychology, astronomy, etc.
π‘ Content: CrashCourse features a huge range of videos and the channel has been around for several years, constantly adding new videos. The audience is clearly native speakers and you may find some videos hard to understand because they are about difficult subject matters and the hosts speak very quickly. Nonetheless you can greatly benefit from their videos if you are interested in those topics as they are hugely informative and done really well. Some hosts and animations are also really funny.
π@afandi_englishπ #youtube
β Link: www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
π English Level: Advanced, some technical terms
π€ Subtitles: Available
π¬ Topics: School subjects (history, natural sciences, maths, literature), technology, psychology, astronomy, etc.
π‘ Content: CrashCourse features a huge range of videos and the channel has been around for several years, constantly adding new videos. The audience is clearly native speakers and you may find some videos hard to understand because they are about difficult subject matters and the hosts speak very quickly. Nonetheless you can greatly benefit from their videos if you are interested in those topics as they are hugely informative and done really well. Some hosts and animations are also really funny.
π@afandi_englishπ #youtube
#8 Travelogue Uzbekistan: The bizarre world of classroom decoration
Schools in Uzbekistan are amazing. They teach foreign visitors a whole lot of things. I picked up new spellings of English words, learned that the independence of Uzbekistan is in fact another English-speaking country, that there are two Australias and that Britain also has the βevroβ (euro?). I went to the bottom of English tenses and vowels and, as if that wasnβt enough, I learned that there are exactly six English and American writers (the definite article told me).
But then I also learned something else β Uzbek hospitality and warm-heartedness extended into every classroom that I was pulled into. The kids and teachers were genuinely happy to have me. Yes, humans make mistakes, but thatβs the beauty of it. I do appreciate those human encounters!
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πbizarre = strange πgo to the bottom of sth = think about sth deeply πextend = continue πgenuinely = really πencounter = meeting sb
π@afandi_englishπ #travel #uzbekistan
Schools in Uzbekistan are amazing. They teach foreign visitors a whole lot of things. I picked up new spellings of English words, learned that the independence of Uzbekistan is in fact another English-speaking country, that there are two Australias and that Britain also has the βevroβ (euro?). I went to the bottom of English tenses and vowels and, as if that wasnβt enough, I learned that there are exactly six English and American writers (the definite article told me).
But then I also learned something else β Uzbek hospitality and warm-heartedness extended into every classroom that I was pulled into. The kids and teachers were genuinely happy to have me. Yes, humans make mistakes, but thatβs the beauty of it. I do appreciate those human encounters!
---Vocab---
πbizarre = strange πgo to the bottom of sth = think about sth deeply πextend = continue πgenuinely = really πencounter = meeting sb
π@afandi_englishπ #travel #uzbekistan