#68 Our favourite mistakes: Speaking & Writing
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Mening ismim Abdullayev Abdullo.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
My name is Abdullayev Abdullo.
✅ Well, it should be:
My name is Abdullo Abdullayev.
❓Why?
❗️ In English first names come first and last names come last. Simple as that. Saying your first name first doesn’t mean you’re a celebrity like “Yulduz Usmonova” (rather than “Usmonova Yulduz”).
❗️ Think of this difference as a cultural difference. Western culture is more individualistic and therefore puts the individual person’s name first. Non-western cultures are more collectivist and emphasize who the person belongs to.
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▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Mening ismim Abdullayev Abdullo.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
My name is Abdullayev Abdullo.
✅ Well, it should be:
❓Why?
❗️ In English first names come first and last names come last. Simple as that. Saying your first name first doesn’t mean you’re a celebrity like “Yulduz Usmonova” (rather than “Usmonova Yulduz”).
❗️ Think of this difference as a cultural difference. Western culture is more individualistic and therefore puts the individual person’s name first. Non-western cultures are more collectivist and emphasize who the person belongs to.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
#3 Corona: Paranoia
Let’s be honest. While people are suffering the corona crisis has also given us some pretty good laughs, and that is when people overdo it (=do too much) with their self-protection. This is what we may call paranoia – the false belief that everything and everyone around you is bad and only wants to harm you. Check out some beautiful shots of paranoid people from around the net!
👉@afandi_english👈
Let’s be honest. While people are suffering the corona crisis has also given us some pretty good laughs, and that is when people overdo it (=do too much) with their self-protection. This is what we may call paranoia – the false belief that everything and everyone around you is bad and only wants to harm you. Check out some beautiful shots of paranoid people from around the net!
👉@afandi_english👈
#22 Tongue twister: Yummy footwear
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ If Stewart chews shoes, should Stewart choose the shoes he chews?
Translation:
Agar Styuart poyabzal chaynasa, Styuart u chaynaydigan poyabzalni tanlashi kerakmi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Names, numbers, nouns and adjectives often sound stronger because they carry more meaning than other words. Verbs, function words and repeated words are usually not so strong.
If
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ If Stewart chews shoes, should Stewart choose the shoes he chews?
Translation:
Agar Styuart poyabzal chaynasa, Styuart u chaynaydigan poyabzalni tanlashi kerakmi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Names, numbers, nouns and adjectives often sound stronger because they carry more meaning than other words. Verbs, function words and repeated words are usually not so strong.
If
(function word)
Stewart (name)
chews (verb)
shoes (noun)
should (function word)
Stewart (repeated name)
choose (important verb)
the (function word)
shoes (repeated noun)
he (function word)
chews (repeated verb)
▶️ Now practice: If Stewart chews shoes, should Stewart choose the shoes he chews?👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#34 Travelogue Uzbekistan: The White Gold
The cotton season seems to be a neverending one in Uzbekistan. You can find cotton in rather hostile habitats like in metro stations, on bridges or at bus stops. It seems that cotton is more than just a crop and that Uzbeks are very proud of it. Or should they?
Good reasons
Uzbekistan has the perfect climate for cotton, produces loads of it and all parts of the plant can be used. That should be a blessing. Cotton is not only a beautiful plant but also essential for the country’s textile industry.
Bad reasons
This crop has a complicated history, not only in Uzbekistan. Large monocultures have led to pollution and disasters like the vanishing Aral Sea. Cotton is also just a raw material, it doesn’t make the country rich if it’s not used there.
---Vocab---
📍hostile = unfriendly 📍habitat = natural home 📍crop = farm plant 📍blessing = sth good that makes people happy 📍monoculture = growing only one kind of crop
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
The cotton season seems to be a neverending one in Uzbekistan. You can find cotton in rather hostile habitats like in metro stations, on bridges or at bus stops. It seems that cotton is more than just a crop and that Uzbeks are very proud of it. Or should they?
Good reasons
Uzbekistan has the perfect climate for cotton, produces loads of it and all parts of the plant can be used. That should be a blessing. Cotton is not only a beautiful plant but also essential for the country’s textile industry.
Bad reasons
This crop has a complicated history, not only in Uzbekistan. Large monocultures have led to pollution and disasters like the vanishing Aral Sea. Cotton is also just a raw material, it doesn’t make the country rich if it’s not used there.
---Vocab---
📍hostile = unfriendly 📍habitat = natural home 📍crop = farm plant 📍blessing = sth good that makes people happy 📍monoculture = growing only one kind of crop
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
For me cotton is ...
Anonymous Poll
39%
something to be proud of
20%
a problematic crop
41%
not really on my mind
#49 SUPER AFANDI: Afandi flexing his muscles at a Jo’ja gym
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in one of these pictures?
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❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in one of these pictures?
❗️ Spot Afandi and his donkey and win 10,000 Paynet-soums instead of only 5,000!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi