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#7 Documentary: Iceland’s language struggles
▶️ Iceland is a small but rich nation. Although it wasn’t colonised by England people there find that the English language is threatening their own language. Watch this video to find out why!
🆕 Monday is for discussions and debates! Today we will have a discussion on Afandi English Chat (@afandi_english_chat) for the remaining evening. You will find the questions there!
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary
▶️ Iceland is a small but rich nation. Although it wasn’t colonised by England people there find that the English language is threatening their own language. Watch this video to find out why!
🆕 Monday is for discussions and debates! Today we will have a discussion on Afandi English Chat (@afandi_english_chat) for the remaining evening. You will find the questions there!
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary
#37 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ron is a middle-aged businessman from the 🇬🇧UK. He used to work for a trading firm but has recently emigrated (=moved to another country) from his rainy native town of Bristol to sunny Cape Town in 🇿🇦South Africa. Inspired (=given a new idea) by the country’s vineyards (=grape farm) he decides to set up a wine trading business, hoping to export local wines to the rest of the world. Unfortunately he finds it difficult to deal with suppliers (=people or companies who provide goods) and feels that for some reason they don’t seem to trust him.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ron is a middle-aged businessman from the 🇬🇧UK. He used to work for a trading firm but has recently emigrated (=moved to another country) from his rainy native town of Bristol to sunny Cape Town in 🇿🇦South Africa. Inspired (=given a new idea) by the country’s vineyards (=grape farm) he decides to set up a wine trading business, hoping to export local wines to the rest of the world. Unfortunately he finds it difficult to deal with suppliers (=people or companies who provide goods) and feels that for some reason they don’t seem to trust him.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
What might be Ron’s problem?
Final Results
21%
South Africans are notorious for being difficult business partners. You have to make friends first.
21%
Ron is a white man but most of the wine is still produced by blacks.
49%
He's too formal. Business in the UK is a serious affair but in South Africa people are more relaxed.
10%
South Africans don’t grow grapes to make wine. Doing so is illegal and it's difficult to export it.
Afandi English
What might be Ron’s problem?
Well done!
👍 South Africans are indeed more relaxed, especially in the countryside. To them, someone dressed formally looks more like a bank manager demanding payment, not so much like a potential (=possible or likely in the future) business partner.
👎 They aren’t particularly difficult to do business with, nor is wine-making a domain (=field of activity) of black South Africans. Plus there is nothing like a prohibition (=prohibiting sth by law, esp. alcohol) there.
👍 South Africans are indeed more relaxed, especially in the countryside. To them, someone dressed formally looks more like a bank manager demanding payment, not so much like a potential (=possible or likely in the future) business partner.
👎 They aren’t particularly difficult to do business with, nor is wine-making a domain (=field of activity) of black South Africans. Plus there is nothing like a prohibition (=prohibiting sth by law, esp. alcohol) there.
#73 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentences:
1️⃣ Siz nimaga bu yerda?
2️⃣ U nima dedi?
3️⃣ Qayerda bo’ldingiz?
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ Why you are here?
2️⃣ What she said?
3️⃣ Where you have been?
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣Why are you here?
2️⃣ What did she say?
3️⃣ Where have you been?
❓Why?
❗️ Question words are usually followed by a verb or auxiliary.
❗️ Exceptions:
• “What movie did you watch?” – in this case what is a determiner.
• “Why on earth should I do that?” – here why on earth is a set phrase, just a dramatic version of why.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentences:
1️⃣ Siz nimaga bu yerda?
2️⃣ U nima dedi?
3️⃣ Qayerda bo’ldingiz?
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ Why you are here?
2️⃣ What she said?
3️⃣ Where you have been?
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣
❗️ Question words are usually followed by a verb or auxiliary.
❗️ Exceptions:
• “What movie did you watch?” – in this case what is a determiner.
• “Why on earth should I do that?” – here why on earth is a set phrase, just a dramatic version of why.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
#2 A Good Laugh: Meanwhile in Russia
▶️ Russia – the land of bears, daredevils (=people who do dangerous things), improvisation (=make sth without the right materials), undisguised (=not hidden) emotions and, last but not least (=mentioned last but no less important), vodka!
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
▶️ Russia – the land of bears, daredevils (=people who do dangerous things), improvisation (=make sth without the right materials), undisguised (=not hidden) emotions and, last but not least (=mentioned last but no less important), vodka!
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
#40 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Fun Compilation
Here are four photos, choose which one is the funniest for you!
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Here are four photos, choose which one is the funniest for you!
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Which photo do you like best?
Anonymous Poll
14%
The spoilt petrol station
38%
The not so German trousers
32%
The interestingly priced bananas
17%
The hungry pidgeon
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#11 Movie Time: West is West (2010)
▶️ Today’s movie is the second sequel (=book or film that continues the story of an earlier book or film) of the 🇬🇧British tragicomedy (=a mixture of tragedy and comedy) “East is East”. It’s about a half-Pakistani family in 1970s Manchester, now on a hugely culture-shocky but educational visit to 🇵🇰Pakistan.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #comedy #drama #comedy
▶️ Today’s movie is the second sequel (=book or film that continues the story of an earlier book or film) of the 🇬🇧British tragicomedy (=a mixture of tragedy and comedy) “East is East”. It’s about a half-Pakistani family in 1970s Manchester, now on a hugely culture-shocky but educational visit to 🇵🇰Pakistan.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #comedy #drama #comedy
❗️Dear fans, prepare to spot something new in foreign lands today! We'll pick one at 9pm and spot it at 9:30pm! Get ready!
Which one of these items in Germany would you like to spot today at 9:30pm?