Song
Mysterious
#95 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz
This song is from ...
Final Results
32%
🇳🇱the Netherlands
37%
🇩🇰Denmark
23%
🇨🇿Czech Republic
9%
🇮🇪Ireland
Afandi English
This song is from ...
Ouch!
💡 This song was from the 🇳🇱Netherlands and the language was Dutch. It sounds like something between English and German with a lot of the [x] consonant. Interestingly, Dutch has all three [r] pronunciations – the rolling [r] of English, the trilling [r] of Spanish (and Uzbek) and the guttural [r] of French, or [g’] in Uzbek.
💡 This song was from the 🇳🇱Netherlands and the language was Dutch. It sounds like something between English and German with a lot of the [x] consonant. Interestingly, Dutch has all three [r] pronunciations – the rolling [r] of English, the trilling [r] of Spanish (and Uzbek) and the guttural [r] of French, or [g’] in Uzbek.
#129 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Ko'z oynak taqishning bazi afzal tomonlari bor.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
There are some advantage sides of wearing eye glasses.
✅ Well, it should be:
There are some advantages of wearing glasses.
❓Why?
❗️ Glasses and advantages are perfectly clear as one word in English. Do not translate word for word from Uzbek!
❗️ Another example is Islom dini in Uzbek, the translation of which is just Islam, not Islam religion as it is clear enough that Islam is a religion.
❗️ Language is another example, see this post.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Ko'z oynak taqishning bazi afzal tomonlari bor.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
There are some advantage sides of wearing eye glasses.
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️ Glasses and advantages are perfectly clear as one word in English. Do not translate word for word from Uzbek!
❗️ Another example is Islom dini in Uzbek, the translation of which is just Islam, not Islam religion as it is clear enough that Islam is a religion.
❗️ Language is another example, see this post.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
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#8 Future: China’s Tech City
▶️ Here’s a documentary by Bloomberg about one of 🇨🇳China’s megacities that many people outside China have never heard of. Shenzhen was a small fishing town just 40 years ago – today it is home to some 18 million people, more than double the population of neighbouring Hong Kong. But it is much more than that. It is China’s Silicon Valley because it’s full of tech companies and has the world’s biggest hardware manufacturing base. See what living there is like!
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
▶️ Here’s a documentary by Bloomberg about one of 🇨🇳China’s megacities that many people outside China have never heard of. Shenzhen was a small fishing town just 40 years ago – today it is home to some 18 million people, more than double the population of neighbouring Hong Kong. But it is much more than that. It is China’s Silicon Valley because it’s full of tech companies and has the world’s biggest hardware manufacturing base. See what living there is like!
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
Would you like to live in a city like Shenzhen?
Anonymous Poll
21%
Yes, it’s the future.
63%
I’d like to visit but not live there.
16%
No, it’s a scary kind of future.
#81 Travelogue Armenia & Georgia: European Cities
▶️ In 🇦🇲Yerevan and 🇬🇪Tbilisi I somehow felt like I was in Europe. But what makes a city feel European actually?
Pedestrians rule
European cities are walkable and as a pedestrian you have the power. Driving a car is a bad idea because roads are narrow, traffic is maze of traffic lights, zebra crossings and one-way roads, and finding somewhere to park your car is a major headache.
Art for the sake of art
Works of art in public places don’t have a purpose to honour the state, glorify heroes or celebrate the nation. It’s just art that makes a place more interesting and brings a smile to your face.
Old buildings
There is a sense that modern-day architecture is efficient but soulless. Old buildings are protected by law and are carefully maintained. They are usually much more expensive to buy or rent than new buildings.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #armenia #georgia
▶️ In 🇦🇲Yerevan and 🇬🇪Tbilisi I somehow felt like I was in Europe. But what makes a city feel European actually?
Pedestrians rule
European cities are walkable and as a pedestrian you have the power. Driving a car is a bad idea because roads are narrow, traffic is maze of traffic lights, zebra crossings and one-way roads, and finding somewhere to park your car is a major headache.
Art for the sake of art
Works of art in public places don’t have a purpose to honour the state, glorify heroes or celebrate the nation. It’s just art that makes a place more interesting and brings a smile to your face.
Old buildings
There is a sense that modern-day architecture is efficient but soulless. Old buildings are protected by law and are carefully maintained. They are usually much more expensive to buy or rent than new buildings.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #armenia #georgia
Afandi English
#81 Travelogue Armenia & Georgia: European Cities ▶️ In 🇦🇲Yerevan and 🇬🇪Tbilisi I somehow felt like I was in Europe. But what makes a city feel European actually? Pedestrians rule European cities are walkable and as a pedestrian you have the power. Driving…
---Vocab---
📍pedestrian = a person who walks 📍rule = to have the power 📍maze = labyrinth, complicated and confusing arrangement of roads 📍zebra crossing = place on the road where pedestrians cross 📍headache = here: problem 📍sth is for the sake of sth = sth to help or improve sth 📍glorify sth/sb = make sth/sb seem perfect 📍soulless = not having a soul, making people sad
📍pedestrian = a person who walks 📍rule = to have the power 📍maze = labyrinth, complicated and confusing arrangement of roads 📍zebra crossing = place on the road where pedestrians cross 📍headache = here: problem 📍sth is for the sake of sth = sth to help or improve sth 📍glorify sth/sb = make sth/sb seem perfect 📍soulless = not having a soul, making people sad
What do you think your city lacks?
Anonymous Poll
10%
Spaces for pedestrians
12%
Inspiring works of art
31%
Beautiful old buildings
34%
All of the above
12%
None of the above
#106 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi in 🇨🇭Switzerland, looking at a bridge between 🇫🇷France and 🇩🇪Germany
❓ 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!
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@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!
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi