Brian's topic - Improve Your English

 

Voila le topic où on va pouvoir discuter en anglais, afin d'ameliorer la pratique, connaissances, etc.. c'est aussi là où on pourra demander des conseils divers sur l'anglais, la langue, conjugaison, etc...


Here we go !

but the ultimate question is: where is brian? XD

you need to throw a subject, what do you want us to talk about?? (OMG my french automatic corrector is underlining every word -__-)

Well, well, well.... What do you want us to post?
English from litterature or English from New York's streets?

I found this, funny eh? (by the way, canadian people always (ou presque XD) add "eh" after their sentence as the Quebeckers with their "han" )



Who is Brian, first of all? XD

@ Yûko: Idem, ça m'énerve xD

About the subject, I don't know in fact >< someone have a subject ?

Nashii, your picture is funny, and usefull, I will try it !

About the english you had to use, "English from litterature or English from New York's streets"use the one you want

@Nashii: "Brian" is just a name commonly used in beginner's english lessons in France, as in the sentence "Where is Brian?" "Brian is in the kitchen" etc

it's been a joke since Gad ElMaleh's one man show. ^^
Here's an extract:

Wait oO Nashii you really don't know the "where is brian" ? I have think it's a joke lol

I have see this One Man show on TV, it's really funny

Shoichi a écrit:

I have think it's a joke lol

you mean "I thought it was a famous joke" -> known by everybody

Shoichi a écrit:

I have see this One Man show on TV, it's really funny

"i have seen" ^^

About the subject, why don't we talk about our leisures?

Thanks for corrections

About my leisures, I love to listen music and to read books. Always in French, but for some series or movies, I watch them in english

Here the picture



Lessons, it's a good subject, but  who is enough talented to  do this ? :/

Or maybe mini-games like "guess who" :p

someone gives clues and whe have to find what or who it is

@Shoichi: why don't you tell us precisely what kind of books you read? you could explain us the plot of the last book you read for example. ^^

or it's ok if you prefer doing the game you're talking about.

@Gensen: Happily, using verbs is far more easy in english than in french, it's always written the same, except with the pronoun "he" or "she" where you need to add a "s".

I don't see the point of having such a conversation about that, but let us know if you have any questions about a point of grammar.

If you can see the picture, you have some problems with servimg, I can't help

I can't help you either with verbs >< but i'm also interested about how to use them

@Yûko : About the last book I have read, it's Roji. The story of two little sister in their quiet city. We are following them during their adventure and their foolery.

Haha, the famous english topic, I love the title of our subject : Where is Brian ? Oo
I don't have too much problems with verbs, their using came naturally thanks my last english teacher. But I don't know if I am still able to explain it ...
If I found back the explanations of this teacher (best I have ever seen on this subject), I will post it

About verbs!
Here's Yûko's short lesson! ^^

Present: It's easy to employ it, just don't forget the "s" at the end of the verb when referring to "he" or "she".

Past: verb + -ed (Don't forget to learn your irregular verbs!)
-> You use it when referring to something that happened a long time ago, for example: "When I was in elementary school, I used to get up early to catch the bus."

Present Perfect: have/has + verb-ed / irregular verb
-> You use it when referring to something in the past, and commonly when there's a matter of time with "for" or "ago".
Ex: I haven't played football for a while.
I have been in Paris one month ago.

Past Perfect: had + verb-ed/irregular verb
-> It's the same, you use it when your principal sentence is written in past tense, and you need to refer to an event that happened before.
Ex: I saw a movie about a story I had read before.

Future: will + verb
-> You use it when referring to something that will happen in the future.
I will improve my english for sure thanks to Yûko!

Present/Past Continuous: be + verb-ing
-> You use it when referring to an action that's happening right now, and continue happening while you say it.
It is raining outside.
I'm listening to you, what do you want?
I was looking for my cat when you phoned.

Just ask if you want me to explain anything else.

But we're waiting for Shoichi's game!

Ok let's go for the game

you have to guess a character
I am an alien who have to invade the earth but I failed my mission
I am hosted by human and I'm a fan of Gundam

I am ... ?

Present, past, .. oh gosh XD

English is very contextual, what is very hard to a francophone to understand XD I've got and I got are two things sooooo different and everything can change with those words.... What doesn't have a big impact in French :/

actually it's the same use of the tenses in french, but as it comes naturally in your native language, you don't question yourself so much. XD
but I don't think it's so hard to understand...

Anyway! XD
@shoichi: is your character from a movie?

Not movie, he is from a manga published in France.

It does ring a bell, but I can't remember the title...

Is it a serie that is over? or still ongoing?

"It does ring a bell, but I can't remember the title..." it's an english expression ? like "Je l'ai sur le bout de la langue" ?

About the caracter, the serie is ongoing in France and in Japan, sometime anime is aired in France.

i'm surprised that you don't know this serie ^^

it rings a bell = ça me dit quelque chose

I didn't read the serie, but I think of Sergent Keroro?

True this is Sergent Keroro.

Now it's your time to propose a character

ok I will!
and I'll correct this topic's title by the way, this mistake bothers me! XD

You have to guess a character in a manga!
First clue: He's blond!