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I speak English.

I speak Malay.

Do you speak Malay?

I speak a little Malay.

Does he speak Malay?

No, he does not.

Thank you very much.

You are welcome.

My name is Mark.

What is your name?

My name is Ricardo.

What is his name?

His name is Maxim.

What is her name?

Her name is Winnie.

Where is she from?

She is from Taiwan.

Where are you from?

I am from from Australia?

Where are you from?

I am from Brazil.

Where in Brazil?

I come from Curiciba.

Thank you very much.

See you later.

I went to France.

I looked for a job.

I couldn’t find a job.

I went to another city.

I looked for a job again.

I found a job.

I found a job in a restaurant.

I washed dishes.

My salary was very low.

My work was hard.

I studied French.

It was really difficult.

I learned to speak a little.

Use this post to learn English and Cambodian at the same time.

Hello.

How are you?

Good

What is your name?

My name is Mark.

My name is Pahl.

What is her name?

Her name is Ann.

What is his name?

His name is Steve.

at irp

Mark and Axel from Australia teamed up with Luis from Spain and Alex from France to hike to Malana in Himachal Pradesh. Gilles helped them negotiate the price and conditions of a guide over the mountain pass.

Gilles: You must be clear about where you go and when you go and how much you give and when you give(it).
Alex: Yeah yeah.
Gilles: You know what I mean? Then there is no trouble. You know? It must be very very clear. After if something is not on the way, (you will say) “It was not like this! It was not like this!”
Alex: Yeah.
Gilles: It is not good, no? It is (there will be) bad feeling.

(Hindi) (code-switching)

Gilles: Because for example you know he just told me now. You have to…He will go the second day, drop you in Malana. He will not stay in Malana. So you must be very clear. He wants to come back on the same day.
Mark: Mm.
Gilles: Otherwise he will spend three days.
Alex: Yeah.
Gilles: You know. If he has to stay in Malana… to sleep in Malana… He will not stay in Malana. So you must be very clear. He wants to come back on the same day. The second day he will not stay in Malana. So he must come back on the same day.
Mark: Yeah.
Gilles: He will arrive here at nine o’clock in the evening. You know? But it means the second day you have to start very early.
Mark: Yeah.
Gilles: Otherwise if you start at nine or ten o’clock, then he will reach Malana at two or three o’clock. Then he can’t come. He has to sleep and eat in Malana and to come back on the third day.
Mark: Yeah.
Gilles: Then it makes one day more.
Mark: Mm.
Gilles: You know what I mean? Otherwise he spends three days. You know? With food..If he has one thousand rupees, he pays the bus. He pays everything. OK. He pays the food. He pays to sleep. He has to pay something, you know?
Mark: Yeah.
Gilles: And out of one thousand rupees he has just four hundred rupees left, you know?
Mark: Yeah.
Gilles: He cannot be satisfied with this.
Mark: Yeah.
Gilles: Otherwise he will stay here and he will work here, you know? He will do something. You know what I mean? And if you want to walk in Malana also, it is better you walk with him.

(Hindi) (code switching to talk to others)

Gilles: So maybe it is better you keep him for two and a half days.
Mark: Mm.
Gilles: Because I know you will wake up at five o’clock. You will not rush. You don’t want this. You want to go slow.
Mark: Yeah.

at Hobo pd

Miyako: Wow! She speaks really good English!
John: So do you.
Miyako: But she speaks it better than me. She speaks it much better than me.
John: I don’t think so. I think your English is just as good as hers.
Miyako: You’re just being nice.
John: I am not. Your English is great. In fact everybody in Japan speaks great English. People say they speak bad English but it’s not true. People speak great English in this country. I can’t learn any Japanese because everybody speaks such good English and everybody wants to practise their English all the time.

You can use this cast to learn English and to learn German.

I speak German.
(German)
I speak English
(German)
I don’t speak German
(German)
I don’t speak English.
(German)
Do you speak German?
(German)
Do you speak English?
(German)
Yes, I do.
(German)
Do you speak French?
(German)
No, I don’t.
(German)
Do you speak Japanese?
(German)
No, I don’t.
(German)
I want to learn English.
(German)
I want to learn German.
(German)
I want to go to Canada.
(German)
I don’t want to go to America.
(German)
I want to go to Canada.
(German)
I want to live in Toronto.
(German)
I want to work in Canada
(German)
I want to work in Germany.
(German)
I want to live in Germany.
(German)
I want to buy a house in Germany
(German)
Where is the bank?
(German)
Where is the station?
Which station?
Any station.

at MShades

Hiroko: Where do you live?
John: I live in Kyoto. Where do you live?
Hiroko: I live in Otsu. Otsu is in Shiga but it is near Kyoto.
John: I know Otsu. Who do you live with?
Hiroko: I live alone. It is lonely. I am lonely. I am always alone. I don’t have any friends. I have a lot of friends in Kyushu but I don’t have any friends in Kansai. It’s really hard.
John: I will be your friend.
Hiroko: Thank you.
John: Will you have dinner with me?
Hiroko: Yes, thank you.
John: What kind of food do you like?
Hiroko: I like Japanese food. What about you? What kind of food do you like?
John: I like everything.
Hiroko: I don’t like everything. I like healthy food. I don’t like fast food or fried food.
John: I really like pasta. Do you like Italian food?
Hiroko: Yeah, it’s okay.
John: Let’s go to an Italian restaurant.
Hiroko: All right.

at omnos

Where are you from?
Where are you from then?
Where are you from?
Where is he from?
Where is she from?
Where are they from?

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