The italki Language Challenge is back 🎉 Now through November 13, you have 45 days to reach your language learning goals. We’ll motivate you through the challenge with achievement interactions and fun rewards! 🏅 Who’s setting their Hour Goals today?! Comment below!

Hi everyone. My name is Brends and I'm from sunny South Africa. One of my passions is History and I love anything old. Old homes are a favourite and I also love old furniture and old people. Today I'm planning to restore a small table. I'm going to use a mouse sander to sand the table and then I'm going to varnish it with a special product to protect it. When I'm finished I'm going to clean my brush with turpentine. I've been renovating houses and restoring old furniture for the last 30 years. I love upcycling and trying to find new uses for old things. My next project is going to be building a tiny house. I'm very excited.

Hi italki users, How are you getting along with your teacher? Would you like to know more about your teacher? Maybe he or she is a photographer, an IT Tech guy, or a cat lover. If you haven't found your perfect match, maybe you can take this opportunity to find a teacher who better matches your personal needs. Why not head over to the #KnowMyTeacher page to browse teachers with different personalities?

Do you know how many new English words are created every day? In the modern world, approximately 14.7 new words are generated per day. As the social media savvy, you must have acquired some new trending words. Let’s explore these slang words together and present the trendy side of you! Join our #TrendingWords event and introduce at least one word to us. Context explanation in the form of pics is highly recommended to stimulate other language learners to catch up with the trending culture. Everybody who enters has a chance of winning $10 in italki credits.

Hi italki teachers, Your shining points and styles are highly valued by italki. Under the topic #KnowMyTeacher, you can share your name, your teaching language, your passion and everything about yourself with the students so they'll know what a charming person you are. You can post your academic background, teaching experience and style, personality, and achievements on italki, etc. Anyway, try to make the post fun and creative, with no limits to content, pics, and even voice messages. Please remember to add the #KnowMyTeacher hashtag in your post(s). This is your time to shine and show the best of you to your students!

💡Adjectives with -ING and -ED endings are often confused. ✅Adjective that ends in -ING is used to describe: the characteristic of a person, a thing or a situation. ✅An adjective that ends in -ED is used to describe: a feeling (or how a person feels) or an emotion. It is used to describe a temporary thing. Since only people (and some animals) have feelings, -ed adjectives cannot be used to describe an object or situation. Compare the difference: 👉My friend is bored. - (My friend feels bored) 👉My friend is boring. - (My friend is a boring person)