Ek Leer Afrikaans Hallo! My naam is Jessica en ek kom van Amerika. Ek bly in Houston. Ek leer Afrikaans en ek is 'a beginner. Ek wil afrikaans leer, want dit is interessant en ek wil na Suid-Afrika gaan. Ek is 'a onderwyseres en my man is 'n loodgieter. Ons het drie kinders.

Request to Interview an Italki Student of Brazilian Portuguese

Spanish Vocabulary Question My son has started going to a Spanish immersion pre-school. I’m trying to do my part at home by speaking to him the best I can as Spanish is not my first language. We live in Texas so Mexican Spanish has a big influence here. I’d like to know how to say: Snack Lunchbox In a way that would probably be used most in my region or in Mexico. I have heard “bocadillo” and “merienda” for snack but not sure which one is more common and if “merienda” is dated or is set-in-stone specific to a snack eaten in the afternoon. And is Lunchbox really “Caja de almuerzo” or is Google Translate just doing a horrible job??? Thanks!

Formal vs. Spoken Finnish

Hello All!

I am just starting to study Finnish again. I started when I was in high school when we were hosting a Finnish exchange student. Then, I had learned a lot of standard and formal speech. Now, I am re learning  the basics and seeing a lot of stuff on the internet about spoken and formal, and how people wouldn't use speech the way I learned it.

An example: Minä olen nälkäinen (how I first learned)

                       Mulla on  nälkä (was told to say this)

I'd like to know how different spoken and written/formal are and if it's just a few words here and there or if I am going to have to extensively learn both.

Thanks!

Jessica 

How do I say "keep (doing something)" in Spanish I'd like to know the best, most accepted, and natural way to express in Spanish that somebody keeps doing something. I've heard "seguir" and no dejar de..." before and perhaps someone could give me some examples. Here's what I had in mind and feel free to add more if you can think of something useful. Again, these are just context of "keep" examples He/she keeps talking but isn't getting to the point. I keep forgetting to pay the phone bill. They keep saying that they don't have any money but they bought a new car. She keeps telling me the same thing over and over. Hope those examples help get my question across and I am grateful for your help!

Learning Uzbek

Hi Everyone,

I'm committed to learning Uzbek for the Add 1 Challenge. I have a huge interest in Central Asia and hope to travel there one day. I can already tell that this is going to be complicated because I am not able to make ties to anything right now. For example, I can figure out that  "eu" "io" mean "I" because I know "yo" in Spanish and Romanian and Italian have the same roots. I have never studied a Turkic language before so wish me luck.

I would be delighted to have a serious language partner who would speaks Uzbek and would like to practice English or Spanish. I am a native English speaker with a strong level of Spanish.