Improving an accent What is the best way of improving a particular accent of English in your opinion? How should I stick to it constantly, not getting influenced by different accents of your speaking partners. What are your thoughts? I appreciate your advice! Best regards.

A short sentence in Hungarian. Hi everyone! What would be the best way to say in Hungarian the following sentence: "I don't speak Hungarian yet, please contact me using English."? I appreciate your help, big thanks in advance!

A morning of Mr. Smith He woke up to the sound of chirping birds that were frolicking at his window lattice. He did two series of push-ups, fifty repetitions each, and brewed a jug of hot coffee. Then, he poured himself a cup and walked into his balcony, sitting on an old wicker chair. He pulled out a cigarette from his bathrobe's pocket and lighted it with a match. He inhaled the smoke deeply to feel nicotine rushing through his veins and exhaled it slowly, forming small, cloudy circles with his mouth. After that, he took a sip of coffee which taste intermingled rapidly with the fresh stamp of tobacco on his tongue, filling him with delight. He repeated the ritual a few times while watching picturesque line of hills and woods that surrounded his house till his bliss was stopped mercilessly by emptiness of the cup and the fading glow of embers on the ashtray. He got on his feet without hesitation and immediately directed his steps to the kitchen. He broke his fast on scrambled eggs with bacon and cherry tomatos, subsequently proceeding with his mornining routine by taking a quick, cold shower and brushing his teeth. Finally, he put on his elegant clothes and walked down the steps to the outside door clutching his favorite cane on the way. When he left and closed the door, he donned his top hat and said to himself: "It's going to be an interesting day."

短会话，我要去中国。 - 我要去中国南方 录星。 - 很好。你得买火车票还是机票。 - 谢谢。我去火车站，我买火车票那儿。 - 这看来很远。 - 是， 而我爱做火车去。 - 以前你去没去中国？ - 以前我没去中国。 - 你会住我的房子。 - 应该吗？ - 是，我请你。

¿Qué suena mejor? ¡Hola a todos! Me gustaría preguntaros ¿cuál frase de estas abajo expresa de manera más precisa la alegría de encontrarse de nuevo después de muchos años de no ver a los amigos de España? 1. Nosotros, los madrileños, nos vamos a encontrar en cualquier rincón del mundo. 2. Nosotros, los madrileños, nos encontramos por todas partes del mundo. 3. Nosotros, los madrileños, conseguimos a encontrarnos en cualquier lugar del mundo. ¿Tal vez lo expresaríais mejor? ¡Gracias por todas vuestras respuestas!

A short meeting description in Czech. Hi everyone! How would you say "A meeting with my Czech friend in beautiful Ostrava." in Czech? I appreciate all your answers!

The Witcher´s world

At first the short stories about the witcher Geralt of Rivia by Andrzej Sapkowski and then the saga about the same protagonist became the literary phenomenon in Poland; they were the first Polish fantasy novels of such a quality. The books also gained huge popularity in the neighbouring countries, but only after releasing the trilogy of computer games based on the Sapkowski's main character the story took by storm the libraries of the Anglo-Saxon sphere and went global. Nowadays, a bunch of talented creators is preparing an online TV series about the witcher for Netflix. 

As far as I know the witcher is currently the most popular popcultural hero from Poland, so I would like to ask you if you are familiar with the books/games/comics with the adventures of this monster hunter?

Glad to see all your answers! 

PS. The special Andrés' badges of awesomeness for those of you who, although not being my compatriots, managed to watch the iconic, poor quality TV series about the witcher by The Polish National Television with the infamous rubber-pixel dragon... :)

Dudas sobre artículos ¡Hola a todos! No estoy seguro en cuanto al uso de los artículos definidos en un ejercicio. 1. Conozco a un hombre que quiere visitar toda América Latina/toda la América Latina. 2. Te recomiendo este sitio para pasar vacaciones/las vacaciones. ¿Podríais echarme una mano y explicarme el uso correcto en ambos casos? ¡Graciás de antemano! ¡Saludos!

The Indo-European connection

The Indo-European language family has the highest number of native speakers among all language families in the world. For many of us, the users of this site, one of the Indo-European languages is the native tongue. Especially the words "mother" and "night" sound very similar in many Indo-European languages native to Europe: 

English: mother, night

Polish: matka, noc

Russian: мать, ночь

Spanish: madre, noche

French: mère, nuit

German: Mutter, Nacht

Sometimes I find even more such examples with my friends during language-related discussions; some of them evolve around the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family.

Have you ever found similar words in a language that seemed very distant to yours, and later it came out that the similarity is based on the common Indo-European origin? I appreciate all your answers!