I would like to share MY scam story, and the day when 2500 signs are not enough Iwould love others to write their stories too, as I understand that it is good to share these. There are A LOT of scammers on Italki, unfortunately. The kind of scammers (6) I got to know is US government or military personnal. Mostly single, one kid, no family, no friends or they helped too many times before to be bothered again, most friends died in combat action. They claim to be in combat zone and/or on secret mission. They have no access to their money. Target is often women, age 25 to 55. I also heard that men are victims, too, and I myself, as I wear an female male name, had a proposal of a female "soldier", that profile was removed though before we got to the interesting part. These just as general statements about the topic scam. When I now describe my scammer I tell you which story I got to hear, we know it is not true. The stories might differ slightly, when you meet one, but there are strong similarities. So, start out with three of them was a simple Hi! But they moved on pretty fast in conversation, I do not know if all of them do, but I assume they all are in kind of a hurry. My main scammer: He was very considerative, supportive, tried to adapt pretty fast to the situation that I actually were not looking for a relationship, but are open for chat/friendship. He asked me a lot, it felt like being on a horse market, me being the horse. So we were just "friends", me ignoring any hints that I was talking to a "lonely" men. I got told about missions and petrol, lack of sleep, loneliness, injuries, in this case a lot of religion and slogans, about him contributing to the society and paying his tenth to the church and paying school fees for kids at a church school. -> all this to prepare me to be generous and helpful. Ah, they hate lies :) But one day he got in an ambush and almost lost his leg. The military would just take of the leg, but he wanted to keep it and was desperate. Uhm, after a week of fighting about it , you can guess what I did...During this time I did call the Church of his hometown, because in all his tries to make me pay, he gave away informations, I tried to use. They didn't know him, but it took a week to get a hold on anybody so this was not very useful. I got "nice" pictures to shock me. It took me a while to realize they were edited and weren't American soldiers, neither. Next step was a box, 7 million dollars, I was to take care of and pay for receiving it, then I was to pay for his vacation leave...hm,out of space here.

Messenger and to use a messenger Hej! Jeg føler mig lidt dumt, men jeg ka' ikke finde ud af oret messenger på dansk og hvis jeg google engelsk dansk "to use a messenger", så tror jeg, jeg skal bruge 'at benytte', men det lyder forkert i mine ører, men 'at bruge' lyder ikke bedre....

Jeg har en ven Jeg har en ven, nåh, jeg kalder ham ven. Det er kun en online ven jeg har mødt for nyligst. Han var sjovt at snakke med. Det var interessant at lytte til hans tanker. Han havde planer. Han virkede glæd. Men pludseligt blev han depressivt. Jeg tror han har det rigtig slemt. Jeg er meget bekymret om hvad der sker. Først begyndte han at tale mindre og mindre. Men nu svarer han næsten ikke. Jeg tror at det er ikke på grunden af mig, at han ikke vil snakke med mig fordi jeg tror han ville sige til mig når han er træt af mig. Men jeg er ikke helt sikkert. Han har brug for venner. Men det lyder som der er ingen. Han har brug for mennesker, for at får besøg, for mennesker der hjælper ham. Men som alle depressive er han kun i hans egen selskab. Når jeg er bekymret kan jeg godt li' at være alene, men jeg ved at det er ikke hjælpsom når man er depressivt. Man har brug for nogen der tager ens hånd og hjælper ens på benene igen. Det er hvad jeg hader når man bor langt væk fra de personer som har det ikke så godt. Jeg har en lille ven. Hun har det heller ikke så godt. Hun bor på en anden kontinent. Men jeg kenner hendes venner, jeg kan tale med hendes venner og så ved jeg at hun har hjælp, der er mennesker som passer hende. Men jeg har det ikke sådan med den anden ven. Jeg kender ingen af hans familie or hans venner. Jeg har ingen idé om han har nogle venner han ka' snakke med. Det er faktiskt uhyggeligt. Jeg har ingen idé hvad jeg skal gøre. Jeg tror jeg skulle prøve og skrive til ham hver dag eller næsten hver dag. Det er jo hans valg at læse det eller ej. Og jeg vil ikke bekymre mig om han svarere eller ej. Ellers er jeg for ked af det. Jeg tror ikke at det er pænt at lad ham være i fred. Ikke når han ikke siger at han vil gerne at jeg stopper at skrive. Jeg synes lige nu er det det eneste jeg kan gøre for at hjælpe. Og jeg håber at det hjælper kun en lille smule. En lille smule er god nok.

Did you use Assimil to learn any language?

Hi there!

 Someone told me about Assimil who seemed to be really glad about using it. So I was wondering if anybody else used it to learn any language. And how useful the concept really is, especially with rather complicated grammar. Like, I can easily imagine learning English or Spanish or Portugues using that concept, but not so much it being useful for German, Polish, Finnish, Arabic languages.

Pff, and this is stupid, so I wrote in English, being native German and wanting this to be a general question/ discussion about learning just any  language and now I put it into learning German. I am delighted.

At være syg Jeg har været syg men nu føler jeg mig god tilpas igen. Jeg er ikke helt sundt endnu men godt nok. Men det var dog nogen pjat jeg blev syg lige nu fordi en mor spurgte mig om jeg ikke havde lyst til at deltage i en danskkursus der skulle begynne lige næste dag da vi snakkede om emnet. Danskkursen var måske ikke helt hvad jeg har brug for men jeg syntes det var bedre end ingenting. Men nu har jeg ikke været med i to lektioner og nu har jeg ikke lyst til at begynde kursen. Måske ka' jeg prøve med at går der når næste kursen starter igen. En god ting med at være syg var at jeg læste en dansk bog. Jeg har ikke haft tid til at læse de seneste to måneder. Men nu blev jeg færdig med en bog. Det var jeg glad for. Det var kun et kort bog og det handlede om en ung mager. Men alligevel, det var en bog. Nu er jeg i gang med at læse "endgame" men jeg er ikke helt overbevist om at jeg vil læse hele bogen. Bogen er ret spændende men, jeg aner det ikke, jeg læser slet ikke hvert gang jeg begynder denne historie. Den er også ret klam. Men det raver mig ikke for sædvanlig. Og jeg hader det når jeg ikke læser hele bogen. Men indtil jeg har fundet noget bedre tror jeg jeg bliver ved med at læse bogen.

When tryinh out something out of stupid reasons in the wrong place Ok, never mind, I know how to write trying...but not how to edit the headline. Don’t laugh This is sure not And never ever was My way of talking to people A try? What a tiny mouse with a hum Hurried over the floor to where A cat was waiting for it, a Tigers hunger, yes , was waitin’ Severe, strong, wild nature, I Thought of the mouse, how it was in Haste. Survive, live, not watching Eternity Poems A way to talk? To talk to your lost friends? But will they understand your words? Who knows… Poems Admirable Masterpieces A huge ocean of fantasy A voice Poem But who does speak? Who does listen to it? Who knows the story about this? Who knows.. Confused Many People Always hear it, say it World sure is a confusing place Always Uhm, help What is it, this I am doing here, uh I have no idea, not at all So what And now? Use it or not? Me thinking way too much I agree with those saying that I do Hold on Walking away Who is walking away Who is holding on and why tho’ A lost Riddles Poems can be that Showing up some odd place Without further explanation A lost Just wait Solutions come Always do, someday do So I just wait what will happen Yes so Lel, lol This sure is fun Never before I tried unexpected experiences I like So what I wait, don’t ask I always choose to wait People mostly answer unasked Someday Best way Not always tho’ might not be a good choice I will find out sure I will do Will I? Enough I said it all I never said a word mostly I am easy to read A book Nice thought For once to be safe in no mess, trouble Italki, what a social mess For me People I met on here? Hard to count all of them many different intentions Don't ask But still Love it like this Like what made me try this Poems me, no way. Cinquain I like. It's fun

Kun nogle tanker jeg var lige kommet op med. Det er så sjovt. Når jeg korrigerer tyske notebooks ved jeg ikke hvor jeg skal begynde fordi der er så mange af dem. Der var en gang jeg har skrevet noget på portugisisk. Jeg vil ikke gør det en gang mere. Jer har fået 7 korrektioner. Jer var lidt forbavset over indsatsen af sammenfundet. Når jeg kigger på de danske sider er der ikke noget til at finde. En dag da jeg har lidt mere tid vil jeg gerne kigge på andre sprog hvilke af de har de travlt og hvilke har det ikke så trauvlt. For resten er jeg meget imponeret hvor mange (unge) mennesker der er som kenner til flere end fire sprog. Jeg ka' ikke rigtig tale på dansk endnu og heller ikke kommer på vejen med mine andre sprog. Men jeg vil det så gerne. Og der er mindst tre andre sprog jeg vil gerne lære. I sommeren vil jeg gerne afslutte min finnisk læringsbog og jeg ville gerne være i stand til at kunne have en enkel samtale på portugisisk. Spørgsmålet er: mangler jeg fokus elle tid. Eller er jeg kun utålmodigt. Haha, jeg har lige kigget på noget på internettet og så var der en test hvor man kunne finde ud hvor mange ord man kender til. Det sagde at jeg er C1. Aldrig i mit liv...

Seriously, I am so sick of it Hey people, sorry I am writing this, but honestly I am so freaking sick of it. It is not that I had one scam approach, no it is several. Like hey, look here, it is me, just try and see if you can fool me or take part in a training lesson how to become a better scammer. I can give you plenty of advise to be honest. But hopefully I learned that part, too. I mean, I honestly do not want you to become better in this? And be sure next time also I will be smart and will not let you know with in the second sentence that I know what you are. Even if I did not say it in direct words, but I think you got the hint anyways. I know you have been on and I am so sure you will not write again. What would I love to be a white hacker and harass all of you. I am pretty sure I have been a pain in the ass in my first scam but I' ve been too helpful, I do regret that. I just hope I HAVE BEEN a pain in the ass. Well, I know I was challenging and wasted a lot of your time. But darn I was helpful. And darn it anyways you have a talent for it. Ok, yes , I think too much. But what would I give to know what you are thinking while writing all this crap. Do you hate the people you write to, despise them. Is it just a way to survive. Is it something you just get into. Do you care at all. Is it fun to use all this fantasy and lead the people to were you want them. Is it boring. Is it annoying to see how people fall for it? Is it that you think they are rich take what you can get. Would you rather have other chances. Do you enjoy some of the chat if you do not need to work on the person. What is it. Yes, I cannot know it all. But it drives me nuts. And none of you could talk openly, I mean, no way that would be possible. And please, I mean who is it you damage? The kind ones, the nice ones, I don't know actually. But world needs those, the helpful ones. So just leave them alone? Darn me, I just have no brain, no imagination for that side of the world. It is not that I do not know about about what is going on in the world. But I guess I am a dreamer, I live in one of the easier parts of the world, I know about the comfort I can enjoy unlike others on this planet. But not in my life and not in my country everything is on high end level? Complaining on high level? Sure I am. But I am so tired of scams, so, so tired.... I am just glad that I also found some people on here I can safely call my friends. Big hug to them.

Hvad jeg synes om italki Helt ærlig, jeg kan rigtig godt lide at korrigere notebooks. Jeg synes det er meget sjovt at læse hvad andre skriver, hvad de er interesseret sig i, hvad de tænker, hvad de kan li' eller ikke kan lide. At læse om idéer eller andre kulturer. Nogle gange kan man grine rigtig meget. Jeg kan rigtigt godt li' at lære nye ting for at tænke på. Italki notebooks og spørgsmål gjorde at jeg sætter spørgsmålstegn på hvordan sprog fungerer, hvad er svært, reglerne af mit eget sprog. Hvorfor siger jeg tingene på den måde jeg gør det. Jeg har mødt mange mennesker. Mennesker jeg kalder venner nu, mennesker jeg har ingen idé om hvad jeg skal tænke om deres behov. Mennesker jeg taler med mange gange, nogle jeg skriver med kun en enkel gang. Mennesker som vil gerne lære mit sprog eller engelsk. Mennesker som søger for sin "soul mate" , de vil gerne finde en rigtig godt ægteskab. Og jeg har mødt "scam", jeg kenner ikker ordet på dansk. Og det sjove er, de har hjulpet mig. Jeg vil ikke hvorfor men det gjorde de. Og utrolig nok jeg er rigtig glad for det. Og utroligt nok de gjorde det og jeg tror degjorde det med vilje. Jeg har det bedre nu. Ikke rigtig fordi livet er ikke godt altid. Men jeg er taknemmelig. Og jeg synes at det er utrolig.Jeg skulle være vred. Men det er jeg ikke. Måske er jeg en lille smule ked af det. Men jeg prøver at lade være. Ja, så tak for hjælpen på trods af at de ikke ville læse det her. Fordi jeg tror at de er ikke interesseret i at læse på italki og jeg tror ikke at de taler dansk. Og de skal øve sig lidt på engelsk. Nogle gange er det grufuldt. Og jeg skal øve mig på dansk. Jeg er helt sikkert på at rækkefølgen af ordene er helt forkert og jeg altid glemmer nogle ord in imellem og jeg har ingen idé om ?præpositioner?