Continue practicing English I didn't use italki for a long time. Today, I was very suprised when I saw, how many months have passed since I wrote my last exercise. Now, I want to start practicing English again, and I also want to help other language learners to improve their language skills. I recognized that it is very important to practice languages every day. Because I paused a longer time I forgot a lot of vocabulary and grammar rules. I am very grateful for help.

English tenses

English tenses are very tricky.

I have a question to an exercise that I just finished. According to the text book, the correct answer to this exercise is "Since my first school day I haven't stopped learning." 

My answer was "Since my first school day I didn't stop learning."

Is this answer also correct?

Thanks for helping!

Learning languages Learning languages means a lot to me. It's part of my daily activities such as eating, drinking, sleeping and working. There are so many different and interesting languages which I would like to speak. Unfortunately, most people can only study one or two languages at the same time, just as I. Sometimes I think that I didn't make progress. How could I change my methods to learn faster? Probably, I should be more patient, and satisfied with my little results.

Colloquial language

Is it important to learn colloquial language or slang to understand native speakers? What do you think?

What is the best way to learn it?

impact vs influence Is there a difference between "impact" and "influence'? How do I use these words in context? May you give some examples please?

Um dia no Rio de Janeiro Quando estávamos no Rio visitamos o Corcovado como quase todos os turistas. Eu amara a olhada maravilhosa ali. O tempo foi muito bem e o céu foi azul. Também foi muito quente. Foi nossos primeiro dia no Brazil e não éramos acostumado para o sol. Por isso tinhamos apanhado um escaldão forte.

Uma viagem maravilhosa Eu viajei ao Brasil por quase três semanas. É foi uma viajem incrível extraordinário e foi uma grande experiência. Nós visitamos várias localidades no Brasil. Também nós conhecemos muitas pessoas amigáel e atenciosa. Eu espero que posso voltar no Brasil algum dia.

My attempt to translate a part of a story (1) There was a taxi rank nearby, but Anton wanted to walk a little bit; at first he was calm and seemed to be exhausted, and suddenly he started to talk vividly. Certainly he had already seen the siblings somewhere, and not a long time ago, probably in Kitzbühel in the spring, for sure it is difficult to remember this name for foreigners, not surprising that it didn’t come to Vivian’s mind.In fact, he has anything in particular in his mind now, just before when he had danced he remembered it, a glance across and look over from car to car, he sat in one of the cars, alone, and in the other one, a red sports car, the siblings, the girl on the steering wheel, and after a short travel slow-down a drive side by side for minutes, she overtook him and speeded away in a no longer sensible manner.

Konjunktiv/Subjunctive

Recently I tried to translate some German sentences into English, but I was a little confused.  Those sentences were written in Konjunktiv. I'm not sure how to translate them.

For example: "Wir sollten nur sehen, daß sie die Wahrheit spreche und daß das Haus leer <em>sei</em>." ; "Von ihr aus könnten wir auch in die Zimmer gehen, aber Licht <em>könne</em> sie nicht anmachen."

Is it common in English to use the subjunctive, and how could these sentences to be translated?

I would be grateful for help and discussions.