Sunday, February 25, 2007

U.S.A!!

Reading reaction#2
If you moved to the United states after you learned to speak English in another country, write a paragraph about four or five words or phrases that confused you.
I learnt English in Pakistan. I learnt many English words sentences or phrases, but here many words confused me. Like the word still its confused me. I never used this word over there, and I never heared this word over there. Everybody speak this word here. but in my country the people don't speak this word or people don't know its meaning. I speak this word, and I know its meaning now. I know what meaning of word still or where I have to use this word. These other words confused me too. The words cool sweet nice great or pretty; these words really confused me, because these words here people use different way, but over there people use different way. The word cool here people use for person or for things, and overthere this word use only for weather or for water. Over there people not use this word for person or for good things. That's why its confused me. The word sweet over there use for sweet things. Like these apples are sweet, but here people use this word for person or things. Over there this word is only for things not for person. The nice word over there people use for only thing not for person or for people. But here this word use for both things or person too. The word pretty its really confused me. Because this word use over there for beautiful things. But here this word use for to much or for beautiful too. Like here the people say the weather is pretty good or other way say this is pretty hard. But over there people say she is pretty. Not use for other things.These words really confused me.

1 comment:

Daniel said...

These slang words are always difficult for language learners, but isn't it nice when you get them? One of the coolest things about language is how we can "play" with it.