English conversation CAFE!

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Today, I have gone to a cafe to talk in English in my first time.
There is similar to English conversation school.
But, that cafe don't need us the appointment to enter there. So,we can go there every time when we wanna talk in English.

I talked with an teacher who came from Australia.
The main bodies of conversation are around me, like seasons, alchole, hobby, gambles,and etc...
I recognized again that my English is poor. Because, I couldn't follow his speaking speed, although, he had spoken very slowly.
And, I couldn't speak sentences without translate from Japanese. I sometimes got hosed perfectly.

However, this experiment encourages me to leran English.
Nov 02nd 2008 10:41 i

  • Today, I have gone to a cafe to talk in English in my first time.
  • Today, I have gone went to a cafe to talk in English in for my the first time.

 

  • There is similar to English conversation school.
  • There The cafe is similar to an English conversation school.

 

  • But, that cafe don't need us the appointment to enter there.
  • But, that cafe you don't need us the an appointment to enter there.

 

  • So,we can go there every time when we wanna talk in English.
  • So, we you can go there every anytime when we you want to talk in English.

 

  • I talked with an teacher who came from Australia.
  • I talked with an teacher who came from Australia.

 

  • The main bodies of conversation are around me, like seasons, alchole, hobby, gambles,and etc...
  • The main bodies topics of conversation are were all around me, like seasons, alcohole, hobbies, gambling, and etc...

 

  • Because, I couldn't follow his speaking speed, although, he had spoken very slowly.
  • Because, I couldn't follow his speaking speed, although he had spoken very slowly.

 

  • And, I couldn't speak sentences without translate from Japanese.
  • And, I couldn't speak sentences without first translating them from Japanese.

 

  • However, this experiment encourages me to leran English.
  • However, this experiment has encouraged me to learn English.

 
I wasn't sure what you wanted to say in this sentence:

I sometimes got hosed perfectly.

...Anyway, it sounds like an excellent way of improving your English. I wish I had somewhere like that to go.
Nov 02nd 2008 14:09 SoneoS

Thank you collecting my journal!
I'd like to say that sentence "僕は完全に止ってしまった。".
My dictionally teach me "get hosed" mean "freez". But Is it not general?

By the way, How should I separate "I'd like to~" , "I wanna~","I want to" ?
Nov 02nd 2008 15:42 i

  • I sometimes got hosed perfectly.
  • Sometimes I got hosed perfectly froze up.

 
I don't think I've ever heard "get hosed" used in a way that meant "freeze". I looked it up in a dictionary to see and didn't find "freeze" as a definition. As a verb, I think the only ways I have heard "hosed" used are:

1. to water, wash, spray, or drench by means of a hose (often followed by down): examples: to hose the garden; to hose down the ship's deck.

...and as slang...

1. to take advantage of; screw
Ex. We're getting hosed on this deal.

2. to break, ruin, or destroy
Ex. Thanks for hosing my computer.

....or as an adjective (still slang)....

1. broken
Ex. The computer is hosed.

Unfortunately, I can't read what you wrote in Japanese. :( But, I think you could say: "Sometimes I froze up."

As for "I'd like to~" , "I wanna~", and "I want to~"....I think they are all essentially the same as far as meaning. "Wanna" is casual/informal. I use it when I speak, but rarely when I write (probably only occasionally in emails to friends). I'm not sure how often I say it, but I know that when I do, it just kind of runs together with the other words. It doesn't really stand out. I don't know if that makes sense? Maybe it is just my preference. Still, I wouldn't use it in more formal writing, emails to your boss, etc. I think "I'd like to~" and "I want to~" can be used interchangeably. "I'd like to~" sounds a bit more polite/formal to me though.
Nov 03rd 2008 17:57 SoneoS

Thank you! You are my teacher!
Mmmm... I see.
I don't know the difference of nuance in English.
After this, I should use "I'd like to~" in my journal.
Nov 06th 2008 14:03 i

"I want to~" would be fine to use in your journal. I don't want to make you think that it isn't.

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