English conversation

[Harma]

Luca,all the time I wonder what is that vegetable garden you put like a signature.Is that yours??

 

[LucaXY]

Luca,all the time I wonder what is that vegetable garden you put like a signature.Is that yours??

No, it's just a garden "perfect" where you can have a tremendous harvest. There is also a greenhouse on the side. It represents the lucidity, clarity and elegance that can be achieved by cultivating a garden or orchard.
Harma, how about your photos? Are you still taking them?
I unfortunately don't have much time to devote to the thread of photography, but I will soon come to give some advices.

 

[Harma]

Now I understand.....very nice idea...What about my photos???? Every day I become more grazy,a lot of things I still don't understand,I make a lot of photos but I'am never satisfied,but I keep on trying....

 

[LucaXY]

Why don't you take a course?

 

[Harma]

I would like it,there was a course ,but I live in a small village and there weren't enough members...I have a good book from Steve Luck,but the best way will be a course.I'll look around for another one...Thank you for the attention...

 

[belvedere]

unfortunately today it's monday....
every week-end finishes always fastly... i remember the Leopardi's poem "Il sabato del villaggio"... it's really so!


one question for all you: yesterday i saw a movie directed by Clint Eastwood: which title is: "Flags of our fathers".
Why they didn't use the saxon genitive "our fathers's flags"???
thanks for any answers!

welcome to gEgio!

 

[belvedere]

hallo harma!
i read with great interest about your hobby: be more satisfied of yours photos! everything may be improved but first it's important to enjoy yourself without any stress!k07:
please can you tell me what grazy means? i've looked for this word on the dictionary but i didn't find anything.

 

[Harma]

OMG!!!!!!!Ofcourse the right word is:CRAZY....I'am sure you'll know now.Mostly I write without the dictionary...You wrote some days ago that you are a perfectionist,and you want to write your english in a perfect way.I am a perfectionist (not always) when I take pictures.When they aren't ok I get angry...I know it's stupid because I just start now interesting me for photography and I have to learn a lot...This week I am on holiday,I hoped that the whether was good to work in my garden,but it's raining,so I'll make a little trip to Florence(Ikea) they have nice pots for my houseplants.....

hallo harma!
i read with great interest about your hobby: be more satisfied of yours photos! everything may be improved but first it's important to enjoy yourself without any stress!k07:
please can you tell me what grazy means? i've looked for this word on the dictionary but i didn't find anything.

 

[belvedere]

OMG!!!!!!!Ofcourse the right word is:CRAZY....I'am sure you'll know now.Mostly I write without the dictionary...You wrote some days ago that you are a perfectionist,and you want to write your english in a perfect way.I am a perfectionist (not always) when I take pictures.When they aren't ok I get angry...I know it's stupid because I just start now interesting me for photography and I have to learn a lot...This week I am on holiday,I hoped that the whether was good to work in my garden,but it's raining,so I'll make a little trip to Florence(Ikea) they have nice pots for my houseplants.....

my dear Harma, excuse me, i thought it was a new word! Are you crazy??! me too!!!!!!!!!!
about photos, i think to learn more it's possibile and easy but you must do it slowly... step by step.... more you enjoy more you learn.... don't forget the difference between " TO BE ABLE TO LEARN" :hands13:something and "TO HAVE TO LEARN" it!:muro:

even i went to ikea (Genoa) during this week-end; i wanted to buy some shelves for my
cellar....

 

[Harma]

You are RIGHT Belvedere....I'll be able to learn!!! In the first moment I thought you bought shelves for your phone,but that was too crazy,then I thought for an music-instrument[,but that was crazy too,and then I looked in the dictionary,and now I know for what you bought it!!!!!!!!!
P.s I and not i....I don't know why... QUOTE=belvedere;1943992]my dear Harma, excuse me, i thought it was a new word! Are you crazy??! me too!!!!!!!!!!
about photos, i think to learn more it's possibile and easy but you must do it slowly... step by step.... more you enjoy more you learn.... don't forget the difference between " TO BE ABLE TO LEARN" :hands13:something and "TO HAVE TO LEARN" it!:muro:

even i went to ikea (Genoa) during this week-end; i wanted to buy some shelves for my
cellar....[/QUOTE]

 

[elena_11293]

Just a quick post:

first of all, I read that you have some days off, Harma, so... I wish you a nice week!

Luca: advice is uncountable => no: some advices, yes: some advice; a piece of advice

Belvedere: interesting question, about flags and fathers... When I read it, I didn't really know why they had chosen that form, but I searched for an explanation and found out that there's a general rule:

- use 's for people/animals/time related words (eg: today, week, Sunday)/planets (eg: Earth, Moon)/organizations (eg: administrator, government, company)

- use of for unliving things/abstract nouns

Sometimes you could find that both are used, tho, and many natives say there's just no such rule!
However, another reason for choosing the genitive over "of" is about what you want to lead the attention on.

Harma: I don't understand why you thought that Belvedere had bought 'shelves' for her telephone or something else... what did you think they were?

 

[LucaXY]

Ops... I knew it was uncountable, they taught me all these words... like information, water, happiness... (the most famous).

 

[elena_11293]

Ops... I knew it was uncountable, they taught me all these words... like information, water, happiness... (the most famous).

Right! And: news, cheese, money and many others.... Here's a list of the most common: http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/genmaterials/CommonUncountableNouns.pdf

Harma: in my previous post I had forgotten another word that was mistyped: weather, not whether (which isn't wrong in general, just in that case)

 

[belvedere]

wow! elena this topic is becoming ever more interesting for me!
(now i have to write a long report for my chief... )
i'll come back here later!
have a nice morning!

 

[Harma]

When I read the expression "cellar" I thougt she talked about her telephone,because when I was in America sometimes people call it like that..(or something like that) I'm not so good in explaining..Never ask me the way because I'll bring you on the wrong place...

Just a quick post:

first of all, I read that you have some days off, Harma, so... I wish you a nice week!

Luca: advice is uncountable => no: some advices, yes: some advice; a piece of advice

Belvedere: interesting question, about flags and fathers... When I read it, I didn't really know why they had chosen that form, but I searched for an explanation and found out that there's a general rule:

- use 's for people/animals/time related words (eg: today, week, Sunday)/planets (eg: Earth, Moon)/organizations (eg: administrator, government, company)

- use of for unliving things/abstract nouns

Sometimes you could find that both are used, tho, and many natives say there's just no such rule!
However, another reason for choosing the genitive over "of" is about what you want to lead the attention on.

Harma: I don't understand why you thought that Belvedere had bought 'shelves' for her telephone or something else... what did you think they were?

 

[jp60]

Belvedere to try and answer your question about 'The flags of our fathers'. If the title was 'Our fathers' flags' it would be quite boring. Personally I think it's just a play of words, a way of giving an attractive title. The emphasis is also on father rather than on flags. There should really be an apostrophe after fathers to show that it is a plural. This is how I see it, but there could, of course, be a different explanation.

 

[jp60]

Harma I think you're thinking of cellular phones, more commonly called cell phones. In England they're more commonly called mobiles.

Another point - I don't know about American English, but we usually say our boss, not chief. We can use chief to point out that someone is the boss.

 

[elena_11293]

When I read the expression "cellar" I thougt she talked about her telephone

got it!

 

[jp60]

:hands13: .

It would have been better if she had said "I thought she was talking about her telephone".

 

[Harma]

In another post you told me about it,but I did't remember.Can you give me more examples about the form ing.It is always a big problem for me....

:hands13: .

It would have been better if she had said "I thought she was talking about her telephone".