{"id":30985,"date":"2024-06-29T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T14:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=30985"},"modified":"2024-06-29T10:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T15:03:30","slug":"the-challenges-of-learning-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=30985","title":{"rendered":"The Challenges of Learning English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have the greatest admiration for our Ukrainian buddies who are trying to learn English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How hard can it be? Very hard.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Admittedly, these charts English-centric, but it gives the sense of how divergent languages are (from the US State Department).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The web is heavily weighted to English (https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/4140\/low-diversity-of-languages-on-the-web-hinders-accessability<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who’s Learning What?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Some Quirky Language Stats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Why are these people smiling?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever noticed that in stock photos of students learning a foreign language, the students are happy, almost giddy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[descriptions from G (Mr. ChatGPT), our newest Elder]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tenses: Present Perfect Continuous<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Similar to the present perfect, this tense emphasizes the duration of an action that began in the past and continues into the present. For example, “I have been studying English for three years.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Past Perfect<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This tense is used to describe actions that were completed before another action in the past. It can be tricky because it requires understanding the sequence of events. For example, “She had already left when I arrived.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Future Perfect Continuous<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This tense describes an action that will continue up until a point in the future. For example, “By the end of the month, I will have been working here for five years.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conditional Tenses<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

These tenses (including present, past, and perfect conditionals) express hypothetical situations and their possible outcomes, which can be difficult to grasp. For example, “If I had known, I would have come earlier.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Idioms and Slang<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

English is rich in idiomatic expressions and slang, which can be confusing and difficult to learn because they often don’t translate directly into other languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moving up to CERF A2!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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It’s Not All Roses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The teacher asked me to define the word “get”.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The teacher asked me to define the word “up”.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Reading Shakespeare. Is this even English?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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WLBOTT Mandatory Phrase Book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
English<\/strong><\/td>Spanish<\/strong><\/td>French<\/strong><\/td>Ukrainian<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Yes<\/td>S\u00ed<\/td>Oui<\/td>\u0422\u0430\u043a<\/td><\/tr>
No<\/td>No<\/td>Non<\/td>\u041d\u0435\u043c\u0430\u0454<\/td><\/tr>
Please<\/td>Por favor<\/td>S’il te pla\u00eet<\/td>\u0411\u0443\u0434\u044c \u043b\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0430<\/td><\/tr>
Thank you<\/td>Gracias<\/td>Merci<\/td>\u0414\u044f\u043a\u0443\u044e<\/td><\/tr>
I’m sorry<\/td>Lo lamento<\/td>Je suis d\u00e9sol\u00e9<\/td>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0448\u043a\u043e\u0434\u0430<\/td><\/tr>
I’m sorry for the whole WLBOTT thing<\/td>Lo siento por todo el asunto de WLBOTT.<\/td>Je suis d\u00e9sol\u00e9 pour toute cette histoire de WLBOTT<\/td>\u0412\u0438\u0431\u0430\u0447\u0442\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0432\u0441\u044e \u0446\u044e \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0443 \u0437 WLBOTT<\/td><\/tr>
I’m sorry for being late.<\/td>Siento llegar tarde.<\/td>Je suis d\u00e9sol\u00e9 d’\u00eatre en retard.<\/td>\u0412\u0438\u0431\u0430\u0447\u0442\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f.<\/td><\/tr>
Where is the bathroom?<\/td>\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el ba\u00f1o?<\/td>O\u00f9 se trouvent les toilettes?<\/td>\u0414\u0435 \u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0456\u043c\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0430?<\/td><\/tr>
Who ate the last pierogi?<\/td>\u00bfQui\u00e9n se comi\u00f3 el \u00faltimo pierogi?<\/td>Qui a mang\u00e9 le dernier pierogi ?<\/td>\u0425\u0442\u043e \u0437’\u0457\u0432 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0456 \u043f’\u0454\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0456?<\/td><\/tr>
My wife is smuggling diamonds.<\/td>Mi esposa est\u00e1 contrabandeando diamantes.<\/td>Ma femme fait de la contrebande de diamants.<\/td>\u041c\u043e\u044f \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0439\u043c\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0431\u0430\u043d\u0434\u043e\u044e \u0434\u0456\u0430\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0456\u0432.<\/td><\/tr>
Will there be a buffet?<\/td>\u00bfHabr\u00e1 buffet?<\/td>Y aura-t-il un buffet ?<\/td>\u0427\u0438 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435 \u0444\u0443\u0440\u0448\u0435\u0442?<\/td><\/tr>
My hamster is an emotional support animal.<\/td>Mi h\u00e1mster es un animal de apoyo emocional.<\/td>Mon hamster est un animal de soutien \u00e9motionnel.<\/td>\u041c\u0456\u0439 \u0445\u043e\u043c’\u044f\u043a – \u0442\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0435\u043c\u043e\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u043a\u0438.<\/td><\/tr>
I am allergic to oxygen.<\/td>Soy al\u00e9rgico al ox\u00edgeno.<\/td>Je suis allergique \u00e0 l’oxyg\u00e8ne.<\/td>\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435 \u0430\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0438\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c.<\/td><\/tr>
My wife is packing a loaded 38.<\/td>Mi esposa lleva un 38 cargado.<\/td>Ma femme emballe un 38 charg\u00e9.<\/td>\u041c\u043e\u044f \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0454 \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 38.<\/td><\/tr>
Let me show you how we do it in America.<\/td>D\u00e9jame mostrarte c\u00f3mo la hacemos en Am\u00e9rica.<\/td>Laissez-moi vous montrer comment nous proc\u00e9dons en Am\u00e9rique.<\/td>\u0414\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0435 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u0430\u043c, \u044f\u043a \u043c\u0438 \u0446\u0435 \u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043c\u043e \u0432 \u0410\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0456.<\/td><\/tr>
Why am I being arrested?<\/td>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 me arrestan?<\/td>Pourquoi suis-je arr\u00eat\u00e9 ?<\/td>\u0427\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435 \u0430\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c?<\/td><\/tr>
It’s not my dog.<\/td>No es mi perro.<\/td>Ce n’est pas mon chien.<\/td>\u0426\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0439 \u043f\u0435\u0441.<\/td><\/tr>
Do you have an extradition treaty with the United States?<\/td>\u00bfTiene alg\u00fan tratado de extradici\u00f3n con Estados Unidos?<\/td>Avez-vous un trait\u00e9 d’extradition avec les \u00c9tats-Unis ?<\/td>\u0423 \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u0454 \u0434\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0440 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0456\u044e \u0437\u0456 \u0421\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0428\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have the greatest admiration for our Ukrainian buddies who are trying to learn English. How hard can it be? Very hard. Admittedly, these charts English-centric, but it gives the sense of how divergent languages are (from the US State Department). The web is heavily weighted to English (https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/4140\/low-diversity-of-languages-on-the-web-hinders-accessability) Who’s Learning What? Some Quirky Language […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[105,82,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engin","category-erudition","category-ukraine"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30985"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31062,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985\/revisions\/31062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}