давайте общаться на английском)))

i wish i spoke english fluently. so i start listening audiobooks in english. i don't have anyone around me who speaks english for training myself.

Слов then у тебя здесь тогда? Разве англичане его в конец ставят?

Точно времена согласованы?

наверное правильней- i wish i could speak english fluently. no? i remember from school programm smth like in sentences including *wish*, the next verb must be in past time.

o , точно. есть потом , а есть тогда !) then i'm going to bed too !!! right? ) О, Rupi...

i feel myself clever, but please not say that i shouldn't ))))

i tell what i've done today just for supporting topic) i' ve downloaded audiobook about Sherlok Holms. there is a text form of the story on that site, it's very easy way to learn, i think . so i'll be able to check unknown and not understanding word which my little ears will hear)

Dear Author, please specify which English do you prefer to speak? It might be American, British, Australian or Jamaican dialects-either one, you choose.

I wish I could- это правильней, так по крайней мере говорят американцы:)

МарлеткаРупрeхт

Мне кажется это прямая калька с русской фразы, на английском так не говорят, я думаю.

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Sorry

Then I am going to bed too

.I wish I could - the same in Canada

Author, I would recommend you books of Sidney Sheldon. His English is very easy and books are really interesting. I could not put them away when I was reading them. Any book would do.

You can say

"i wish i spoke english fluently" in the following context:

i wish i spoke english fluently when I met her 10 years ago.

If you mean You wish you could speak english fluently now, you say could

I am, why?

Stavyat, esche kak :)

ochen tochno :)

who the hell cares?! any of these are fine, if you know the basis

impressive :) i'm impressed with your altruism

and what about Indian english?))

It is just my assumption. Or You are from Baltia ?

yes, she brings benefit to this topic, but you?

Hello, Gadya Petrovic )

Ugh! I hate their awful accent!

Your assumption's right. No baltics, I'm russian

what kind of "benefit" you expect from me?

Not to tease those who help (s) us.

Is English the only foreign language you are learning or you know any others ?

c'mon, it was not at all offensive

Глаголы в английском отрицаются донтами:)

Я тогда ниче не понимаю, переведите мне эту фразу на русский.

Ok! your apologise is accepted ; ). i see you know english very well, so we need YOU in this topic)

By the way , does anybody париться cause of using "you" to little, adult and unknown peoplе? Here i write "you" to unknown people and every time feel myself uncomfortably, as if i тыкаю. ))

can't really say I'm learning it anymore, rather using. Unfortunately, it's the only foreign language I like and, therefore, the only one I'm fluent in. Tried to master German, but realized I'd never manage. I cringe at a mere sound of it, not to mention its structure and grammar. Took a couple attempts at Japanese and French back in school, but since I have no need in tehm in my every-day life, it simply makes no sense to invest into it. For language skills die without regular practice. I wish I was more in love with French, though. It could have made me learn it purely for the sake of its beauty. But I guess, I was too busy being practical and rational. I actually decided that I wouldn't attemp French (for fun) before I mastered German (which I really need). And since I'm stuck with German, French is always but a distant possibility :) Italian sounds nice, too. But that's no reason enough for me to learn it.

In old English familiar "you" is "thou".

мне казалось если так написать то это мягче будет звучать,где то читала что донт намного резче. it seemed to me to write in such form would sound softly. i read somewhere that *don't* sounds roughly )

"I wish" in this context always takes past... damn, I don't even remember the grammar any more! like with russian, if I start thinking about the rules, I won't be able to speak it :)

But you got the point, right? Besides, someone above has already explained the rule. I would probably translate it smth like: Zhal', chto ya ne govoryu. Ili tipa togo.

where did you see my apologies? I actually wrote you I had nothing to apologize for

there is simply no such thing as "vy" in english. and that's one of the many reasons I love it :)

there is smile and blink there in my reply post . i usually express joke such way)

Try to learn Italian . There are many words in it similiar to the english ones.

For instance -

Table - tAvola

informazione - information

Chamber - camera

and many others...

Almost all Romanic lexics of English is the same for Italian.And the tenses are almost the same. The problem would be maybe Subjunctive - it is dead in English , but very alive in Italian.

well, I guess I've already contrubited to your education with my excessively long last posting :)

aha, i know. but anyway feel uncomfortable.

yes)) i liked it. although a little broke my brain )) Honestly i understood everything besides *And since I'm stuck with German, French is always but a distant possibility* т.е изучаете немецкий т.к он нужен, а вот с френчем что?

Но ведь точнее нету ТЫ, а ю это ВЫ. ТЫ просто устарело, но было в английском. Володимир правильно написал thou.

I guess I was not clear enough :) there are only 2 things that can motivate me study things: 1. I need them to death :) and 2. I love them to death :) So far Italian doesn't fall into either of the two. i believe that's what makes us very different, huh :)

whatever :) I just know that English doesn't bother with silly forms of politeness (which, for e.g., are extreme in Japanese) as well as a whole bunch of other useless things like gender, cases, etc. Nice and simple. To me "you" is rather "ty" than "vy". Depends on the context purely. If you address someone by their last name and "mr" then your "you" is "vy". Very reasonable in my opinion

do you use dictionaries? it's a very good habit, i stick to it myself :)

oh, yeah! Yana, if you are such a politeness maniac, you could address me "Ms Dream" :) and then it will be very close to russian "vykan'e" :)

dream, помоги перевести фразу Just get it over with, с детства не могу понять этот набор слов:)

Btw, Rup, why don't you speak some english too? for a change :)

interpreting is my weak point, Rup :( It must be smth like: "pokonchi uzhe s etim" or "razdelaisya"

Пошел американский юмор:))