English Thread

In this thread, we attempt to learn to read, write, and speak English, a language which would be very useful to know. It is widely spoken throughout the world.

Do you speak English? Are you fluent? What resources did you use to learn? Can you give some examples in this thread? Posts some useful links.

Let's help each other out and learn a new language.

>>240
It is technically proper to use "were" when speaking in the subjunctive (speaking hypothetically). http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/grammar_subjunctive.html

Especially recently, however, people just use "was".

>>239
first person singular: I
second person singular: you
third person singular: he/she/it

first person plural: we
second person plural: all of you or you guys or y'all/you all. basically multiple "yous"
third person plural: they

good site on conjugation: http://www.verbix.com/
tells you the different tenses/moods and what word to use in each case. you should also find a source to help you determine when to use each tense.

the previous question you had: either something or you (have or has) turned off Javascript. the correct word is have.

>>240
>>241
more people use was because grammar is taught less in school now. the key here is that the sentence is that this is a hypothetical case: if he was going to a parade he would look like he looks now

>>56
probably the words are 精氣神
Each of words means their own material for man's energetic life in Chinese medicine in or traditional concept of qigong
精 is a substance that composes a human body, related to adjusting man's growth, maturity, aging
氣 is a energy, that circulates through the body, is derived from food and air
神 is a state how 精 and 氣 mutually work. In a broad sense it represents man's health. In a narrow sense it means consciousness or thoughts which control 精 and 氣

I'm a bit of an expert considering it's my first and only language.

>>1
>Do you speak English?
Yes, I do, like every civilised person on this planet.

>Are you fluent?
Yes, I am, like every civilised person on this planet.

>What resources did you use to learn?
English was taught in school, like it is in every civilised country on the planet.
Beyond that, English is everywhere on TV, on the Internet and in business of all sorts.

>Can you give some examples in this thread?
No. If you don't read, write and speak English, you are a pleb.
English was my 4th language. If you're monolingual in general, you are uncivilised and barbaric -- especially if your one and only language isn't English.

>>245
>doesn't speak Greek, Latin and Mandarin
>civilised

>>245
niggers tongue your anus

>>246
Useless languages!
I agree with you >>245

>>246
>doesn't speak Latin

I'm sorry...what the fuck. No one does, you twat.

>>245
Looks like you have a kind of complex about being uncivilized since you seem to be overconfident, hasty, and unneccesarily challenging

>>249
No one does, you twat.
That's incorrect. There's at least one radio station in Finland that broadcasts almost exclusively in Latin.

Don't be pedantic though, it's obvious he meant "read" or "understand". Still, non-English speakers are plebs.

>>251
People who only speak english are the lowliest of all. Anglo ignorance knows no bounds.

>>252
And yet, you only writte here in ENGLISH

It isn't our fault that we subjugated the world.

>>253
Yeah, so what you dumb retard. I said people who ONLY speak in english. I'm not one of those.

>>255
You are in a foreign language board, where you can comunicate in any language, you only do it in ENGLISH.
>> I complain about how everyone speak only English
>> I only writte and comunicate with everyone in ENGLISH

tell me who is the retard here.

This thread is not doing a good job of convincing me that smart people speak English.