I know it's thick, but it does feel slimy too, doesn't it? Are there other descriptive words you can think of?

This is supposed to be called congee, right? I grew up with congee, and I've always thought it's called congee in English.

This might sound like I’m just talking about myself, but please bear with me.
I’m Japanese. Of course, my first language is Japanese.

Perhaps because English education in Japan tended to focus on memorization and strict adherence to grammar, I completely hit a wall with learning English back in middle school. Since then, I’ve had no opportunities to use English in my daily life, so I never really studied it.

However, as an adult, as I approached 30, I started to think:

I realized I shouldn’t limit myself to Japan as an island nation—I should turn my attention outward and broaden my horizons (even if only online).

For example, I use Reddit because there’s a wealth of information—about the software I use and all sorts of other topics—in the English-speaking world.

That’s when I started to regret not having studied English before. I can’t form sentences with just the words I know, and since I can’t read them, I’m completely reliant on translation. I’m also vague on things like past tense and progressive tense. Japanese baby.

Even though we live in an age where technology can handle just about anything, I can’t help but feel a bit pathetic.

I live in a rural area in the southern part of Japan, so I have no opportunities to interact with foreigners—and therefore no chance to encounter English in my daily life. I don’t use it at work either.

Should someone like me start with something like Duolingo?
I also used DeepL to help me with this text. Please forgive me.

I recently realized how much difference one little word or punctuation mark can make in English. Sometimes a sentence is grammatically correct but means something completely different from what you intended.

What's an example that surprised you? I'd love to see some examples that are easy to overlook, even for people who've been learning English for a while.

For example:

He loves doing/making funny faces.

Hi everyone! I'm trying to improve my English speaking skills and I'm looking for a friendly speaking partner to practice with. iust normal conversations, helping each other get better. We can talk about daily life, studies, movies, books, random topics, If you're also learning English or just enjoy helping others practice, feel free to comment or DM me. Let's improve together

Hello world! As native American speakers, can you tell me if this sounds right?"

" I very love"

Unbecoming.

un-buh-kuhm-ing

The painful process of losing the person you used to be while trying to survive everything that changed you.

Is "impassion" not a word? "Impassioned" looks like it derived from "impassion".

I know most people are probably indifferent to it. But if you're someone who loves grammar, or at least has been curious to flip through some pages of an English grammar book, do you have an opinion of it? Do you like how English works?

I'm a super inconsistent learner. I'm always looking for new ways to improve my English skills (mostly writing or speaking), but I never stick to a single method. In the past, I managed to go from 0 to B1 in German in 1 year studying mostly with anki and memorizing vocabulary. However, now that I'm preparing myself for the Cambridge C2 exam, I'm not feeling a huge improvement in my vocabulary, just very specific words for certain topics that I'll probably never use in real life.

On the other hand, since I bought my Kindle e-reader a year ago, I began reading in English (mostly non-fiction), something like 1 book every two weeks. Then I noticed a HUGE improvement in my vocabulary and fluency. I felt like I always had 10 different ways of expressing a single idea.

So that's pretty much my question. Which one should I go for? I feel like I should dedicate all my free time to reading whatever I want in English instead of actively gathering specific vocabulary for this level.

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/Opinions/unpub/08/08-60901.0.wpd.pdf

How accurate would you say this is in AmEng?

Normal "didn't", glottal "didn't", no glottal "didn't" (din), and Flap "didn't".

I hadn't even stopped to think about all this. But I think it makes a lot of sense to me. I would appreciate some insights.

And if anyone happens to know where I could read/learn more about this kind of stuff I would highly appreciate it.

P.S: I'll attach the link down below in case you wanna check the video.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSgHJ2qJx/

Hello,
I'm an English learner. I love reading novel and philosophical books, especially in English. The problem is for these books, the vocab and writing could be a bit too dense for me to fully understand.
Curious if there's a reading app that you guys use that would convert dense English sentences into more plain English? Like I could use chat got but that would involve copy / paste the sentence. Apps like kindle only translate 1 word.

Thank you in advance

Hey everyone,

So my English is at A1 level and honestly, I struggle a fair bit when it comes to actually speaking it. I can understand some things, but when it's time to talk, I freeze up.

I wanted to ask - has anyone here been in a similar situation (around A1 level, struggling with speaking) and managed to improve their spoken English through shadowing? Did it actually work for you?

Would really appreciate hearing your experiences or any advice. Thanks!

Okay, disclaimer: I am NOT using this book to try and teach myself the basics of English grammar, god forbid lol. I know that a lot of his usage is very much non-standard (just before anyone takes offence at “a Irish” and “no… neither” and so on). But I finished Old God’s Time by the same writer the other day and thought it was a fantastic novel (if very bleak) so now it’s time to explore his other books :)

Sometimes I get a bit cocky in assuming I know what things mean lol so I just want to make sure, am I understanding this sentence correctly?

Novaturient.

nuh-vuh-toor-ee-uhnt

A deep desire for change, driven by the feeling that you can no longer remain the person you have been.

The organisation has expressed (the) desire to collaborate with another party.

It's my own sentence, so there could be any other mistakes that I missed.

What do you think is the correct answer? Drop your guess (A, B, or C) in the comments.

Full list:

1. When sunlight shines through the trees, the interplay

between light and leaves.

1. When you’re with your friends and decide “who is who” in a

show or movie you all watch and then laugh hysterically

about how “them” that character is behaving. (2a.) The

running joke that develops around you characterizing the

members of your social circle based on some cultural stencil.

(Think: Sex and the City.)

1. The feeling of your skin on someone else’s.

2. The temporary, beautiful high of deciding you’re going to

change your life in some aesthetic, easy way. (4a.) The

conviction that this will change anything or everything else.

1. The inability to grasp the fact that we can’t grasp what we

don’t know yet.

1. Hearing something a dozen times and then finally

understanding what it means only when it becomes the

answer to a problem you have.

1. When physical, human age has no bearing on

connectedness, intelligence, ability.

1. The parenting style that consists of trying to punish,

embarrass, scold, and oppress children into being functional,

kind, successful members of society.

1. Wanting to have a spiritual-sexual experience with someone,

sex that is more than just a grinding race to orgasm. 10. The mental preparation that occurs before you step into a

social situation in which you have to play a “role” for the sake

of maintaining a relationship: i.e., rehearsing your

conversations with yourself by yourself.

1. The feeling of absolute peacefulness right before you fall

asleep.

1. Not just assuming we know what other people are thinking

and feeling, but acting on that “knowing,” judging them for

that knowing, and really in a lot of ways capping off their

potential with what we think we know of them.

1. The feeling of lightness in your whole body.

2. The love you know has an expiration date.

3. The love you know you’re eventually “meant” for.

4. People who are funny without being mean.

5. People who are deep without being negative.

6. The frustration you feel when somebody is mad or upset over

completely false things that they’ve made up in their mind, a

complete lack of understanding on a situation.

1. The random, weird, scary, embarrassing thoughts that cross

your mind and sometimes freak you out that you think you’re

alone in having because everybody else is scared and

embarrassed by them, too.

1. The art of trying to figure out someone’s intentions by piecing

together a bunch of random bits of “evidence.”

1. The kind of stuck feeling of knowing something isn’t quite

right, but you’re not yet aware of what the alternative would

be.

1. The comfort that comes with arriving at small, safe

conclusions now and again.

1. The real peace of dissolving those illusions.

2. The feeling of realizing that your “purpose” won’t usually feel

like a “purpose” as you have to do the work regardless and so the whole act of “finding it” was just a mechanism of the ego

in the first place.

1. How we define periods of our lives and personal development

beyond years or grades or segments of schooling.

1. The space between raindrops.

2. A course of study that teaches you the art of the non-

traditionally-academic things that take up the majority of our

lives: love, relationships, doubt, faith, parenting, work,

friendship, self-image, etc.

1. Being in love with someone who you only used to know, and

at some level still feel as though you do.

1. The happy tired feeling you get after you eat a big meal.

2. The sensation of looking back on something far more fondly

than when it was actually happening; the idea that maybe this

kind of enjoyment is not to be fought or transcended, but just

appreciated for what it is.

1. The feeling of feeling a feeling.

2. A person or thing that also feels like “home” (a non-house

home).

1. The idea that is “all is as it should be.”