If I had to describe language learning in general with a single word, it would be imitation.

Anything going in that direction helps.

OK, so for translating larger texts, they divide them into sentences and they colour each sentence to indicate whether someone has already given a translation, if so, whether the translation has been reviewed...

Ahh... It's for English speakers, so there is no English course!

It's dual

you translate between English and another language

I would say that a course for Mandarin Chinese would be more challenging than the existing courses!

They've got French Portuguese Italian and German

@Nico Hmm... I don't know if it's a good idea. I think it's different between L1 -> L2 and L2 -> L1.

They have an incubator for other languages

Polish!

Thai!

incubator.duolingo.com/courses/en/th/status

Oh, I've seen that Polish people are keen learners, too. Hah!

Japanaese too!

incubator.duolingo.com/courses/en/ja/status

I still can't figure out if they're trying to make it an "English for Thai Speakers" site, or "Thai for English Speakers" site.

Of course, they could try saying that the two are the same thing.

I would suggest otherwise, though.

it is both

you do it both ways

That's the real problem I observed.

Sometimes, what they translated in subtitles creep into our language. And we got strange phrases. I think it could have some effects on our grammar, too.

It's as if saying "ear blind" instead of "tone deaf" in English.

But I think I have to keep an eye on this interesting site. :-)

Bed time here. Bye!

Have a good sleep! Thank you very much for the info!

Hi @DamkerngT.

@Kabir Hi!

Hello Everyone

nods -- The more I look at other languages, the more I realize how similar to other languages the outer layers of Thai are. I think we absorb it or assimilate it through this kind of contact.

Thanks.

‘I bought a car that runs so smoothly. (This is actually a form of present perfect tense, and it relates to something that happened in the recent past and is linked to something that holds value in the present as well. In this we use past tense and present together)

Interesting that they say "present perfect tense".

The statement given above is grammatical; however the statement is not present perfect. To have the condition present perfect, we need have/has +past participle.

Can you put some light on this?

It seems like they redefine the meaning of tense.

Somebody from my office has sent me this, saying that, this is present perfect.

Basically, the present prefect is thinking about the past and the present at the same time.

I want to give better explanation so that everyone in loop would understand.

Syntactically, I wouldn't call that example a present perfect myself either.

But I think I get their point.

(It's risky to redefine the term that way. Better avoid it.)

I know, They are incorrect.

I'm afraid that it would come down to what tense is. -- Agree with snailboat.

Me too.

So am I!

"I checked your account and see" Vs "I have checked your account and see"

Nope

I think it's difficult to make it sound okay.

Okey, look at the complete statement.

> *I went to the office yesterday and see her standing there at the door.

Cynthia, I checked your account and see that you are enrolled in AT&T health benefits effective 6/1/2014.

If, 'I went to the office yesterday and see her standing there at the door.' is unrelated clauses, then I think 'I checked your account and see' is also unrelated clauses.

I think it would be weird unless we redefined check on the speaker's behalf.

'I checked' is simple past which does not have any affect in 'now', then how can you see at the moment?

No prob

I think they used checked your account for pulled up your file.

@DamkerngT. Nope, they mean that just checked/reviewed.

"I checked [...] and see that you are enrolled in AT&T health benefits effective 6/1/2014." is okay, I think. Given that see means understand.

Waiting to see what snailboat is gonna say. :-)

Sure

Let me also grab a cup of coffee in a mean while. :)

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