I am able to speak english

Question

How are you . my name is juan david am new I have a goal is to learn to spark english ,I hope that with the help of you can achieve it

Bienvenido al foro :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 1, 2012

Hola juan david, mucho gusto. Aprendo español. Hay muchas personas aqui que te ayudarán. - 0095ca4c, Aug 1, 2012

Hola Juan - Remember that ALL "proper" nouns have a capital letter in English. :) - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2012

Oh - where are you from? - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2012

Helo Margherite I am a friend more than i can help with the Spanish and your aid me with english i am from Colombia and your - juandacho312, Aug 2, 2012

Answer 1

Your English is very well so far! I just have a few corrections:

"I am new."

"My goal is to learn to speak English."

"I hope that with the help of you, I can achieve it."

a little correction of you don't mind - your English is very 'good' (not well) ;) - 'with your help' great try! - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 1, 2012

Mmm, I have to disagree Kiwi on the first part, we use "very well" here in the US. However, I agree either "with your help" or "with the help of you all (or y'all as we say in the South)". =] - DJ_Huero, Aug 1, 2012

DJ...I'm going to throw my vote in with Kiwi-Girl. Your English is very good but you speak English very well. Lo siento amigo :-) - 0095ca4c, Aug 1, 2012

"well" is wrong, it's an adverb. You want an adjective to describe "English," which is "good." You're confusing this w/"You speak English well" I think. - Jota8326, Aug 1, 2012

Okie dokie then, makes sense... I guess speaking your own language is hard some times eh? Lol - DJ_Huero, Aug 1, 2012

My vote goes to Kiwi-Girl - "well" is used after a verb = "bien" usually in Spanish. - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2012

DJ, it's very difficult to keep two languages straight sometimes, especially when you are multi-tasking! Don't sweat it...I'm sending you a virtual, 7 scoop banana/pineapple split with double chocolate. Enjoy. :-) - 0095ca4c, Aug 1, 2012

I sure as heck could use it amiga jaja... got coworkers on vacation which makes for looong days. ;-) - DJ_Huero, Aug 1, 2012

Thank you friend i am a man who likes challenges and one of them is to speak English with the help of you is that the ful - juandacho312, Aug 2, 2012

Answer 2

Welcome to the forum!

A few corrections in bold:

"My name is Juan David and I am new here. My goal is to learn to speak english, and I hope to achieve this with your help."

Just capitalized the name. ;-) - DJ_Huero, Aug 1, 2012

"English" is capitalized too. - Jota8326, Aug 1, 2012

Answer 3

Bienvenido al foro amigo,

¡Mucho gusto Juan! Me llamo DJ Huero pero me puedes llamar DJ. Si tienes preguntas del inglés o cualquier cosa, avísame.

Just two corrections..."me puedes" and "avísame" - Jota8326, Aug 1, 2012

Why not subjunctive since he "can" (not necessarily meaning he will) call me that? =] - DJ_Huero, Aug 1, 2012

"Me puedes" already means you can in the indicative, you don't need subjunctive since there is no clause requiring it, no volition, no imperative, etc., such as "Prefiero que me llames DJ" (I prefer that you call me DJ). Hope that makes sense. - Jota8326, Aug 1, 2012

Hmmm, ok, well you seem to have it all straight and I'm no grammar in Spanish nor English. ;-P Thank you for the explanation. - DJ_Huero, Aug 1, 2012

Answer 4

Welcome, Juan David!

We are here to help...please feel free to ask any questions you have about learning English!