Online Class Notes (Jesse)

More speaking & writing corrections and conversation – less intense grammar talk.

Grammar

prepositions – at / on / in / with / for / by /…

to = distance / from and to / reason (verb)
with = together
at = point
for = helping or supporting / reason (noun)

I talk to you
I talk with you
I talk at you

I take a photo of you – you’re in the photo
I take a photo for you – you’re helping them
I take a photo with you – we’re in it together
I take a photo to you – I get it and give it to you

this water is for you
I give it to you

a / the – articles (which one / how many)

the = specific / obvious 1 thing (this / that)
eg. I like the pen in your hand. = specific
a = any 1 thing
eg. Hey Alina do you have a pen? = general (1)

I am at school = the place I’m at is a school, not an office, not a park.
I am in school = I’m a student in this period of my life
I go to a school = any 1 school in the world – not important which one
I go to the school = you and I both know which school I’m talking about
I go to school = the place I went is the place I study / I’m a student

the bank / the park / the bus / the train / the airport / the street – we use it to focus on the action / reason we’re doing it, NOT the specific place

tired / tiring 
bored / boring 
annoyed / annoying 
eg. I went to dinner and I was bored because the people there were boring. And I got really tired so I asked my husband if we could go, and he said no. So I said “you’re annoying!”. I think going out sometimes is really tiring.

we went hospital – we went to hospital

expecially with baby – especially with a baby / the baby / my baby

Vocabulary

they take extreme measures

they got the virus – they were infected (they actually have the sickness)
they were exposed to the virus (they were near someone with the sickness)

when I was a kid I was exposed to a lot of anger and violence – I was near / heard / saw a lot of these things

strict / harsh / extreme – very strong, lots of rules

he got his first tooth / his teeth are coming through / he’s teething 

watching phone – looking at my phone / watching something on my phone 

he’s drooling / he’s salivating

saliva / drool (n)
don’t drool (v) on me!

my mouth is watering  

I’m not having any troubles expressing myself – any trouble / issues / problems 

troubles – difficult experiences you’ve been through

Alina corrected, but not final correction 

Third time o went there last year with my husband, and we went to a beautiful place called Sevilla. Also for a friends wedding by this time it was so chill and nice. (We wend there for our friends wedding, but this time our trip was nice and chill.)For my husband it was the first trip to Spain, so on(in)the end we decide to change our tickets and visit Barcelona. He was also impressed by the architecture there so much. So I think that’s all, and I would like to say that If you never been on (in) Spain you definitely should go there!