Saturday night I met my friend’s new girlfriend.
He’s Czech; she’s Jordanian.
Their common language is English.
But in their free time, she learns Czech with Duolingo and he learns Arabic.
“What have you learned so far?” I asked him.
He said something in Arabic.
She laughed and then translated.
“The only thing he can say in Arabic is ‘big chicken’” she told me.
First Words
Not very useful, but it’s a good start!
Do you remember your first word / s in English?
I remember my first word in Spanish: agua (water).
Jump over to the blog and share.
Hello!
My name is…
What is your name?
I don’t remember the first word, but the sentence that every child learns at school and repeat for all his life:
The pen is on the table
“The book is on the table” is the first sentence I can recall. Nobody told me ever what was the book about… or which was the style of the table. Maybe the pen was replaced by the book…
Hello!
My name is…
What is your name?
How old are you?
Mother, father, sister, brother, child, grandfather, grandmother, pupil, teacher…
I am pretty sure it was like that.
Good evening
My name is Ana
Iam 72 years old and Iam from Slowenien
Hi,
I don’ mut remember that.
My english teacher always says ‘repeat after me!’ during all lessons.
Oooo yes. I remember, my name is Maria 😁
Hi Ryan,
I’m impressed you remember the first word in Spanish, I.can’t remember my first word or sentence in English ,but I think about the lyrics of a little, nice song for children…
” My bonnie is over the ocean,
My bonnie is over the sea
….bring.back my bonnie to me”
Dog, cat, table, spoon, etc.😀 and I rememer how teacher learned to pronounce sound th 😀
“Quanto costa ?” in Italian :)) . It was very useful when I first time visited Italy but it turned out quickly that knowing only question is not enough. So I had to learn at least a few name of numbers. It was time before euro, so I Iearned big numberas in italian currency (basic things costed 100 or more liras).
OK. “It cost” not “costed” – I found that is also simple past form 🙂 But why ?? How to distinguish ?
My first word in English was “ the cat is on the table “ 😂
Really ? Wasn’t it “a cup”? 🙄😉😂
I am Bob. He is Scott. Scott is my dog.
Then a bit later :
See you later, alligator. In a while, crocodile.
Twinkle twinkle little star… How I wonder what you are…
🤔😏😉
Good morning, Hello 🙂
Apple 😉
Restaurant
I’m not sure but may be it was :” What time is it ?”
The pen is on the table
The first words, sentences were good morning, How are you? What’s your name? How old are you? Where are you from?
I am Péter from
Hungarian., my first word: It is a Flag. In 1956 we studied English for half a Jahre without RussianMy first words in English were:
Let’s go! and Shut up!
My first sentence in English is the number you call is busy please call later.
Hello, What’s your name
The best
When I was about three years old, my older sister taught me
I love you!
At school I learned:
Hello!
I am a girl.
My name is…