[General] i want to learn english

[Gurpreet Johal]

i want a teacher

 

[MikeNewYork]

i want a teacher

As do we all.

 

[Rover_KE]

I want a teacher.

Welcome to the forum, gurpreet Johal.

Please note my corrections to your post. Always capitalise 'I' (and the first word of every sentence) and end a sentence with a full stop.

You need to find an English teacher in your own locality. Ask us specific questions about English here.

 

[emsr2d2]

I want thin thighs and world peace. I'm unlikely to get either but I would have much more chance if I said "please".

 

[Barb_D]

I want thin thighs and world peace. I'm unlikely to get either but I would have much more chance if I said "please".

Dunno about you, ems, but my chances at thinner thighs were increase if I said "no thank you" a bit more often.

 

[MikeNewYork]

After a certain age, thin thighs are less important than a full brain and a good heart.

 

[Yiagos]

I want thin thighs and world peace.

Could you explain this?I do not understand its meaning.I am getting confused because of thin thighs expression, thigh is a part of body above knee....

After a certain age, thin thighs are less important than a full brain and a good heart.

Yeap!I am 40 years old and sometimes I do not care for my body although I am not fat like a hippo!Brain & heart are more important parameters for a healthier and longer life.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

That means that everybody wants something. She wants thin thighs and world peace. Try to translate this literally.

Boris.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I guess they were just kidding, having nothing to do with English learning.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

I meant it. :-D

 

[MikeNewYork]

I guess they were just kidding, having nothing to do with English learning.

Even playful banter between NES can be helpful in learning English.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Even playful banter between NES can be helpful in learning English.

Banter between NES may be unfathomable to NNES, then explanation is needed.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Banter between NES may be unfathomable to NNES, then explanation is needed.

Then ask a question. NNES come in many different flavors.

 

[Barb_D]

Here is the explanation.

The origional poster said "I want..."

Not "I would like..."
Not "Could I please..."

It was phrased as a demand, not a request.

Ems chose to ignore the "demand" aspect and take it as a statement of fact: This is something the person wanted. So she chimed in with something she wanted.

Consider it as a gentle rebuke -- we don't respond well to demands.

And before the English learners get mad at the native speakers for thinking they should know this, in my very first year of French lessons, we were taught "I want" but at the same time taught "I would like" and cautioned that only children or rude Americans would say "I want...!" when making a request.

 

[HonkyHanka]

Well, what do you need a teacher for? Do you have a specific question that we can help you with?

And on that note, who wants world peace, where would the moustache be?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Without Barb_D's explanation, the original poster as a learner might be unable to make sense of emsr2d2's undertone.
BTW, was there an undertone of criticism in this post?

 

[emsr2d2]

Without Barb_D's explanation, the original poster as a learner might be unable to make sense of emsr2d2's undertone.
BTW, was there an undertone of criticism in this post?

Where did you find an undertone of criticism in that thread?

 

[Matthew Wai]

If it is imperceptible, then it may simply be regarded as nonexistent.