Afandi English

2021-05-23 19:27:32 Congrats to Abdukhalil
And cheers for some fantastic designs again! Good job, Doniyor, Oisha and Abdulahatty! Open / Comment

2021-05-23 19:00:22 #52 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi and his big brother in Paxtaobod

Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture? Not the big one but the small one!

If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!

@afandi_english Open / Comment

2021-05-23 17:29:48 Afandi Spotters get ready, 9pm is your time! Open / Comment

2021-05-23 14:44:47 #23 YouTube Channel Recommendation: neo

English Level: Upper

Subtitles: Available

Topics: Geography, politics, geopolitics

Content: This channel doesn’t have a huge number of videos but nonetheless some interesting ones. The topics may not seem easy but the English used is plain and not too fast.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/neoyoutube/videos

@afandi_english Open / Comment

2021-05-23 08:50:44 ---Vocab---
by any standard = in any case, definitely superspreader event = an event during which many people are infected gender separation = separating men and women tight = here: strict host = here: presenter have a hard time doing sth = have difficulty doing sth collective = all the people together euphoria = short moment of happiness and excitement confetti = small pieces of paper or plastic thrown into the air for celebration Open / Comment

2021-05-23 08:50:34 #38 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Wow! Here in Andijan?

“I thought I was in Europe last night”, said a friend, and I felt the same. The concert of the Uzbekistan Youth Forum was pretty high standard by any standard. One superstar after the other and all professionally organised. But hey, what wasn’t like Europe?

What’s a mask?
In Europe, such a “superspreader event” is unthinkable in corona times. People had to wear a mask at the entrance but it was more like a ticket, something you put into your pocket after you enter.

Ladies & Gentlemen
Where it got crowded there was natural gender separation. People were civilised and security wasn’t tight at all. In Europe there isn’t so much trust between people, and in America even less.

Let the others react
The hosts had a hard time moving the crowds. It felt like me talking to myself in Telegram groups. Only towards the end there was collective euphoria thanks to patriotism, confetti and fireworks.

@afandi_english Open / Comment

2021-05-21 19:09:48 #23 Tongue twister: Fuzzy Wuzzy

Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?

Translation:
Fuzzy Wuzzy bitta ayiq edi, Fuzzy Wuzzyning sochi yo’q edi, Fuzzy Wuzzy juda ham fuzzy (=momiq) emas edi, shundaymi?

Pay attention to:

Linking – Consonants in end position and vowels in beginning position are linked together.

Weak forms – The final word “he” is pronounced without the [h] and therefore gets linked to the previous word.

Now practice: Fuzzy Wuzzy was ͜ a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was ͜ he?

@afandi_english Open / Comment

2021-05-20 19:00:06 #71 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary

Please translate the following sentence:
Bu gapda bu so’z ortiqcha.

Perhaps you think it is:
This word is extra in this sentence.

Well, it should be:
This word is not needed in this sentence.

Why?

Extra has a positive meaning in English. Think of extra money – that’s a good thing or not?

@afandi_english Open / Comment

2021-05-19 12:18:11 Tadaa!

Vietnam is the correct answer. It was probably easy to tell by the writing. Vietnamese uses Latin script with lots of diacritics (=little dots and strokes a letter to change its pronunciation).

Myanmar was wrong, the local language has its own alphabet, not Latin. South Africa was also wrong – there should be some English on the picture. Brazil was wrong, the language should have been Portuguese which may contain some recognisable international vocabulary. Open / Comment