Wednesday, June 24, 2009

An interesting example of adjective boring and bored

You probably know how to properly use the boring and bored adjectives in English. If not pleas look at the short example bellow:

We could say "I think this movie is boring, so I feel bored".
- Boring tells us something about the movie; it describes it
- Bored tells us the effect that the movie has on someone. Bored is used to tell us how someone feels

So it means, we shouldn't say: "I feel boring", because it is not correct.

But did you know that "I am boring" and "I am bored" can have very different meanings. So be careful:

"I am boring" - people don't like me because my personality is not interesting.
"I am bored" - let's go and do something fun.

For more info pleas look at this English lesson.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Verb "live"

The word "live" (en) has the following meanings:
  • wohnen (de)
  • mieszkac (pl)
We normally find a typical example like this:

Example: Have you always lived here?
Meaning: Have you lived in this place for the whole of your life?

But did you know this :):

Do you always live here?
Do you also live in another place?

Have you ever lived here?
You do not live here now, but did you live here at any time in the past?

For more explanations and another examples look on:
http://learnenglish.ecenglish.com/lessons/which-sentences-have-mistakes-part-5