Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Native"

A: to pass as something = to appear to be something to other people; to look like you are something

You don't have to pass as a native speaker. = It is not necessary to seem like a native speaker. It is OK if people do not think you are native.

A: The first one

A: She thought that your physical appearance and your name go together well. (it is a silly remark)

A: The race/culture who were the first in a country.

A: ネイティブ / 現地人　Native means somewhere from which something originates, or the original people to inhabit a land or area

A: I will be late for the meeting due to the cancellation of my train service.
The restaurant is closed due to the lockdown.
My blood sugar is high due to my diabetes
I can’t get online. Could it be due to my network provider?
They aren’t answering the phone, It could be due to increased demand due to Covid-19.

A:

It is fairly posh 😁

I never heard that word throughout my entire childhood ... then I started to socialise with lawyers.

It's more common than it used to be. People say things like:

I have just one caveat
As usual, remember - caveat emptor!
I might add one more caveat...

Etc

A: But referring to siblings overall, people don't really specify that it's their full sister/brother cause it's more or less a given, instead they mention when their siblings are their half/step siblings, like stepbrother etc.

A: As an adjective:
I am a native English speaker.

As a noun:
Where are the natives in the US?

A: @Nfini
Native refers to a person who grew up or was born in a certain place. It can also refer to places, plants and animals of indigenous origins.

Local refers to a person living in or nearby a certain place.

e.g.
"Marco is an Italian native."
"Marco lives in Milan. He is a local."

A: Use “native to” when you’re talking about a category, characteristic, or species. - The Aztecs were native to current day Mexico. (category of people)
- There is a unique business culture native to the U.S. (characteristic)
- The poison dart frog is native to the tropical rainforest. (species)

Use “native of” when you’re talking about where a person was born.
- He is a native of Scotland.

A: Here 'even' sounds right to me.

The second sentence sounds as if it should b:

'Squirrel' is also difficult for a native speaker.

But, that doesn't have the same meaning. It means something more like:

ネーティーブの人にとって、「squirrel」も難しいです。

A: “Be a native of” most likely is referring to a person who was born and raised in a certain area. “She is a native of Korea.”

“Be native to” can be used to talk about where something originates from. “This flower is native to India.” So it grew first in India, though you may see it in other places. Another example would be, “X animal is a native species.”, meaning they come from wherever you happen to be saying the sentence!

A: they are the same

A: Schaue nach der Frage, um die Antwort zu sehen

A: Native

A: Native (Ney-tiv)

A: Bragged, or to brag.

A: I would like a Language partner to practice English and Arabic

A: Sometimes I can misunderstand, if the person is speaking quickly or with a different accent. Getting it wrong will give the opposite understanding of the intended meaning. I can only assume it's a matter of practice for you, like it was for me in childhood.
"can, can't"

A: You can just say American. In the United States we classify “Native Americans” as a specific type of people (too much to type, it would be an entire history lesson!)- it’s not what you’re meaning to say.

You can say “are there any Americans that I can speak/practice English with?”☺️

A: For me, English grammar was taught by some teachers, while others didn’t focus on it. Because we grew up speaking it, we mostly focused on what each term was called (main clauses and subordinate clauses, types of conjunctions, etc.) as well as fixing common grammar mistakes made by native speakers. We actually make a lot of mistakes, and sometimes I think a lot of English learners have better grammar than us because they study English more thoroughly 😅. Fortunately, English grammar is generally very flexible and word order can be changed to an extent.

For reading complex sentences, I actually noticed that when I’m trying to speak in a different language, I mess up the word order because I still “think in English”.

For example, when I’m speaking Chinese:

I ate lunch in the park.
我在公园吃了午饭。

This is a basic example, but when I say more complex sentences, the location always becomes an add-on at the end of the sentence. I’m so used to the English grammar and word order that I don’t even think of the location until I’ve said everything else.

I think reading improves your grammar, vocabulary and writing all at once. It also helps you adjust to the different sentence structure. English grammar doesn’t always make sense, so you just have to memorize and see the patterns.

Good luck with your studies :)

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A: Yes. To my understanding, classmate is just someone in the same class as you. But it might be more appropriate to say peers, as they're pretty much equal to you in some ways.