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Native English speakers, please be aware! ❗️ 👇
3 年前LINKING VERBS
You may have heard about the Linking Verbs in English such as:
appear, be, become, feel, get, go, grow, look, prove, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn. These verbs are often followed by adjectives instead of adverbs in English.
🔴But not in Russian!
In Russian we use adverbs instead. 🤔 Most common adverbs in Russian end in -o, replacing -ый/-ий/-ой adjective endings.
🔹You look good. - Ты выглядишь хорошо. (not хороший)
(In English the word good is an adjective because it’s used after to look which is a linking verb. Please use adverbs in Russian after such verbs.)
📌 We use adverbs to say how somebody/something looks, feels, sounds, tastes or smells:
🔹 I feel good. - Я чувствую себя хорошо. (not хороший)
🔹 I feel bad. - Я чувствую себя плохо. (not плохой) Мне плохо. (a common expression)
🔹 It sounds great! - Звучит отлично/великолепно! (not отличный/великолепный)
📌 We also use adverbs when we talk about the weather:
(“is” is the present tense of the verb “to be”, which is a linking verb in English)
🔹It is cloudy. - Облачно. (not облачный)
🔹It is sunny. - Солнечно. (not солнечный)
Compare the two English sentences:
🔹He sings well but he feels bad about his singing.
(to sing is not a linking verb but to feel is. That’s why after to sing you have to use an adverb but after to feel you just use an adjective)
🔹She looks good but she behaves terribly.
(to look is a linking verb, so you have to use an adjective after it but to behave is not so we used an adverb ending in -ly)
In both sentences we have to use adverbs in Russian.
More examples:
🔹It’s cool. - Круто!
🔹Wonderful! - Чудесно!
🔹Beautiful! - Прекрасно!
🔹OK! - Хорошо! Ладно!
🔹Overcast. - Пасмурно
🔹Foggy. - Туманно. У нас сегодня туманно. - It's foggy here today.
🔹It smells good. - Пахнет хорошо.
🔹It’s very tasty! - Очень вкусно!
Thank you for reading! 🙂
Please feel free to ask questions in the comments or BOOK A SESSION with me if you think you need a more detailed explanation and/or practice.
Happy learning! 🙂
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I had paid for 10 lessons with a different teacher before we had our first meeting. I inquired about getting a refund to have you as a tutor but I read that Verbling does not refund money under any circumstances. And now today I got the following message:
"Due to the current situation and conflict in Ukraine, we are unable to continue our teacher operations in Russia for the foreseeable future. As a result, any lessons you have booked with our tutors in Russia will be canceled, and lesson credits will be refunded back to your account. You may rebook with any other tutors on our platform using those credits.
Thank you for your understanding and we're sorry for the inconvenience."
Is it possible you'll be able to give lessons because you are outside Russia? And can you please inquire if I can transfer my credits to you?
Verbling has taken my money but now says they can't provide what I paid for. We might call that fraud. Depending on your results, I may lodge a formal complaint in this matter.
I trust you are well, Rob Hyde
Hi Robert,
This is Milena from Verbling support. I unfortunately didn't find your inquiry in support, therefore I text you here.
We do not provide a refund back to your original payment method, however, as stated in the message you received, you can always cancel the lessons with one teacher and use refunded credits to book lessons with a different teacher. Nothing fraudulent here.
I cancelled your lessons with Natasha.
You can check your credits balance here: https://verbling.com/settings/credits. You can use them to buy lessons from a different teacher. Credits will be automatically applied to the purchase: https://support.verbling.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007838617-How-do-I-use-my-Verbling-credits-.
Dear Milena,
I received a message today that Natasha, a teacher I had selected, is once more available. Great news, but there's a problem. I had paid for 10 lessons which could not be used because of problems communicating with Russia. Now those lessons show as expired! Please change the status of my credit and let me know as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Robert Hyde