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Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.


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3. Décembre 2006, 14:39:51
King Reza 
Two questions for the kind people here to answer:

1) Please give me certain situations in which these three sentences may be said:

  • I like to swim.
  • I like swimming.
  • I would like to swim.
2) What is the name of the wagon like thing that people put babies in and carry around with them?  It usually has a handle for parents to push it with an dfour or more wheels.

5. Décembre 2006, 04:43:48
Peón Libre 
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King Reza: On this side of the pond it is often called a stroller.

8. Décembre 2006, 21:37:57
King Reza 
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KotDB:Thanks for the reply.  I checked the pics and they are similar to a great extent to what we have here.  Thanks again.

8. Décembre 2006, 21:34:38
King Reza 
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playBunny:I'm sorry it took so long to reply.  Thanks for the reply.  I checked the pics and the one that suited better was the first one: pram.  It looks more like what we have here, despite the fact that they have the 'collapsing' capability.

As for the other question, although I'm sure your answer must be thorough enough, I didn't get my answer!   My lack of knowledge it should be.

Let me ask my question in another way:

Which one of these explanations goes with which sentence?

1) I have an inner passion for swimming however I may not want to swim right now.  Or in other words, swimming is one of the things that I generally like and I do it when I feel like it, maybe now, maybe some other time.

2) Swimming is one of the things that I like and right now, I want to do it.  In other words, not only do I like it, but I want to do it right now.

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Or maybe I can give you what I personally think and you can correct me:

I think when I say " I like swimming " I am referring to a general fact.  Swimming is a sport and it's fun and I like it.  Just like when I say I like hamburgers.  I may not be eating hamburgers in that particular time, but as a fact, I like them.

When I say " I like to swim " maybe I'm trying to say that I want to do it right now.  But I'm not sure.  So what I want to know is the difference between this sentence and the one above.

And, when I say " I'd like to swim " well, I used to think there was some sort of asking for permission in it.  But your example gives me the impression that it's conveying strong will.  So when I say " I'd like to swim ", I'm trying to say that I really really want to do it and do it now.

Thanks for helping me get the differences.

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