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Games, activities and teaching ideas > Souvenirs
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blunderbuster
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Souvenirs
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Hi,
one more question I have.
Can I say "souvenirs make that you don �t forget your holiday." It is not very good style but kids talk like that, right?
Thanks.
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27 Oct 2010
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ueslteacher
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Hello Regina Wouldn �t it be better to say: souvenirs help you remember your holiday? Sophia |
27 Oct 2010
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blunderbuster
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Hi Sophia  ,
sure, but the student wrote the above version ;o)
Regards
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27 Oct 2010
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libertybelle
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souvenirs make that you don �t forget your holiday is not correct.
It sounds like a translated sentence .
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27 Oct 2010
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MarionG
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If you want to stay closer to your students original but turn it into correct English you could say "Souvenirs make sure that you don �t forget your holiday." |
27 Oct 2010
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dennismychina
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In China we have an expression �Chinglish� maybe the country you teach in suffers a similar syndrome. Could it be Germelish ?
Enjoy. |
27 Oct 2010
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ldthemagicman
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Dear Blunderbuster,
Whatever expression English children might use, I don �t think that they would say:
"souvenirs make that you don �t forget your holiday."
The other posts are correct.
I would say: "Souvenirs ensure that you don �t forget your holiday".
All the Best,
Les
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27 Oct 2010
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blunderbuster
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Thank you guys. However, I wouldn �t be asking if I didn �t think that I heard it some place other than Germany......
What about these examples then...? Not all of them are like my example, but some are.
Also this one, not kid-friendly, but still...
I totally agree that it sounds strange, but is it really Germglish?
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27 Oct 2010
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ldthemagicman
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Blunderbuster,
"Make that you" does not exist in English!
I have spent an hour looking through my Grammar books and can find nothing resembling this phrase.
You produce, as proof, sentences from the Gerrman Internet, written by German-speakers.
I think that your students are German speakers.
If I told you that my English speakers in my class, constantly used a German phrase which I thought was un-grammatical, but because many of them used it, it must be correct! To prove that they are �correct �, they produce similar sentences from other English-speakers, using the same construction, written on the Internet. Would you be impressed with me if I permitted them to continue using the phrase?
As an English teacher, I assure you, I have never heard an expression like that, or similar to that, previously. I have lived in England and have spoken English all of my life.
All the Best to you and to your students.
Les |
27 Oct 2010
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blunderbuster
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I understand that, Les, they weren �t German sites, though, not written by German speakers.
Thanks for all your help and effort. I really appreciate it.
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28 Oct 2010
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