Hello! i am tim. i live in washington, d.c. i (live) here for 2 years. before we (live) in new york. then my father (get) a new job and we (move) to washington. i have many friends. my best friend (be) peter. we (know) each other for 2 years. peter (live) next door. i often (visit) him. now we (watch) tv in peter’s room. peter’s mother (cook) dinner. when the dinner is ready, we (eat) it. washington is a very beautiful city. there (be) many museums there. i already (visit) the space museum and the history museum. come to washington one day. i show you the city.

Hello! i am tim. i live in washington, d.c. i have been living/have lived here for 2 years. before we lived in new york. then my father got a new job and we moved to washington. i have many friends. my best friend is peter. we have known each other for 2 years. peter lives next door. i often visit him. now we are watching tv in peter’s room. peter’s mother is cooking dinner. when the dinner is ready, we will eat it. washington is a very beautiful city. there are many museums there. i have already visited the space museum and the history museum. come to washington one day. i show you the city.

1leave this article in english and in russian by sergey anatoly and asserted that he knows “only” 10 °. but he was shy. during the conversation with him, it was estimated that sergey anatolyevich, head of the department of the russian humanitarian university, doctor of philology, corresponding member of the russian academy of natural sciences was familiar with no less than 400 languages. just three weeks. among his colleagues, this 43-year-old professor had a reputation as a “walking encyclopedia.” but at the same time he is distinguished by a bad memory. the most difficult question for me. how many languages ​​do you know? ". because exactly it is impossible to answer. even 10 languages ​​can not be known to the same extent. you may know 500-600 words perfectly able to explain in the country. for example, i know english perfectly. because all the time you have to drive and talk but i think that in my passive german is better. a can be bad answer011% ", how many languages ​​do you know? > - because it is impossible to exactly answer it. even 10 languages ​​cannot be known to the same degree. you can know 500-600 words perfectly well to be explained in the country. for example, i know english perfectly because everything time i have to travel to talk. but i think that german is better in passive. and you can speak badly, but read well, for example, read the ancient chinese classics better than most chinese people. or you can not read or speak, but know the structure, grammar. search , but i remember their vocabulary well. many languages ​​go into a passive, but then, if necessary, they return: i went to holland and quickly restored the dutch language. therefore, if you count all the languages ​​with which i am familiar at different levels of knowledge, they will be typed not less than 400. but i actively talk only at 20.