Comments on: Storytelling, the past continuous and dog rescue stories

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 19:29:28 +0000

In reply to Malathi Nidadavolu. Hi Malathi. Good for you for translating a story! In some languages the past perfect indicates a historic past so it's ideal for stories. I wonder if that's how it's used in your language? However in English it has a different use. We only use it to indicate that one action happened before another so we don't use it very often.

By: Malathi Nidadavolu

Malathi Nidadavolu — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 02:47:00 +0000

Interesting. I however have one question. I am translating a story from my language. In my language, grammar is very different. The story contains several layers in terms of time, often moving back and forth between the past and present.
Assuming I’ve chosen to use simple past, how do I deal with a conversation that one character narrated to another character. Past perfect is ideal, I think, but readers might find it confusing, if not jarring. Your suggestion is appreciate.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 15:44:32 +0000

In reply to Leticia M. Valera. Great to meet you Leticia. We're so glad you like the videos. :-)

By: Leticia M. Valera

Leticia M. Valera — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:49:34 +0000

I’m really happy for discovering this kind of material. I enjoyed a lot the form in which you explain this verb forms. Thank you very much for sharing so great videos.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:17:42 +0000

In reply to Mr. Kim. That's great to hear Mr.Kim. Soi glad they enjoyed them and thanks for writing.

By: Mr. Kim

Mr. Kim — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 05:16:36 +0000

My peri-teen students really enjoyed these stories. They learned more about the past progressive and used it in our discussions of the videos.