Are these sentences natural in spoken English?

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No matter how many days or hours we have to study in that authoritarian school. I would still be happy, If there were people speaking English with me. I feel like people speaking in English gives me respect. I have met many people in my school, which is way far better then that authoritarian school, they are mostly speak in their language which I don't understand because I'm pretty new here.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

mosja... we have to study in that authoritarian school. ... I have met many people in my school, which is way far better then that authoritarian school, ...

These parts create confusion.

1) You say that you have to study in the "authoritarian school", as if you are there.
2) You say that you are in "my school", which is better than the "authoritarian school", which it seemed you were in according to the information you gave at the beginning. It sounds like you are in two schools at the same time.

Is it just as simple as using the wrong tense? Did you intend at the beginning to say We had to study ... (when you were there earlier)? In other words, you changed schools at some time?

If we can just get these facts straight, we can start work on making your story sound natural.

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

OK. Let's see if we can make this clear and natural now. First of all, here are some of the problems.

No matter how many days or hours we have to study in that authoritarian school. This is not a complete sentence. Using both 'days' and 'hours' doesn't add much to the idea, but if you use both, put them in order of increasing time so the sentence builds rather than fades. 'hours or days'.
I would still be happy, If there were people speaking English with me.
You shouldn't capitalize "If" in the middle of a sentence.
I feel like people speaking in English gives me respect.
I have met many people in my school, which is ~~way~~ far better then that authoritarian school, This is the end of a sentence. You need 'than' in a comparison, not 'then'.
they are mostly speak in their language, which I don't understand because I'm pretty new here. This is a new sentence.

Here's a version of it that represents my guess at what you're trying to say.

Having to study for hours and hours at the authoritarian school is bad enough, but what's worse is that no one speaks English to me. I would be happy if people would just speak English because that makes me feel more respected. I've met a lot of people at my other school — my weekday school — which is far better than the authoritarian school, but they don't speak English either. They speak their own language mostly, and I don't understand it because I'm pretty new here.

CJ

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