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Are you learning another language? How far along are you?

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  • maggiwuerze@feddit.orgM [email protected]

    Yeah, that was what I assumed. For now Duolingo still uses the ご hiragana for the go part in Nihongo. And the Kanji for べんきょ wasn't introduced yet

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    I'm using Busuu along with Anki and independent stuff I find online. I used Duolingo for a big part of my study but when I switched to Busuu I quickly realized I didn't know anything about sentence structure, grammer, or even kanji. So, in my opinion, Duolingo is great for learning words and the three writing systems but not so great about learning everything else.

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      I'm using Busuu along with Anki and independent stuff I find online. I used Duolingo for a big part of my study but when I switched to Busuu I quickly realized I didn't know anything about sentence structure, grammer, or even kanji. So, in my opinion, Duolingo is great for learning words and the three writing systems but not so great about learning everything else.

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      That's my impression as well and I've only been at it for half a year. In the beginning you would also get grammar help at the start of new chapters, but that stopped relatively quickly, so now it's mostly diy grammar rules by analyzing the sentences. Maybe I'll have a look at Busuu

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        Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

        I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to "how are you" and how to say "I am still learning Greek can we speak English". haha

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        Да, я изучаю русский язык, но не знаю какой у меня уровень, может быть где-то B1-B2. К сожалению мне не с кем говорить в последнее время 😪

        I am also trying to improve my English recently, mostly because I am pretty bad at speaking, and pronouncing stuff correctly.

        I want to learn another language as well, maybe I will return to Czech (I was learning it for 1 month some time ago, and don't remember much, although I understand fairly amount because I am Polish).

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          Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

          I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to "how are you" and how to say "I am still learning Greek can we speak English". haha

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          Am I learning a new language? No.
          How far along am I? About halfway.

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            Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

            I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to "how are you" and how to say "I am still learning Greek can we speak English". haha

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            I'm learning English and a little bit of Czech (stopped a while ago because of my lazyness but want to start learning Czech again).
            I think I'm still speak badly in English but I understand it very good.

            I'm from Ukraine btw

            (Also does programming languages count? I love Rust)

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            • daggermoon@lemmy.worldD [email protected]

              I'm learning Esperanto because everything I do has to be esoteric. I understand the fundamentals of the language and my pronunciation is perfect i'd say. I've been learning for a few months and I can read and write basic sentences. I also want to learn Spanish (mostly to flirt) but it's hard to find the time. I'd also like to learn Indonesian, German and Afrikaans.

              Edit: I'd also love to learn Polish but it's so fucking hard.

              Edit 2: Oh and Finnish. I really like languages and I get excited about them.

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              Learning Spanish 2 before learning Spanish

              Interesting

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                Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

                I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to "how are you" and how to say "I am still learning Greek can we speak English". haha

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                Learning Swedish now, since I already speak passable Norwegian, it's not the hardest endeavor.

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                  ありがとう。

                  私は質問があります。なぜあなたがフルストップを使わないですか。ドイツ語にはたくさんフルストップがありますから。

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                  I usually do use proper punctuation like the Japanese full stop "。",

                  but recently there's been a trend—especially among younger people—where it's sometimes avoided.

                  Some even call it “maru-hara” (short for “full stop harassment”), suggesting that ending a sentence with "。" can come off as cold or aggressive.

                  I guess that's why I ended up not using it myself, especially in casual contexts like social media.

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                  • buboscandiacus@mander.xyzB [email protected]

                    Learning Spanish 2 before learning Spanish

                    Interesting

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                    Eh, esperanto il like the family guy Noah's ark meme, there's a mishmash of languages. Learning volapük would be esoteric

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                    • F [email protected]

                      *δύσκολο
                      Συγγραφή would be used to describe authoring a book. You could use γραφή or γράψιμο or a verb construction να γράφεις "to write".

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                      Σωστά, είναι καιρός που δεν χραφω ελληνικά 😅 🙂

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                        Möchtest du mit mir sprechen? Mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut, aber ich will es lernen.
                        Ich war im 2003 in Hesse, ich liebe Deutschland

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                        Das ist doch schon gut. Welche Muttersprache hast Du, und über welche Themen möchtest Du reden?

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                        • goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zoneG [email protected]

                          Dieser Kommentarbereich ist nun Eigentum der BRD

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                          Wir sind großzügig und teilen.

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                            Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

                            I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to "how are you" and how to say "I am still learning Greek can we speak English". haha

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                            I'm not but I'd love to learn some other romance languages, Italian and French would be my choices right now.

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                            • m137@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

                              Am I learning a new language? No.
                              How far along am I? About halfway.

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                              You're killing it, keep it up! 💪

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                                I'm learning Japanese. On and off for years, but mainly the last couple. I'm still only at the advanced beginner stage, trying to work on my Kanji, reading, and listening.

                                Also learning Spanish, but I feel like I'm in a better spot with it. I took classes in school and have a decent foundation, just need way more practice. It's on the backburner since I'd rather build on my Japanese.

                                For fans of this thread/topic, check out [email protected] . They have a weekly thread for progress and a few active folks. Lemmy also has more specific language learning communities that could stand to be more active.

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                                I always find it amusing when I meet people who speak all three languages I do: English, Spanish, and Japanese. Well, admittedly, I also know a bit of French, but it's so similar to Spanish that it feels like cheating to understand so much with so little investment. So yeah, when are you learning French next? 😆

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                                • A [email protected]

                                  Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

                                  I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to "how are you" and how to say "I am still learning Greek can we speak English". haha

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                                  I've been learning Japanese for a long time now. The funny thing is that I started at the wrong end by learning kanji first and then moving onto grammar and vocabulary in that order. Avoid what I did unless you want to be proficient at reading it without understanding it!

                                  Although not all is lost, because I'm getting used to reading news and Wikipedia articles without much aid or effort anymore, and spoken Japanese is slowly getting easier. Understanding it is still proving to be a bitch from time to time but that's on me!

                                  Btw, does anyone know of great websites to read Japanese? I browse Gigazine.net quite a bit and many news outlets, but I'd like to mix it up and move away from politics and news in general. I'm still a bit shy about online forums, but maybe I should do that next.

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                                  • quazatron@lemmy.worldQ [email protected]

                                    I'm learning Python. Not bad, but I prefer C.

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                                    Python also prefers C

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                                    • L [email protected]

                                      I always find it amusing when I meet people who speak all three languages I do: English, Spanish, and Japanese. Well, admittedly, I also know a bit of French, but it's so similar to Spanish that it feels like cheating to understand so much with so little investment. So yeah, when are you learning French next? 😆

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                                      LOL, I did take a semester of French in high school.

                                      I guess it makes sense as an overlap - North America and Europe both have primarily English, Spanish, and French speakers in close vicinity. And Japanese cultural exports are just really popular.

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                                      • viking@infosec.pubV [email protected]

                                        Learning Swedish now, since I already speak passable Norwegian, it's not the hardest endeavor.

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                                        This might be a weird question, but: Did you have a particular reason to learn Swedish or Norwegian, or is it just for fun?

                                        I've been interested in learning Swedish or Danish, but I haven't been able to find a practical reason to. I hear that almost all of them speak English pretty well, and will prefer speaking English with you if you visit their country. (The curse of being a native English speaker who likes languages.)

                                        I would have had easy access to a native Danish speaker, but sadly, my Mormor ("mother's mother") passed away just last night. Her English was perfect as she lived in the US for >70 years, but her beautiful accent is what originally sparked my interest in Scandinavian languages.

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                                        • t_berium@lemmy.worldT [email protected]

                                          Und, wie läuft es?

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                                          Ich spreche sehr bisschen und nicht sehr gut.

                                          Rammstein singt nicht über die Bibliothek.

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