Are you learning another language? How far along are you?
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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?
I'm probably going to start learning spanish again, and I feel the same way you do about french, given I'm a native french speaker.
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J'apprends le français, C''est ma troisième langue. Il va ça va, et je suis A2 après ~8 mois, mais j'ai un amie qui m'aide aussi
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Bonne chance! Avoir un ami aide toujours.
C'est quoi tes deux premieres langues?
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Здравствуйте все!
I've been actively trying to learn Russian for about two years now, and I'm still not very capable of having even simple conversations, due to the great difficulty of constructing sentences in my head. I guess I let the grammar get to me, with all the various prefixes and suffixes, so I choke. That, and the positioning of the words in a sentence. And also the concept of cases (all 7 of them). I know English and Norwegian from before, none of which has this slavic sentence logic/rules, so I find it incredibly difficult to remember/associate words/variations with their use.I use Duolingo, Babbel, and sometime Rocket Language, in addition to trying to expose myself to having to read/listen/reply to other native speakers, but man am I having a hard time. Any suggestions?
I had the same problem when I started learning Russian and honestly the only thing that helped me improve was just speaking and writing in Russian more
the grammar is also really hard, but I found it best to just not overthink it and just get used to speaking and making mistakes but improving over time. It's easier to focus on correcting grammar when you're more comfortable just constructing sentences in that language in general and don't have to think as hard for each word you want to say
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Bonne chance! Avoir un ami aide toujours.
C'est quoi tes deux premieres langues?
L'espagnol et l'anglais. L'espagnol m'aide plus que l'anglais lol
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L'espagnol et l'anglais. L'espagnol m'aide plus que l'anglais lol
Ouais c'est deux langues latines, donc ça passe bien. Je veux aussi apprende l'espagnol bientôt.
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I listen to some conversation podcasts and Spanish songs with the lyrics so I can read along and look up words/phrases that I need to. I think immersion is better for picking up algunos palabras para conversacion.
Those are some good ideas I'll have to check out too, gracias!
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And they may not understand each other
Curious, why is that?
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Ouais c'est deux langues latines, donc ça passe bien. Je veux aussi apprende l'espagnol bientôt.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Buena suerte! Recuérdese, el español se escribe exactamente como suena, y viceversa. Francés nunca hace eso
jajaja(Remember, Spanish is written exactly how it sounds and vice versa. French never does that lol)
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Nederlands (Dutch), my native language is Portuguese and I also speak English.
"Hallo, ik ben Cally en ik spreek een beetje Nederlands." probably translates to "Hello, I am Cally and I speak a bit of Dutch."
I kinda suck at learning languages so I'm still at what I assume is A1 level, I think my pronunciation is ok, though. Idk how to speed up language learning but I have set my phone to Dutch and that kinda helps. For example, "Instellingen" means "Settings"
Lekker bezig!
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I appreciate the feedback, this Anki deck should hopefully get my vocabulary to that point. I am actually pretty good at getting the meaning usually and the readings are the tough part, so I'm doing okay I guess. It just feels like a lot, but that's true of any language I suppose. I've learned a lot in the last few months. Thanks for the encouragement!
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Curious, why is that?
I don't think it's up to date with modern tech and terminology it would be akward now
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I don't think it's up to date with modern tech and terminology it would be akward now
Probably not, luckily Esperanto is. I'd be curious about Interlingua however. I think it does still have a community behind it.
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Probably not, luckily Esperanto is. I'd be curious about Interlingua however. I think it does still have a community behind it.
They kept updating esperanto and there's actual magazines in this language.
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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
I'm learning Irish. My schedule is crazy busy, but I do a lot of driving for work so I listen to Irish speaking lessons. I also do this only while I'm on the road because my Irish boyfriend has no idea I'm doing this so I can speak Irish on our wedding day.
I can say things like where I've been yesterday, where I am today, where I'll be tomorrow, what are you doing, what were you doing, it was great craic, I don't know, I'd like a pint of Guinness, please.
I'll probably get made fun of for speaking the Ulster dialect (his family is all Dublin), but my favourite instructor that I've found is from Belfast and at least I'll be able to speak it.
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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
I started learning Swedish yesterday. My native language is Dutch. I started by reading a pronunciation guide, but (and this is so childish) I had to put the book away for laughing so hard after reading the Swedish word for meatballs: köttbullar.
::: spoiler Profanity
In Dutch, the word "kut" means "cunt". It isn't as profane as the English word and is also often used for the well-known genitals. The guide explained that Swedish "ö" is pronounced like Dutch short "u". After this I opened my Swedish story book and the first picture had the word köttbullar in it. I then heard myself very carefully enunciate what in Dutch sounds like "cunt balls". Couldn't stop laughing.
:::Today I will make a second attempt. I hope I can keep it contained to a short chuckle.
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Hmmm aku sedang belajar Bahasa Indonesia sekarang but I'm terrible at it.
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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 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.
everything I do has to be esoteric
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As a native french speaker, I can say with confidence that the duolingo french course sucks and that you're better off using something else.
I'd also recommend speaking to native speakers and watching shows in french, that's great for learning.
Yeah… I wasn’t actually learning a whole lot. I live right across the river from Quebec though so I’m hoping to move over there to immerse myself in French a lot more.
I’ve always been bitter because my whole Dad’s side of the family is Francophone but never bothered to speak the language with me
