[QUOTE=paindoc;38110020]Did you use google translate for the german one? Because it is coming out with some words that are overly complex. The final sentence past tense is quite correct conjugation-wise, but should be simple past, not present perfect. You have the spoken form. The correct one is;
"Dieses Jahr ich lernte einige Wörter und Sätze dank meiner italienischen Freundin"
Conjugation for written german past is super easy. I am too tired to type it out though, so I'll make a post if anyone wants tomorrow[/QUOTE]
That would be wonderful.
[QUOTE=paindoc;38110020]Did you use google translate for the german one? Because it is coming out with some words that are overly complex. The final sentence past tense is quite correct conjugation-wise, but should be simple past, not present perfect. You have the spoken form. The correct one is;
"Dieses Jahr ich lernte einige Wörter und Sätze dank meiner italienischen Freundin"
Conjugation for written german past is super easy. I am too tired to type it out though, so I'll make a post if anyone wants tomorrow[/QUOTE]
Nope, your sentence is not correct. Perhaps "Diese Jahre lernte ich einige Wörter und Sätze dank meiner italienischen Freudin." I do not know which one is better, I usually talk german based on my feeling. I have to talk german everyday, also all languages feature complex words, especially german.
[QUOTE=junker|154;38112100]Nope, your sentence is not correct. Perhaps "Diese Jahre lernte ich einige Wörter und Sätze dank meiner italienischen Freudin." I do not know which one is better, I usually talk german based on my feeling. I have to talk german everyday, also all languages feature complex words, especially german.[/QUOTE]
Woops, I did switch the ich. Duh. Sorry I can't explain the grammar rules right this second, I have JV/Frosh champs for Cross Country in 30 minutes and need to leave in about 10
I learnt german in school and I talk german everyday, no need for explaining any grammar rules.
i hate people who liberally sprinkle 'le' on whatever they're saying à la reddit syndrome
[QUOTE=junker|154;38113656]I learnt german in school and I talk german everyday, no need for explaining any grammar rules.[/QUOTE]
Someone on the last page asked for it I believe. Egal- Ich bin zu faul, es zu schreiben
[QUOTE=Pernoccuous;38117827]i hate people who liberally sprinkle 'le' on whatever they're saying à la reddit syndrome[/QUOTE]
oh god this...
Seeing as I speak french it really pisses me off.
good thing 'La' didnt got mixed in.
Just out of interest, how many people that are learning a language also play a musical instrument?
[QUOTE=jaykray;38119335]Just out of interest, how many people that are learning a language also play a musical instrument?[/QUOTE]
I can almost speak fluently in French and can play a mean electric keyboard.
I think the two go hand in hand, learning to read music especially is like learning to read a language.
[QUOTE=jaykray;38119410]I think the two go hand in hand, learning to read music especially is like learning to read a language.[/QUOTE]
I can see what you mean, but learning music is really really easier. It took me three days to learn how to read music for the trumpet and trombone, but I'm still on my third year in French.
[QUOTE=YourFriendJoe;38119441]I can see what you mean, but learning music is really really easier. It took me three days to learn how to read music for the trumpet and trombone, but I'm still on my third year in French.[/QUOTE]
Of course, there's only so many notes you can play (even less that show up regularly). There's also symbols but even with that the sheer scale of a language dwarfs music. You can't play music in a tense either.
[QUOTE=Derubermensch;38015963]Does anyone here know any resources for learning Scottish Gaelic?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=jaykray;38119335]Just out of interest, how many people that are learning a language also play a musical instrument?[/QUOTE]
I'm a DJ if that counts :v:
[QUOTE=Pernoccuous;38117827]i hate people who liberally sprinkle 'le' on whatever they're saying à la reddit syndrome[/QUOTE]
Apparently most people using it think it's pronounced "lay", whereas it's actually "luh"
"laylaylaylay" does sound funnier than "luhluhluhluhluh"
Since I'm Canadian and was force to take French, I figure it would be the best place to start when learning a language. Even thought I was bad at the time, I do understand and can speak a little French. Plus the resources available to me as a Canadian should make it easier... Hopefully.
Ladies and Gentleman, the journey begins here.
Anyone have any good resources for intermediate Mandarin? I've fallen pretty far behind in my class, and some out-of-school review would be very helpful. I'd really appreciate any help.
[QUOTE=Fouytan222;38120126]Anyone have any good resources for intermediate Mandarin? I've fallen pretty far behind in my class, and some out-of-school review would be very helpful. I'd really appreciate any help.[/QUOTE]
I'd recomend Anki for revising the Hanzi, i don't learn tonal languages so i don't know about learning the tones. Again, i'd like to reinforce the importance of speaking to press in the langauge in your mind. I posted the Italki link above, good luck man!
[QUOTE=Mr.Heal;38120013]Since I'm Canadian and was force to take French, I figure it would be the best place to start when learning a language. Even thought I was bad at the time, I do understand and can speak a little French. Plus the resources available to me as a Canadian should make it easier... Hopefully.
Ladies and Gentleman, the journey begins here.[/QUOTE]Little thing I remember someone telling me, Try and go after the paris dialect, it will impress people in canada.
A question, Why don't people go after hindi or urdu that often?
Do you guys learn more than one language at a time?
[QUOTE=Hell_Kyrone;38125910]Do you guys learn more than one language at a time?[/QUOTE]
It's not a very good thing to do, You'll waste time. Better to go one at a time.
Go ahead and flirt with the other though, doing a small bit of it, Don't go deep though.
Not sure if this is an easy or hard question, but what do you think is more efficient: learning Japanese first, then Chinese, or the other way around?
I basically can't decide between the two, so I'd like to start with the one which might be more beneficial to learning the [i]other one later[/i], in case I don't like my first pick.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;38127347]It's not a very good thing to do, You'll waste time. Better to go one at a time.
Go ahead and flirt with the other though, doing a small bit of it, Don't go deep though.[/QUOTE]
If the languages are similar then I guess it would be best to get at least semi-fluent in one before trying the other, to avoid confusion.
[QUOTE=Fake-XM;38127516]Not sure if this is an easy or hard question, but what do you think is more efficient: learning Japanese first, then Chinese, or the other way around?
I basically can't decide between the two, so I'd like to start with the one which might be more beneficial to learning the [i]other one later[/i], in case I don't like my first pick.[/QUOTE]
Well it depends how far you're willing to go. I started with Chinese, but gave it up to pursue Japanese because the tone system in Chinese was out of my depth at the time. But the experience from Chinese helped with some Asian pronunciations and character writing so I did better in Japanese. Really, it's just up your preference.
[QUOTE=Fake-XM;38127516]Not sure if this is an easy or hard question, but what do you think is more efficient: learning Japanese first, then Chinese, or the other way around?
I basically can't decide between the two, so I'd like to start with the one which might be more beneficial to learning the [i]other one later[/i], in case I don't like my first pick.[/QUOTE]
I'd say Chinese first because Japanese borrows a few characters from Chinese. It's up to personal preference though.
I've been working on French daily for about a month and a half now. I feel like I've learned a lot..more and more every week..but my confidence is near nothing when speaking.
[QUOTE=genyus;38118447]oh god this...
Seeing as I speak french it really pisses me off.
good thing 'La' didnt got mixed in.[/QUOTE]
it's more annoying when you are a french native
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[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;38119688]Apparently most people using it think it's pronounced "lay", whereas it's actually "luh"
"laylaylaylay" does sound funnier than "luhluhluhluhluh"[/QUOTE]
while definitely annyoing, that doesn't bother me as much as people blatantly trying to use french loan words to sound cool but then using it completely wrong
like "i want to do [x] a la [y] style"
I know 2 language fluently, English and Swedish which is my native language. I studied german for four years, I also studied one year of japanese last year and now I'm studying french. Out of all of the languages, German is in my opinion the easiest one to learn.
I do not agree with the difficulty rating of japanese in the OP though, it's a very simple language to pronounce and the grammar is very sophisticated. The hard part is really just the different writing-languages, Hiragana, Katakana and the chinese one, which you basically just have to memorize.
Memrise.com is extremely addicting, but I notice a lot of typos for some verbs. As far as I know, fliegen means to fly, not fliehen.
If you are trying to learn Serbian,have a tip: DON'T TRY TO LEARN IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO BREAK YOUR TONGUE TO PIECES(this doesn't count if your mother language is Arabic),and yes,even Russians can't speak it perfectly well. And if you are trying to learn Serbian with grammar,then you will break your brain AND tongue.
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