• Language Learning - Parlez-Vous français?
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[QUOTE='Rain [Amber];38537685']Anybody know of any active Japanese groups/chats etc. on steam? Or friendly servers for basically any valve game[/QUOTE] Why are you limiting yourself to Steam?
[QUOTE=Daniellynet;38551077]Why are you limiting yourself to Steam?[/QUOTE] I'm on there the most and I can find chats etc in other places by myself
How easy is dutch for someone that speaks German? [editline]22nd November 2012[/editline] I know it's in the FAQ, but what are the differences?
[QUOTE='Rain [Amber];38081003']Holy shit learning other languages has made me realise just how much I appreciate English being my first language. I feel so bad for foreigners trying to learn it. I guess either I'm lucky with understanding languages or the ones I'm learning are just "easy" in comparison but goddamn. English just seems to have so many more stupid rules/random alternate words and such. I probably just haven't realised yet cause I don't know a second language "fluently" but geez.[/QUOTE] My french teacher knows spanish, french (she grew up in cuba), and english.
Has anybody here who has learned/is learning Japanese used Genki? I'm debating whether or not dropping the money for the textbooks.
[QUOTE=OhHello;38556337]Has anybody here who has learned/is learning Japanese used Genki? I'm debating whether or not dropping the money for the textbooks.[/QUOTE] Using Genki right now, its ok but a lot of the exercises are "class" exercises.
Ich frage mich, wenn jemand mein Deutsch überprüfen könnte. Ich habe etwas Deutsch seit drei Monaten lernen gewesen. Ich will zu wissen, wenn mein Deutsch etwas Verbesserung verwenden könnte. Hilfe ist geschätzt I got my work corrected on lang-8, so here's the revised version. Ich frage mich, ob jemand mein Deutsch überprüfen könnte. Ich lerne Deutsch seit drei Monaten. Ich möchte wissen, ob mein Deutsch etwas Verbesserung gebrauchen kann. Hilfe ist geschätzt
So has anyone tried things like this? What opinion do you have on this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJ1It7Oaek&feature=player_detailpage[/media] [url]http://www.languageinternational.com/course/long-term-general-japanese-course-20+-weeks-international-studies-institute-chukyo-35899/housing[/url] Not going to do it now, but could be a cool possibility in the future.
Is there any good website to learn russian?
[QUOTE=recolour;38570255]Is there any good website to learn russian?[/QUOTE] [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1194238&p=38466084&viewfull=1#post38466084[/url] [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1194238&p=38459069&viewfull=1#post38459069[/url]
[QUOTE=Daniellynet;38567227]So has anyone tried things like this? What opinion do you have on this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJ1It7Oaek&feature=player_detailpage[/media] [url]http://www.languageinternational.com/course/long-term-general-japanese-course-20+-weeks-international-studies-institute-chukyo-35899/housing[/url] Not going to do it now, but could be a cool possibility in the future.[/QUOTE] Well yeah immersion is basically the best way to learn a language (and is pretty much the reason I'm going to HK for a year).
de fois je sens comme je suis me shui pas un tete dans la folrie me shui pas la si tu rie c'est pasque je vol pa je visit des etoiles allors shu ben salle mon corps et en dorme ben plus que just la soire jai appris a parle a des animeux et jai appris, ques quil fau je suis toi pi toi te moi si tu comprende ca va bien ca vu dire que on et une quand la terre et une c'est quand on a la connaissance! quand la terre et une c'est quand on a la connaissance!
[QUOTE=Daniellynet;38567227]So has anyone tried things like this? What opinion do you have on this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJ1It7Oaek&feature=player_detailpage[/media] [url]http://www.languageinternational.com/course/long-term-general-japanese-course-20+-weeks-international-studies-institute-chukyo-35899/housing[/url] Not going to do it now, but could be a cool possibility in the future.[/QUOTE] My school does that program. Costs about 3k from eastern USA to visit Europe for a week but my language teachers go every time. My school's german teacher went so many times that they give him free trips to Germany so that he can introduce other german teachers to the program/area. I'm told it helps a lot, its a shame I can't afford it. Also, does anyone have any program for starting to read Japanese, like just knowing how to pronounce each character? I'm taking Chinese at school so recognizing kanji for me shouldn't really be a problem, but I don't know how to read anything. I'm using pimsleurs to learn how to speak, though.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;38570509]My school does that program. Costs about 3k from eastern USA to visit Europe for a week but my language teachers go every time. My school's german teacher went so many times that they give him free trips to Germany so that he can introduce other german teachers to the program/area. I'm told it helps a lot, its a shame I can't afford it. Also, does anyone have any program for starting to read Japanese, like just knowing how to pronounce each character? I'm taking Chinese at school so recognizing kanji for me shouldn't really be a problem, but I don't know how to read anything. I'm using pimsleurs to learn how to speak, though.[/QUOTE]Human Japanese
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;38570509]I'm taking Chinese at school so recognizing kanji for me shouldn't really be a problem[/QUOTE] Japanese uses kanji, Chinese uses hanzi - some kanji are actually hanzi but the majority of characters are different. It does help, though, so I've heard!
I really need to learn french properly. I was pretty good at school and then abandoned it completely. I'd also love to be able to speak german and italian, one side of my family is german, and one of my friends is italian, and i'd love to speak to him in his language for once. Shame I get so little time to practice.
Anybody crazy enough to start learning russian? I haven't really realised how hard it is until I tried to help a foreign roommate with it
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;38603299]Anybody crazy enough to start learning russian? I haven't really realised how hard it is until I tried to help a foreign roommate with it[/QUOTE] I began learning it(on hold because of final school tests), alphabet was pretty easy for me but not grammar and pronounciation. It's a very nice language.
God, summer break in 2 weeks FINALLY. I've had to put off Japanese/Swedish study for a bit due to so many assessments etc.
Just found Kanjidamage: [quote]This is not a "Japanese is crazy" problem. Nor is it a "noobs are dumb" problem. This is a problem because Japanese teachers and textbooks suck. Most new students are led to believe that radicals have meaning, and that kanji look like the things they describe. That's not merely wrong, it makes kanji feel very foreign and illogical, when in fact kanji is basically structured the same as English!! Check it out: radicals = letters words = kanji jukugo = compound words[/quote] Is that true? If it is that blows my fucking mind on how I've been learning Kanji.
I can pretty much write in the Arabic alphabet, with a very very small vocabulary. If I hear a word I can write it out at least, so I plan to pursue learning the language itself on my own.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;38603299]Anybody crazy enough to start learning russian? I haven't really realised how hard it is until I tried to help a foreign roommate with it[/QUOTE] But hey! Chic as fuck, you'll be the coolest kid on the block. still can't wear a fedora+trench coat though. Btw, this guy on the lingq forum has this youtube channel, for Russian I'd advise checking it out, you probably need to be able to read and understand a little Russian first, but for pronunciation he seems helpful. [url]http://www.youtube.com/user/LanguageLearnsYou?feature=watch[/url]
So i'm going into my 4th year of high school japanese study and made the terrible mistake of decided to do the extension course. Which means in the Australian version of whatever test-of-all-tests you have at the end of your last year, i'll be doing 50% more japanese than anyone doing the standard continuer's course. Essentially it functions a bit like english class in the sense that we have a text to study and a bit like social studies or what have you, in the sense that we have to talk about many common controversial topics. Question is does anyone know any particularly good grammar structures or terms to use when presenting arguments? We're often asked questions like "What do you think of the changes gender roles have experienced in the past 20 years" and other such things. I'm getting pretty tired of slapping "と思います” to the end of every other sentence.
[QUOTE=Nitrosol;38675108]So i'm going into my 4th year of high school japanese study and made the terrible mistake of decided to do the extension course. Which means in the Australian version of whatever test-of-all-tests you have at the end of your last year, i'll be doing 50% more japanese than anyone doing the standard continuer's course. Essentially it functions a bit like english class in the sense that we have a text to study and a bit like social studies or what have you, in the sense that we have to talk about many common controversial topics. Question is does anyone know any particularly good grammar structures or terms to use when presenting arguments? We're often asked questions like "What do you think of the changes gender roles have experienced in the past 20 years" and other such things. I'm getting pretty tired of slapping "と思います” to the end of every other sentence.[/QUOTE] what does "と思います” mean? Also, You could probably hop on sharedtalk and talk to japanese people and ask.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;38677871]what does "と思います” mean?[/QUOTE] "I think", I think.
"I think that" アメリカ人は大抵きれいだと思います。
Why is Japanese one of the least dense languages out there?
[QUOTE=JaspertheDoxie;38683112]Why is Japanese one of the least dense languages out there?[/QUOTE] Japanese is weird in the sense that you have to understand the context of what one is saying. If you were to translate some things literally they would sound completely ridiculous. It is only with the help of logic that makes Japanese the least dense language.
To start learning a language, it's incredibly important to start with personal pronouns and modal verbs. Personal Pronouns: [quote] I You He/She/It We You (plural, like you all) They [/quote] Modal Verbs [quote] To Want To Like To Have To Be Should (to need to do) Can (to be able to) May (to be allowed to) Must (to have to) [/quote] And then the conjugations for the modal verbs to each personal pronoun. Even if you don't have a good vocabulary, if you learn those two things, you have the absolute basics for any language no matter what. You can add almost anything to a sentence with modal verbs and have it be correct. EDIT: It should be noted that in the personal pronoun list, "He/She/It" only need to be learned as a trio if the language you're learning has definitive gender for objects. An example is German, which has three genders for nouns.
Dutch is fun. For example, these are some correct sentences: - Als zeven zeven zeven zeven zeven, zeven zeven zeven zeven zeven. - Als vliegen achter vliegen vliegen, vliegen vliegen vliegensvlug.
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