• Language Learning - Parlez-Vous français?
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Je suis du quebec et mon clavier ne comporte pas les accents. en bon quebecois : C'est dla calice de marde asti d'tabarnak
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;36836342]This looks crazy How do you even see half of the lines without squinting all the time?[/QUOTE] I apologize for the late reply, but you read shapes and patterns, not lines. When you're reading, you don't even have to see individual lines. It's a different story when you're writing.
[QUOTE=Bentham;36909065]I'm beginning to learn German for my 6 months in Germany starting in late January. I'm excited to learn the language, although I'm hoping it isn't too terribly difficult to be able to adapt to. One of my biggest worries, as I'm sure is true with anyone moving to a foreign country, is to be completely and utterly overwhelmed once I arrive. I'm still excited for the move, especially if there's a possible chance of making the move permanent. Still, looking over the language now, I feel like it's going to take ages to be able to speak basic German (and I mean actually speak it, not recite phrases that I've memorized).[/QUOTE] Viel Glück, mein Jung Padawan.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;36915116]why do cases exist[/QUOTE] let me counter that by asking why languages exist
Doing german, any reccomendations for websites to learn the grammar? Or should I just do what I did for english and just read/listen and pick up the grammar over time?
Started learning japanese. Easy as fuck, kana learned in 3 days and grammar already on understandable levels. Then kanjis. I hit a dick-covered wall, teeth first. Do I really have to learn all those characters? REALLY? I can't even understand what most kanjis ARE. Take this one for example 裏. The fuck even is that. It's way too small. What the fuck how do you even manage to read this.
[QUOTE=AlphaWeapon;36934984]Started learning japanese. Easy as fuck, kana learned in 3 days and grammar already on understandable levels. Then kanjis. I hit a dick-covered wall, teeth first. Do I really have to learn all those characters? REALLY? I can't even understand what most kanjis ARE. Take this one for example 裏. The fuck even is that. It's way too small. What the fuck how do you even manage to read this.[/QUOTE] ctrl+scrollwheel
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;36935064]ctrl+scrollwheel[/QUOTE] You know, it makes me wonder why the japanese still don't have dropped kanji altogether. There are so many flaws with them, it's not even funny.
[url]http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/kanji[/url] scroll down to "Why Kanji" Sucks for the japanese
[QUOTE=MountainWatcher;36935145][url]http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/kanji[/url] scroll down to "Why Kanji" Sucks for the japanese[/QUOTE] I... don't understand that. If I read きかん then it means きかん. Isn't it pronunced the same? How is きかん any harder to read than 期間 ? Shit boggles my mind.
Naw man, I can see how it helps in a stream of characters. And he means there are loads of kanjis for kikan, one for each homonym, I'm guessing. Holy jesus dicks, there's 45 options what the fuck.
Does anyone here speak Czech? Is it a particularly difficult language to learn? I want to learn the language of my ancestors.
[QUOTE=Maruhai;36928408]La France est composée à 70% d'arabes immigrés ne savant pas mieux parler le français que n'importe quel américain ou russe, mais nous avons des baguettes.[/QUOTE] hmm..je n'ai pas ce savoir. Mais, c'est vrai...vous avez des baguettes. j'adore absolument des baguettes! Aussi, comment est ma grammaire? Je suis passe une course de francais dans ma lycee.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;36879278][IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12024286/Shiggity%20diggity%20whoop.PNG[/IMG] Why[/QUOTE] to be honest, the 4th one is actually wrong. "Traer" (bring) and "dar" (give) don't mean the same. Maybe in that context of the sentence they may be similar but still what you wrote is not a proper translation.
[QUOTE=barttool;36938659]to be honest, the 4th one is actually wrong. "Traer" (bring) and "dar" (give) don't mean the same. Maybe in that context of the sentence they may be similar but still what you wrote is not a proper translation.[/QUOTE] Okay, but still. This isn't a high level test, and some of those entered are the EXACT same syntax as what they want. Online tests should either A. be multiple choice, or B. not exist, and have a physical one instead.
I'm in Mallorca at the moment and a nice woman has invited me to her house to just sit there and listen to her and her family talking Spanish (I've known her for years, so it's nothing creepy). Hopefully it should be pretty useful. On a side note, there's a swedish boy out here and he was talking to me in swedish and i could understand what he was saying even though I had never heard any swedish before, and earlier I was talking to the porter and I said the word "iluminados" which I didn't even know. I think my brain knows more languages than I do.
[QUOTE=G3rman;36931638]Viel Glück, mein Jung Padawan.[/QUOTE] Danke. Shit it's like I'm already fluent.
Sharedtalk is great once you know enough of a language to hold basic conversations, although finding people who speak some of the less used languages can be difficult. [url]http://www.sharedtalk.com/[/url]
[QUOTE=kaine123;36938212]Does anyone here speak Czech? Is it a particularly difficult language to learn? I want to learn the language of my ancestors.[/QUOTE] Czech, as far as i know, is rather difficult. Materials for Czech are pretty rare. Just use this site i found for you. It's got everything you need to know [url=http://techczech.net/] about Czech[/url]
Thought I'd pop in to vouch for a program that's helped me with basic vocabulary a lot. [url]http://www.memrise.com/[/url] Great UI, sometimes has voiceovers so you can pronounce words, addicting, and a great system (that works very well) to memorize words. I've been using the basic german one for a while, already learned several new words. Worthwhile to try.
[QUOTE=.Isak.;36941802]Thought I'd pop in to vouch for a program that's helped me with basic vocabulary a lot. [url]http://www.memrise.com/[/url] Great UI, sometimes has voiceovers so you can pronounce words, addicting, and a great system (that works very well) to memorize words. I've been using the basic german one for a while, already learned several new words. Worthwhile to try.[/QUOTE] Thanks! I've put you in the Op.
im taking russian next month. tried learning it on my own via rosetta stone but the grammar rules was overwhelming. any advice for learning russian grammar?
Russian is a tough nut to crack, but i'm sure it'll be satisfying as hell when you get it! I never really reccomend courses, the good old grammar drills and vocab excercises. Boring as fuck! It can depend on the teacher though, my teacher speaks 8 languages, and understands how to learn languages. I'd use RussianPod101 to start off, couple that with the the '71 version of Russian with ease. Input difficult sentences into Anki, anything else you come across, put that in too. Do this if you don't know it, otherwise you'll end up with a deck a few thousand words thick. The 2000 version isn't as good. Get a good base in the lanuguge first. ASAFP, stark with SharedTalk or Italki. Find a language partner who's still at a beginer at English too. Keep working your way through Assimil untill you reach the Active phase. You need to start to step it up a bit, start reading Russian childrens books. If you find a difficult word, slap it into Anki, this goes for phrases too. By the time you end Assimil and Russian Pod101, start reading Russian Novels, talk to Russian people for a few hours a week, that means taking up new partners on Italk/Sharedtalk. Participate in our Russian thread as much as possible to keep using it. Write texts and get them marked on Lang8. Keep using Russian and you should soon reach fluency. Good luck!
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;36914944]apparently "That is Anna" in Luxembourgish is "Dat ass d'Anna"[/QUOTE] I am from Luxembourg and I can confirm that this is true. :v:
Does anyone here live in Germany, specifically the Frankfurt area? I'd like to know how typical it is for someone who lives there to speak English. I've heard it's common for people there to speak English, but I'd like to know more from a first-hand perspective.
[QUOTE=Bentham;36983755]Does anyone here live in Germany, specifically the Frankfurt area? I'd like to know how typical it is for someone who lives there to speak English. I've heard it's common for people there to speak English, but I'd like to know more from a first-hand perspective.[/QUOTE] People speak some English as it is in our school system. However, the skill of someone being able to speak it as well as fluency is questionable. Most forget the majority of it as its an annoying language to learn, even with its similarities to German. You would be better off learning some German instead of relying totally on English.
[QUOTE=G3rman;36983779]People speak some English as it is in our school system. However, the skill of someone being able to speak it as well as fluency is questionable. Most forget the majority of it as its an annoying language to learn, even with its similarities to German. You would be better off learning some German instead of relying totally on English.[/QUOTE] Thanks. My goal is to hopefully get at least basic grammar down before I move, but then I'm also not really sure how much interaction I'll have with clients and such.
The Aussie please can you do a bio on Spanish in the OP?
I took 1 tri of Spanish and 1 tri of German in high school. I got the Spanish much better, I found it much easier. Living in the US, Spanish is probably the most useful language to learn.
[QUOTE=jaykray;37008861]The Aussie please can you do a bio on Spanish in the OP?[/QUOTE] Sure man, i'll give it a shot.
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