Bringing this thread back. What languages do you want to learn? I'm trying to buckle down and learn Bahasa Indonesia. It's a cool little language so far. Surprisingly, it's very easy and the pronunciation is close to English. Has a bunch of Arabic loanwords too, like 'Kursi' for 'Chair.'
Saya akan makan nasi goreng! Saya suka jalan-jalan di sore.
I want to learn Japanese and Arabic, because they're integrated in my society and Japanese just sounds fun. I also want to learn Italian and yell at people really fast like this:
Bringing this thread back. What languages do you want to learn? I'm trying to buckle down and learn Bahasa Indonesia. It's a cool little … morelanguage so far. Surprisingly, it's very easy and the pronunciation is close to English. Has a bunch of Arabic loanwords too, like 'Kursi' for 'Chair.'
Saya akan makan nasi goreng! Saya suka jalan-jalan di sore.
Bringing this thread back. What languages do you want to learn? I'm trying to buckle down and learn Bahasa Indonesia. It's a cool little … morelanguage so far. Surprisingly, it's very easy and the pronunciation is close to English. Has a bunch of Arabic loanwords too, like 'Kursi' for 'Chair.'
Saya akan makan nasi goreng! Saya suka jalan-jalan di sore.
Arabic would be a great skill to learn in Israel. For instance, I'm sure the IDF, Mossad and a bunch of NGO's would really value someone with passable Arabic. Plus you know a Semitic language already, which probably makes it easier.
It's a goddamn frustrating language though, the grammar cases and broken plurals are a nightmare. Plus you never really know Arabic until you acquire a dialect too. It'd like learning French and then being forced to learn Spanish too just so you can understand what regular people are saying.
Japanese is cool but extremely difficult.
Italian is awesome because Italians are awesome. French people laugh at foreigners who speak their language. Italians are absolutely DELIGHTED if you even bother to try.
I want to learn Japanese and Arabic, because they're integrated in my society and Japanese just sounds fun. I also want to learn Italian and yell at people really fast like this:
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I'm sure the IDF, Mossad and a bunch of NGO's would really value someone with passable Arabic.
You read my mind, Max. My dad also recommended it. I consider being a recon soldier so it might be really handy. I heard it's really hard, I hope knowing Hebrew gives me at least a small edge.
That's cool, I might learn Italian once I have a lot of free time on my hands
Arabic would be a great skill to learn in Israel. For instance, I'm sure the IDF, Mossad and a bunch of NGO's would really value someone wi… moreth passable Arabic. Plus you know a Semitic language already, which probably makes it easier.
It's a goddamn frustrating language though, the grammar cases and broken plurals are a nightmare. Plus you never really know Arabic until you acquire a dialect too. It'd like learning French and then being forced to learn Spanish too just so you can understand what regular people are saying.
Japanese is cool but extremely difficult.
Italian is awesome because Italians are awesome. French people laugh at foreigners who speak their language. Italians are absolutely DELIGHTED if you even bother to try.
Smart man. Someone in recon really should know the language. Same with intelligence or anyone who processes/interrogates prisoners. A lot of Americans were killed or injured in Iraq because they (sometimes literally) couldn't read the writing on the wall. Reading graffiti and listening in on Imams would've greatly helped them asses whether the public mood is accommodating, scared or furious. Local translator can be helpful but aren't as reliable or trustworthy. Plus speaking the language generally helps built rapport and respect, which never hurts.
If you decide to pursue it, I'd fully recommend this course on Memrise. You'll learn the script and some basic words/phrases. Easily the most painless way to get a flying start.
I'm sure the IDF, Mossad and a bunch of NGO's would really value someone with passable Arabic.
You read my mind, Max. My dad also re… morecommended it. I consider being a recon soldier so it might be really handy. I heard it's really hard, I hope knowing Hebrew gives me at least a small edge.
That's cool, I might learn Italian once I have a lot of free time on my hands
Smart man. Someone in recon really should know the language. Same with intelligence or anyone who processes/interrogates prisoners. A lot… more of Americans were killed or injured in Iraq because they (sometimes literally) couldn't read the writing on the wall. Reading graffiti and listening in on Imams would've greatly helped them asses whether the public mood is accommodating, scared or furious. Local translator can be helpful but aren't as reliable or trustworthy. Plus speaking the language generally helps built rapport and respect, which never hurts.
If you decide to pursue it, I'd fully recommend this course on Memrise. You'll learn the script and some basic words/phrases. Easily the most painless way to get a flying start.
Arabic would be a great skill to learn in Israel. For instance, I'm sure the IDF, Mossad and a bunch of NGO's would really value someone wi… moreth passable Arabic. Plus you know a Semitic language already, which probably makes it easier.
It's a goddamn frustrating language though, the grammar cases and broken plurals are a nightmare. Plus you never really know Arabic until you acquire a dialect too. It'd like learning French and then being forced to learn Spanish too just so you can understand what regular people are saying.
Japanese is cool but extremely difficult.
Italian is awesome because Italians are awesome. French people laugh at foreigners who speak their language. Italians are absolutely DELIGHTED if you even bother to try.
yeah, croatian, serbian, bosnian, montenegrin are all basically the same, except every one of them has a small number of unique words. if a serb, a bosniak, a croat and a montenegrin ever met they'd understand eachother without any difficulty
yeah, croatian, serbian, bosnian, montenegrin are all basically the same, except every one of them has a small number of unique words. if a serb, a bosniak, a croat and a montenegrin ever met they'd understand eachother without any difficulty
if a serb, a bosniak, a croat and a montenegrin ever met they'd understand eachother without any difficulty
Assuming they didn't try to kill each other. :P
Sorry, I couldn't resist...I'll shut up now.
Italians are absolutely DELIGHTED if you even bother to try.
that's because it's either that or english, and we don't know english.
case in point, this is our prime minister:
Italians are absolutely DELIGHTED if you even bother to try.
that's because it's either that or english, and we don't know english.
case in point, this is our prime minister:
My native language is Russian. I started learning English at the age of 4, so I hope I'm quite good at it. I also speak a decent French and very little German.
I, for one, adore learning grammar. As I read somewhere: so many languages you know, so many times you're human.
Italians are absolutely DELIGHTED if you even bother to try.
that's because it's either that or english, and we don't know english.
case in point, this is our prime minister:
You're right In fact Your comment in polish would look like this:
Polski język musi być jednym z najbardziej zwariowanie wyglądających języków jakie kiedykolwiek widziałem.
Só um pouco. Unfortunately, I've lapsed out of practice so a lot of it is probably gone. I almost took a job with an NGO in Brazil, so it was mostly just in preparation for that.
It's a cool language though. I like the nasal vowels and how the consonants change sounds in different places.
You're right In fact Your comment in polish would look like this:
Polski język musi być jednym z najbardziej zwariowanie wyglądających języków jakie kiedykolwiek widziałem.
You're right In fact Your comment in polish would look like this:
Polski język musi być jednym z najbardziej zwariowanie wyglądających języków jakie kiedykolwiek widziałem.
You're right In fact Your comment in polish would look like this:
Polski język musi być jednym z najbardziej zwariowanie wyglądających języków jakie kiedykolwiek widziałem.
And good day/night/evening/whatever to you, mein alter Freund.
"Tippen" is supposed to be a noun here, right? Otherwise it's German for "to type". Also, I think the plural form for that word is incorrect here. The correct one, according to a vocabulary is "Tipps".
Also, the word "sentence" wasn't correct, lol.
As for any actual tips, I don't really have any. I've realized a while ago that my German is rather shitty and lackluster. Though, I'll try to give at least a couple of tips.
First, whenever you learn a word, try to associate that word with a more general one (i. e. to remember "spazieren" you can associate it with "gehen). Second, say the word you've learned out loud, repeat a couple of times both to remember the word and to remember how it's pronounced.
And that's all I can give, really. You'd do a better job looking it up on Youtube. If you're already learning this way, well, at least I tried, lol.
Ich muss etwas auf die Deutschsprachige hier fragen. Habt ihr tippen für Deutsch zu lernen?
I must ask something of those here of whom can speak German. Have you any tips for learning German? (Also, was that sentance correct?)
I'm Italian-American. My Nonna is from Italy. She came to the U.S. in the '60s & I'm learning Italian from her. I've been out of school for 10 years now, but she told me the way schools teach Italian is weird. If you try speaking it the way schools (US schools) teach you in certain parts of Italy, chances are, they'll know Italian isn't your mother tongue.
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My native language is Hungarian
My father is actually a sailor. Learning Norwegian is more like a hobby, it all started from Norse Mythology I think.
Ok, alot of polish construction workers here in Norway because the pay is so much better. :P
I can believe that, that's why emigration is one of the most serious problems in Poland :>
Bringing this thread back. What languages do you want to learn? I'm trying to buckle down and learn Bahasa Indonesia. It's a cool little language so far. Surprisingly, it's very easy and the pronunciation is close to English. Has a bunch of Arabic loanwords too, like 'Kursi' for 'Chair.'
Saya akan makan nasi goreng! Saya suka jalan-jalan di sore.
Wina Tuska xD
I want to learn Japanese and Arabic, because they're integrated in my society and Japanese just sounds fun. I also want to learn Italian and yell at people really fast like this:
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I'm glad you brought this thread back. By the way, I'm still trying to improve my English and I'm still planning to learn French in a near future. :P
Arabic would be a great skill to learn in Israel. For instance, I'm sure the IDF, Mossad and a bunch of NGO's would really value someone with passable Arabic. Plus you know a Semitic language already, which probably makes it easier.
It's a goddamn frustrating language though, the grammar cases and broken plurals are a nightmare. Plus you never really know Arabic until you acquire a dialect too. It'd like learning French and then being forced to learn Spanish too just so you can understand what regular people are saying.
Japanese is cool but extremely difficult.
Italian is awesome because Italians are awesome. French people laugh at foreigners who speak their language. Italians are absolutely DELIGHTED if you even bother to try.
Thanks! Your English is great, as far as I can tell. What's your native language?
English is my main language and I'm learning a little Spanish.
Si dices que eres usted tú...
You read my mind, Max. My dad also recommended it. I consider being a recon soldier so it might be really handy. I heard it's really hard, I hope knowing Hebrew gives me at least a small edge.
That's cool, I might learn Italian once I have a lot of free time on my hands
Smart man. Someone in recon really should know the language. Same with intelligence or anyone who processes/interrogates prisoners. A lot of Americans were killed or injured in Iraq because they (sometimes literally) couldn't read the writing on the wall. Reading graffiti and listening in on Imams would've greatly helped them asses whether the public mood is accommodating, scared or furious. Local translator can be helpful but aren't as reliable or trustworthy. Plus speaking the language generally helps built rapport and respect, which never hurts.
If you decide to pursue it, I'd fully recommend this course on Memrise. You'll learn the script and some basic words/phrases. Easily the most painless way to get a flying start.
Thanks! I'll check it out.
Croatian
i also know english (duh) and a bit of italian.
that's because it's either that or english, and we don't know english.
case in point, this is our prime minister:
That's cool. If you know Croatian, it means you pretty much know Serbian and Bosnian too, right? I remember reading that somewhere.
yeah, croatian, serbian, bosnian, montenegrin are all basically the same, except every one of them has a small number of unique words. if a serb, a bosniak, a croat and a montenegrin ever met they'd understand eachother without any difficulty
Thank you! I speak Brazilian Portuguese. Do you speak PT too max?
Assuming they didn't try to kill each other. :P
Sorry, I couldn't resist...I'll shut up now.
good one
I'm Italian American, so I can speak both English and Italian fluently, also, I know a bit of Spanish and French.
LMFAO
''Now is the time of lunch'' i'm dying
Cool. I'm part Italian, but my family's fluency in the language died out with my great-grandparents.
I'm from Poland and I know polish (duh), french and english. I also know some curse words in italian.
My native language is Russian. I started learning English at the age of 4, so I hope I'm quite good at it. I also speak a decent French and very little German.
I, for one, adore learning grammar. As I read somewhere: so many languages you know, so many times you're human.
Hahahaha! Holy shit that's bad!
Polish has to be one of the most crazy looking languages I've ever seen.
You're right
In fact Your comment in polish would look like this:
Polski język musi być jednym z najbardziej zwariowanie wyglądających języków jakie kiedykolwiek widziałem.
Só um pouco. Unfortunately, I've lapsed out of practice so a lot of it is probably gone. I almost took a job with an NGO in Brazil, so it was mostly just in preparation for that.
It's a cool language though. I like the nasal vowels and how the consonants change sounds in different places.
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Holy shit.
Dear God! You might as well be using the Cryllic alphabet!
Ich muss etwas auf die Deutschsprachige hier fragen. Habt ihr tippen für Deutsch zu lernen?
I must ask something of those here of whom can speak German. Have you any tips for learning German? (Also, was that sentance correct?)
I speak Italian, French Russian, and German. Italian was my first language but learned English when I was really young.
I can almost read that and even understand the majority of it.
And good day/night/evening/whatever to you, mein alter Freund.
"Tippen" is supposed to be a noun here, right? Otherwise it's German for "to type". Also, I think the plural form for that word is incorrect here. The correct one, according to a vocabulary is "Tipps".
Also, the word "sentence" wasn't correct, lol.
As for any actual tips, I don't really have any. I've realized a while ago that my German is rather shitty and lackluster. Though, I'll try to give at least a couple of tips.
First, whenever you learn a word, try to associate that word with a more general one (i. e. to remember "spazieren" you can associate it with "gehen). Second, say the word you've learned out loud, repeat a couple of times both to remember the word and to remember how it's pronounced.
And that's all I can give, really. You'd do a better job looking it up on Youtube. If you're already learning this way, well, at least I tried, lol.
I'm Italian-American. My Nonna is from Italy. She came to the U.S. in the '60s & I'm learning Italian from her. I've been out of school for 10 years now, but she told me the way schools teach Italian is weird. If you try speaking it the way schools (US schools) teach you in certain parts of Italy, chances are, they'll know Italian isn't your mother tongue.
Où sont tous les locuteurs de français ?