It is! There are even some useful tools to help your learning.
I used memrise (the browser version too) and the Duolingo app a while ago to learn French, but I must've forgotten everything already. They're very useful though. I tried to chat with English speakers on Omegle once, but it didn't work so well. lol
Sounds cool, I'll check it out!
I use memrise, but the browser version, more so than the app. The browser version has more demanding writing exercises, which helps my memorization.
I actually speak three languages: Dutch, Frisian and English. Not to brag or anything, but i'm probably average in German and i know a bit of French, that's about it really.
I actually speak three languages: Dutch, Frisian and English. Not to brag or anything, but i'm probably average in German and i know a bit of French, that's about it really.
It's true, a lot of hangul was made based on the positions of the mouth. The problem is it's especially for Korean, and there are a lot of sounds that don't exist in Korean, live vibrating sounds (v, z) or even the F sound. Plus every syllable has to be mediated by a vowel, so things like 'string' are completely ineffective in hangul '스트링' - three syllabic characters for one syllable...
Yeah, I was saying I've been less active because TWD S3 hasn't come out yet, and as much as I'd like to play Game of Thrones, my cpu can't handle it for some reason (probably because it's over 5 years old).
I can almost read that, actually. Though I can't understand much. Something about TWD and a computer? That's all google translate has for … moreme.
Hangul is probably the best, least defective alphabet/syllabary I've seen. It makes a linguistics nerd like myself squee a little bit.
I'm Italian American too, but a bit more radically, Italian father, American mother. I've lived in Italy for a while, and I can tell you, "tua nonna" is right about the school system, nowdays it's one of the worst on the developed side of the world. However, North Italy is slightly better than the South on that regard.
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 … morefor 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.
I find it very easy to learn German (In spite of its complexities. Then again, I am enthusiastic about it, so that might have something to do with it). I was wondering thusly: For a native German like you, how hard was it for you to learn English? I ask this just out of curiosity,
Also, one more thing. How much actual difference is there between Standard/High German and Low German?
I am from Germany and I am learning some norwegian, swedish and danish at the moment. I know that these languages are almost the same...at l… moreeast it looks like it for me.
Anyway, I am excited about learning new languages, even if its just the basics. And if anyone has any questions about the german language feel free to ask me.
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Has anyone here tried Hellotalk (or any other similar app) to learn a new language? It's a free android/ios app where you can chat with peop… morele all over the world to learn whatever language you'd like. It's great overall, but I've talked only with few people so far. If you speak a very requested language (e.g. English or French) then you'll probably get a lot of messages.
My native language is Italian, I've been studying English for years mostly by myself since unfortunately it is mistaught in Italian schools and apparently we're too lazy to learn foreign languages properly.
I've also studied a little bit of French (but I'm so bad at it, sorry), German and Spanish, which is pretty much understandable if you already know Italian.
'Bonjour', ca s'ecrit en un mot. C'est tres rigolo d'apprendre francais. Je peux conseiller de lire les livres 'le petit Nicolas', ils sont faciles a comprendre et tres amusants en meme temps. Bonne chance !
I just started learning french. Someday I might learn German too.
Bon jour, je m'appelle, leatherwolf89. Ça va comme ci comme ça. J'habite aux Ètats Unis. Il fait beau.
'Bonjour', ca s'ecrit en un mot. C'est tres rigolo d'apprendre francais. Je peux conseiller de lire les livres 'le petit Nicolas', ils sont faciles a comprendre et tres amusants en meme temps. Bonne chance !
Yep! He talks about it in this video I think.
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It's really good if you wanna learn a new language, you should totally check it out.
I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. And i want to learn Spanish, anyone who want to learn Mandarin online, PM me, I hope we can exchange language learning.
I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. And i want to learn Spanish, anyone who want to learn Mandarin online, PM me, I hope we can exchange language learning.
My native language is French. I also speak English (duh) but not thanks to school, the language teaching system in France is absolutely terrible. After several years I was only able to say basic sentences. My salvation was Youtube, I started to watch videos in English and persisted even though I barely understood anything. With time I became used to how English sounds and my vocabulary became much richer, I still have a big accent though.
Plus, I'm currently learning Spanish. I'm still at the beginning but I find it pretty easy so far, probably due to the many similarities it shares with French.
My native language is French. I also speak English (duh) but not thanks to school, the language teaching system in France is absolutely terr… moreible. After several years I was only able to say basic sentences. My salvation was Youtube, I started to watch videos in English and persisted even though I barely understood anything. With time I became used to how English sounds and my vocabulary became much richer, I still have a big accent though.
Plus, I'm currently learning Spanish. I'm still at the beginning but I find it pretty easy so far, probably due to the many similarities it shares with French.
French of course, English is pretty chill once you understand the basics and memorize the few irregular verbs, French's conjugation is far from easy and has a shit ton of exceptions + accents and masculine/feminine (only important if you want a good spelling, we don't mind if non-native orally mix them up) which always confuses English speakers. Even Frenchies themselves have trouble with it, not only do we suck at English but we also can't spell properly our own language.
I don't know if I have posted here about the languages I can speak before, but whatever now..
My native language is Croatian (I doubt everyone here even knows about it) while I study English and German. Sadly, my German isn't as good as my English, because I don't even use/speak it everyday, which is not the case with English.
French of course, English is pretty chill once you understand the basics and memorize the few irregular verbs, French's conjugation is far f… morerom easy and has a shit ton of exceptions + accents and masculine/feminine (only important if you want a good spelling, we don't mind if non-native orally mix them up) which always confuses English speakers. Even Frenchies themselves have trouble with it, not only do we suck at English but we also can't spell properly our own language.
I don't know if I have posted here about the languages I can speak before, but whatever now..
My native language is Croatian (I doubt eve… moreryone here even knows about it) while I study English and German. Sadly, my German isn't as good as my English, because I don't even use/speak it everyday, which is not the case with English.
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It is! There are even some useful tools to help your learning.
I used memrise (the browser version too) and the Duolingo app a while ago to learn French, but I must've forgotten everything already. They're very useful though. I tried to chat with English speakers on Omegle once, but it didn't work so well. lol
I actually speak three languages: Dutch, Frisian and English. Not to brag or anything, but i'm probably average in German and i know a bit of French, that's about it really.
Very cool! I always thought Dutch was a funny sounding language, but interesting too.
I'm currently studying Indonesian, which has a lot of Dutch loanwords, thanks to colonialism.
It's true, a lot of hangul was made based on the positions of the mouth. The problem is it's especially for Korean, and there are a lot of sounds that don't exist in Korean, live vibrating sounds (v, z) or even the F sound. Plus every syllable has to be mediated by a vowel, so things like 'string' are completely ineffective in hangul '스트링' - three syllabic characters for one syllable...
Yeah, I was saying I've been less active because TWD S3 hasn't come out yet, and as much as I'd like to play Game of Thrones, my cpu can't handle it for some reason (probably because it's over 5 years old).
I'm Italian American too, but a bit more radically, Italian father, American mother. I've lived in Italy for a while, and I can tell you, "tua nonna" is right about the school system, nowdays it's one of the worst on the developed side of the world. However, North Italy is slightly better than the South on that regard.
Oh this thread is so nice! I speak English, Spanish and i can only write french, cuz i suck at pronunciation
I find it very easy to learn German (In spite of its complexities. Then again, I am enthusiastic about it, so that might have something to do with it). I was wondering thusly: For a native German like you, how hard was it for you to learn English? I ask this just out of curiosity,
Also, one more thing. How much actual difference is there between Standard/High German and Low German?
I heard GetGermanized! talk of a similar thing on YouTube once. I have to remember to check it out sometime.
I just started learning french. Someday I might learn German too.
Bon jour, je m'appelle, leatherwolf89. Ça va comme ci comme ça. J'habite aux Ètats Unis. Il fait beau.
Russian, Ukrainian(both native),English.
Currently studying Italian.
I want to learn Japanese and Spanish.
Yep! He talks about it in this video I think.
enter link description here
It's really good if you wanna learn a new language, you should totally check it out.
All cool languages. Nice!
My native language is Italian, I've been studying English for years mostly by myself since unfortunately it is mistaught in Italian schools and apparently we're too lazy to learn foreign languages properly.
I've also studied a little bit of French (but I'm so bad at it, sorry), German and Spanish, which is pretty much understandable if you already know Italian.
'Bonjour', ca s'ecrit en un mot. C'est tres rigolo d'apprendre francais. Je peux conseiller de lire les livres 'le petit Nicolas', ils sont faciles a comprendre et tres amusants en meme temps. Bonne chance !
Merci!
Thanks
Thank you.
Alright then, thanks!
I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. And i want to learn Spanish, anyone who want to learn Mandarin online, PM me, I hope we can exchange language learning.
Are you from China? Talk about some difficult languages. Between the tones and the writing system, Chinese languAges blow my mind.
I can read the Qu'ran... but don't ask me what I'm saying actually means.
Duz it meen ur terruhrist hurrdurr?
What do you mean? Do you know the alphabet but not the language?
When I tried to read it, after 1 1/2 years of Arabic, I understood about 70%.
I mean I could read it in the language pretty fluently, but I won't know what it means.
yis i iz guing to shut evywon en da balz hurdurdurhh
My native language is French. I also speak English (duh) but not thanks to school, the language teaching system in France is absolutely terrible. After several years I was only able to say basic sentences. My salvation was Youtube, I started to watch videos in English and persisted even though I barely understood anything. With time I became used to how English sounds and my vocabulary became much richer, I still have a big accent though.
Plus, I'm currently learning Spanish. I'm still at the beginning but I find it pretty easy so far, probably due to the many similarities it shares with French.
So, betweenEnglish and French, which would you say has the worse spelling system?
French of course, English is pretty chill once you understand the basics and memorize the few irregular verbs, French's conjugation is far from easy and has a shit ton of exceptions + accents and masculine/feminine (only important if you want a good spelling, we don't mind if non-native orally mix them up) which always confuses English speakers. Even Frenchies themselves have trouble with it, not only do we suck at English but we also can't spell properly our own language.
I don't know if I have posted here about the languages I can speak before, but whatever now..
My native language is Croatian (I doubt everyone here even knows about it) while I study English and German. Sadly, my German isn't as good as my English, because I don't even use/speak it everyday, which is not the case with English.
Jesus, I guess that's what you get when your writing system is based on history rather than practicality.
Cool cool. Croatian is a Slavic language, right?
Yeah, it is. (: