I find that the best and fastest (not easiest) way to learn any language is to go to a country that speaks a language that you do not have any knowledge about and live there for as long as possible.
Once you get to a "comfort zone" with the language, it's time to 1. Go back to your home country, or 2. Go to another country.
So far I've learnt Portuguese, Spanish and English (I can also give some credits to videogames for this one) that way.
I will be going to live on a Scandinavian country in the future and then an asian country.
C U there
I find that the best and fastest (not easiest) way to learn any language is to go to a country that speaks a language that you do not have any knowledge about and live there for as long as possible.
Once you get to a "comfort zone" with the language, it's time to 1. Go back to your home country, or 2. Go to another country.
So far I've learnt Portuguese, Spanish and English (I can also give some credits to videogames for this one) that way.
I will be going to live on a Scandinavian country in the future and then an asian country.
C U there
i've been speaking mandarin for a few years so someone please come test me on how2speak
i've been speaking mandarin for a few years so someone please come test me on how2speak
I spoke so much Mandarin at home the past year that I now have an accent while speaking English... -_-
I spoke so much Mandarin at home the past year that I now have an accent while speaking English... -_-
Hallo, wie heißt du? ich heiße hithere. was kommst du? ich komme Russland, und ich spreche Russisch.
german is hard to learn
Hallo, wie heißt du? ich heiße hithere. was kommst du? ich komme Russland, und ich spreche Russisch.
german is hard to learn
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Cabbage_I learned French, English and German in highschool (and latin lolol)
Then went to Japan for a year so learned some of that stuff.
Now studying Russian, English and Dutch in uni.
My native language is Dutch. Also this list is way longer than it should be
Seeing as Dutch is also your native language, was wondering a few things.
How did you experience learning & talking Japaneze in Japan? What sort of reactions did you get from the natives; were they supportive or rather arrogant?
And what is it like to study Russian grammar?
Is it much more complex than learning French / German?
I'm currently in NZ at the moment but will be in Turkey for halve a year in September.
Going to take Turkish language courses there but also have the opportunity to take Japaneze classes.
I'm not really affiliated with Japan atm as I don't watch the anime stuff, but do have some (business) connections there so might be good for future travels; although I wonder if it will be worth it to have a medium/poor level of Japaneze as the stereo type is that the native Japaneze people are quite resistant when it comes to foreigners trying to speak in their language and when they do not possess it. What's your opinion on that?
[quote=Cabbage_]I learned French, English and German in highschool (and latin lolol)
Then went to Japan for a year so learned some of that stuff.
Now studying Russian, English and Dutch in uni.
My native language is Dutch. Also this list is way longer than it should be[/quote]
Seeing as Dutch is also your native language, was wondering a few things.
How did you experience learning & talking Japaneze in Japan? What sort of reactions did you get from the natives; were they supportive or rather arrogant?
And what is it like to study Russian grammar?
Is it much more complex than learning French / German?
I'm currently in NZ at the moment but will be in Turkey for halve a year in September.
Going to take Turkish language courses there but also have the opportunity to take Japaneze classes.
I'm not really affiliated with Japan atm as I don't watch the anime stuff, but do have some (business) connections there so might be good for future travels; although I wonder if it will be worth it to have a medium/poor level of Japaneze as the stereo type is that the native Japaneze people are quite resistant when it comes to foreigners trying to speak in their language and when they do not possess it. What's your opinion on that?
Can speak English and Chinese fluently. Near fluent Spanish after 5 years of classes.
Can speak English and Chinese fluently. Near fluent Spanish after 5 years of classes.
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dont learn russian, there is almost absolutely no reason to and it's a pain in the ass to learn for non native speakers
you have been warned
dont learn russian, there is almost absolutely no reason to and it's a pain in the ass to learn for non native speakers
you have been warned
I'd love to learn to play csgo in french?
got a 5 on the ap test so idk it just seems fun
I'd love to learn to play csgo in french?
got a 5 on the ap test so idk it just seems fun
I speak English, decent basic Spanish, learning Latin at school, and really basic French
I speak English, decent basic Spanish, learning Latin at school, and really basic French
I speak Russian and English, learning Japanese because I'm a weeb
As others have stated above me, learning Russian is quite hard, so good luck with it lmao
I speak Russian and English, learning Japanese because I'm a weeb
As others have stated above me, learning Russian is quite hard, so good luck with it lmao
hithereHallo, wie heißt du? ich heiße hithere. was kommst du? ich komme Russland, und ich spreche Russisch.
german is hard to learn
und vielleicht meinst du "woher" statt "was"?
[quote=hithere]Hallo, wie heißt du? ich heiße hithere. was kommst du? ich komme Russland, und ich spreche Russisch.
german is hard to learn[/quote]
und vielleicht meinst du "woher" statt "was"?
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fuckmachinehithereHallo, wie heißt du? ich heiße hithere. was kommst du? ich komme Russland, und ich spreche Russisch.
german is hard to learn
und vielleicht meinst du "woher" statt "was"?
Ich bin müde. :(
X[quote=fuckmachine][quote=hithere]Hallo, wie heißt du? ich heiße hithere. was kommst du? ich komme Russland, und ich spreche Russisch.
german is hard to learn[/quote]
und vielleicht meinst du "woher" statt "was"?[/quote]
Ich bin müde. :(
My French is bad, and half the time I don't even know what type of French I'm speaking (In Ontario, they kind of teach you a mix of Quebecois and Parisian, it's weird). I really want to become fluent in French.
I used to speak a little Japanese when I was really young. I don't remember anything now, but I would love to re-learn at some point. I still have my kiddle grammar and alphabet books.
The most awkward time was when I started learning French. I would mix up French and Japanese vocabulary. Weird, but I was nine or so, and as far as I was concerned, they were languages, and there were no huge differences between them.
My French is bad, and half the time I don't even know what type of French I'm speaking (In Ontario, they kind of teach you a mix of Quebecois and Parisian, it's weird). I really want to become fluent in French.
I used to speak a little Japanese when I was really young. I don't remember anything now, but I would love to re-learn at some point. I still have my kiddle grammar and alphabet books.
The most awkward time was when I started learning French. I would mix up French and Japanese vocabulary. Weird, but I was nine or so, and as far as I was concerned, they were languages, and there were no huge differences between them.
Currently studying German at Goethe Institut. Beginner level.
I also speak fluent English.
Currently studying German at Goethe Institut. Beginner level.
I also speak fluent English.
Pellovleydont learn russian, there is almost absolutely no reason to and it's a pain in the ass to learn for non native speakers
you have been warned
For me Russian is very similar to my native language and grammar is way more less complex.
[quote=Pellovley]dont learn russian, there is almost absolutely no reason to and it's a pain in the ass to learn for non native speakers
you have been warned[/quote]
For me Russian is very similar to my native language and grammar is way more less complex.
hitherearcadiahithereß
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Well, Spanish is my mother tongue and I'm pretty fluent at English, I'm learning German and Greek, could also mention that I have a pretty basic French.
Well, Spanish is my mother tongue and I'm pretty fluent at English, I'm learning German and Greek, could also mention that I have a pretty basic French.
MightyMeCabbage_I learned French, English and German in highschool (and latin lolol)
Then went to Japan for a year so learned some of that stuff.
Now studying Russian, English and Dutch in uni.
My native language is Dutch. Also this list is way longer than it should be
Seeing as Dutch is also your native language, was wondering a few things.
How did you experience learning & talking Japaneze in Japan? What sort of reactions did you get from the natives; were they supportive or rather arrogant?
And what is it like to study Russian grammar?
Is it much more complex than learning French / German?
I'm currently in NZ at the moment but will be in Turkey for halve a year in September.
Going to take Turkish language courses there but also have the opportunity to take Japaneze classes.
I'm not really affiliated with Japan atm as I don't watch the anime stuff, but do have some (business) connections there so might be good for future travels; although I wonder if it will be worth it to have a medium/poor level of Japaneze as the stereo type is that the native Japaneze people are quite resistant when it comes to foreigners trying to speak in their language and when they do not possess it. What's your opinion on that?
People in Japan are generally supportive of you trying to learn japanese, although they will almost always address foreigners in english even if i speak japanese to them first. An example was in a theme park of universal studios where I asked an employee something in japanese and they just replied in english. People think it's an admirable effort if you try to speak japanese though.
Russian grammar is extremely difficult, as anything you can imagine in grammar that might be difficult is in there. On the contrary, japanese grammar is exceptionally easy (no plurals, genders, conjugation of verbs and so on) and the pronunciation is very easy and consistent. The biggest issue is writing and vocabulary (because nothing is similar to other languages except the infamous japanengrish)
There are both xenophobic and open-minded japanese, you just need to get a bit lucky with who you talk to I guess.
tl;dr: Japanese is pretty easy, Russian is not.
[quote=MightyMe][quote=Cabbage_]I learned French, English and German in highschool (and latin lolol)
Then went to Japan for a year so learned some of that stuff.
Now studying Russian, English and Dutch in uni.
My native language is Dutch. Also this list is way longer than it should be[/quote]
Seeing as Dutch is also your native language, was wondering a few things.
How did you experience learning & talking Japaneze in Japan? What sort of reactions did you get from the natives; were they supportive or rather arrogant?
And what is it like to study Russian grammar?
Is it much more complex than learning French / German?
I'm currently in NZ at the moment but will be in Turkey for halve a year in September.
Going to take Turkish language courses there but also have the opportunity to take Japaneze classes.
I'm not really affiliated with Japan atm as I don't watch the anime stuff, but do have some (business) connections there so might be good for future travels; although I wonder if it will be worth it to have a medium/poor level of Japaneze as the stereo type is that the native Japaneze people are quite resistant when it comes to foreigners trying to speak in their language and when they do not possess it. What's your opinion on that?[/quote]
People in Japan are generally supportive of you trying to learn japanese, although they will almost always address foreigners in english even if i speak japanese to them first. An example was in a theme park of universal studios where I asked an employee something in japanese and they just replied in english. People think it's an admirable effort if you try to speak japanese though.
Russian grammar is extremely difficult, as anything you can imagine in grammar that might be difficult is in there. On the contrary, japanese grammar is exceptionally easy (no plurals, genders, conjugation of verbs and so on) and the pronunciation is very easy and consistent. The biggest issue is writing and vocabulary (because nothing is similar to other languages except the infamous japanengrish)
There are both xenophobic and open-minded japanese, you just need to get a bit lucky with who you talk to I guess.
tl;dr: Japanese is pretty easy, Russian is not.
Cabbage_MightyMeCabbage_I learned French, English and German in highschool (and latin lolol)
Then went to Japan for a year so learned some of that stuff.
Now studying Russian, English and Dutch in uni.
My native language is Dutch. Also this list is way longer than it should be
Seeing as Dutch is also your native language, was wondering a few things.
How did you experience learning & talking Japaneze in Japan? What sort of reactions did you get from the natives; were they supportive or rather arrogant?
And what is it like to study Russian grammar?
Is it much more complex than learning French / German?
I'm currently in NZ at the moment but will be in Turkey for halve a year in September.
Going to take Turkish language courses there but also have the opportunity to take Japaneze classes.
I'm not really affiliated with Japan atm as I don't watch the anime stuff, but do have some (business) connections there so might be good for future travels; although I wonder if it will be worth it to have a medium/poor level of Japaneze as the stereo type is that the native Japaneze people are quite resistant when it comes to foreigners trying to speak in their language and when they do not possess it. What's your opinion on that?
People in Japan are generally supportive of you trying to learn japanese, although they will almost always address foreigners in english even if i speak japanese to them first. An example was in a theme park of universal studios where I asked an employee something in japanese and they just replied in english. People think it's an admirable effort if you try to speak japanese though.
Russian grammar is extremely difficult, as anything you can imagine in grammar that might be difficult is in there. On the contrary, japanese grammar is exceptionally easy (no plurals, genders, conjugation of verbs and so on) and the pronunciation is very easy and consistent. The biggest issue is writing and vocabulary (because nothing is similar to other languages except the infamous japanengrish)
There are both xenophobic and open-minded japanese, you just need to get a bit lucky with who you talk to I guess.
tl;dr: Japanese is pretty easy, Russian is not.
Cheers, thanks
[quote=Cabbage_][quote=MightyMe][quote=Cabbage_]I learned French, English and German in highschool (and latin lolol)
Then went to Japan for a year so learned some of that stuff.
Now studying Russian, English and Dutch in uni.
My native language is Dutch. Also this list is way longer than it should be[/quote]
Seeing as Dutch is also your native language, was wondering a few things.
How did you experience learning & talking Japaneze in Japan? What sort of reactions did you get from the natives; were they supportive or rather arrogant?
And what is it like to study Russian grammar?
Is it much more complex than learning French / German?
I'm currently in NZ at the moment but will be in Turkey for halve a year in September.
Going to take Turkish language courses there but also have the opportunity to take Japaneze classes.
I'm not really affiliated with Japan atm as I don't watch the anime stuff, but do have some (business) connections there so might be good for future travels; although I wonder if it will be worth it to have a medium/poor level of Japaneze as the stereo type is that the native Japaneze people are quite resistant when it comes to foreigners trying to speak in their language and when they do not possess it. What's your opinion on that?[/quote]
People in Japan are generally supportive of you trying to learn japanese, although they will almost always address foreigners in english even if i speak japanese to them first. An example was in a theme park of universal studios where I asked an employee something in japanese and they just replied in english. People think it's an admirable effort if you try to speak japanese though.
Russian grammar is extremely difficult, as anything you can imagine in grammar that might be difficult is in there. On the contrary, japanese grammar is exceptionally easy (no plurals, genders, conjugation of verbs and so on) and the pronunciation is very easy and consistent. The biggest issue is writing and vocabulary (because nothing is similar to other languages except the infamous japanengrish)
There are both xenophobic and open-minded japanese, you just need to get a bit lucky with who you talk to I guess.
tl;dr: Japanese is pretty easy, Russian is not.[/quote]
Cheers, thanks
Fluent in Macedonian (my native language) as well as English (nolifing vidya online for a decade) Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian because they're in the same language group. Basic/intermediate German thanks to school, Latin words/phrases thanks to highschool and currently med school, and I can understand a bit of Russian but I cant actually say anything in Russian (again, it's in a similar group as my own language).
I really want to improve my German but i just dont have the time.
Fluent in Macedonian (my native language) as well as English (nolifing vidya online for a decade) Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian because they're in the same language group. Basic/intermediate German thanks to school, Latin words/phrases thanks to highschool and currently med school, and I can understand a bit of Russian but I cant actually say anything in Russian (again, it's in a similar group as my own language).
I really want to improve my German but i just dont have the time.