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Can French really tell the difference between /œ/ and /o/?
Nathan Diaz
Reposting from last thread because I have to decide as soon as possible I'm going back to university and decided to take Russian classes since I have no routine when learning by myself, the thing is it's two classes a week of two hours each, and I don't know if I'll be able to study for the other classes What should I do?
Benjamin Brown
I meant the rounded /e/. Dunno why Sup Forums replaced it for a normal /o/.
Joshua Young
Are we supposed to ? I don't hear any difference between peur and coeur.
Gavin Hughes
How do people remember to use German cases in speech. It's hard enough when I have time to read and write.
just listen to Germans a lot, and practice to develop automatisms
Christian Peterson
What would be a good way to learn how to TALK on English correctly ? I've been learning English since 2016 and now I feel more or less confident with my level of writing , but talking is another whole world , it's hard to hide my horrible Spanish accent.
Joshua Lopez
Thanks ouibros
Jackson Fisher
It would make more sense to say >What would be a good way to SPEAK IN English correctly. Maybe watch English tv shows or news stations. Make sure you aren't listening to Blacks or other minorities unless you want to speak ebonics or something.
Brody Ortiz
Fug now i messed it up >What would be a good way to learn how to SPEAK IN English correctly
Adam Davis
Bump
Camden Mitchell
Bumpity bump waiting on the translation challenge
Caleb Cook
TRANSLATION CHALLENGE YOU SAID? >No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow. -Plato, Sophist
هیچ کس نباید دلسرد کرده بشود, Theaetetus, کسی می تواند پیشرفت بکند, بااینکه آهسته باشد I feel awkward about the lastpart, but I -think- it gets the meaning across at least. (even though...)
日本語べんきょうします I'm still new to this, don't know kanji well too
Nolan Green
I regret paying $150 for this German class
We don't even have a proper classroom. The first few weeks, we met at a cafe, and then for a week we had no classroom. Then we met in the lobby of a random student's apartment lobby. Today we are going to meet at a Barne and Noble Cafe, and maybe next 2 weeks, we will meet in another random student's house
Jonathan Richardson
Then the class is only halfway done, and we have to beg other students for use of their apartments. One guy said we can use his living room, but he has to ask his roommates if it's okay
I guess I should bring a present for the student who is volunteering his or her dining room. Maybe a bag of fruit?
Owen Turner
lol. Why would you bring anything? You already paid for the class and it should be the guy who collected your and all other students money who pays for any expense. Don't be a cuck
Landon Jackson
Here's my attempt Sürekli ilerleme kaydedebilen kimse cesaret kırılmamalı, Theaetetus, yavaş olsa bile
Carson Garcia
Personne doit etre découragé, Theatetus, qui peut fait progrés constant, même si'l est lent
No clue if that is remotely close.
Julian Allen
Make yourself either speak slowly at and get faster the more comfortable you get with them. As said, after long enough it becomes lowkey automatic >The first time I used dativ automatically felt good man
Dylan Parker
I really hate not being able to focus on Italian right now. I haven't touched it since Christmas since my focus is on German, but im going to Italy this weekend and might have dinner with an Italian qt's senpai next weekend and they dont speak english.
Im looking over my notes but ive forgotten quite a bit, and relearning it all now when i've got a german test coming up isn't really what im into
Thomas Phillips
Assuming you are French native? Wouldn't Italian be relatively easy for you to pick up?
Jaxon Young
you assume wrong, i am one of you, family.
Kayden Robinson
The teacher is an old lady, and her organization is the one who organized the classes. She offered to refund the money because they didn't provide a classroom, but besides the no classroom situation, she is a pleasant and good teacher.
Jackson Miller
>Have to spend all of today revising because I forgot everything i learned yesterday its hard lads
Andrew Butler
>you assume wrong, i am one of you, family. what
William Flores
im a leaf posing as a medpack
Carson Rogers
Reminder that the only language you need to know (outside your mother tongue) is Esperanto.
Joshua Phillips
i think you mean ido
Blake Young
I think you mean English
Colton Kelly
Bone dirite, Britujo.
Caleb Allen
Practice. The key to learning any language is an incredible amount of repetitive exercise. I don't consider myself fluent but as long as I remember the noun's gender, the cases and declension come naturally to me.
Sebastian Williams
Also do you have any specific questions? I'm bored and like teaching people
Levi Wood
Personne ne devra se décourager, Theatetus, s'il continue à progresser, même si c'est lent
Christopher Nguyen
>not knowing who he is He's a Canadian who went to Switzerland to learn German, and then upon arriving, he realised that actual German and Swiss German are very very very different. Last time we spoke, you were in Italy. Were you just there for a holiday or something? Nadie debería tener desconfianza, Theaetetus, si puede seguir haciendo progreso, sin hacer caso de la velocidad.
Nitko ne smije biti obeshrabreni, Theaetetus, da može uporno napredovati, mada je polagno
Wyatt Lee
Neniu estu senkuraĝigita, Theaetetus, kiu povas daŭre progresi, kvankam la progresado estas malrapida.
A bit literal, but at least gramatically correct.
Nolan Jenkins
jan Siasitosi o, jan li ken tawa lili la, sina toki ala e ni tawa ona: sina ken ala tawa.
Isaiah White
how long have you been learning? Also whats the best way to go about learning all the cases and making sense of them in use?
Evan Jenkins
Nieko neturėtų būti prislėgta, Theaetetus'as, ko gali padaryti nuolatinė pažanga, net jei lėtai bus.
Lincoln Richardson
About a year of taking it seriously but I teach myself things on and off.
For cases, first know when to use each case (nom. acc. dat. gen) - I wrote a guide for this on Duolingo a while ago I can dig up if you need it. If you're fine with this and are familiar with pic related then move on.
First remember pic related, then use that table for more complex sentences. The first table is adjectives that follow the word "the", the second is how you write an adjective when it follows a word that already has an ending and the third is when you have an adjective that isn't preceded either by an adjective or definite article. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS PRACTICE -- THINK OF A SENTENCE IN ENGLISH, WRITE IT OUT IN GERMAN THEN FEED THE ENGLISH SENTENCE INTO GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO SEE IF IT WORKS. REPEAT UNTIL GOOD. Google translate is terrible with context but can manage this sort of thing at least
thanks mate biggest problem I have is because of our shit education system. I know how to correctly use and apply English grammar but I was never taught the specific mechanics and rules. Now I'm stuck learning every single grammatical concept in English before I can even try to apply it to other languages.
I learned a lot about English grammar myself by learning German, it's weird Go pronounce "th"
Ayden Roberts
Don't tell me what to do mom.
Alexander Thomas
Wait until your father gets home, young man.
Jack Gray
>Go pronounce "th" which "th" ?
Jonathan Turner
The vocalized one, but that was meant for him
Daniel Gonzalez
>novaj Mi ĉiam estas en ĉi tiaj fadenoj, fekulo.
Justin Young
esperanto is eurocentric
Tyler Jones
I found german a bit oversimplified when it comes to cases What puzzles me is splitting a prefix from the verb and showing it at the end of the sentence. That shit is insane.
Besides one of them essentially being "with", I never understood what those extra cases were
Oliver Sullivan
boink
Bentley Parker
bump
Carter Hughes
>not knowing who he is Fuck im like a tripfag without the trips. I need to overshare less. [spoiler]im going to keep oversharing[\spoiler]
>went to Switzerland to learn German Its actually sort of the other way around, Im learning German because im in Switzerland. Swiss german is bullshit but I'm able to read most of it now, which is good for Tinder käk
>Were you just there for a holiday or something? Yeah, muh heritage is Italian so I went and met some of my family there for the first time at Christmas.
Lucas Hall
ich lerne deutsch weil ich liebe Deutschland
Josiah Moore
dobré dien kak diela ?
Angel Diaz
Niemand, der ständig vorankommen kann, sollte abgehalten werden, trotzdem ist es langsam.
Blake Sullivan
plump
Robert Roberts
>ninguém deveria ser desencorajado, Theatetus, aquele que pode fazer progresso constante, apesar de ser lento.
Jack Anderson
You're supposed to translate it into the language you are currently learning, dumb macaco
Mason Reed
wump
Connor Gutierrez
How do you write "a critique of God's penis" in Latin?
Leo Roberts
Bump
Carson Rogers
Highly recommend this video about language education, examinations, and actually being able to speak a language
Maybe he's a foreigner living in that zoo you call home
Carter Wright
Guys, how quickly can one get good at a foreign language if he studies roughly 1 hour a day on his own?
Christopher Lewis
Talk with other people. 1 hour a day is a really short timespan though. Try raising it to 2 hours when you get the opportunity
Joshua Cruz
One hour isn't much, it would take you some time. To just get good? More than a year. Fluency? Closer to two, on average. It also depends on the language you're learning.
Mason Evans
>2 years to get to fluency at one hour a day Try actually learning a foreign language before giving retarded advice
Cooper Gomez
The estimated time for fluency on most languages averages between 400-600 hours based on relationship with your native language or whichever languages you already know. One hour a day for two years more than satisfies both, assuming it's kept up consistently.
Oliver King
UWAGA--a question for Poles--is there a website from which you can download Polish books (something like libgen.io)?
Camden Long
I have been informed this exists wolnelektury.pl
Brayden Turner
>Besides one of them essentially being "with", I never understood what those extra cases were If you want to know more about cases and declension study finnish
Zachary Gomez
Noted.
Luis Foster
Nadie debería estar deselentado, Theaetetus, quien puede hacer progreso constante, aunque sea lento.
Lincoln Ward
Weil ich Deutschland liebe. The first conjugated vowel goes at the end of the sentence in that kind of clause
Austin James
Critica penis Dei i think, but my latin's not the best.
how do you conjugate a vowel lol it's just one sound you mean verb or something
Alexander Reyes
Oh fuck, yes I meant verb. Extremely tired right now
Daniel Phillips
Personne devrait pas être découragé, Theaetetus, qui peut faire de progrès constant, même si'l est lent.
i translated word for word desu the romanian would be Nimeni n-ar trebui să fie descurajat, Theaetetus, care poate face progres constant, chiar de-o fi lent.
Liam Morgan
go sleep jonathan
Ryan Jones
tried to learn french but got bored really quick desu,I only used duolingo
Brody Martin
Insomnia Duolingo is good for basics but should never be used as a solitary or even primary resource
Gavin Brooks
wheres chiles redneck central also use some shit like memerise and a textbook if youre anything like me then youll quickly blaze through beginner stuff on account of speaking a similar language then you can start using shit like clozemaster and the beginner reads
Jayden Thomas
alright, thanks for the advice chile rednek central? probably every farmer but i don't know where exactly alright, i'll check out that thanks! also yeah the beginner stuff is easy but if I don't use it ocnstantly i'll obviosuly forget
Alexander Clark
bump
Alexander Taylor
why is it liebe and not lieben if it's at the end? usually the infinitive goes at the end
John Foster
depends on what you're doing with your time. but 1h is pretty good. 2h is probably optimal.
I'd say with 1h a day you could be reading comfortably in most european languages within a year
