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>Share language learning experiences!
>Help people who want to learn a new language!
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anyone tried using the fsi tapes? what did you think

I'm learning English (of course), Latin and Chinese.
I think my pronunciation of English is ok, but i can't find adequate words when speaking english

>What language are you learning?
French
Spanish
Russian
Arabic
Mandarin
Portuguese
Swedish
Ladin
Romansch
>Share language learning experiences!
No.
>Help people who want to learn a new language!
No.
>Find people to train your language with!
No.

Being lazy about learning Japanese but I'm working on it.

日本語
今日はあまり勉強してないくせに、能力を腐れさせる

Ich kann auch ein bisschen Deutsch, aber muss viel öfter üben, sonst ich es auch total einrosten lassen

vocarooをうpしてください

(´・ω・｀)人(´・ω・｀)ﾅｶｰﾏ

been studying Korean but today I got distracted and decided to learn some Hanja/chinese characters and to finish learning hiragana although i don't really know any japanese

Russian
It's really hard to remember the Russian alphabet desu

It's kind of language dependent as far as I can tell for example Spanish is really extensive but Russian is not even close to its level.What language you had in mind?

lasse*

French
Want to pick up another language but don't know which one
Fucking learn grammar
>implying people want to learn German

spanish

teach me senpai

I think you'll be fine if you don't mind the occasional low audio quality, but make sure you aren't only using fsi, try using all kinds of resources(pimsleur, duolingo...) here is some guy wrote his review of the spanish fsi

tobefluent.com/2014/02/07/talk-like-a-diplomat-from-1961-how-i-use-fsi-spanish/

vocaroo.com/i/s1l79DT7gG1g
>le dirty Japanese accent

英語も、ラテン語も、中国語もか
偉いな
英語の発音に対して、意味が通じるほどよさそう (´>ω・｀)b

how come that compared to other latin languages , Italian is so difficult?

ありがとう(>_

This general should be like our /djt/ without the cancer. Probably the only useful general here.
Probably becuase your vocabulary is low.

やだもう、日本人くんってば、お世辞言うなよもう (｡>﹏

How m8

is there anything in particular that foreigners often fuck up?

The second foreign language Japanese college students study
Chinese: 30%
Deutsch: 23%
French: 19%
Spanish: 14%
Korean: 5%

how come that korean has such a small percentage?

>23%
Wow
Articles.
Don't be one of those lazy fucks who thinks "I'm gonna use das for everything", people will hear from a mile away that you're a foreigner and would rather talk to you using broken English than hear you speaking Turk-tier German

hmm, i guess because Korean literatures are not so famous in Japan.
Japanese usually choose the SFL rather in order to gain the ability to read famous literatures, than in order to communicate with that language

bump:
soy el fuego que arde tu piel
soy el agua que mata tu sed

what is the popular foreign language in the US?

i always wonder what do Anglosaxons study on the time when we study Engurishu

Spanish
French
And the some other like German, Latin or Chinese or Japanese. Most study Spanish, but language education in the US is a joke. So, don't feel bad about your english since most here cannot speak more than one language except for immigrants.

>language education in the US is a joke
Too fucking true. Spanish or French were my only choices. Aesthetics are good, but fuck verb forms. I'd rather have learnt Dutch, Arabic, or German.

I can't speak much for the US but in Australia pretty much the only bilingual people here are immigrants or children of immigrants. There's very little consistency with what is taught in schools though, for example I learned Japanese and Italian in primary school and in high school I learned French. I kind of wish there was more of an incentive for us to learn something else but there isn't such a need for it here because English is the main lingua franca. In most European countries English is taught throughout school so a huge proportion of people there are bilingual

All the private schools get that choice.
doesnt help you guys are not near anyone of major importance except maybe japan.

Yeah, we don't teach other languages seriously because to speak frankly the system and society are large does not consider it useful or important to know another language.

Yes, there is no other major power near Australia... except Japan.

Doesnt help that most of the world speaks english.
Do I have to include china?I was was just going off of friendships.

C H I N A
or Glorious Polynesian Empire
P
A

i can check you guys Japanese skills

vocaroo.com/i/s1eemkBc1Rnp

Language education everywhere is a joke. Teachers don't understand that you can't teach a language like a formal subject and expect people to become fluent in it, or at least to want to actually learn it.

The only language learning I've ever enjoyed is self study.

Tbh forcing people to learn a language is useless.
This is such an endeavour that if you don't have interest by yourself its a loss of time.

I agree with you tbqh. And forcing everyone to learn English is destroying cultures and other languages.

They should make English or any language an optional subject, rather than a compulsory subject.

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Is it possible to learn to just read Mandarin? I have no interest in visiting the country or in speaking with chinese people but the characters fascinate me.

It would be more correct to say "soy el fuego que arde en tu piel".

I'm learning Spanish. All I do to practice is watch TV. I'm improving slowly. How do I get rid of my accent?

Salve, nigrorum.

One last bump

I'm sharpening my Turkish by going on /tr/ threads. Sometimes that means learning new ways to use the -dik/-dık/-duk/-dük suffix, sometimes that means learning difference iterations of the verb sıçmak (to shit). Türkler seviyorum

learning russian using the princeton package and duolingo/memrise

right now trying to learn how to type in russian but it's not easy

Based.If you are looking for some series try Ezel, if you have read the book The Count of Monte Cristo it's very similar to it.
youtube.com/watch?v=dSBsEi95eoU&index=1&list=PLE9YjJpqgOiK8BYa3RK_w403hIxVMpfwQ

>right now trying to learn how to type in russian but it's not easy
I'm sure you'll figure it out easily, also isn't cyrillic alphabet better for Slavic languages than

Not even true

I am learning tupi

>I am learning to pee

are languages like tupi still spoken a lot in brazil ?

it's a subconscious issue, i think of "a" and my finger goes left, whereas on russian keyboard it's on "f" spot

Interesting choice for sure.
top kek

Does Arabic have a recommended noob course?

it was until the XVII century spoken Brazil-wide, by everyone including european immigrants and african slaves, but after Marques de Pombal expelled the jesuits and the portuguese discovered gold in Minas Gerais, literally half Portugal came to Brazil, basically pushing the tupi language to be restrict only to the amazon and nowadays like 100K people speak it, despite most of the city names and tons of vocabulary being in tupi despite tons of people not knowing it. And since then every nationalist movement used tupi as a form of nationalism and shit. I wish we were bilingual like Paraguay

*XVIII century

Don't bother pronuncing latin since we romance-language speakers have no clue about how it is supposed to be pronunced

> inb4 latin should be pronunced like French

Are you thinking General or Egyptian Arabic?Sadly there really isn't a go to one for Arabic (or for any language really), so go with Pimsleurs(has both) first 15-20 units to get a feeling on how they pronounce stuff then try these links below for Egyptian and Rosetta Stone for General:

arabic.desert-sky.net/index.html
lisaanmasry.com/grammar
/introduction.html

i started russian
learn the alphabet, can read but very slowly, i learn some basic phrases and i do duolingo everyday.

zdrasvouitié kak diela ?

意外に上手だな

I'm not learning a language yet but like these comics.

Thanks. But I ripped that from a song. So I guess that is on the singer.

Is modern literature generally written in MSA or the dialect of the author?

зaeбoк

I mean, you're learning French. That's even more nonsensical than learning German.

I think it depends on the dialect of author but if you know Egyptian you should be able to understand most of them.Though I don't want to misinform you so it would be better if you tried asking someone from there I don't know how helpful /mena/ is(some generals here are not helpful to foreigners) but I'll point you there.If you can't find a good answer there try asking in r/learn_arabic/

I really like the idea of this thread.

Anybody is learning by himself here?

have tried many times but I just can`t get any results without anything pushing me

me
have you tried going to a language group meeting like on meetup.com or use italki.com to talk with a tutor. Talking to others may help you as well.

strawpoll.me/11791641

Vote. I want to see if forming a language learning group is feasible.

Yes. It's the best way.

>weeb site
>no japanese on the poll

>strawpoll.me/11791641
I FUCKED IT ALL UP

1. Poland
2. Spen
3. A2

Hola polaco como te va?

Here

Not as efficient as going to courses, most likely, but with motivation I get it done. Usually.

Is taking a language class in school worth it?

Polaen
Russian
C2

hola
estoy bien pero no tengo tiempo para estudiar espanol

It might be possible, but I'm not sure that merely being interested in the characters will be enough to carry you through to your desired level of fluency. You'll obviously want to find some reading materials that will help you out.

Try and find an Anki deck, or something like it, to help you begin to work through the characters. You'll have quite a few before you can begin to get a grip on things. Lastly, please make sure to learn stroke order, as it really does help with looking things up, remembering characters, and learning new ones.

Conozco bien ese sentamiento. Me canso de estudiar español porque la mayoría de hispanohablantes de Sup Forums son groseros a mí ni me ayudan con la lengua. Al menos los de este hilo pueden ayudarnos, polaco.
not really. but it is an easy A to stat pad your gpa.

It depends
If I'm left alone I just won't find time to sitt on my own and spend 2 hours everyday to learn a language despite having the intention to do so. As a result, I personally prefer to pay someone to teach it to me for 4-6 hours/week. Having a tutor also helps me cut a few corners short as they give me shortcuts a correct my pronounciation right from the start, something a native speaker might not feel confortable doing

>prefer to pay someone to teach it to me for 4-6 hours/week
How do you find those kind of people?

yo tambien lo espero

Both are correct btw

Planning to learn Hebrew to move out of this caliphate and fix Israel instead (Germany is beyond saving t b h)

Any tips/resources?

Por qué no vas a /esp/ en vez de ir a /lat/? Esos chicos se comporten bien y te ayudarán con cualquier cosa. Pero no te vayas ahorita porque se están peleando sobre algo.
So, I guessing the one with en is more proper sounding?

The languages I wanted to learn were pretty standard (english, french and spanish) so I simply search for a specialised school that specifically teached them.
However, if you're looking for the most unorthodox ones I would recommend searching in universities, there is always someone willing to take this kind or part-time/summer job in there, at least here it's like that.

(comportan)

Oh I'm really sorry. The Spanish-speaking people are just to playful.
Tu español es muy bueno se ve que le pones dedicación!

Exactly.
That song is beautiful.

/esp/ es despacio
cual es la diferencia entre ahora y ahorita?

youtube.com/watch?v=yhP3OT2hxAE

i've watched this entire series multiple times.

Creo que puedes usar esa palabra cuando quieres decir que algo va a pasar en este momento. Es otra forma de decir ahora mismo.
ahorita...right now- or in this moment
kinda like a short for of ahora mismo, I guess.

Learning Korean, polishing my Spanish, and just finished learning hiragana. I like being able to read alphabets.
I'm using Memrise/Duolingo/Anki/Pimsleur.

I've been learning French. I just started in January and I'm very happy with the progress I've made. I can read it and write it pretty well. I've read two books in the language and I can participate in conversations on /fr/. My listening comprehension is getting better. I'm estimating it's around 75-85% depending on what I'm watching. I'm still lagging behind in speaking though. I stopped taking classes because I had to transfer schools so I haven't had the opportunity to practice. I haven't tested my level yet. I'll do so after finals are over.

have you heard of the fsi thingy people talked about earlier for diplomats? Have you used it?

-ito/ita = little/a little
It softens speech. Same effect as ''it will be ready in a while'' vs ''it will be ready in a little while''.

Thats really fucking good. You must study non stop.

I have it in my ressources but haven't tried it much. I'll probably turn to it when I run out of material with Pimsleur.