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Is it worth learning Esperanto so I can call others who learned it autists in the language they love so much?
Kevin Peterson
Who knows and why not?
Ryan Carter
You'd waste your breath less trying to inflate a punctured love doll.
Christopher Morris
I have a question about polite forms of talking to people. I am Bulgarian but Ive lived in England since a very young age so I never learned how to use the plural/polite version of "you" in my language as English doesn't have it, now it feels funny when I have to do it. I can use it but I can't judge the right situation too well.
Any tips on when to you the plural "you", in any language? I'm gonna need a bit more of an explanation than "when talking to a stranger". When do you switch to normal "you"? What do you use with people the same age?
Aiden Stewart
The joke would be on you for learning it one way or the other
I'm learning French, any user can indicate some good literature for me? I've already read the likes of victor hugo and would love something similar
Justin Powell
Victor Hugo is the best, but for sure read Alexander Dumas specifically "The Count of Monte Cristo".
Liam Sullivan
What do you mean? Not really
Carter Hall
Try Sans Famille by Hector Malot, I really liked that one
John Jones
Formal form is used here when: -you've just met a stranger to whom you deserve respect (a situation where being too familiar/informal is not advisable) - you're talking with your boss, your workmate and you've to keep it professional -someone older than you - someone you want to keep your distance Apart from these it's the informal variation But all these have exceptions if I'm drinking with my boss I'd use the informal variation for example To people of my age or younger than me I'll also use the informal version unless is one of the situations described above
Christian Gutierrez
Use it everywhere. Done.
Michael Clark
Thanks, I'll take a look
Ethan Fisher
>learning French, Mandarin, and Greek
That feel when using the French Assimil books for Mandarin and Greek instead of the English versions.
Has anyone else here studied a language using material written in another foreign language (with the exception of English)? What was your experience with it?
Cameron Thomas
As I've seen it when to use the polite version varies depending on culture, language etc. I'd suggest you ask it directly to the people whom you are learning the language of instead of asking for a broader answer.
Colton Perez
Sup Forums is unironically the best and cheapest way to learn a language. +1 for victor Hugo. Les misérable is great and easy to read.
Nathaniel Wright
What language (or languages) have you learned here?
Jack Fisher
That's not good either. Being extremely polite and the situation doesn't demand will make him sound autistic too To circumvent that he could simply pay attention to which pronoun people are using and to the same or simply ask if they can be informal to one another
Nathan Bennett
It was normal to talk like that here, back then.
John King
>What is english? When i started visiting 4szą i needed to check at least one word in every post. Now i don't even remember when i had been using google translate.
>Russian + Xoxolish I have improved my cyrilic reading skills and learn some new words.
>Serbian I have learnt serbian cyrilic and some balkan swearings
Carter Brooks
Is anyone here learning or already speak a pidgin language?
"Vi estas aŭtismuloj"
There, now you don't have to learn it.
Cameron Gonzalez
My experience probably isn't what you're looking for, but I did learn a fair bit of Portuguese grammar from a Portuguese book about grammar/phonology. Having already learned Spanish and having done some Portuguese on Duolingo, it was fairly easy to decipher the text, I just had to go slowly. I didn't learn a whole lot of actual grammar from it, since I only got through the phonology section and the basics of grammar (the point where it's mutually intelligible with Spanish), but it made for good practice either way.
Jace Carter
>job requires me to learn 2 of the national languages >French or Italian >already know Portugese Which one is easier? I just wanna get to A2 at best, as fast as possible.
Cameron Harris
In my experience (I know Spanish and some Portuguese) Italian is much easier for me to pick up on. Easier phonology, simpler orthography, more recognizable cognates and stuff.
Brandon Ross
Thanks senpai
Brody Stewart
>but it made for good practice either way.
That's kind of what I'm hoping for. I can practice my French while learning another language at the same time.
Jack Parker
bump
Grayson Ward
Anyone here follow any blogs or YT channels on language learning?
Jaxon Foster
I want to trick you intro learning it and say yes, but the truth is that they won't care
t. esperanto autism expert
Benjamin Flores
Korean learning thread
Matthew Cox
I'm currently learning Russia. The grammar is awkward compared to west European languages IMO.
Adam Garcia
Se oni vere volas kolerigi Esperantistojn, oni devus ellerni Idon.
Aŭ voĉe malami Linukson.
Hunter Gutierrez
>tfw you usually write well but once when you post a comment in that language, it looks like a third grader wrote it.
Julian Parker
Everytime I post something in another language, I have to revise it at least once.
Austin Hernandez
hmmm, what language are you learning user, if you dont mind me asking?
Joshua Ross
this
Anthony Jones
Before bed bump.
Samuel Ward
I finished the Ukrainian tree on Duolingo today, will be taking conversational lessons from my university friend next semester. In the mean time, I'm considering starting up the Esperanto tree. Can anyone recommend me some good Esperanto music to have in the background?
Sebastian Ward
aŭ uzi na "na"
Andrew Cook
What are some sounds / phonems that English speakers always have trouble with? I'll start with 3
>the e (French é) that is common in most languages English speakers always seem to think it's pronounced like "ay", but it's not >the German "ch" sound Sounds almost like "h" in "huge" >the German "r" sound, also common in other languages It's not rolled like the Russian r, it's kinda hard to explain.
Adam Sanchez
>good Esperanto music
There isn't much.
Go check out Muzaiko to get a sample of different artists doing stuff right now.
I'm currently focusing on English and French, mostly French.
Over time, I've built myself a harem of language exchange partners from various sites/apps which I talk to on a regular or semi-regular basis.
On sunday from 1pm to 10 pm I'm going to talk 9 people from different countries that all speak my target languages.
Oh yeah and on top of that they are all cuties in my age rage and I might meet some in the future at my place or abroad, whatever comes first. I've already done it before.
Ian Brooks
good night user any rolling sounds near the letter R and soft sounding dipthongues in between letters
William Campbell
I'm learning Catalan because my father is from Barcelona.
Aprenc el català. Ho em és molt fácil. Ara puc parlar une llengua estrangera quan les noies coreanes me demanen.
Jordan Wilson
em demanen* Fuck
Carter King
>Barcelona Have you met rionel messi?
Zachary Fisher
My workplace is full of Indians, need to learn some Hindi phrases just to fuck around.
Kevin Young
A few threads ago I remember seeing a Brazilian user who said he'd look into putting some Brazilian Portuguese literature on MediaFire. Anyone know what became of that?
Charles Hughes
wow that 'ch' reference really helped holy shit
I'm hit and miss with the German r's, words like "Lehrer" always get me
Joshua Mitchell
It's a waste of time
Ian Cruz
i wanted to learn russian but it's too fucking hard
Juan Price
Esperanto. Fortunately you can fuck up a little bit and get away with it, because nobody really speaks it natively, but I'm still OCD about my sentences.
Ho jes, precize neoficialajn vortojn.
Camden Martinez
>took Italian for 2 years in uni >can't speak for shit i should just give up
Ryder Bailey
Working on my native tongue (Persian) and trying to learn French.
Jaxson Morales
Teбe пpocтo нaдo пoпытaтьcя, вcё пpидёт вoвpeмя тoвapищ. Пocмoтpи я тoлькo yчилcя 11 мecяцeв a yзнaвaю бoльшe и бoльшe кaждый дeнь (нo y мeня длиннaя пyть впepeди мeня a я мoжeт быть пишy этo нeпpaвильнo, нo пытaлcя). (Taкжe мнe инoгдa нyжнa пoмoщь oт Google Translate)
Easton Bell
Currently learning French on my own since I studied it in middle and high school and am trying to get to a higher level. I'm reading Le Petit Prince right now. What other reading would one recommend at a similar level? Also keeping up on Latin, since I studied that for four years in high school. Can read Fabulae Graecae easily but am working on De Bello Gallico and other classics. Just for fun and for muh heritage, I'm also trying my hand at Yiddish. It's surprisingly nisht tsu shver.
Benjamin Reed
So I've just started learning Chinese (Mandarin), like 15 minutes ago.
Should be fun.
Gonna use it with some Chinese qt. who want to fug.
Anyone else learning Chinese? Seems like the most useful of the 3 major Asian languages, even if it is the ugliest sounding.
你好
Bentley Howard
>nisht tsu shver Sounds almost exactly like German desu. Do the Jews have to steal everything, even our language?
Thomas Phillips
It has its roots in Middle High German IIRC but has some structures and words from Slavic languages and a sub-system plus loanwords from Hebrew.
Isaac Sanchez
I wanna kiss Kim Kardashian. Fuck her
Aiden Thomas
i want to kiss jap girls Fuck them
Jacob Murphy
Would you like to change American girls with Japanese girls?
Matthew Roberts
>tfw want to learn japanese but would much rather just speak it instead of reading The kana is useful as far as pronunciation goes but I'd prefer to just talk instead
Dankon Do you know where I can shitpost in Esperanto (maybe on discord)? I don't want to visit reddit
Angel Davis
8_ch.net/esperanto
Remove the _ in the url. Sup Forums won't let me directly link the website.
Gavin Nelson
Ich lerne Deutsch. Meine Linie ist Deutsch und mein nachname ist Goodman aber es war Gutman vor den Kriegen.
I'm coming home I'm coming home. Tell the world that I'm coming home.
Jace Wright
muh heritage
Gavin Stewart
Most or your shit is english to others, so if you don't master english it's useless
Henry Ramirez
>caring about 'heritage' what are you, american?
next you'll be saying we wuz ireland cuz i'm 1/782 irish from my great great great 23rd cousin
Landon Morris
I bet you are a pedophile
Jonathan Martinez
Pourquoi tu penses ça Jean-Eudes?
Blake Myers
La plupart des pédophiles sont des gens apatrides, marxistes, qui vomissent sur leurs ancêtres et veulent un monde sans frontière et pour qui le concept de nation n'existe pas
Adam Scott
Genre un truc personnelle ou quoi?
Benjamin Jackson
>implying people on Sup Forums don't understand English
Aiden Ward
Where's it at?
Ryder Adams
...
David Ramirez
I'm working on my Spanish. Going through Duolingo now, and I'm starting to understand my employees when they chitchat in Spanish in the break room.
Brody Moore
Last bump
Ian Wright
Ow the irony is killing me after having read this comment