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I've bought a book on classical Japanese grammar (titled Madonna... ?!). it's IN JAPANESE but fortunately it's not as hard as I'd fearedOriginally Posted by Diddy
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I have no urge to start learning another language
Oh I have Teach Yourself books (plus CDs) for Swedish and Norwegian. They're very good.
I've bought a book on classical Japanese grammar (titled Madonna... ?!). it's IN JAPANESE but fortunately it's not as hard as I'd feared
does this mean that soon you'll finally be literate enough for us to chat in the Language of the Country of the Rising Sun, Dids?
I'm in HERTFORDSHIRE now. I'll get a taxi from Kings Cross.
Chigaimasudoes this mean that soon you'll finally be literate enough for us to chat in the Language of the Country of the Rising Sun, Dids?
One of my new years resolutions is to learn 150 Kanji. I think I might be on about 40-50 at the moment. Hotboy said he wants to do the Japanese Proficiency Test in December, so I might try that, lowest level of course!
I bought some flashcards off eBay that have the 100 they will use at that level
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I'm not gonna waste any money on that until I know I can pass at least level 2
Are you playing down your commute via Sedan Chair?
Top up, Sue?
Well you know, I don't want highwaymen coming after me.
First I'd like to improve my English.
Second I want to refresh my Spanish and Italian knowledge.
Optional: Swedish/Danish
Unrealistic: Gaelic
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My Spanish is horrible bad these days, worse than my Swedish, really could do with some work or a course at university I reckon. Picked up a bit of Italian over the years (thanks to best friend being Italian) and regaining some interest in Japanese after having had it at school when I was 13 or 14 I reckon.
These days I'm really kicking myself for never picking up French when I was in school. IDIOT.
Nothing to see here MOVE ALONG.
And even STARTING to learn a new language (even if you don't persuade it as religiously as you might have wanted to) is NEVER wasted time. EVER.
Nothing to see here MOVE ALONG.
The joy of learning LATIN?
OF COURSE. 5th grade till 11th grade. FUN TIMES.The joy of learning LATIN?
And 7th-13th grade English
9th & 10th grade advanced sciences (which is where I could've opted for French)
11th-13th grade Spanish
HO HUM.
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Nothing to see here MOVE ALONG.
I don't think I particularly enjoyed doing it at school/college but I was always pretty good at it. I've forgotten the majority of my GCSE German though, I'm still alright with French (A* at GCSE, A at A-Level
5-13: English (advanced course)
7-10: Latin
9-10: Spanish
Had some voluntary Italian lessons from 7-9.
I avoided French two times
As far as I can recall.
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I had my first Russian lesson on Monday. It was brilliant. I can't wait to learn the second half of the alphabet.
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you.
I got an A* in my Spanish GCSE and an A at AS Level, but regardless of that I'm still absolutely useless at it. It really is one thing to be good in class and a whole other thing to be confident at actually speaking it. I can barely articulate my thoughts in English, let alone in a foreign language. Conversation classes were a nightmare. Not helped by the sinister old Spanish woman taking the classes I'm sure, but I imagine they would have been horrible regardless of the teacher.
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The first half is better. It's all downhill from here Madison.
FEARLESS FEMALE
Are you fluent in Russian Loufy? I remember you lived there for quite a while.
Welcome to my first lesson in Greek. It lasted 2 hours. And the THICK CUNTS in the class still couldn't manage to pronounce the letters. No chi ISN'T pronounced "see aitch", you utter MONG.
Top up, Sue?
I've decided Italian. I want to learn a language and expand my mind. Plus I'd love to sleep with more Italian's so surely this is a good start.
That and Maori as I know a bit (as any NZer would), but would like to be fluent.
Was it not a beginners' class?
Welcome to my first lesson in Greek. It lasted 2 hours. And the THICK CUNTS in the class still couldn't manage to pronounce the letters. No chi ISN'T pronounced "see aitch", you utter MONG.
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you.
It was but I think that two two-hour lessons on the alphabet and, when asked how chi is pronounced, to say "see aitch" is really fucking thick.
Top up, Sue?
French to talk crap to a french person in fluid french
Sign language so people who sign will have someone to talk to other than their parents. We all deserve that
Most of all spanish. I for one welcome our new hispanic overlords, the fastest growing population here.
You can't become fluent in a language from a book. You pretty much have to live in the country for a period of time to become truly fluent. I have A level French & Spanish so speak them very well but when I am in those countries I realise I'm far from fluent. On the other hand I studied Portuguese for 2 years and then spent 6 months in Brazil and 6 in Portugal, speaking barely any English and would say I'm pretty much fluent.
Were you shagging a Brazillian? Or did you just want to?
Top up, Sue?
No, I was studying Social Anthropology as part of my degree and took it up to compliment that as Portuguese is spoken in several of the countries I covered. Shagging Brazilians in Brazil as a result was a happy coincidence ;)
Our university has started offering a wide range of language courses (at various difficulty levels) at quite good value prices. I'm quite interested at having a go at one, though I seriously doubt my general abilities for learning language. I'm drawn to BEGINNERS GERMAN.
that's a very good idea. what are you studying again? lots of great academia in German
My degree is in Social Policy so it's possibly not of much use in that sense unless I plan to have a gander over the policy documents coming out of the Reichstag, but I do really like Germany and have friends that speak the language. There's a good chance that my learning would never extend beyond a hobby but it would be useful for when hopefully revisit the place.
does anyone know of any good online language courses? i need to brush up on that front
can you believe in my years i've studied russian, french, spanish, swedish and a bit of arabic and know precisely none of them?
fickle flake
the best song wasn't a single
i've discovered a pretty nifty iphone app called busuu - it has quite a few levels, the first few are free, there are exercises, they read stuff so you can work on pronunciation, etc
i'm not sure if it's any good for learning a new language but it seems to be helping me refresh my spanish
the best song wasn't a single
fuck it I still want to learn German
WHAT DID I SAY?
Kann ich Ihnen helfen?
I don't speak German but I can if you like OWWWWW
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WHAT DID I SAY?
Go for it. It's a very sensible language.fuck it I still want to learn German
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you.
It's easy to learn and you are in good company!
I have a slightly tragic fascination with multi-lingual Hollywood A-listers.
Some of my faves
Sandra Bullock is fluent in German
Charlize Theron - Afrikaans
Mila Kunis - Russian
Natalie Portman - Hebrew
And loads speak French obv, perhaps most notably Jodie Foster
Oh no, it's ALL about KRISTEN SCOTT THOMAS
Also, she gets to have it off with Sergi Lopez in 'Partir'
MY KIND OF GAL
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