a3 Triglot Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5241 days ago 273 posts - 370 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, English, Russian Studies: Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish
| Message 209 of 217 25 June 2012 at 9:04pm | IP Logged |
I'm a native speaker of Bulgarian and Im advanced in English.
I'm searching for people to chat with in German(A2~B1), Finnish(A1~A2) and Norwegian(A1~A2); Im also learning some other languages though far from being able to chat in them.
I'm also willing to help you with Bulgarian even if you dont speak any language of interest to me.
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prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4844 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish
| Message 210 of 217 25 June 2012 at 10:28pm | IP Logged |
If someone would like some help with Polish, intermediate Bulgarian and basic Slovene and Macedonian - don't hesitate to write... or call :) Just mind the fact that I can be a bit busy during these holidays.
skype: prz_rulez
Edited by prz_ on 25 June 2012 at 10:39pm
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tennisfan Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5345 days ago 130 posts - 247 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: German
| Message 211 of 217 22 July 2012 at 11:12am | IP Logged |
Hi, I'm a native speaker of English (American), and would love to find someone to Skype with in Romanian. I don't need a teacher, just a conversation partner. :) I speak relatively well but have never had an official exam. If you would like to talk, please let me know, I can make time.
Multumesc!
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Aquila Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5466 days ago 104 posts - 128 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: French
| Message 212 of 217 27 July 2012 at 2:24pm | IP Logged |
tommus wrote:
There are over 200 posts in this thread, with people looking for an HTLAL Skype chat or
partner. I have not read about anyone succeeding. Did anyone get any L2 chats from this thread? Or is it a
"false friend" here on HTLAL?
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Good question. I don't have very much succes unfortunately... Maybe there are not many people who like to
learn Dutch?
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tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5851 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish
| Message 213 of 217 27 July 2012 at 4:01pm | IP Logged |
Aquila wrote:
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I have had very good success with Skype partners, but none from HTLAL. I was not just refering to Dutch here. I just have not seen any reports here in HTLAL of anyone in any language who started their web chats via this thread on HTLAL. There must be some. I just have not seen any such reports.
As you now know from a PM, I like to learn Dutch. The main challenge for an anglophone learning Dutch is to find a balanced Dutch-English exchange because most Dutch are already very fluent in English. I find that I feel that my Dutch-English Skype exchanges are unfair to my Dutch partners because I am not helping them much to improve their already-good English whereas I am imposing my much-less-good Dutch upon them.
It is well known than the Dutch usually find it hard to understand why an anglophone (or anyone) would want to learn Dutch. But many of us do. Two good examples here are Hekje and Vos. And there is lots of great material available. The difficulty is getting the conversation practice, and ideally finding a Dutch person who needs help with English.
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Aquila Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5466 days ago 104 posts - 128 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: French
| Message 214 of 217 28 July 2012 at 8:30pm | IP Logged |
tommus wrote:
It is well known than the Dutch usually find it hard to understand why an anglophone (or anyone) would want to
learn Dutch. But many of us do. Two good examples here are Hekje and Vos. And there is lots of great material
available. The difficulty is getting the conversation practice, and ideally finding a Dutch person who needs help
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I think that Dutch can be an attractive and interesting language for speakers of English, not only because it's one of
the closest languages to English but if once you have learned Dutch, it's much easier to learn German (and perhaps
also other Germanic languages). But I have to admit that Dutch is a relatively small language with "only" 28 million
speakers (according to Wikipedia).
But to stay on-topic: for me it's okay if someone speaks only English. My English is not perfect and it's never bad to
have an opportunity to improve speaking skills. And i'd be glad if I can help someone with Dutch.
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hooky Diglot Newbie Czech RepublicRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4528 days ago 23 posts - 24 votes Speaks: Czech*, English Studies: German, Russian
| Message 215 of 217 12 August 2012 at 6:19pm | IP Logged |
Hi, I am looking for somebody who is learning German like me or is a native speaker and want to learn Czech ;)
My Skype name is : malejptacek
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Jacob.A Diglot Newbie Sweden Joined 4396 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Italian, Spanish, Russian
| Message 216 of 217 29 October 2012 at 6:33pm | IP Logged |
Hi!
I am looking for someone who can help me with Russian. I have just getting started.
I am a native speaker of Swedish so contact me if you want to learn Swedish from scratch
or if you just have som questions :)
Skype: jacob.andersson.
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