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| Remster Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4808 days ago 120 posts - 134 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: German, French | Message 105 of 130 07 October 2011 at 12:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know someone who's bilingual and she says Polish is indeed difficult.
Are the various forms of ''two'' a result of the case and gender system? I edited a typing mistake I just noticed. Edited by Remster on 07 October 2011 at 3:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5059 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 106 of 130 07 October 2011 at 2:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think that the forms of the word second are included in this list. There is a
distinction between perfective and imperfective aspect in French: imparfait vs passe compose (I omitted accent aigue). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5059 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 107 of 130 07 October 2011 at 2:15pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Nguyen Senior Member Vietnam Joined 5096 days ago 109 posts - 195 votes Speaks: Vietnamese | Message 108 of 130 07 October 2011 at 3:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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I voted for other language. As an Asian non native English speaker I can say that English is hard! But English like Mandarin has a large base so precision isn't so important, don't sweat the tones. You can make mistakes and be understood unlike Tieng Viet. I have only met a few foreigners who could speak Vietnamese well. For us Korean is probably the most studied and most difficult Asian language, followed closely by Japanese. Not many people study Mandarin but basic conversation is pretty common. I can speak a bit but I never studied it. There are supposed loan words but you have to go way back to figure them out.
There is still a large population of Chinese in Vietnam and now we have alot of illegal immigrants from China working in the mining and construction business so exposure is common. Now we also have alot of Russians coming here and in the resort towns alot of people are rushing to learn this. This is very difficult for us indeed. Russian is the hardest for the Asian I think. Edit: For clarity Many of the Russians come here for holiday or are working in the petrochemical business. Where I live in Vung Tau we even have a place called the Russian Village and Russian television, with many Rusiian people coming to retire or vacation. This is to the extent that many people have switched from learning English to Russian. Very good bread and I love the borscht soup too. Edited by Nguyen on 07 October 2011 at 3:17pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6553 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 109 of 130 07 October 2011 at 4:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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Nguyen,
Nice post. I'll just point out that the pole was meant for native English speakers, in case anybody was wondering. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dongsen Newbie Taiwan Joined 4812 days ago 30 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English | Message 110 of 130 08 October 2011 at 5:07am | IP Logged | ||
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I voted for other. The most difficult language is going to be one that has less educational/learning material than
those listed in the poll. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| MarcusOdim Groupie Brazil Joined 4850 days ago 91 posts - 142 votes | Message 111 of 130 10 October 2011 at 3:12am | IP Logged | ||
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Basque might be a pieace of hell, I guess it's verb system is tougher than the slavic languages' one
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| Dr. POW Groupie Canada Joined 4968 days ago 48 posts - 58 votes Studies: German, English* Studies: French | Message 112 of 130 10 October 2011 at 4:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Klingon.
'nuff said. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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