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| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes  2 sounds | Message 17 of 33 12 December 2005 at 12:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Nothing in common? So after learning Spanish go with Finnish? That doesn't seem like very practical reasoning.
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 33 12 December 2005 at 4:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
I'd have to agree. Perhaps when you know three or four similar languages then you could try a harder one. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 19 of 33 12 December 2005 at 4:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
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For those who have that book. Where does he say that? I'm curious to hear what he says as I have the book but don't want to look through its entirety try to find the reference on your next language choice.
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| Kveldulv Senior Member Italy Joined 6954 days ago 222 posts - 244 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Italian* | Message 20 of 33 05 January 2006 at 7:47am | IP Logged | |||||
In the chapter "Last words before the wedding"->"your second foreign language, your third and so on.." 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 21 of 33 11 January 2006 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
I just read that part, he actually says "your second language need have no connection to your first." He's not saying that there shouldn't be a connection, just that no matter what your second language you learnt was, future ones will be easier. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6950 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 22 of 33 11 January 2006 at 1:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Our own Administrator seems to have studied Italian right after having learned Spanish, and apparently with great success. As long as you follow his advice and be wary of "false friends", I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult to keep French and Spanish apart after much practice in both languages. However, he advises against overlapping your study of two related languages-- make sure you fully "master" your Spanish before moving on to French. Otherwise, not only could you get confused, but you could risk offending people with a mishmash of languages.
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| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 23 of 33 11 January 2006 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
That's exactly what I haven't done and I must say I neither get Spanish and French mixed up, nor do I speak with a mishmash of languages. When I first started with French, I had minor issues of wanting to use a Spanish word, but I wasn't confused and always caught myself when there was a problem. I'm just giving my personal example. Edited by Sir Nigel on 11 January 2006 at 1:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6950 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 24 of 33 12 January 2006 at 12:05am | IP Logged | |||||
And I was just reiterating Francois's advice on the site. I really wouldn't know myself, having never studied even one Romance language! :( 1 person has voted this message useful |
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