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| Kasztan Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 3682 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese, Tibetan, Welsh | Message 1 of 6 29 October 2014 at 1:50pm | IP Logged |
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Hey, dear everyone!
Frankly, the fact I can only speak Polish and a bit of English makes me highly frustrated. Something inside makes me desire to learn more and more. And attempting to acquire languages simply makes me happy. I can learn by myself – but I know I procrastinate too much. I need somebody to sort of ‘push’ me. Thus, having a tutor helps me to be consistent(that is, study at least around two hours a week) - currently I managed to find a German, Tibetan, Japanese, Mandarin, Welsh(at my university) teachers and I am trying to find Sanskrit, Irish Gaelic and Mongolian ones. When I was much younger I had tended to be afraid focusing on more than one language is a really bad idea, though now I know learning few tongues at a time is not a problem for me(though, I tend to be awfully lazy). I am highly interested in minority and endangered tongues, thus I sincerely hope one day I will be able to help some at least a little tiny bit and learn more of them as well as about them. Many of the people here, on the forum, are very inspiring, working hard and often keeping consistent. It is amazing to check the logs and see others’ accomplishments and all the languages love. It is wonderful! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 6 29 October 2014 at 3:30pm | IP Logged |
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Good day to you too.
I hope you don't break your neck on a language program involving German, Tibetan, Japanese, Mandarin, Welsh and pssibly also Sanskrit, Irish Gaelic and Mongolian (provided that you can find teachers - and hopefully not at the same time, because then you WILL break your neck!) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6103 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 3 of 6 29 October 2014 at 4:54pm | IP Logged |
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Witamy na forum!
I like your name 'Chestnut' Good luck with your studies :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lakeseayesno Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico thepolyglotist.com Joined 4332 days ago 280 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Japanese, Italian Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 4 of 6 29 October 2014 at 5:57pm | IP Logged |
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Good day and welcome to the forum.
It's great that you're interested in endangered languages and are willing to put in the work to learn them all, but I'm with Iversen here--if you know you can be lazy and have a tendency to procrastinate, then you should focus on maybe two at a time. Use your time productively, friend. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kasztan Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 3682 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese, Tibetan, Welsh | Message 5 of 6 29 October 2014 at 6:48pm | IP Logged |
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Oh! Thank you for your kind words, fellows. My neck seems undamaged for now.
Honestly, by saying ‘I managed to find…’ I meant – clumsily – that I already have been learning with those people for some time. As I said, when I was a child I was certain it is unwise to learn more than one tongue at a time. I thought every word and writing system would create a chaotic mishmash in my head and I would end up learning nothing at all. But I see now it is untrue – attempting to acquire languages gives me joy and does not bore or tire me. With laziness I dealt by deciding to find teachers. Naprawdę, nie przysparza mi to żadnych problemów, a jedynie radość i satysfakcję. Jeśli uczyłabym się jedynie jednego lub dwóch języków obcych, byłabym na siebie zła, wiedząc, że mogę zrobić więcej. Nigdy bym nie podjęła takiej decyzji bez przekonania, że sobię poradzę. Niechaj tobie też się powiedzie, kolego Mooby:) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6580 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 6 of 6 30 October 2014 at 8:20am | IP Logged |
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It's true that they won't necessarily interfere with each other, as long as the
languages you're learning aren't closely related. But time constraints will likely make progress very slow if you take on many languages at a time, especially since most of your languages are pretty difficult ones. Mandarin will take you several years even if you devote hours a day to it, and spreading yourself too thin might kick that number up to over a decade. The common advice here is to not do many languages at once unless you're an experienced learner with at least one language under your belt (as in, you can converse, read books, watch movies etc. in it). But then again, the number one factor is enthusiasm, and if you're enjoying the process, I'm not going to poo-poo your choices. Just be aware that progress will be slow. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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