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rivere123
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 Message 33 of 131
03 January 2012 at 7:15pm | IP Logged 
This would be my first time so I don't quite understand all of the rules, but I'll read up and probably do Spanish. This month I focus on French.
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Jeffers
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 Message 34 of 131
03 January 2012 at 7:33pm | IP Logged 
I think it'll be French for me.
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hribecek
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 Message 35 of 131
03 January 2012 at 7:39pm | IP Logged 
Sprachprofi wrote:
hribecek wrote:
Solfrid Cristin wrote:

- Slovak in August (will be going to Prague for a weekend in the fall, and Slovak is
close enough


Why Slovak and not Czech?

Maybe because http://www.slovake.eu is an awesome language resource...


Wow, that is a good resource, I think I'll use that myself. :)))

A foreigner learning Slovak will have a lot of difficulties (you won't understand much and they might not even understand because they'll think that you're trying to speak strange Czech) in Prague though, no matter how good the resource.
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Ellsworth
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 Message 36 of 131
03 January 2012 at 7:52pm | IP Logged 
I'll probably do French as I think I could get pretty far in 6 weeks.
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Chung
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 Message 37 of 131
03 January 2012 at 8:03pm | IP Logged 
hribecek wrote:
Sprachprofi wrote:
hribecek wrote:
Solfrid Cristin wrote:

- Slovak in August (will be going to Prague for a weekend in the fall, and Slovak is
close enough


Why Slovak and not Czech?

Maybe because http://www.slovake.eu is an awesome language resource...


Wow, that is a good resource, I think I'll use that myself. :)))

A foreigner learning Slovak will have a lot of difficulties (you won't understand much and they might not even understand because they'll think that you're trying to speak strange Czech) in Prague though, no matter how good the resource.


That's not quite what I've gone through in Prague. If the foreigner has learned enough Slovak to speak reasonably correctly and clearly (i.e. go beyond a tourist's / survivor's level), making oneself understood orally isn't a big problem. When I've been in Prague, I've spoken Slovak without any misunderstanding from the Czech side. However for this foreigner to understand the Czech coming the other way requires either some familiarity with Czech or a quite advanced level in Slovak so that he/she can "fill in the blanks" (i.e. interpret the Czech through Slovak). In my case, I've learned some Czech in addition to Slovak so that I can stick to speaking Slovak but understand the Czech.
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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 38 of 131
03 January 2012 at 9:13pm | IP Logged 
hribecek wrote:
Solfrid Cristin wrote:

- Slovak in August (will be going to Prague for a weekend in the fall, and Slovak is close enough


Why Slovak and not Czech?


1. Because I meet a lot of Slovaks who do not speak any language I speak
2. Because I have already bought the Slovak course.

Since I am only going for a weekend, we are just talking survival phrases here, and since the two languages are supposed to be as close as Norwegian and Swedish, I'll just take the one I need the most.
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hribecek
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 Message 39 of 131
03 January 2012 at 9:56pm | IP Logged 
Chung wrote:
hribecek wrote:
Sprachprofi wrote:
hribecek wrote:
Solfrid Cristin wrote:

- Slovak in August (will be going to Prague for a weekend in the fall, and Slovak is
close enough


Why Slovak and not Czech?

Maybe because http://www.slovake.eu is an awesome language resource...


Wow, that is a good resource, I think I'll use that myself. :)))

A foreigner learning Slovak will have a lot of difficulties (you won't understand much and they might not even understand because they'll think that you're trying to speak strange Czech) in Prague though, no matter how good the resource.


That's not quite what I've gone through in Prague. If the foreigner has learned enough Slovak to speak reasonably correctly and clearly (i.e. go beyond a tourist's / survivor's level), making oneself understood orally isn't a big problem. When I've been in Prague, I've spoken Slovak without any misunderstanding from the Czech side.

You're right that if your Slovak is good then it's no problem, but, as she says, Solfrid Cristin only wants a survivor level.

Sorry for taking this thread away from the original topic!
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Aquiana
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 Message 40 of 131
04 January 2012 at 4:21am | IP Logged 
I was hoping to try out German, but I'm not sure how I'll be able to manage any more declensions. Declining and conjugating are definitely my weak points.


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