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| kizza Triglot Newbie United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6084 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Studies: Hindi, English*, German, French Studies: Russian, Mandarin | Message 17 of 20 03 June 2009 at 2:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Hey,
I think you've got your work cut out for you and some strong ambitions! I do think it is a possible thing to achieve ~8 languages to some sort of conversational level within 4 years. However, it would be extremely difficult in my opinion unless you were extremely talented. Also, a person who has never really learnt a foreign language before would struggle. They'd have a lot more groundwork to do. Whereas someone who had learnt a few languages in the past would probably find it easier - because they've gone through the process before. Some people can just remember vocab and understand grammatical concepts easily, others may struggle. I remember reading in my Russian grammar book that 'the Accusative and Genitive form of animate masculine nouns are the same'. If you tell that to most people they have no idea what you're saying, but other people will understand. For me knowing stuff like that helps because I'm interested in the grammar, but in the end it's all about the way your mind works. I'd suggest quickly figuring out which way of learning works best for you, i.e. for me I like seeing the language in real life - e.g. a newspaper, the news, a website etc., and then picking apart the sentence. Let me know how your progress goes, good luck! Kizza 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6911 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes  5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 18 of 20 03 June 2009 at 2:30am | IP Logged | ||
That's exactly what I meant! (especially by the insufficient amount of audio) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kizza Triglot Newbie United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6084 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Studies: Hindi, English*, German, French Studies: Russian, Mandarin | Message 20 of 20 06 June 2009 at 8:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well you need years to learn most languages fluently, though I agree if you're learning to read and write Chinese, it can take longer than most other languages. Once you get past the tones, speaking and listening aren't too difficult, it's the reading/writing which make Chinese a memory challenge.
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