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| angakoq Newbie United States Joined 4958 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German Studies: Danish, Greenlandic | Message 1 of 17 05 May 2011 at 3:10am | IP Logged | |||||
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Of all of the languages I have ever heard spoken, I would say the Greenlandic language is probably my absolute favorite. Of course, there are so few resources because so few people speak it. Are there any adequate resources to learn it anywhere at all? I know it's a strange and relatively useless language to learn, but I would still love to know how to speak the language (I have also been considering moving to Greenland in a few years).
(Also, are there any native speakers of the language here that would be willing to work with me a little bit?) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5475 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 2 of 17 05 May 2011 at 3:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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You might find what you're looking for on this thread:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=21373&PN=1&TPN=1 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5499 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 3 of 17 05 May 2011 at 6:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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You might need to learn Danish to a working level to access some resources, not to
mention it would be very useful to know if you plan on living in Greenland anyway. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| angakoq Newbie United States Joined 4958 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German Studies: Danish, Greenlandic | Message 4 of 17 05 May 2011 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
For some reason, that link isn't working for me. . . .
Okay, I'll definitely look into Danish immediately (I had been planning on learning it anyway since I know it's useful in Greenland). Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5475 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 6 of 17 05 May 2011 at 11:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Ditto on the Danish. If you're going to be living in Greenland you will greatly benefit from being proficient in both Kalallisut and Danish.
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| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5499 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 7 of 17 05 May 2011 at 11:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I see from your language profile that you are "just flirting" with many languages. My
advice is to stick to just two, namely Danish and Greenlandic. Actually, I'm not going to advise, I'm telling you, don't try to study all those at once. While seemingly fun; it's a waste of time. Your best option would be to study only one of these for six months to one year. Depending on availability of resources, it may be better to start with Danish; however if you can find some English-based Greenlandic resources that will get you to an intermediate level, you could begin with Greenlandic instead. Again, with the working knowledge of Danish, you could then switch to Danish- based Greenlandic instruction. If you must begin studying both languages simultaneously, you could study them on alternating days. If resources for Greenlandic are less abundant, you could develop a regimen whereby you study Danish during the week and Greenlandic on the weekend. I warn you though, while there is good debate around here about whether studying two languages at once is counter-productive or not, it is certainly agreed that beginning the study of two languages at the same time is a waste of time. Perhaps a Danish speaking, or other Scandinavian, member of the forum can comment about the availability of Greenlandic resources in Danish. 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5499 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 8 of 17 06 May 2011 at 12:03am | IP Logged | |||||
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Also angakoq, in your post about Assimil for German and Arabic, you mention you are
planning to learn these languages. Again, I strongly recommended that you don't attempt to do this. You're going to spend a lot of money for things that will either collect dust or you will learn and then forget while learning the next. Unless you either don't work or aren't a student, you'll seriously be wasting your time. Final thought: In no way am I trying to tell you what to do, just advice to try to save you from wasting time and money (and from wasted effort and much discouragement for lack of progress). After all, do you really want to be only able to say "Hello!", "Where is the post office?", and "How much does that cost?" for half a dozen languages within two years, or would you rather put the same amount of time into one language and actually be able to speak it? 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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