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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 17 of 48 15 May 2012 at 11:56pm | IP Logged | ||
Instead of stifling your desire, find a sensible way to indulge it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| s0fist Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5045 days ago 260 posts - 445 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Sign Language, German, Spanish, French | Message 18 of 48 16 May 2012 at 7:23am | IP Logged | ||
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If you learn Russian, Polish, BCS, Czech/Slovak, in that order, I'd say most of the rest
should be (passively) intelligible enough after that. I'd recommend learning one language first to C1+. I'm biased towards Russian, because it would give your greater access to resources for the rest of them, but starting with Polish might do well enough too. Otherwise, the interference between them would drive you mad, I suspect. Other than that, an admirable goal, I wish you plenty of luck and motivation. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 19 of 48 16 May 2012 at 10:45am | IP Logged | ||
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Obligatory link about interference.
In learning to understand the language, that's not really a problem imo. In speaking it might be though mostly if you have to take an exam or something... native speakers may well pay no attention to the occasional word from a related language if they understand you easily (shadowing is your best friend here!) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5854 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 20 of 48 16 May 2012 at 5:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for all the advises. Let me update my status with my study of Slavic Languages
here: Russian (High B1/ Low B2) Czech (A2) BCS (just started) Indeed, I still have a long way to go and these 3 languages are some of the toughest in their respective branch. Hopefully I can reach C1+ in Russian within 2 years and take the TORFL 3 or 4 in 5 years time. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5348 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 21 of 48 16 May 2012 at 9:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have a similar goal; I'd like to understand all Slavic languages to a B2ish level and maybe have a speaking level of A2 in a couple and A1 in a couple more. I've already done a big chunk of the hard work by learning Czech to a pretty high level and as a result understanding of the other languages should come pretty quickly.
However I think to be able to speak all those languages fluently would probably be impossible for both you (looking at your current languages) and me. No harm in trying though :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4858 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 22 of 48 16 May 2012 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | ||
Definitely! By the way, If you'd like some help with Polish, remember, I'm here. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5854 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 23 of 48 17 May 2012 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | ||
You stand a better chance in reaching fluency: you are already in Czech Republic and are much closer to other Slavic countries as well. You are already immersed in the target language! For me, I do not know when I can stay in Eastern Europe for immersion and have to rely on my discipline to reach at least basic fluency before that grand trip. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5008 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 24 of 48 17 May 2012 at 5:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hmm. I have just downloaded Skype and am looking for language exchange partners to
strenghten my active skills :-) Since you have C2 level of English and I'm a Czech native, we might help each other. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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