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| ptrk7 Newbie United States Joined 6659 days ago 29 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 9 of 35 11 June 2009 at 10:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You're never too old. I am all most 24 years and am learning Spanish, and going to
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 35 11 June 2009 at 10:30pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Take a deep breath and calm down. Humbert was probably trying to be sarcastic and you've missed it. Let's not start a flame war. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5900 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 11 of 35 11 June 2009 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'm calm
ok, I'm sorry. i didn't want to start a flame war, but I thought Humbert was nasty to Wizzel, but I didn't know that he was be sarcastic. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Recht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5803 days ago 241 posts - 270 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1 | Message 12 of 35 11 June 2009 at 10:57pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Some people will say it's easier as a little kid. It really isn't, you just don't
remember learning, and it's expected for a small kid to get grammar and vocabulary wrong. Adults can learn a language must faster than a little kid, since you've already learned a language before. You can be grammatically and vocabulary wise in 2 years in a foreign language on the same level as you were after 15 years in your native language. It just takes work, and lots of things to memorize. Language learning is not particularly difficult, it is just time consuming. The only things childhood is advantageous for are: native accent and not having to actively work at learning the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Britomartis Groupie United States Joined 5811 days ago 67 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 13 of 35 11 June 2009 at 11:38pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Let's put it this way; I doubt that most polyglots learned six languages all before they turned twelve.
Accent is harder to pick up because at an older age, people are more set in their ways (including what sounds they can produce with their mouths), but people who start at an older age will understand grammar better in general. So don't worry and be sure to have fun learning! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6720 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 14 of 35 12 June 2009 at 12:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'm agreeing with everyone here! You're never too old! I'm 26, still studying Hungarian (have been for a few years now). Once I'm done there, I plan on adding at least another 4 languages to my vocab. I'm guessing I'll be still studying at 40! I don't care. Learning keeps your mind active - and you're never too old to learn!
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| Caveben Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5667 days ago 40 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Romanian, Slovenian | Message 15 of 35 12 June 2009 at 1:57am | IP Logged | ||||||||
The English expression is that Humbert's joke "Went way over your head". Out of interest; is there a French Equivalent? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Recht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5803 days ago 241 posts - 270 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1 | Message 16 of 35 12 June 2009 at 2:57am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'll explain how the joke works, because these types of jokes occur very frequently in colloquial English conversations, so it's useful to know! Someone will ask a question, to which question the answer seems obvious. The obvious answer would be "no, 19 is not to old." but instead the poster answered with the answer that was clearly not true (no, give up now. too old, etc). In doing so he was sarcastically insinuating that of COURSE 19 is not too old. hope that helps 1 person has voted this message useful |
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