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| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5624 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 57 of 71 14 March 2010 at 3:28am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Wow, your thing is just impressive!
I'm a girl, age 16 and joined this forum at 15, just like you :) I think I'm fine for my city, as it is a very "closed to new ideas" city. Though it is common that teens from middle to upper class speak A2 English, most of them just speak Spanish and struggle with basic English at school. I passed FCE (level B2) with an A (and I'm very proud of it) last year, as most of my class mates failed. Today I started the course for Cambridge Advanced. We are just two people in the class - me and a man the age of my father. Quite hilarious. I'm planning on learning a new language soon. Last year I attempted to learn German by myself, but I think I need a foundation from a teacher before I start working on my own. When I move to college next year to a more cosmopolitan city I'll have more chances to learn languages. I'm still thinking between returning to German or starting French or Japanese instead. I've just started to listen some basic conversations in French and the pronunciation part seems like a pain... Anyway, I'd love to hear more from you :) You seem to be an interesting person! Edited by Carisma on 14 March 2010 at 3:29am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 58 of 71 14 March 2010 at 4:02am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Oh, it's really not. It just takes a bit of getting used to. Like you, I started learning French from an English and Spanish background and it really helps. Although it might not seem so at first, French orthography is actually more regular than English! All of the letters are there for a reason and have some effect on the pronunciation (usually on the preceding letter) even though they might be "silent." I recommend just listening to a bunch of French and reading what you're listening to at the same time--that way you'll associate how to pronounce certain words and letter combinations better than any pronunciation guide in a book could explain it to you. Bonne chance! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5624 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 59 of 71 15 March 2010 at 12:07am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thanks for your advice! I suppose that if I could manage to speak a very inconsistent language as English, my mind can assimil French as well. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 60 of 71 15 March 2010 at 12:29am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yes, you definitely can, especially given that most of French vocabulary will be either very similar to English or Spanish (or both) and that the grammar will be very similar to Spanish. (Sorry, I keep accidentally hitting "vote" instead of "quote" so that's why your past two posts have been voted for.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5336 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 61 of 71 21 April 2010 at 9:56am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Wow, Yawn, that is really impressive. A lot of people come from multi lingual backgrounds, but to have added a few extra languages at your age, that is fantastic.
I saw there was a discussion earlier on concerning a common European law degree. There is no common exam, but as far as I know, if you take a law degree in one EU country, it will be valid in any other country of the EU. You may possibly need to do some minor additional exam, but the degree as such is valid. Oh - and I am also female - so there are not just men in here, :-) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5341 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 62 of 71 22 April 2010 at 1:36am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I only recently turned 16 (last month). So you're not the youngest :)
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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 63 of 71 22 April 2010 at 2:01am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Oh, wow! I didn't realize you were so young too! I'm 15, by the way. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5341 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 64 of 71 22 April 2010 at 7:16am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Awesome. Young people unite ! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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