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| karaipyhare Tetraglot Groupie Paraguay Joined 5373 days ago 74 posts - 150 votes  Speaks: Portuguese, Spanish*, English, Guarani Studies: German, Italian, French, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 25 of 98 02 June 2010 at 11:24pm | IP Logged |
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Romance languages: gotta catch 'em all
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6258 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 26 of 98 02 June 2010 at 11:46pm | IP Logged |
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Antiquae, νέα, 复杂, simplaj... love alle.
Next: Spanish. No, Arabic. No, Swahili. Lernindaj, lernendaj, lernotaj - ĉiam tro multaj. Edited by Sprachprofi on 02 June 2010 at 11:47pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5344 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 27 of 98 23 August 2010 at 4:02am | IP Logged |
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Six stories in six separate styles...
Theatrical: B 2 or not B 2? Philosophical: I learn languages, therefore I am. Poetic: I wandered lonely as a clause... Imperial: I listened, I read, I conquered. Fantasy: One method to rule them all... Pragmatic: My language bookshelf just collapsed again! Edited by Teango on 23 August 2010 at 4:03am 14 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Ygangerg Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5106 days ago 100 posts - 140 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, French Studies: German | Message 28 of 98 23 August 2010 at 5:53am | IP Logged |
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Chinese characters demand too much time...
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| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5712 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 29 of 98 23 August 2010 at 10:36am | IP Logged |
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Random thoughts on languages I'm learning.
Afrikaans: The most analytical Germanic language. I wish English allowed double negatives. Should I be learning Dutch instead? Maybe, Or should I learn German? Spanish has how many verb conjugations? The subjunctive mood is fairly simple. The preterite tense is sometimes frustrating. Accent marks make for easier pronunciation. Unfortunately I forget them when writing. Finnish: Because real polyglots love agglutination. All languages should use vowel harmony. Future tense? We've never missed it. I will eventually read the Kalevala. Swedish uses some interesting consonant combinations. The best are: gn, mj, stj. The definite articles are suffixes? Cool! Only the regional dialects have diphthongs. This should make pronunciation less challenging. Yes, "sk" does have 3 sounds. Linguistic wanderlust: More languages, less time. Don't learn 2 languages, learn 7! *Native fluency is so overrated!* Trust me, everybody learns 10 languages. *Not really, I needed another sentence.* Edited by mick33 on 24 August 2010 at 3:58am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| brian91 Senior Member Ireland Joined 5232 days ago 335 posts - 437 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 30 of 98 23 August 2010 at 12:03pm | IP Logged |
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Did I study at all today?
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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5457 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 31 of 98 23 August 2010 at 12:19pm | IP Logged |
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Authentic materials are scary but vital
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5799 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 32 of 98 23 August 2010 at 12:21pm | IP Logged |
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Nothing learned is ever truly forgotten.
Explanatory note: I flit about between languages, but I'm happy with this because while I've learned and "forgotten" the basics of almost a dozen languages, I know that this learning will come back to me if I pick the languages up languages. I think of it as saving up for a rainy day. So maybe I could have said: Lay foundations now, complete as necessary. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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