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| starrye Senior Member United States Joined 4905 days ago 172 posts - 280 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 9 of 14 15 December 2010 at 2:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Or maybe "practice" is a better word? I have seen language learning likened to a musical instrument. In theory, you would keep practicing and playing it for the rest of your life- but there comes a point where you would be able to play a tune competently. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 LauraM Pro Member United States Joined 5163 days ago 77 posts - 97 votes Studies: German Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 14 15 December 2010 at 5:17am | IP Logged | ||||||||
You probably didn't mean this the way I read it, but I had to LOL...sometimes I *do* wonder if my time is "wasted" on my kids, LOL, but not very often... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6514 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 14 15 December 2010 at 12:57pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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OK, if people didn't have children then then there would be no one around to compile dictionaries and pay my pension so the word "waste" may be a little harsh. Bringing up kids is just not one of my favorite activities, and that saves me a lot of time.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5192 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 12 of 14 15 December 2010 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Instead of considering it frightening to "have to" spend 10 minutes a day for the rest of your life, how about considering it a hobby you can enjoy as you please for the rest of your life? 10 minutes a day is not a requirement. 1 hour every 2nd or 3rd day whenever you feel like it is just as valuable. And skipping the odd week is not like taking a block from the bottom of a tower; it will have little effect.
I'm 36 and I already know what I'm going to do when I retire: I'm going to learn more languages! It involves reading, watching tv, movies, listening to music, meeting people, learning about people, life and different cultures, and visiting other countries. What more could you want out of life? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6486 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 13 of 14 15 December 2010 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Learning languages is a side effect for me. They are means to get something else. It is usually some content I am looking for.
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| languagenerd09 Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom youtube.com/user/Lan Joined 4911 days ago 174 posts - 267 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Thai | Message 14 of 14 16 December 2010 at 3:16am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I find time for languages most nights, and during holidays (when not at uni) I use the daytime and keep a log of what i've done.
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