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| Thread ID: 87262 | 2008-02-14 19:59:00 | Who can speak what? | rob_on_guitar (4196) | PC World Chat |
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| 640372 | 2008-02-15 23:21:00 | Oh yeah? Bisa mengerti tidak saya ngomong apa? Bagaimana kalau saya tulis....Metla. Saya penasaran Metla akan pikir apa sewaktu dia baca nama dia disini. :D Eh, apa ini... Tiba-tiba nama Metla muncul :p |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 640373 | 2008-02-16 00:37:00 | How long is a piece of string? Too many variables here Rob - method of learning, personal motivation level, hours of practice put in, vocab recall, memory strength - all have a bearing on what you're asking. But I guess if you're motivated, have time to practice and have a good memory and teacher, then it shouldn't be long (a few weeks?) before you can chat - small-talk stuff. Bonne chance! Yea wasnt until I reread what I wrote I thought it was a weird question. I heard English is a difficult language to learn, so you have to kind of forget about English (or lack of) sentence structures etc |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 640374 | 2008-02-16 04:10:00 | Some very rusty French and even rustier German - plus I still recall some Latin from school. (Though that's written, rather than spoken) I'd be hard pressed to have a proper conversation in either nowadays without lots of brushing up. If you don't use it, you lose it... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 640375 | 2008-02-16 07:02:00 | Good on you, Rob. A new language to learn sets a new challenge. Spanish is a popular choice now, if you go for that option. Probably a lot easier than something with a totally different character structure, such as Japanese or Mandarin. I have a feeling that knowing 2 different types of shorthand made it a lot easier for me to get my mind around Japanese hiragana, kanji and katakana characters. Just my opinion, as I'd learned to think in 'characters'. Actually, I hated shorthand and vowed I'd never use it as part of my job. (Was all my Mum's idea!! :D ) A lot of the prefixes and suffixes we use today are also used in Spanish. Often giving you a clue, if you struggle in the 'guessing game'. Having someone to practice with is great. Those who know how to speak Spanish have an advantage when it comes to Italian, as well. Cheers, Marnie ps Laura is so right, use it or lose (most of) it. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 640376 | 2008-02-16 07:41:00 | French, German (from school, mostly forgotten), Glaswegian (you thought they spoke English - didn't you! They don't.) :) | R.M. (561) | ||
| 640377 | 2008-02-17 01:22:00 | At one time somebody invented Esperanto. en.wikipedia.org The purpose of language is to communicate with other people. It appears to me even so called English as first language people do not actually communicate what they mean and/or words are misconstrued/misunderstood. The language has a lot to do with context (surrounding words). Has anyone heard of International Sign? It is similar concept to Esperanto but using sign language not speech. Commonly used by Deaf people around the world - it is NOT a language, rather a collection of common signs or gestures that are widely understood. There's no set grammar, instead focusing on getting the message across. While travelling around Europe for 6 months last year, this was our main language to communicate effectively & smoothly with other Deaf people, whose native language (such as French, Hungarian, Slovenian etc. Sign Language) was different to NZ Sign Language. We would have been lost without it. |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 640378 | 2008-02-17 05:09:00 | Learnt some basic French when I was at school, which was handy when we were in Noumea some fifteen years ago and less so in Paris five years ago . My father taught the Classical languages, Latin and ancient Greek but being much less intellectual I learnt only a smattering of Latin and no Greek at all :blush: Our daughter in law speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkian dialect and Malaysian . Latterly she has learnt English and become a doctor qualified in NZ at the same time :horrified :horrified :horrified Mrs Misty did a night school course in Te Reo about two years ago and enjoyed it ! :) Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 640379 | 2008-02-17 05:39:00 | Kiwi, Nugget, Brasso. See, I speak Polish. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 640380 | 2008-02-17 07:58:00 | If you are interested in German the German radio service (Deutche Welle) has some excellent on line courses at www.dw-world.de suitable for beginners and more advanced students. |
tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 640381 | 2008-02-21 05:35:00 | No harm in looking I guess. I can't start my lessons until baby is born (3-4 weeks woohoo!!), so yea, back to thumb twiddling time... also how do you do the upside down question mark I see in alot of spanish online? |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
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