i’d love to learn german, chinese and arabic (already know english n spanish). for those that have learned new languages, what have you done to start?
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Started using duolingo, I'm ~2m in. I feel like I learn quite a bit, but I'm not yet at the place where I can form sentences well enough to hold a conversation.
I'll also try listening to podcast & watch TV shows in a month and see how that goes.
In my personal experience the best way to learn a language is to move to a place where it’s the dominant language and find a lover who’s a native speaker. You’ll be functionally fluent in a few months. And it’s a lot more fun than duolingo.
Is that why you keep bouncing to new countries?
I don’t think you really understand humanity until you’ve learned another language and lived in another culture.
the real question is HOW MANY countries did you stuck your toes in
Oh 70 something. Not even 1/3 of all countries. This world is bigger than we think.
I agree and disagree. I spent much of my adolescence moving between countries with the same language, and part of my adult life between countries with different languages. I have learned much more about humanity by living simply in different places, even in the same country.
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maybe i’ll set up a fund to move to germany lol. how many languages do you know? one of my aunts used to know 8 languages n i want to be as badass as her one day
Well, in a way. It truly is duolingo... 👅👅
Duolingo lol, but it’s so much easier to immerse yourself in the language if possible
i’ve thought about joining one of those websites where you videocall native speakers
To be honest, if you want to really learn German you have to move there, It’s not an easy Language zu lern
hmm i’ve heard it’s similar to english, why do you think it would be hard to learn?
Naaa english is easy, i‘m born american and moved to Germany with 13, my german is great but faaaaaar from perfect, there are just so many things that you have to grow up with. There are so many grammatical rules that germans can‘t even explain
sounds like english and spanish hahah i feel like grammatical rules don’t make sense. they’re just patterns we follow 😗