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Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

chef wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
chef wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:

Thank you.
Russian, then French, then English, then Polish, then Spanish. The first three I speak fluently, the other two, enough to get by.
English was the hardest. There are no rules, only exceptions. It's all memorization.

-- Edited by weltschmerz on Monday 4th of January 2016 11:45:39 PM
I love languages. I know a few words in Russian. I'm semi-fluent in French though out of practice. I can get by in Spanish, Italian, and German. I've discovered that I can fairly accurately read Portuguese thanks to knowing French and Spanish.
I'm currently learning Swedish - no reason, just wanted to because I can. It's not too hard yet.
I took one semester of Japanese and failed miserably. I think if I had one full semester or two to just learn the alphabets (they have 3 - sheesh!), I might be successful.
English is a pain in my rear and I'm a native speaker. There are some rules but there's an exception for each one, it seems.
Japanese is a lot easier to learn to speak than to read.
Somewhat. I struggled with both but did have an easier time saying the words than reading them.

Learning the basic alphabet sounds allows you to pronounce anything. But what makes it easier than most other languages is the sentence and grammar structure. It's pretty easy.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I feel so inadequate suddenly cry

TrudyML · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly

You can drink! C'mon now.

NAOW · Vette's SS

Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly

Same here.. I used to know sign language, but I have forgotten most of it.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

TrudyML wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly
You can drink! C'mon now.

You always know how to cheer me up!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly

LOL! I can't speak Japanese fluently. Just enough to get by in the country, order food, find a rest room, etc.

chef · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:

Learning the basic alphabet sounds allows you to pronounce anything. But what makes it easier than most other languages is the sentence and grammar structure. It's pretty easy.

I had trouble saying some of the sounds. I do want to give it another shot though. It bugs me that I couldn't master it.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly

Dont.

I know enough Spanish to find the bathroom, order food and watch out for wet floors. biggrin

I can figure things out when reading it but if you speak too fast, forget it.

I took french. I can talk dirty to ya. I can figure out most of it when reading it. But I butcher it when I try to speak it.

German is kind of fun.

chef · Guru

NAOW wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly
Same here.. I used to know sign language, but I have forgotten most of it.

I know some ASL. I want to learn more.

My fingers get tripped up sometimes with the alphabet though.

chef · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly
Dont.
I know enough Spanish to find the bathroom, order food and watch out for wet floors.
I can figure things out when reading it but if you speak too fast, forget it.
I took french. I can talk dirty to ya. I can figure out most of it when reading it. But I butcher it when I try to speak it.

German is kind of fun.

Sometimes, the inflection on a certain letter is all you need to talk dirty in French.

A boy in my high school geometry class taught us how to cuss in Persian when the teacher was late one day. I still remember some of the words.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly
Dont.
I know enough Spanish to find the bathroom, order food and watch out for wet floors.
I can figure things out when reading it but if you speak too fast, forget it.
I took french. I can talk dirty to ya. I can figure out most of it when reading it. But I butcher it when I try to speak it.

German is kind of fun.

I took 4 years of German but have mostly forgotten it. I did manage to order food when I was there. I also managed to get us completely lost when put in charge of reading the map. But that could have happened just as easily if the map had been in English.

I can say cheese in German, French & Italian biggrin That came in handy when I wanted cheese added to my dish one evening & the waitress spoke zero English.

weltschmerz · Guru

chef wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I feel so inadequate suddenly
Dont.
I know enough Spanish to find the bathroom, order food and watch out for wet floors.
I can figure things out when reading it but if you speak too fast, forget it.
I took french. I can talk dirty to ya. I can figure out most of it when reading it. But I butcher it when I try to speak it.

German is kind of fun.
Sometimes, the inflection on a certain letter is all you need to talk dirty in French.
A boy in my high school geometry class taught us how to cuss in Persian when the teacher was late one day. I still remember some of the words.

If you want to swear in French, you have to use religious terms, at least here in Quebec. I'm not kidding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profanity

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

My brother is fluent in Spanish. He went to Japan with his professor.

He met a Japanese girl who spoke spanish.

He said she became his tour guide.