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05 Aug 2011, 5:24 pm

I would like to learn French, Spanish and German. I am infact trying to learn French. I will perhaps try to learn Spanish or/and German after that.



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05 Aug 2011, 5:30 pm

Tayribeiro wrote:
Mais alguem fala Portugues Acho que nao, mesmo porque nao e uma lingua muito conhecida, o teclado americano nem possui a acentuacao nescessaria. =/


The lack of accents on the keyboard was annoying when I used to type in French.

I found using a Spanish keyboard was quite fun when I was in Spain.

I also totally Babelfished your post because as yet, I don't know any Portuguese beyond, 'um cha faz favor'. :lol:


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05 Aug 2011, 5:32 pm

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Nahuatl


This would be awesome.

Indeed, it's very interesting. 8)



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05 Aug 2011, 5:45 pm

Tequila wrote:

With Spanish it can actually be not too difficult to understand the written word side of it. Enough to read a menu anyway. But speech? Forget it.

My Spanish roughly extends to...


Not every Spanish person speaks that quickly. In Catalonia, I remember they do speak at 9000000 words a minute (in Catalan, as well). However, my parents say that in Cuba they talk nice and slowly, which gave them more confidence to actually learn to speak the language.


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05 Aug 2011, 5:56 pm

When I was still studying German, I talked to a lot of people online who were also self teaching themselves foreign languages, and even the ones who could fluently read and write in their foreign language of choice couldn't understand a word of it spoken by native speakers. (One of them finally managed to have a phone conversation in Finnish after studying for years, and he still found the conversation incredibly difficult.) I was no different. My skills at reading and composing sentences got pretty good, but hearing native Germans speak casually was no different than hearing native Spaniards speak Spanish. Even my Spanish teacher in high school told me that he could barely understand people from Spain and Mexico, which I thought was funny.



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05 Aug 2011, 6:05 pm

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When I was still studying German, I talked to a lot of people online who were also self teaching themselves foreign languages, and even the ones who could fluently read and write in their foreign language of choice couldn't understand a word of it spoken by native speakers. (One of them finally managed to have a phone conversation in Finnish after studying for years, and he still found the conversation incredibly difficult.) I was no different. My skills at reading and composing sentences got pretty good, but hearing native Germans speak casually was no different than hearing native Spaniards speak Spanish. Even my Spanish teacher in high school told me that he could barely understand people from Spain and Mexico, which I thought was funny.


I know while learning French and Vietnamese I was taught by native speakers so I understood their pronunciation quite fine. I haven't practiced speaking them in a long time though, so I can't remember the languages well now.



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05 Aug 2011, 7:47 pm

Short list, in no particular order...

Spanish
Japanese
Chinese (probably Mandarin)
Russian
German
Gaelic
Tagalog
French
Latin
Hawaiian
Italian



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05 Aug 2011, 7:55 pm

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Gaelic

Which one? There are three: Irish, Manx, and Scottish. ;)



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05 Aug 2011, 8:31 pm

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Gaelic

Which one? There are three: Irish, Manx, and Scottish. ;)


Probably Irish as that's the one I've heard the most. I don't think I've heard the Manx dialect, though.

Aren't there local variations, too?



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05 Aug 2011, 8:45 pm

DarrylZero wrote:
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Gaelic

Which one? There are three: Irish, Manx, and Scottish. ;)


Probably Irish as that's the one I've heard the most. I don't think I've heard the Manx dialect, though.

Aren't there local variations, too?

Manx isn't a dialect; it's a separate language. It's closer to Scottish Gaelic than Irish Gaelic.

Yes, all 3 have dialects, though Irish Gaelic has the most dialectal variation, and Manx the least, as it has very few speakers. There are 3 main Irish Gaelic dialects: Ulster, Connact, and Munster, going from the north to south of Ireland. Ulster, being near Scotland, has quite a bit in common with Scottish Gaelic, with several features of it that the other dialects don't have. Also, each dialect has many sub-dialects, and one dialect can vary greatly from one town to another. You can read more about the 3 main dialects of Irish Gaelic here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_gaelic#Dialects



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05 Aug 2011, 8:52 pm

Sad, nobody mentioned sign language. :(

Well, I hope to minor in ASL at college. :thumleft:


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05 Aug 2011, 8:58 pm

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Sad, nobody mentioned sign language. :(

Well, I hope to minor in ASL at college. :thumleft:


That's awesome. What makes you want to choose to learn sign language as opposed to spoken?



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05 Aug 2011, 9:00 pm

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Sad, nobody mentioned sign language. :(

Well, I hope to minor in ASL at college. :thumleft:


That's awesome. What makes you want to choose to learn sign language as opposed to spoken?


Thanks....
I took ASL in high school for 2 years
I am better at watching than listening
It is a pretty language
It's unique, like me


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05 Aug 2011, 9:02 pm

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Sad, nobody mentioned sign language. :(

Well, I hope to minor in ASL at college. :thumleft:

I'd like to learn ASL, but I'd hardly find any use for it unless I knew several people in person that know it. And it's hard to learn it unless you take a class in it. :( Sign language is very intriguing. :thumleft:



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05 Aug 2011, 9:11 pm

Chrissy wrote:
I took ASL in high school for 2 years


Oh I see.

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I am better at watching than listening


Makes sense.

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It is a pretty language


Yeah. It's different in it's approach which is nice.

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It's unique, like me


:)

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Sign language is very intriguing


Indeed. :)



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05 Aug 2011, 10:36 pm

dunbots wrote:
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Gaelic

Which one? There are three: Irish, Manx, and Scottish. ;)


Probably Irish as that's the one I've heard the most. I don't think I've heard the Manx dialect, though.

Aren't there local variations, too?

Manx isn't a dialect; it's a separate language. It's closer to Scottish Gaelic than Irish Gaelic.

Yes, all 3 have dialects, though Irish Gaelic has the most dialectal variation, and Manx the least, as it has very few speakers. There are 3 main Irish Gaelic dialects: Ulster, Connact, and Munster, going from the north to south of Ireland. Ulster, being near Scotland, has quite a bit in common with Scottish Gaelic, with several features of it that the other dialects don't have. Also, each dialect has many sub-dialects, and one dialect can vary greatly from one town to another. You can read more about the 3 main dialects of Irish Gaelic here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_gaelic#Dialects


Very cool info. Thanks!