rob_shadows Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Any polyglots on here? I've recently decided to become one, starting with German and Russian. German I don't expect much problem with because I've heard it spoken a lot. Russian on the other hand... Learning a new alphabet is harder than I thought it would be, particularly the letters that look like English letters but sound different (в, р, г, etc...) I'm using Duolingo to learn...I like the way the lessons are laid out but it's very clear that some languages have much better lessons than others, the German lessons are much more detailed and clear to understand than the Russian lessons for example. Anyone else have any experience using apps or websites to learn languages? I'm going to stick with Duolingo but I feel like it may be a good idea to use a secondary source with Russian as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I’ve heard a lot of Russian spoken but never really cared to listen god bless Russia, land of strippers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Just now, mission27 said: I’ve heard a lot of Russian spoken but never really cared to listen Mission has mail order bride confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Just now, Forge said: Mission has mail order bride confirmed I’ve never understood the concept of a mail order bride like if I wanted to be married I’d just walk into the middle of fifth avenue and drop an ATM receipt why pay for something today you’re going to pay for tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I speak Spanish, but I'm way far from fluency. Started trying to learn German, since I'm soon to have two German sisters in law, but I didn't get far. Need to pick it back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I used to be able to get along pretty well in spanish when I worked landscaping for a few years. Definitely not fluent but if you dropped me off in rural Mexico I'd be able to carry on a conversation with folks and get myself home. The boss and I were the only two who were fluent in english, but everyone else had a grasp on it. My boss and I were also the only two who weren't fluent in spanish, but we had a grasp on it. So lots of spanglish, but it leaned spanish-heavy because they had the numbers most days. It's been 6 years since then and I've forgotten a ton of it. I'm back to the basics now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Tried out the Russian lessons on memrise, does a much better job teaching the basics of the Cyrillic alphabet than Duolingo does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I've studies Japanese for 5+ years, but want to learn Spanish soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I've lived in China for 7 years so I have a fair grasp of it. Understanding is better than spoken, but I can certainly get by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 10 hours ago, kempus said: I've lived in China for 7 years so I have a fair grasp of it. Understanding is better than spoken, but I can certainly get by. When I was looking into languages and which ones I was going to start with I saw that Mandarin is generally considered the hardest language for native English speakers to learn... Particular reading and writing. I might try to tackle it eventually but it's not high on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 20 minutes ago, rob_shadows said: When I was looking into languages and which ones I was going to start with I saw that Mandarin is generally considered the hardest language for native English speakers to learn... Particular reading and writing. I might try to tackle it eventually but it's not high on my list. It's very hard. The tones make it very complex. I'm not even going to pretend I can read or write. I can recognize about 10-20 characters ha. It's basically a case of repetatively memorizing what the characters look like. There's no other system. That's how the children here learn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Mission is actually fluent in Spanish he knows the important phrases like andale and soy americano and donde esta mi cerveza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 I can't do the stupid alveolar trill used to make the R sound in Russian 😡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 18/06/2019 at 8:56 PM, mission27 said: I’ve never understood the concept of a mail order bride like if I wanted to be married I’d just walk into the middle of fifth avenue and drop an ATM receipt why pay for something today you’re going to pay for tomorrow? Mission rich as heck, confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I can speak English fluently. Plus real rudimentary German, French, Newfie. And a tiny little bit of Spanish to order drinks in Mexico basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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