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| Interested participant | sorry,my fault because in my mother tongue the definition of a spanish and portugal are Tay Ban Nha and Bo Dao Nha, i always misunderstand cómo aprendería español de me, cualquier Web site recomendado Last edited by kdragon : 05-18-2007 at 10:26 AM. |
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| Little bee Join Date: May 2007 Location: France
Posts: 490
| I did not like studying English at school. Too formal. Then I moved to the US and learned English there. I like the music of it. And when you arrive in an apartment where the bathtub does not work, you learn pretty quickly ^^ Now my writing is okay, I miss some vocabulary sometimes. I used to speak it fluently, and people would barely notice an accent. I did not get the "where are you from" that often. My speaking is all gone now ![]() |
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J'aime les fraises.
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| Japanophile Join Date: May 2007 Location: Göteborg, Sweden
Posts: 114
| My mother tounge's Swedish allthough I'd consider myself fluent in English as well. I know my grammar's not perfect and nor is my vocabulary, but I still consider myself good enough to call myself fluent. I've also studied Japanese passivly for 2 years, then I went to Japan on a student exchange for 10 months, and now I've been studying Japanese rather frequently for about a half a year since I've come home. I recently decided I want to go to a Japanese univeristy though, so I've increased my study rate pretty much with a focus on kanjis. List of languages I want to learn, in order of wishing: Mandarin Spanish Korean German |
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| Interested participant Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 26
| Besides English I can know enough, Spanish, French, German to order a drink. Oddly enough I can understand the content of quite a few language's, maybe I can just understand people better or I have just had way to much sushi. Really would like to learn Russian though, it is just not something I could practice much in the Midwest US |
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| Commentator | I was born in Brazil and lived there till I was 6. For some reason the Portuguese stuck with me and I speak it everyday to this day. My parents are Argentinian and I picked up Spanish from them. I like to listen to audio lectures about Spanish and Portuguese to keep myself learning. |
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| Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Location: Spain
Posts: 11
| I love learning languages. My mother language is spanish and I've been studying english since I was 10, but that was only grammar and more grammar, so when I was 18 I traveled to UK and gained a little fluency, that was a cool change. Also I studied French for three years and latin for one. By now I can understand written french and speak without causing laughs. There's no possibility in modern days to practice my latin... |
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| Just getting started Join Date: May 2007
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| Commentator | English is my native tongue. I studied German and Japanese in high school. I don't like German. Japanese was OK, but I wasn't into doing all the necessary work at the time. Now I study both Mandarin and Latin. Mandarin I study at university, Latin is a hobby language. Quote:
我同意。我和我同每两个星期要学六十个生词。如果我要记对这些词,我应该写很多边。我写中文字写得不错,可 是我中文说得不是很流利! I like Mandarin because it is so different to English, it is a real challenge. I have also found that every Chinese I have ever requested help from has always been absolutely patient and never criticized my attempts to speak. This is the absolute opposite of the most common reaction observed when the shoe is on the other foot. Most westerners I have seen in situations where they have the opportunity to help someone improve their English skills are very rude and impatient. The more I study Chinese the more I like their culture when compared to ours (the West). Quote:
"Defensio libertati" Which is literally "Defence of liberty" To the best of my knowledge the following would mean "In defence of liberty" "In defensione libertati" This "Defensio, Defensionis" means: defense/protection; act of defending; argument/justification in defense, excuse legal maintenance of a right; legal prosecution, punishment; Bold for the meaning one imagines you are aiming for. By Latin is not great ( < 1st year), but after consulting my three paper dictionaries, and one digital one, the above is my best try. Oh yeah? Well: Quote:
There is also the exciting fact that if one can read Latin, one can read texts written over 2000 years ago, in the original language. Can't wait to read about Caesar kicking Gaul arse all across ... Gaul. | |||
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| ^_^; Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo,Egypt
Posts: 1,203
| Too much non-understandable posts by me(and probably other people). You can keep posting them, but a translation for those who don't speak your language? Who knows what are you saying about us :PExtreme Coder |
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| Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas
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