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offline Mertens from Motor City (United States) on 2004-06-17 11:52 [#01244809]
Points: 2064 Status: Lurker | Followup to Q4Z2X: #01244801



I sucks for most adults. Kids however can pick up languages
easily. And babies are even smarter. They can learn a
language just by looking at you. Babies are geniuses


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2004-06-17 12:15 [#01244824]
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I have been in Chile 8 months and I still can't speak
spanish properly. I can read fine, and I can understand
about half of what they say on the news, but speaking or
understanding people.. I just panic. Everyday I study and
listen to the radio but still I can't quite get there. Is it
possible to be too stupid to learn another language. Does
anyone have any tips?


 

offline Desdemona from Lake Mendota on 2004-06-17 14:16 [#01244932]
Points: 630 Status: Lurker



I can speak Latin, but I desperately need to pick a third
language to learn, one that people still speak. I've spent
the past 5 years utterly torn between choosing French,
Italian, or Spanish. No idea. I'll probably be indecisive
forever, and learn nothing.


 

offline Atli from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2004-06-18 08:27 [#01245893]
Points: 1309 Status: Lurker



i speak icelandic, english and danish well and i've been
taking spanish for 3 years so it's ok too although i really
haven't used it for a while.

If you understand either danish, swedish or norwegian i
think you can understand them all although you might not be
able to speak them all. To me they're almost the same
language with different pronounciation. Norwegian makes most
sense i think.

When the scandinavian nations meet to discuss something the
finnish people and icelandic people are always a bit out of
things because those languages are so different from the
other 3.



 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-06-18 08:59 [#01245921]
Points: 6851 Status: Regular



I can speak Russian, Ukrainian (they are alike), and
English. I'm starting to forget English, though. I know
something about French, can read and understand what's
written. Can't speak French. wish i could. I wanna learn
Hungarian, Finnish. Swedish, Norwegian, Deutcsh, Danish,
Dutch, Japanese... Icelandic..


 

offline C738 from Outer Space on 2004-06-18 09:03 [#01245924]
Points: 1722 Status: Regular | Followup to pachi: #00511162



I speak Dutch, English, German and French.
Interested in learning portuguese or spanish.

-C-

 

offline happy cycling from berlin on 2004-06-18 09:34 [#01245935]
Points: 2786 Status: Regular



i speak english and hebrew. interested in german.

 

offline Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2004-06-18 10:00 [#01245947]
Points: 1045 Status: Lurker



I speak english, some german and some russian. As for the
ones I'm interested in, the list is nearly endless! Aside
from continuing to improve my russian and german, I'd like
to learn arabic, hebrew, turkish, irish gaelic and mandarin.
Really ought to pick up spanish too...


 

offline Atli from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2004-06-18 15:17 [#01246497]
Points: 1309 Status: Lurker



turkish, hungarian, arabic and gaelic all sound something
that would be nice to learn.


 

offline SValx from United Kingdom on 2004-06-18 15:35 [#01246542]
Points: 2586 Status: Regular



English, and quite a bit of French and German and in the
process of learning Greek. Think it's about time I get back
in touch with my roots!


 

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