/lang/ Language Learning

French(extinct, replaced majorly by Arabic)

>>69219946
Appreciate the links lad.
Also here are some personal sources I used for learning french:
>Grammar
http://www.francaisfacile.com/index.php
http://www.connectigramme.com/index.htm
>verb conjugation
http://www.verb2verbe.com/francais/default.aspx
http://la-conjugaison.nouvelobs.com/
>French vids to practise your listening comprehension
http://linguo.tv/videos
Although I don't like it, you can supplement with duolingo to learn the most common words.

Spanish

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>>69219946
toki

What is up with this new duolingo thing of clubs

What's the use for the Clubs in Duolingo?
Can't find any. None of my friends IRL learn the same things as me.

>>69219946
Keeping up my French and learning a bit more, restoring my Latin, and starting Yiddish.

French
I don't like all the exceptions and irregularities in verb conjugation and adjective/noun masculine/feminine/plural forms. It feels like I have to memorize hundreds of different patterns. But other than that, I think I'm making progress in understanding grammar. I can't wait until I can actually read books or listen to French songs

When was the last time this happened to you, /lang/?

http://is.4chan.org/wsg/1482937210899.webm

>yet another American learning French
I was maintaining a pace that would bring me to 4000 words by the end of the year for a while but somewhere along the line I messed up and started getting lazy, so I have only reached around 2500 now.

>>69234208
>tfw that happens but then a little later you see the exact thing giving you trouble again and it clicks, leaving you half satisfied and half feeling like an idiot for being so frustrated at something simple

迫人學中
不日洞棟

>>69232689
You'll get used to it, French is pretty logical 2bh. But yeah, memorizing gender pronouns fucking sucks.

On another note, is there any reason to learn the past historic tense, which AFAIK is only used in literature? It's kinda fucking with me cause sometimes I'll read a book and see "fut" (third-person singular past historic form of "être") or something similar but I feel like it'd be useless.

English, Russian and German. I probably like german best because english fucking bores me to death and russian is so incomprehensibly retarded I stopped giving a shit about it a few years ago

>>69234208
Who is this?

>>69236601
Oh yeah, I was learning Korean last year and I advanced faster in there than in russian. Makes you think huh

>>69235389
真的耐人寻味

>>69235665
I've talked with french teachers and they usually say that it's irrelevant/usuless to learn passé simple. Basically you can pretty much understand/presume when it's written and there is no use outside of the classical french literature.
Fun fact: Lebanon has a pretty large francophone community and they use this tense in everyday conversations. Even french people sometimes can't understand them

>>69238078
What the fuck? Why would they do such a thing?

>>69238118
They used to be a french colony. I guess it was at a time where passé simple was still at use and they kept it.

Korean.

몇일 전에 한국친구들이랑 술 많이 마셨어

나 너무 취했으니까 한친구가 비디오 찍었어..나쁜 거 아니였는데 그냥 나 한국어로 얘기해보는거였어 비디오에

그래서 와..취할때 한국어 개못하더라고 발음도 넘 어색하고 말 잘 안나와 이런 생각을 했어 비디오 보면서 ㅎㅎㅎㅎ

아 창피해 ㅎㅎㅎ 한국인들이 다 좋다고 하고 내 발음..

흠...그냥 취해서 그런가봐

desu I'm kind of interested in learning catalan.

>>69226374
reddit.com/r/TokiPona

>>69242546
Why Catalan?

>>69243540
idk famalam, just sort of interesting.

>>69234208
Source?

Arabic. I am so god damn lost

>>69245852
Can you explain why all their text is fixed to the right?

>>69245726
ola
me gust espeña
a te te gust espeña?

Chào
Ai học tiếng Việt?
>>69245898
Can you explain why english is fixed to the left?

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>>69245974
s
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I am a chicano that wants to learn spanish because of family, but I'm so lazy and negative that I'll never be able to learn when I'm in this state. I've "started" learning and stopped so many times. The last time was trying to read the bible with a copy in english and spanish. I didn't even finish reading the first chapter of Genesis. I have a deep insecurity about it.

>>69246109
No idea how ppl do it without going to a Spanish country. Once you do that it's mucho facil though.

>>69245852
good you'll have an easier time paying your jizya tax

>>69246141
>Once you do that it's mucho facil though
I think it's "muy facil"

Well, you can just live in the Southwestern US like I do, plenty of spanish speakers here

>>69246109
You should really have read something good instead of the bible (Genesis is one of the worst stories in that book too).

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>>69246239
One time I tried reading Don Quixote in spanish with just a spanish dictionary

>>69246201
Not him, but the Spanish speakers where I live are all maids and gangsters with terrible speaking habits (slang)

Seems like it would be counter productive, Imo

>>69241100
한국어를 얼마나 배웠어? 문법이랑 어휘를 잘 알 보이네

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>>69219946
semi annual reminder

>>69246522
You don't like the Russian language?

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>>69246494
I guess you don't have any spanish speaking co-workers
It's generally true though that spanish speakers along the border of the US-Mexico line are ghetto
Mexicans that actually live in Mexico like Mexico City and Monterrey are good people

>>69246544
Nah, I like it enough to be studying it.
It's just a pic from a thread some time ago, where we parodied an itchy feet comic.

>>69246433
Are you a bit daft?

Japanese = Perfect
Engrish = still English
French = still Furench
Spanish = still Esupanoru
I wanna learn useless languages, something like croatian,arabic.............

>>69246713
*engrish
*esupanyoru

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>>69246684
Surely

>>69246713
Record yourself speaking those languages pls.

How do I maintain motivation to learn Japanese? It's the one I'm the most interested in but I keep thinking about how difficult it is compared to others

>>69246845
If you don't enjoy what you're doing, then move on, OR just take a break, that does help
The brain works on repetition but also novelty, so getting out and then back into something can help you

>>69246845
meet Japanese
most japanese talk slowly so it maybe easier than you think ;D

>>69246982
How to meet Japanese who will speak to someone still learning the language though?

>>69247017
I wanna meet weebs if i live in foreign cunts.
use Meetup

Can anyone clarify that the fastest and best way to learn a language is to find some way to make it fun and enjoyable?
I hate studying and don't want to work hard at anything because I am n33t

>>69247113
Cool. I will try that.
>>69247144
Of course it is.
>clarify
I hope you meant "confirm".

>>69247174
I have never known there was a difference

>>69247113
>Meetup
If you live in bumfuck nowhere, it's all nerds and old white people. Just so everyone knows.

>>69247201
>Clarify
To make clear; to explain further
>Confirm
To make sure of; to remove doubts (wrt. the object)

>>69247254
Eh, still the same word to me, a dictionary is not as important as people make it out to be

https://youtu.be/jB8ZY7Aj8A8
Is this guy a hack, /int/?

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>>69247291
>willful ignorance of vocabulary while posting in a language learning thread

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>>69247333
I'm a native english speaker kay, huhuh.. back off buddy

>>69247333
Pretty sure 3 is a fact (that could be wrong)

>>69247901

3 could be either.

>>69246070
Không cần học vì nói sẵn rồi. :^)

>>69247333
>Communist Core in action

>>69236628
>>69245664
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeF41_coSX8

>>69226374
toki, jan pi moku soweli o.

What's everyone's new years language resolution?

>>69257808
Able to speak simple Japanese and French. Able to follow dialogue in simple television shows without subtitles. Finish Kanji and acquire ~6000 words in each language.
First year, just started a month ago.

>>69257808
Pass in my DELF exam and start learning another language (Spanish)

What is your method of studying vocabulary?

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>>69264995
I'm actually using memrise, and so far it has worked pretty well.
I also like reading, so I write down every word I haven't seen before or that I don't know its exact meaning.

>>69252644
toki, jan pi telo nasa lili o.

>>69247901
>>69249178
Can it be debated? If so, it's not a fact.

>>69270166

Without context it could either be.

Sister took a test and placed first in her grade. Fact.

Just general bragging about her sisters ability. Opinion.

>>69270751
You have to be eighteen to post on this website.

>>69219946
I was trying to learn a third language for a whole week now, more like finding out which I want to learn. (English and German of course being the two I speak already)
I ended up with wanting to learn Swedish. Does anybody here know where and how to start? I never actively tried to learn a language. ENglish was more picking up piece by piece over the course of pretty much my entire childhood + teeens.

>>69270993

OK how am i wrong?

What language should I learn?
I don't know which one to choose. I tried learning Swedish and other Scandinavian languages, but they don't REALLY interest me. I thought about learning another Latin language, but they all sound like Spanish to me (no offense). I have no interest on learning Asian languages also.
Now, I want to learn a Slavic language, but I'm afraid I'll get bored again or that I won't find good entertainment to "consume". Should I learn a Slavic language? Which one? Do (a lot of) people actually produce (good) entertainment in that language?
Sorry to bother you with these questions, but your opinions would really help me out.

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>>69247333
>7
>fact

Anyone here play Learn Harigana to Survive? I got it for 3 bucks on steam, even though I have no sincere desire to learn Japanese, I managed to have some fun with it where it was worth what I paid for it.

I feel playing through it then running through the Japanese Duolingo would be pretty good to get you through to conversational level Japanese.

>>69271145
You're in the same boat as me, man.

>>69271626
Hah

>>69271550
If you're in the Americas, learning Spanish is probably your best bet to be honest. I don't care for Spanish but it's definitely the most useful second language in this hemisphere.
>>69271568
It is though, Hans. Sorry we're #1.

>>69271723
>Sorry we're #1.
Were #1, you were

>>69271646
I see, just read your post, I guess it was this one here >>69271550
Anyway, I think you're right, one has to be passionate about learning a language, and Swedish might be the wrong choice for me as well.
Actually what I would like to learn is Persian (Farsi), but learning another alphabet frightens me a little 2bh

S-so i'll j-just wait here until someone wants to learn luxembourgish

>>69271960
Give me an example of it.

>>69272043
ech geing gearen letzeboieg leieren wann ech gelift
it's like a weird medieval version of german with some french and dutch words , it combines the hard parts of all these languages

>>69271812
>Actually what I would like to learn is Persian (Farsi), but learning another alphabet frightens me a little 2bh
If you're really into it, then you're probably going to overcome this. If you're not, then probably you're going to get bored and stop learning it (like happened to me).
Just give it a try... maybe It'll work out for out.

>>69272193
for you*

>>69272193
Again gets me to the point where I have no idea where and how to start

>>69272395
if you are larning swedish , start with the alphabet , how swedish people prononounce the different sounds , then start studying some vocabulary and afterwards some regular and modal verbs

>>69257808
I want to learn a new language next year, but I don't know what to study, nor do I have any real motivation to learn anything now.

I want to learn Arabic, but I have no clue where to start.

Also, I want to learn Korean eventually. I have already learned Hangul, but I have no clue where to start with learning words.

>>69273684
Also, I like listening to Dutch Hip Hop, so Dutch seems interesting.

>>69272589

iktf.

Want to learn a bunch of languages but never have the motivation to stick with them more than a couple of months.

Chinese for the characters and a small interest in the history. No interest in visiting the country, the women, or politics

Russian for the politics, history and how it opens up central asia and the Caucasus' (wouldnt mind spending a few years living there either).. Find the language disgusting.

Arabic for the wars, religion and potential employment opportunities in 10+ years time. Disappointing how few people each 'dialect' buys you.

Italian for family. Everything else about the language and country is 'meh'.

>>69246640
what is the best slovene dialect to learn?

>>69273684
>I want to learn Arabic, but I have no clue where to start.

Resources for days

http://arabic.desert-sky.net/links.html

>>69274076
Thanks!

>>69238078
Same like you guys and gerund
Or us and 'tu'

>>69262323
>spanish
Dude its easy af

>>69247333
This is how they told which kids were actually russian spies back in the 70's

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>daily flashcard reviews at 150
>slowly do them throughout the day
>feels like a massive chore
>get angry and power through them
>takes only a few minutes with above average retention
I have discovered the secret.

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>>69274932
okay

>>69276170
I feel like over an hour of flashcards a day and you could probably be doing something else to better use that time.

What sites do you lads use for studying German?

>>69278947
none

>>69246109
And you're the only one in your family who doesn't speak español?

How do I improve my writing in rusiian. I have no clue when to use ь,ъ at all. Reading and undetstanding is ok though

>>69247420
I hope you're joking.

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>>69251965
Thank you for the link.

>>69265527
Do you find that taking the time to write neatly improves memory retention more than quick writing, or do you just use it as a reference sheet?

>>69282967
I don't know what you mean with "neatly" because that's the way I write, but yeah, I personally think that it is easier to memorise something when it is written by myself rathen than seeing it on my screen, it's like it becomes less "ordinary" so it stays longer in my head.

>>69277553
That's impossible because my time is worthless

>>69273733
>Dutch Hip Hop
this made me laugh for some reason.

http://lexicity.com/
website that has resources for some older languages. has some stuff probably shared with the google drive in the OP (grammars), but also has other useful stuff, like dictionaries and links to texts in the languages.

>>69287678
Thanks anon. I found a couple resources for Ancient Chinese I didn't know about. Here's a (You).

Qui linguam latinam discit hic?

>>69287874
Linguae latinae studere solebam, sed iam non id facio. Plerique enim qui hanc linguam discunt PATHICI CINAEDIQVE sunt.
Vix credo quam longe intercessit tempus ut hoc intellegerem.

>>69265527
Me gusta cómo escribes.

>>69284081
This is why I got a job.
It's literally free money.

>>69278947
I don't use any websites, I'm using duolingo, memrise, Assimil lessons, clozemaster. Occasionally I watch German movies, listen to music and read news. Once I'm done with assimil I'll try to read some German books. There's an 8gb torrent named something like German graded readers.

As for websites, I think deutsche welle and goethe institut have some lessons. I don't use them though.

>>69219946
I was learning Russian but lost interest probably because everyone in my family thought I was a weird cunt for just wanting to learn a language. Know how to read most words because I learnt the alphabet pretty well (and that's all you really need to read in Russian), but even if I can read it I have no fucking clue what it means. Besides that I know some basic phrases and that's about it, gave up like half a year ago

Recently I've taken a liking for Spanish though. My ultimate goal is to learn Italian but most people I've asked have said if you want to learn Italian then you'd be dumb to not learn Spanish first. Apparently Spanish is a lot easier to learn than Russian, and when I was actually trying to learn Russian I was making decent progress, so hopefully I should be able to make pretty quick progress with Spanish. At the moment I'm just bookmarking/downloading a bunnnnchhh of resources and I'm going to go through and sort out where to start/progress soon

Anybody got any tips for learning Spanish? And tips in general for keeping yourself motivated when learning a language all on your own?

>>69288457
>My ultimate goal is to learn Italian but most people I've asked have said if you want to learn Italian then you'd be dumb to not learn Spanish first.
Sounds like you got meme'd badly by Spanish speakers, anon. There's no need to learn the language of a people you're not even interested in. Just jump right into Italian.

And I swear my name's not Giovanni.

>>69288624
I kind of want to learn Spanish anyway, a much more applicable language (number wise) compared to Italian. Hopefully I'll learn them both anyway so not to worry about who's meme-ing who

>>69288457
American anon gave you a reply over there in /lat/:
>>69288673

>>69288763
Thanks, stopped watching that thread so I would've missed it if it wasn't for you lad

>>69288763
>>69288964
I dont know why you waste your time in there. As you see. they are assholes. Youd would have done better learning french.

>>69288992
I only went in there to ask for some Spanish resources, plus it's kind of a given that anyone here, regardless of which thread, is going to be somewhat of an asshole

If everyone judged Australians on /balt/ + /ausnz/ threads they'd think we're all autistic weird cunts

>>69289031
huh that's funny. My general is shit, but I always help people with english. It makes me glad that others want to learn our language. I guess that is the difference between the first and the third world when it comes to mentality. But generals are cancer anyway and are ruining this thread.

>>69288992
I used to come to /int/ mostly for /lat/ five years ago. It used to be a better place. ;_;

Also, I actually learned French (to a high-intermediate-ish level). I'm trilingual and nevertheless a virgin. And people here tell me I shouldn't laugh at them for studying a language to get a qt. THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF YOUR AUTISM, LADS.

>>69289057
I like generals, just a sort of comfy place to hang out with people you can relate to. In /balt/ + /ausnz/ it's weird because I can obviously relate to /ausnz/ but /balt/ is a whole new culture and it's interesting to see their opinions on shit; other generals might be a lot fucking worse though I'll give you that

As for this thread, I think /int/ should have language learning threads up more often, it's the reason I first even decided to come onto this board to begin with
>>69289107
People thinking that a language will get you a qt foreign bitty are a little deluded

If you can't get a qt in your own country speaking your native language you'll never land a qt speaking a foreign language in a foreign country. And if you do, it's likely you're being used or you're selling yourself short

Don't get me wrong, you can meet a good, qt foreign girl but it will take a lot more fucking effort than getting the same thing in your own country (in most cases)

>>69289107
Anyone who thinks knowing languages alone will get you laid is an idiot.
On the other hand, anyone who thinks getting laid is remotely difficult is also an idiot.

>>69289199
Currently 18 and still a virgin, not bad looking or autistic by any means but I've sort of just been holding out hoping that something will come around. Should I just get on Tinder and be done with it? I'm probably wasting away my youth aren't I?

>>69289107
I know you. You were that canadian that started it before the the circlejerk, los grasaputos and the fucking taringa kiddies raped it to shit. I remember you tell me about the dolphin and etc.
>>69289199
If my fat ugly cousins can get good pussy, anyone can. It is how you act and carry yourself.
>>69289194
Well mine wouldnt be shit if it didnt turn to weebs from /lgbt/ trying to suck each other off every thread. I like /esp/ and your general along with this and other though.

>>69289199
I forgot to add that anyone who thinks that not being a virgin is important is an idiot too.
>>69289226
If you are enjoying yourself then so what?
>>69289235
>weebs from /lgbt/ trying to suck each other off every thread
This is referring to /cum/? Fuck that shit is so annoying.

>>69280310
My 2 sisters also don't speak spanish, although my older sister can understand a lot of spanish

>>69289315
yes god fucking yes, it was tolerable at first but now it is fucking annoying. I'm just mad i get ban for non int discussion whenever I tell that mexi mod to go fuck himself for trying to harass me but they can sit their and play chatroom.

>>69289235
>that started it before the the circlejerk, los grasaputos and the fucking taringa kiddies raped it to shit
>mine wouldnt be shit if it didnt turn to weebs from /lgbt/ trying to suck each other off every thread
I thought my general was bad; light anime and a bit of autism sounds better than that
>>69289315
>If you are enjoying yourself then so what?
I am, relationships just seem like added drama that I have enough of in my family anyway - plan has always been to move out and get settled and then go looking for a decent relationship

It's more just the social stigma, being at a party or just with mates and sort of left out of the conversation if they're talking about fucking, pretty rare but shitty when it happens. Have come to sort of embrace it and it's not so bad anymore; mates always make it their goal to wingman me though. And every now and again it'll just feel like I'm missing out on something but yah know, ignorance is bliss

>>69219946
>Mt. Fluency
>actually an effort
And yet here I am.

>>69289388
What language?
Cali anon or real?

>>69289377
Yeah, you'll be fine.

Hellotalk is the absolute best language learning tool there is.
Within a week you will have Chinese girls (who added you, not you adding them) asking you to come to China to spend time with them.

If you don't get laid trying to learn Chinese then there is no hope for you. They think every white guy is Brad Pitt (and even if they don't they think other Chinese will, so want you anyway)

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>tfw no autistic friend to practice speaking with in the languages I'm learning
After giving up on that InterPals garbage I, out of desperation, attempted to hunt for non-scum people in /soc/ Skype thread, but the only guy I could find wasn't even native and has probably killed himself, so my weekly sessions are canceled.

>>69290353
What are you learning?

>>69290379
English, French and Nippongo.

Should be easy to find English speakers around, right? But people seem afraid of their mics or something.

>>69290353
Well that is precisely one of the main reasons why I gave up further learning of foreign languages.

>>69290413
Nice. I am learning French and Japanese as well. I just started though so I'm not at the conversational level in either yet.

I can speak English with you, but I am very busy- so it might only be an occasional thing.

>>69290490
Persistence is key anon, I know easier said than done but if you put in the effort to keep looking for someone, it's gonna pay off.

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>>69290506
Wow, surely a match made in heavens. That'd be nice, Skype ID is "suplang".

If anyone is interested in Portuguese (doubt it) or the languages mentioned above, feel free to add too.

>>69290599
How good is your French? English?

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>>69290599
>skype
O-oh.
I'll add you if/when I install that then.

>>69290675
English is conversational, no problem.
French is intermediate because I lack vocabulary, but it's pretty amazing what you can do with a couple thousand words in your belt.

>>69290720
Mec, I even mentioned it in my original post, what did you expect?

>>69290776
Yes.
Luckily it looks like I won't need to a VM to run it. Will add you. Have to sleep for new years now.

>>69290776
They said you only need around 7000 words to talk like an 8 year old. 20k is average for an adult. My english on most test is 24-29k.

Is there a practice tool for Japanese that would feed me verbs, demand me to put them into all possible forms and check afterwards?

>>69257808
Keep the same pace in Italian while actually doing some meaningful progress in Russian

Englishman hoping to learn Welsh here:

> Gf is a Welsh qt 3.14
> I'm studying geophysics, hence I may have to move abroad for oil/mining work
> She is behind me and we've talked about what countries we could live in together (US/Scandinavia/Canada/West Europe are high on the list)
> Makes me sad that she would have no one to speak Welsh with, it'd be nice if we could have a language to ourselves abroad

>>69219946
Is there a French version of this site?
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/

>>69294790
Hey that's a nice thought

>>69294963
This maybe ?

http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/bilingues

>>69295227
Does this site have a grammar section like the one I posted?

>>69295369
I don't think so, but there's an English speaking forum where you can ask questions, and a automatic corrector that's actually reliable

>>69295447
Thanks

>>69295447
I noticed ironically french can translate pretty decently in most correctors compared to most romance language. I guess it is because you guys contributed so much to our language.

>>69295447
>>69295472
I forgot to ask, do you know any French grammar site?

>>69295525
There's also the fact that we're bitching about having every single UN/NATO document or text translated in both French and English

>>69295530
I used this site for English and Spanish, but it's in French

Has anyone here learned a different alphabet or writing system.

Currently attempting to learn the Arabic one, but it's kinda strange
that all those letters have a initial, middle and final form.

>>69295621
Well that makes sense since you guys have veto power and a strong presence on those boards. But by increasing the database of know translations, that will help translation systems get better. But even then, slang and how we write messes with it.

>>69295664
I've learned to read Cyrillic and Greek

>>69295664
I know the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabet, it's easy to learn a new writing system, although Arabic might be a bit difficult if it's the first one you learn besides Latin

>>69296474
Also Hiragana/Katakan

Gonna learn Russian for my waifu.

>>69296514
that prosecutie for crimea?

>>69288053
Gracias
>>69288457
I would recommend you to study the language that you are more interested in, do not pay attention what other people say, even your family, just do whatever you like.
Make a list with the pros and cons of those there language and go for the one more suitable to your interests.
(If you end up picking Spanish ask here, I always try yo answer everything I can)
Also, do not go to /lat/ that's sh*t.

I am currently learning Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, and French. Would like to learn German/Chinese/Italian in the future.

>>69296725
Do you actually manage to learn all those languages at once ?

>>69296474
Well I learned the Korean writing system just for fun and cuz I heared it would be easy.
And it was easy indeed, but it's probably not going to help me with arabic 2bh

>>69296725
Asking myself this >>69296733

>>69296635
Yo debería ser el que te da las gracias para ayudarme con mi español cada hilo.
¿Cómo te va esta mañana?

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>>69296596
No, worse.
Oгoнь пo гoтoвнocти!

>>69296820
>>69296635
*gracias por ayudarme

I'm learning Russian but i need some practise, my level is currenly A2.
Also learning Spanish.

>>69296733
I am half russian and speak basic to Intermediate russian already, so I am just fine tuning it.
As for Ukrainian it is quite similar to Russian in terms of syntax/grammar/pronunciation, so I basically just memorise vocabulary (which can be different).

As for French and Japanese, they are quite different Languages, so I don't get confused while studying both. Lately I have lacked motivation, but hopefully I will starte studying these Languages more seriously this coming year.

None, I already speak English.
I saw some American post a message he got for completing duolingo for German. So I finished the French tree, but didn't get a message.

>>69296876
jeg er russisk og lærer norsk. vil gjerne prate med deg

>>69296820
>>69296856
De nada.
Bastante bien, me desperté con mucho calor así que me dí una ducha de agua fría, literalmente me costaba respirar, y ahora estoy desayunando.
¿y vos?

>>69296635
>Russian
Pros - very applicable across Eastern Europe, Baltic countries and of course Russia; Cyrillic alphabet looks really neat; rich culture that is really quite unknown/unexplored by most people in Western countries; very rare for an Australian to speak Russian so it could present some unique opportunities

Cons - All the places where it is applicable are in (for the most part) pretty grim circumstances, so travelling won't be as nice; the hardest of all the languages I'm considering so learning it will take a lot of time and effort; very rare for Russians to be in Australia so (in Australia) it will see very little practical use; have to learn to roll my fucking r's

>Spanish
Pros - apparently the easiest of the languages I'm considering to learn; the most applicable language as well, 400 million speakers world wide; spoken in half of South America which would be a beautiful place to travel, also spoken in Spain which would be equally amazing to travel; as it's the most widely spoken language of the lot it's a lot more likely to run into someone who speaks Spanish, still pretty rare in Australia I'd say; seeing as speaking a second language is sort of rare in Australia all together it is still somewhat unique to know Spanish; know pretty much nothing about Spanish history and learning a language comes hand in hand with learning history

Cons - a lot of people know Spanish so it's not as much of a useful skill when compared to say Russian; not quite sure but I think a fair amount of South America is pretty dangerous while travelling; doesn't have any neat looking alphabet, just English alphabet with accents; have to learn to roll my fucking r's

>>69297978
Honestly those two languages are going nice together, a very common one, and a slightly more specific/exotic one.

It's what I'm going for as well, except I'm learning Italian before to overcome my psychological block on Spanish

>>69297978
What about Italian? Did you already discard it?

>>69297978
>Italian
Pros - a really nice sounding language; meant to be a bit more of a challenge than Spanish which is always nice; Italy is a beautiful country and would be nice to travel; makes you seem 'sophisticated'; pretty safe country to travel; people are apparently really nice/friendly; economy isn't too bad so it could be a viable place to find work once I have a degree (especially if it improves); Italian qts, I know there's also Russian and Spanish qts of course but I guess I just have a particular liking towards Italians, although thiccc Spanish girls are very close

Cons - the least applicable, pretty much only directly applicable to Italy or Italian people; has to be emphasised again, applicable to 40 million people vs Russia's ~200 million and Spanish's 400 million; again it's pretty rare to run into any Italians around Australia; like Spanish it has no neat looking alphabet, although it is a bit less vanilla compared to Spanish

>>69298156
Post wouldn't fit, been working on it so here it is
>>69298080
You are literally considering all the languages I am at the moment then, wow. How do we tackle this?

>>69298209
Well for me Italian is really easy, it's basically funny French, and takes little effort to learn, which is why I'm able to keep a steady pace with it.

Russian is much more difficult for me, even though I've spent a year in a Slavic country, but as you said it's much more useful.

>>69294790
d'aaw. That's cute. Good luck, anon. From what I hear, Celtic languages are a bitch.

>>69298289
Ahhhhh why didn't I take French through highschool :(((((( fuck

I swear that as an Australian you're culturally prepositioned to be discouraged from learning another language because fuck off we're full

Didn't want to be the only kid doing French because high school popularity, wasn't too fond of French at the time as well, didn't realise how applicable it actually is outside of France

I envy you Europeans who can speak pretty fucking well in English, of course knows the native tongue well, and then can usually learn the surrounding country'(s) language as it's closely related to your own; should've been born into a decent Euro country instead of satellite Britain which is slowly turning into mini-merica

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fuck

>>69298459
Honestly Spanish is more useful and much less complicated than French.

But I admit having neighbour countries speaking a weird version of your native language is pretty good.

>>69298459
Iktfb...

>>69298459
You seem to be pretty indecisive, but consider that you are between three romance language, so, for example, if you you want to learn Italian and later French it won't be that hard.

>>69297708
Mi familia y yo estamos preparando comida para cenar esta noche. Siempre cocinamos frijoles pintos con jamón para Nochevieja.

>>69298928
Yo voy a hacer lo mismo, pero en un par de horas más a la tarde porque mi hermana todavía no llegó.
Sinceramente no sé qué vamos a cocinar, pero bueno, igualmente voy a ayudar.
¿qué planes tenés (tienes) para después de la medianoche?

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I just recently passed my one-year anniversary of starting French.

Where should I be in terms of proficiency? I literally studied for at least two hours a day, every day since, but there came a point right around June where I felt as if I wasn't making much progress anymore. I still haven't missed a day of studying, though.

I can pretty much read Le Petit Prince without a dictionary, and L'étranger with minimal use of a translator. However, I still can't fucking understand spoken French, and going from English to French is still difficult. I took many unofficial proficiency tests, and I hover around A2-B1, somehow.

Fellow French learners, what can I do from here? What was your situation like after one year of learning?

>>69257808
Being able to near-effortlessly speak Russian.

>>69270166
You can also debate facts, you idiot, but that's besides the point.

If I say "The sky is green", that is a fact. An incorrect fact, but it's not a subjective opinion.

>>69299129
Creo que me tomaré una botella entera de jerez y mañana haré lo de siempre. Absolutamente nada. Kek, Pero ahora es hora de preguntarte algo.
¿Cómo se dice you two o both of you en español?
¿Ustedes dos? o
¿ambos?

>>69298635
Polish is like your sister- surprisingly easy, but so ugly and worthless that nobody takes the time to bother figuring that out.

>>69267183
sina pilin seme, jan pi selo ala lon palisa mije o?

>>69295530
>do you know any French grammar site?
>>69221353

>>69219946
I want to learn japanese but holl yfuck trying to even remember all the hiragana and katakana is fucking awful.

>>69299369
sounds like you need to train your listening. watch films, it's probably the most fun way. if watching without subtitles is still too hard at first, try with French subtitles. don't use English subtitles, because then you'll start reading those instead of listening to the French. that's what happens to me, at least.

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Also, my notebook cd driver broke so ic an listen to the conversations in my japanese book's cd.

>>69257808
Learn French to the point of reading grade school-level novels. Maybe if I'm lucky, I will be able to start working on cognition in French

> tfw no Americans to hang around with in Norway to fix up the remaining American accent I need to be fluent

Fug. Norwegian accent is some embarrassing shit, which is why I'm working hard on getting rid of it.

>>69300403
From a German-Accent perspective I can say, that Scandinavian accents in general are leses embarassing.
I think they sound pretty cool 2bh

>>69300403
>he isn't purposely downgrading his english accent

eh

>>69298674
Spanish or Italian, what do you reckon?
>>69298914
Leaning towards Italian now, it's just that it's so much less applicable compared to Spanish

And yeah, I'm indecisive as fuck. I think it's my way of procrastinating, I can't start learning until I've figured out what language to pick

>>69299369
It took me two years to get into b-1 level, at that time the progress becomes really slow in comparision to how it used to be. This situation is the worse because you start to feel discouraged as you're not a beginner anymore but the gap between your current level and somewhat decent is still large.
When it happened to me I tried to realise what were my worse capabilities and tackle them. Just like you, I simply couldn't understand neither spoken french nor speak it with fluidity despite being able to read it with no problems.What I did was to find someone to practise with through interpals and we spend 6 month talking twice a week for 2-3 hours. I also downloaded several musics in french and listened to them non stop, subcribed to some vlogs in Youtube and spent a hell lot of time watching the french Tv channel (TV 5 monde here) without subtitles and you can rewatch them all with subtitles in their site, which I also recommend.

>>69300678
Also, I just picked my sister up from a party and there was a hot French girl with her and her friends, she was here on holiday or some shit. Not trying to be a cunt, maybe it was her voice, but she had such a heavy French accent to the point that it just sounded a bit gross when she spoke English
>>69300738
Are you the same Brazilian who was helping me on /balt/ + /ausnz/?

>>69257808

Learn more French>>69262021

>>69300525
how do brits sound speaking German?

>>69299764
Se puede decir de las dos formas, y también "los/las dos". Pero cambia según en contexto.

Me gustan los dos / me gustan ustedes dos > I like you two

He visto ambas películas / he visto las dos películas > I've seen both films

>>69257808
Learn more German

>>69300835
*según el contexto

>>69300403
>wanting an American accent

I expect more from you Norway.

Også, jeg lærer norsk.

>>69300795
No.
Also is(You) the back? o.O

>>69301092
*Also the (You) is back?
Damn, I'm already drunk

Portugues, aunque no he hecho grandes progresos porque me he enfocado en vocabulario más que en reglas gramaticales, y quiero aprender jodido ruso.

>>69301144
lol cuck

I think I've finally decided lads, Italian and then French if I can be fucked learning another language

>>69300885
Te entiendo.
Also, one more think. You know how in english we use the proposition for, well I noticed in spanish theres para and por and the indirect object pronouns. Is it more common for people to use le, te les, se instead of para ti or por ti.
Like I know the textbook examples like.
Voy a darte el dinero para que puedas comprar un nuevo coche.
You know, the verbs like dar hacer robar ayudar etc. always can get this pronoun, but can you see like I am going to make this for you like this.
A vos te voy a hacer. Or will that translate to to you in that instance? Or what about here.
Make a thread for me.
Hazme un hilo.
Sorry for so many questions anoncito.

give my russian help pls
everything is so weird

WHERE ARE MY ARTICLES???

>>69301144
Não desista pois as línguas são bem parecidas. Boa sorte mano :3

>>69301204
Fuck you Ricardo.

>>69300825
never heard one, but generel english accent in German sounds funny

>>69300617
>>69300525
From a native English speakers perspective having an European accent is better than having a yank accent. Also will get you more pussy in English speaking countries

>>69301853
generally*

>>69301891
>Also will get you more pussy in English speaking countries
fugg, tried so hard to get ridd of it. I sink i schuould get it bäck

>>69301942
Yea bro, if you sound like a yank here you may get bullied a little. Plus German accents sound cool jaa

>>69302075
>German accents sound cool jaa
I can't wrap my mind around this.
I can't stand German accent. It literally makes me cringe like nothing else in the world.

Learn passively, almost unwillingly. It is the best method of learning. Akin to brainwashing. It is also the best method to completely incorporate the "turn into a sponge" principle.
At least in my experience.

Download the targeted language's movie, their most obnoxiously popular music. Close your eyes and let go. Whatever you pick up. Don't go concentrating or peeling your eyes and ears. Just relax. If it is a French movie, and you are a Spanish native speaker, imagine you're watching a Spanish movie and draw effortless parallels to vocabulary peculiarities. Imagine watching a SPANISH movie. Let go

If you're English, and you're learning German/Swedish/Norwegian, do the same. Have as much effortless "a ha" moments.
Slow down your media. Manipulate it. Slow down music to 0.5x, videos/movies as well. Make it a mocking context. You are more prone to memorizing something "extraordinary", comically sounding.

If you are learning a language not parallel to your own, but from a different branch, focus on the aforementioned paragraph. Manipulation of media, but not in search of similarities as a bedrock of your future knowledge, but sounds. Sounds that your brain (and it will be) is convinced are essential to recreate the language you are learning. You will notice them, after a day, or three days, just like a funny name of a celebrity, or a movie line yoh remembered two years ago. It will be stuck echoing in your brain

This will target your true motivation, clear out any doubts of whether you truly want to accept the knowledge, how you want to use it and whether it truly "sticks"/are you "talented" enough for it. Maybe the answer to the last one is a "no". Don't be doscouraged. Sometimes the key to learning one is repetition/learning of another. If you want to learn Swedish, for example, and you find it hard to assimilate the vowels, try skim-reading on Norwegian. Search for "weak entries". Every language family has a weak entry point

It's all in the unconscious.

>>69302196
at least it's not as bad as a Dutch accent. hearing that makes me want to kill myself sometimes, even more so because the biggest mistakes of it are such easy fixes

>>69302297
>biggest mistakes of it are such easy fixes
this, same for most Germans. I mean, yeah the "th" thing just doesn't happen in German, but can't you at least try it. Holy shit

>>69301313
I've been thinking how to aswer you, but there are so many questions. Could you make one question at a time?

>>69302383
for some reason way too many people here pronounce th as s, when f comes closer if you really are too stupid to learn to pronounce the th sound.

the best example of an easy fix, though, is probably voiced consonants at the end of words. they're always unvoiced at the end of Dutch words (I think German does this too?). People with heavy Dutch accents therefore pronounce "bad" as "bat". same thing happens to b (p) and g (k). It's the easiest way to recognize Dutchmen speaking English.

>>69302600
>th as s, when f comes closer
exact same thing in German

>always unvoiced at the end of Dutch words (I think German does this too?)
No, in German, not sure when, but sometime in the past the "Auslautverhärtung" happened,
basically means, all ending consonants will change pronunciation
(I think it's called aspirated, but I have no idea about all those linguistic terms)

here's the wikipedia article in dutchie
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auslautverh%C3%A4rtung

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>>69219946
>Where the fuck is the Turk who usually posts this!
I'm trying to ween off from 4chan.Will probably come here once a week at most.Keep the ball rolling brehs.

>>69302827
forgot to add'

ending d -> t
ending b -> p
ending v ->f
ending g -> k
ending s -> z (or ss) not sure how to put it

>>69302297
Dutch sounds like Geordies lol

>>69302858
Mandarin grammar is easy af

>>69302908
i learnt some german then got fucked when i lived in austria for a year, nobody there speaks standard german at all and are much more proficient at speaking english than standard german and i basically had to relearn german because nobody made any sense

>>69302971
Austrian German as it's spoken on the countryside is just as unintelligible as Bavarian German,
but people in the cities (vienna etc) normally can speak standard German perfectly,
or at least to a certain degree, that one doesn't notive the differences anymore

>>69302956
Particles are goddamn confusing, man.
And how do they handle relative clauses?

>>69302858
Mandarin grammar is highly analytic, meaning it's easy to "stack" or "compound", meaning it's relatively easy. It's their script and tonality that discourages the learners
Same as Persian, an analytically acting agglutinative language, that has its simplicity hindered by the extended Arabic script usage

>>69302584
sorry. I really get into learning languages sometimes.
I was only asking can you translate (for you) using a indirect object pronouns like te or le instead of using a preposition like para o por
for example:
Haz un hilo para mi o Hazme un hilo

>>69303196
here: >>69303204

>>69303196
I was living in Vienna, you'd think so, but so many people come from the countryside to university there and these were the people I was mostly hanging out with

Also, from personal experience i think that the biggest difficulties that an english speaker will have when pronouncing german will come from z (takes a lot of practice for an english speaker to say quickly), r (r in general basically doesn't exist in english), and umlauted vowels in combination with other vowels

>>69303350
meant for
>>69303191

>>69257808
Fluency in Russian
>>69299372
Hé, hoe is je voortgang? Hoe lukt je uitspraak?

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Which Portuguese variation is more useful?
Brazilian Portuguese has the largest speaker in the world but Portuguese Portuguese is the standard Portuguese for everywhere except Brazilian.

Personally I find Brazilian Portuguese ugly but let's see utility here. (I'm not South American, just expat.)

>>69303216
yes, that's right.
Another example:

Quiero que me prepares un pastel = Quiero que prepares un pastel para mí

And if you want to emphasize to whom the action is being done you can say:
Quiero que me prepares un pastel para mí.

>>69303254
"The man whose horse was brutally slaughtered by his brother would have come to my house yesterday, if the doctor hadn't been forced to amputate his leg."
How would you say that in Chinese?

>>69303424
think I'm doing fairly well. I started about two months ago, and I can conjugate verbs near-perfectly and follow most discussions on dvach without looking up too many words. my pronunciation's pretty shitty, to be fair. how about you?

>>69303499
I don't speak Mandarin, all I know is that the Grammar, when compared to the rest of the language, is fairly easy.

>>69303350
A lot of things, especially Umlaute are a matter of practise I agree. But actually they aren't thaaat hard

>>69303473
Doesn't really matter which dialect you're learning. Usually the rules for European Portuguese are also applicable/correct here. The use of gerund for example, here we use the classical way " estou comendo " whilst in everywhere else they will say "estou a comer" the thing is albeit less used this last form is also correct here and it will be understood anyways.
Tbqh we speak the same language, most of our communication problems are due to the accent and a minor part is caused by lexical different ( same words, different meanings). If you want to learn Eu-Pt go for it, good luck finding resources though as most of them are in br accent.

>>69303654
Haпиши нeчтo нa pyccкoм. Пoзaбaвь нac

>>69296851
Her voice actress isn't even Russian

>>69304330
Пoжaлyйcтa, нe зaпyгивaйтe мeня. Дa, вoт: нeчтo.

>>69300914

Du får bare bruk for norsk i Norge, anon.

I know a couple of people who have been here for about 10 years, one from Russia and one from Ukraine, and they still have some accent left. It's not like they are trying to retain their old accent. I think it's a hard language to get the accent right for, especially considering there's a new dialect over every hill in this country.

>>69304631
Yeah the accent feels pretty fake.
>tfw no authentic Russian cutie voicing Zarya
Cmon Blizzard

>>69304726
>-итe
Oчeнь любeзнo. Moжнo бить...эти eвpoпeйcкиe зaмaшки :^)

>>69273944
You should try to learn something you want to learn for its core value, not something associated to it.

>>69304100
What is standard accent of Brazilian portuguese? (RP in British English equivalency)

>>69303654
It's going fine, studying the language at university. How big's your cлoвapный зaпac?

>>69305436

What do you mean?

>>69305764
Core value is worth by itself. History, politics, shitty car brands and hot women, they're "up there" when you mention Russian. Those are associations

Literature and other forms of (descriptive) art are a core product, an indicator of core value of any language

>>69303499
Everything goes on the left, marked by the particle "DE".

"The man whose horse was brutally slaughtered by his brother"
becomes, literally,
"His horse by his brother brutally slaughter DE man".

>>69305150
Tы мeня зaпyгивaeш ceйчac! Ho ты пpaв, я бы cкaзaл пo-гoллaндcки "jij", a нe "u", пoэтoмy я дoлжeн cкaзaть тo жe caмoe пo-pyccки.

>>69305573
cлишкoм мaлeнький. I can understand most texts I read fairly well, but I struggle to find words when I'm trying to say something myself. Currently doing a Memrise course for the core 10,000 words, and after that I think I'll be able to pick up words more naturally.

>>69306105
How do you say "by"? And how do you say "would have... if..."?

Anyone got some decent resources for learning Italian?

Help a cunt who on New Years worked from 5pm - 10pm and then drove people around from 11pm - 2am, what a great time I had

>>69306124
Ужe дoвoльнo хopoшo гoвopишь, бpaтaн, ocoбeннo для чeлoвeкa, кoтopый caм, бeз ypoкoв, изyчaeт язык. Moлoдeц. A yжe читaeшь литepaтypy? Кcтaти, был в Poccии кoгдa-нибyдь?

>studied Russian for like 6 months last year, then stopped
>still retain most of it because I kept talking to some Russians
>want to pick it up again but don't know where to start

Learning français right now, I went to a language centre and they told me I was B1-B2. I need a translator for most things as my vocab is pretty shit but I know almost perfect grammar.

I thought of learning Italian after, as I heard the lexical similarity between them is 89%. Can anyone confirm if it is a good idea?

>>69297978
Only some non euro would say Russian is relevant in eastern Europe.

>>69306527

Start from the beginning, you'll catch up super quick but will also refresh anything you have forgot.

>>69306124
Hy, этo нe вaжнo. Пpocтo дeлaй кaк тeбя нpaвитcя. Я дaжe нe изyчaю pyccкии язык

>>69306702
Хopoшo пишeшь, бpaт c Бaлкaнa. Кaк тeбe нoвoгoдный вeчep?

>>69306527
Learn Swedish instead. Russian isn't for you.

Cucks of a feather flock together.

>>69306599
Italian from French is pretty fun

>>69299452
I can't fully describe just how stupid your comment sounds.

Facts are not debatable, objects fall to the ground.

Good luck debating that verdammte jude

>>69306671
Not saying it's relevant just saying that it's applicable. What I mean by that is that you could go to some Eastern European countries and speak Russian and likely some 30+ year old would understand. They probably wouldn't like that you're speaking Russian but it would help you get by

>>69238078
>Fun fact: Lebanon has a pretty large francophone community and they use this tense in everyday conversations. Even french people sometimes can't understand them
Every French people know passé simple, so we would understand it without any problem.

We still use it in everyday conversation in some expressions, and people with higher education will use it even more.

You can avoid learning the most obscures subjonctive tenses, but you really should learn passé simple. Otherwise even children books will be unintelligible to you.

>>69301334
Muito obrigado cara.

>>69306447
Я читaл "Пpиключeния Aлиcы в cтpaнe чyдec" пo-pyccки, нo eщё нe pyccкий литepaтypy. Я нe был в Poccии, нo хoчy cкopo в Poccию. У мeня ecть poccкий дpyг.

>>69246684
>Are you a bit daft?
Why? Don Quijote is a great classic...

I've been reading the original version and it's not too easy but contemporary editions shouldn't be problematic.

>>69306768
Cкyчнo, кoнeчнo. У мeня гpипп и двe нeдeли нe выхoдил из дoмa

>>69306846
No, you really couldn't get by with Russian in eastern Europe. You have more chances to do that with English, the only ones that seriously studied Russian either forgot it all or are +70 year olds.

>>69306599
Not sure from just French, but knowing French, Spanish and some Latin I can read and understand basic Italian just fine :)

>>69306599
>>69306599
http://dfiles eu/files/j62enocnl
I think you will find this link useful

>>69306311
>How do you say "by"?
被 bei4
>And how do you say "would have... if..."?
tl;dr: 会…… ,如果……。

In more detail:
Although you CAN literally say "would have... if...", statistically it's way more common to say it the other way around: "if... would have...". Just a Chinese habit.
Also, Chinese doesn't make time distinctions in conditional clauses, so that literally saying "if you do that I'll hit you" can also mean "if you did that I would hit you", etc. (This explains why Chinese speakers use the wrong construction when learning a European language ALL THE TIME...)
Other than that, it is often done in a similar way to English. There's a word meaning "if" for the first part (neutral 如果 ru2guo3, informal 要是 yao4shi), and you can add 会 hui4 (traditional: 會) 'will, would, would have' in the second part.
However, it's also very common to not use any markers at all. This is similar to how in English we sometimes say "you do that, I (fucking) hit you", without an "if". Except that in Chinese this could also mean "if you had done that I would've hit you", because again, no time distinction in conditional constructions.

>>69307345
Thanks, ill check it out.

>>69307148
Is it really the case though? In Italy they decided to learn English instead of French, so nowadays old people still remember and can speak in French but young people only speak Italian because English is too foreign to them and they don't remember much.

>>69307148
Well, not 70+, but 40+ maybe. And also almost all people in Belarus and Ukraine speak Russian fluently. Of course, if we talk about some other eastern European countries - Russian won't help a lot, that's true. But it's better than nothing, I think. And not so many people there are good in English. Sometimes Russian is more useful.

What Arabic dialect should I learn and where do I find material?

>>69270993
he's right

>>69306949
> Poccкий
Дoлжнo быть pyccкий. Ecть тaкoe cлoвo "poccийcкий", нo oнo знaчит чтo-тo нa ypoвнe вceй Poccийcкoй Фeдepaции.
> Pyccки
Дoлжнo быть "pyccкyю".
Hecмoтpя нe этo oшибки, oчeнь кpyтo, чтo ты yжe yмeeшь пoнимaть pyccкй пиcьмeнный язык. A кaкими пocoбиями yвлeкaeшьcя, чтoбы изyчaть pyccкий?

>>69307730
Egyptian, being the most widespread.
Torrents section of 4chan:
>>746368
>>746368
>>746368

>>69307043
Блин, этo хyёвo. Бyдь здopoвым бpaтaн, и c Hoвым гoдoм!

>>69307889
Repeating the link
>>>/t/746368

>>69307889
I started using Rosetta Stone with this thread. It's pretty neat

>>69307911
Zajebano, istina. Sretna Nova Godina i tebi

>>69305557
Even though there is a lot of controversy in this site, it's Rio de Janeiro's. Search for "Willian Bonner jornal nacional" to have an idea

>>69308337
>Rio de Janeiro
Hio di Zhaneiho*

:^)

>>69307730
>What Arabic dialect should I learn
I've heard that Egyptian Arabic, thanks to producing quite a bit of media, is widely understood, more so than any other dialect. The problem then becomes trying to understand the other person (they're likely to know how to Egyptianize or standardize their speech quite a bit, but it's apparently still a bit of a problem).
Other than that it depends on what country you want to go to. If you like Tunisians, learn Tunisian, etc.

From the arabic.desert-sky.net guy (a very useful website if you want to learn Egyptian Arabic by the way) has as FAQ page that I'd recommend you to go through (including a couple paragraphs on choosing a dialect):
http://arabic.desert-sky.net/faq.html

>and where do I find material?
If you don't mind learning Arabic like an American in the navy would, you could try:
http://www.fsi-language-courses.net/fsi-arabic-language-courses/
(the "comparative" one includes some Egyptian)

There used to be a website where you could pirate a bunch of dialect materials, but it seems to be gone. ;_; And I just checked Library Genesis (gen.lib.rus.ec), and they don't actually have a lot of the PDFs the other guys used to have, including some I happened to have saved. Maybe I'll get around uploading them...

>>69307465
Commie countries had Russian in their curriculum but it wasn't exactly the lingua franca as you'd expect and people used to see French and German as more valuable.

>>69307495
Also Moldova! But it's a small part of Eastern Europe still.

>>69308713
Cum eu vorbesc ta limba? Vreau să învăţ română, dar eu sunt ..foarte leneș. Acest de asemenea este singurul vocabularul eu stiu

>>69308657
Thanks. I've watched a few Egyptian movies with English subtitles. I honestly only recognized a few words or sentences. I understand Classical/Standard Arabic when spoken either completely or I get the over all message.

If I were to learn the Egyptian dialect would I be able to understand other Eastern dialects (e.g Syrian, Lebanese etc.)? I once tried to learn the Maghrebi dialect but again, didn't have much material. If you know any I would gladly appreciate it as well.

>>69307870
Извини, чтo мoй oтвeт - пoздний. Я eл.

Я yвлeкaюcь "The New Penguin Russian Course", Memrise и Duolingo.

Знaeшь хopoшиe pyccкиe книги для нoвичкoв, кaк я?

>A language thread died
this feels so good to have a thread go to the bump limit for once.

>>69308713
Yes, it's a small part. And as I know, German is very popular there nowadays. But anyway, I wouldn't say that Russian is so useless. And also it helps to understand some random words from other slavic languages. It's like a basis

>>69307495
>And also almost all people in Belarus and Ukraine speak Russian fluently

I've heard that Ukrainian people will play dumb if foreigners try and speak russian

>>69309146
Hy, для нoвичкoв, ecть тaкиe книги нa pyccкoм c гoллaндcкими aннoтaциaми и oбъяcнeниями. Знaeшь тaкoй книжкый мaгaзин в Aмcтepдaмe пo нaзвaнию Pegasus? Cпpocи y пpoдaвцa тaм, oн тeбe пoмoжeт, нo бyдь ocтopoжeн, книги тaм cтoят мнoгo. A и кcтaти, пoищи в Интepтeнe и пocтapaйcя нaйтй кнгиy Tepeнc Beйдa "Using Russian Vocabulary", oнa тeбe oчeнь пoлeзнa бyдeт.

New thread:
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>>69271626
Troll?

>>69265527
>china: porcelana
what?
If it isn't bait, porcelana is porcelain dude.
Also the translation of fond is afeccionado, not aficionado.

>>69310416
Well, I haven't been to Ukraine, but all my friends from this country speak Russian very well. It can become a problem only with some radical nationalists, but actually there aren't so many of them .-.

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>tfw no autistic german person to practice my german with
I'm confident enough to say I'm B1 in German, but I got 0 experience actually talking it at all.
Would like to talk, but gave up on the /cp/ cancer. I just want a "penpal" but for talking on skype or xbox or something.

It doesn't help either cause of time zones i guess too, them being 8 hours ahead of me.

Help me /int/