/lang/ - Language learning thread

>>70062693
Is it worth it to take a language proficiency test so you can get the paper saying so or noth?

Are Brazilians learning about bananas?

>>70062832
Only if you require them legally to perform certain activities. For i.e. you need to take the russian proficiency test if you want to:
>B1—Apply to a university,
>B2—Carry professional activities in certain careers like engineering,
>C1—For areas such as Linguistics, Translation, Editing, Journalism, International Relations and Management.
>C2—To get a masters in philology.

Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.

What's the difference between з and e?
And the difference between these two Й ы

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>>70064444
>-З/з- is a consonant that can be transcribed into Z.
>-E/e- is soft indicating vowel that can transcribed into YE.
>Й is a consonant that is usually transcribed simply as Y.
>Ы is a unique sound of Russian, a semi-vowel that sounds like a guttural i. Type in YouTube "pronounce Ы" so you can see the intricacies of this sound.

For more technical information check out TOW (yes, it has articles about all Russian letters).

>>70064741
Кyaнтac кoпac тeнec?

>>70062693
languages are cool. i wish i lived somewhere where the dominant language isn't english. here in america it's difficult to find someone who isn't proficient in english, so anytime you want to practice an L2 people just speak english instead. i'm learning chinese right now but china is garbage and taiwan is meh so i dont intent on ever moving there although the language is really fun. sometimes i have doubts because i went to japan and it was great and i could live there for a year or two, but the language is completely useless outside japan. and i hardly ever, ever find native speakers nor do i like anime much. still i have doubts daily that i should be studying japanese instead because i like the culture and country and media more; but i can never find a use for it. like studying icelandic. : (

Any linguistbros here? :3

>>70068800
i know 3 langs and learning 1 but not a linguist

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>The one skill that you'll never strengthen

>>70068779
Just accept you are a weeb. Embrace it!

>>70069005
also fear of labeled weaboo.. would rather learn korean because also cool and have 2 korean fluent friends

Are these sentences correct?

Magyarul tanulok.
A házam egy bank mellett van. Holnap a bankban megyek.
Jössz is?

I am learning Hungarian
My house is next to a bank
Tomorrow I am going to the bank
Are you also coming?

>>70069096
1st is ok
2nd is ok (If the emphasis is on your house, not on the bank. In that case: A bank mellett van a házam.)

3rd:,
You said
Tomorrow I'm in the bank going (somewhere?)

A bankba megyek holnap
or
Holnap elmegyek a bankba
(Again, if the emphasis is on the bank or tomorrow)
4th,

You said "Come too"

Jössz te is?
or
Te is jössz?
(Emphasis, again)

Why would you learn hungarian btw?

>>70069356
Not him but kurva ànyatok is one of the few language generals I haven't filtered. You guys seem so nonchalant, chill, pure (as in, I only ever see Hungarians in there), and your language looks cool.

>>70069401
>Pure (as in, I only ever see Hungarians in there)
Of course, migrants >>>/out/

>>70062693
Hê hê hê. Is there anyone here learn Vietnamese? I can help.

>>70069356
Thanks!

One of my friends is Hungarian, and is the only Hungarian in a 50 mile radius. He said he felt bad because he has no one to talk to in Hungarian. Sadfrog.Jpg I told him I'd learn Hungarian for him.

>>70043735
I do 20 cards a day Core, 10 cards a day RTK, but the RTK deck hasn't caught up with how far I am into the book (~600) so I need to add some more cards for the next few days I think.

Should be easy to dust off the rest of the Kanji by May or so.

I can't learn kanji through vocab, the stories work so much better and more easily for me. Memes be damned, I think RTK is a great book and I'm even considering buying the first volume because it has helped me so much and I like having paper copies. I don't think I will though because my notebook is quickly becoming a discount RTK of my own, with better stories for me.

I also do memrise and just started practicing on hellotalk.
I'm going to try to attend the japanese language club meetings at my school too. Talking with a native IRL is scary, but I can't imagine anything better for my vocal and aural skills.

>>70069627
>He said he felt bad because he has no one to talk to in Hungarian.
That's really sweet, anon.

>>70064741
Fun fact: the letter Ы exists only in Russian, Belarussian and Mongolian.

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I want to learn:
>Spanish
>"Serbo-Croatian"
>Japanese
>Arabic/Farsi
>Latin


I want to do it all at once. fuck me

>>70070658
Quotation marks?

>>70070681
I think he meant to say """Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian"""

>>70070681
>>70070715
exactly. Everyone gets assblasted when I say it one way or the other

>>70070779
Unaware mongoloids get assblasted. Any rational man, however underrepresented in this region, recognises the unity and compactness of our language. The Serbo-Croatian or Croatian-Serbian, as negotiated and agreed on the Vienna Literary Agreement in 1850.

When you need a model to learn several languages, approach it day by day. Learn the language you feel learning the most that day (or if you're "on a role" with one. Even if you have the motivation for another one every few days. Those few days of inspired, perhaps intensive learning is more profitable and worthwhile than what we call "focusing" on a single language for a month.
This is all a part of passive knowledge reception, which is an invaluable process.

Join our shitposting telegram group. I am there. I know what you're "going through" and I can help

>>70070876
is the Telegram group in the wiki?

thank you btw. in just a learning conundrum

>>70070930
https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAED3UIA8Fczdptm1RA

Currently aren't learning anything.

I'd like to learn:
Russian
Japanese

Out of curiosity:
Old church slavonic
Classical latin
Proto Indo-european

>>70069005
weebs don't know japanese

>>70070658
learn one a year

>>70069401
what's the point of the /int/ board if you can't invade the generals of other countries

>>70071180
They're just bothersome, the relevant people can go to them if they want.

>>70071180
you can get the readers' attention by make informative posts about your culture.

or by getting dubs in succession (three times in a row)

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>>70071045
for what purpose

>>70071348
I have a disposable phone number and a shitty phone without Maps and such, one email address with a three log in information to obscure websites, no social media accounts, no credit cards, only basic health insurance with minimum information, incorrect and imprecise residence information (the city's fault) and no photos of me on the internet, not even the former school yearbook

Not afraid of an application

>>70069401
A fucking austrokike ruins it every 2nd day, but thanks man

>>70071956
No prob, and yeah I've seen him before, he's weird. Has he always been in your guys' generals?

>>70071975
He used to live on v4, but recently he came to us, God knows why.
Sadly, he always gets his (You)s, and even some weebfag companion.

Sprachbund

>>70076644
Es ist Zeit für Reich mein Bruder

What does /int/ think about the Critical Period Theory in regards to second language acquisition?

>>70071348
Get Marshmallow.

>>70078664
A way to trick grade school children into learning instead of playing

is there a site similar to duolingo where i can learn the basics of chinese?

>>70080520

There's a couple of apps that are basically duolingo clones.

chinese skill and hello chinese

>>70080514
this. there's never been any scientific proof iirc

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Which one of you guys is this

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>>70083202

>>70078664
It's a meme

>>70083202
this screenshot was spread through twitter and vk iirc

Esperanto, more like espershito am I right?

Does hellotalk use texts or wifi/IM?

coi lo pendo .i .e'o tavla mi

>>70067126
Saluton.

>>70085508
fucking SAVAGE m8

i'm doing the basic French course with Michel Thomas right now and holy fuck why is the female student so goddamn stupid.

otherwise this is way more helpful than I expected.

>>70089426
michel thomas methos is based. reallty intuitive, it help me a lot with russian, the prononciation

>>70083202
>>70083233
Is HelloTalk actually helpful? What's the best way get use out of it?

Anyone know a good way to learn Armenian? There doesn't seem to be a whole lot to find online and there are no classes in a 500km radius.

>>70095863
Oops nevermind I didn't properly check the drive link.

>>70095863
>>70095961
Also try Pimsleur, Memrise and you probably already know this, but don't ever stick to just one resource.Try to use all kinds of shit.