Poll
Question:
Have you ever seriously studied, or do you currently speak, a language other than your native one?
Option 1: Yes, below fluent
votes: 6
Option 2: Yes, fluent
votes: 1
Option 3: No, but I would like to
votes: 2
Option 4: No, and I have no intention of doing so
votes: 0
- studied spanish in high school and i've since forgotten just about every word of it
- formally studied russian more recently and i've retained a good deal of it
and i don't think it's a matter of mere recency, either
russian is easier because its syntax is roughly equivalent to that of english like ~85% of the time, which i always found to be a surprising coincidence
i would like to be real-time conversational or even fluent one day, but the opportunities for russian exposure irl are p. limited lol 5thgrade;
at best, i can have simple delayed conversations irl, or basic written ones
There was a time that I could at least understand French really well, even if I was only mediocre at speaking it.
Took Japanese in high school for 4 yrs.
Forgot nearly all of it
Studied French for 4 years and have forgotten almost all of it
Studied German for one year and have forgotten most of it
Studied Czech for a year and have forgotten most of it and combined it with:
Polish which I studied for half a year.
I am terrible at committing to one option >_<'
Quote from: YPargh on August 07, 2017, 04:36:20 PM
Studied French for 4 years and have forgotten almost all of it
Studied German for one year and have forgotten most of it
Studied Czech for a year and have forgotten most of it and combined it with:
Polish which I studied for half a year.
I am terrible at committing to one option >_<'
would you say that polish:slavic::french:romance y/n
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on August 08, 2017, 12:48:05 AM
Quote from: YPargh on August 07, 2017, 04:36:20 PM
Studied French for 4 years and have forgotten almost all of it
Studied German for one year and have forgotten most of it
Studied Czech for a year and have forgotten most of it and combined it with:
Polish which I studied for half a year.
I am terrible at committing to one option >_<'
would you say that polish:slavic::french:romance y/n
Sure minus the writing system versus slavic languages with cyrillic
But if you went from Russian to Polish, Polish would be wayyy easier since you already know the roman alphabet
learning alphabets ain't hard imo. learning syllabaries is hard
naw but i really want to learn at least 2-3 more languages before i die, but its hard as fuck for my shitty brain. really need to learn spanish because it's practical and it's my gf's native tongue. at this point i hang around spanish speakers so much i can catch the gist of almost any conversation, but i have a hard time responding, mostly because one i get nervous about sounding like an idiot/gringo, and two i'm terrible at conjugations.
i studied russian in college but i've forgotten almost all of it besides hello and how are you and shit. i can still easily read cyrillic though. i still have all my textbooks though in the event that it seems more likely the rooskis are our new overlords. also i live literally right next to the russian embassy so i hear that shit all the time.
i also want to learn german pretty bad, maybe french or italian, and then either japanese or korean but either would be a massive undertaking so imma take some baby steps first.
Quote from: Ｐｏｐ"ｉｃｌ...！ on August 08, 2017, 02:02:26 AM
learning alphabets ain't hard imo. learning syllabaries is hard
If I had to draw Chinese characters I would probably blow my brains out I can barely read what I write in English myface;
i wanna learn less languages
took french for two years in high school and i've forgotten nearly all of it since
wow to all of the "forgotten most of it"
i took 2 years of spanish in high school. now i speak it every day at work. i'm a god damn gringo
Quote from: Trevor on August 08, 2017, 12:13:54 PM
wow to all of the "forgotten most of it"
i took 2 years of spanish in high school. now i speak it every day at work. i'm a god damn gringo
that's because Spanish is actually useful/necessary most everywhere.
3 years of spanish in high school, and now learning japanese.
i would say my spanish ILR level is probably 2 now, i don't really practice it anymore. i started learning japanese last year and i would say my ILR level is about 1-2.
Quote from: Joice on August 09, 2017, 08:19:04 PM
and now learning japanese.
i was under the impression that you were a japanese native lol befuddlement
are you actually murrican
Quote from: Trevor on August 08, 2017, 12:13:54 PM
wow to all of the "forgotten most of it"
i took 2 years of spanish in high school. now i speak it every day at work. i'm a god damn gringo
i'm legitimately embarrassed by how i've failed the spanish language
it would be practical to go back and finish learning it, ultimately i'd like to do that
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on August 09, 2017, 11:12:14 PM
Quote from: Joice on August 09, 2017, 08:19:04 PM
and now learning japanese.
i was under the impression that you were a japanese native lol befuddlement
are you actually murrican
god i wish i was a japanese native
but yes, i am american, i am from seattle lol
Quote from: Joice on August 09, 2017, 11:26:59 PM
god i wish i was a japanese native
but yes, i am american, i am from seattle lol
don't we all cry;
are you in jpn for work related reasons then lol y/n
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on August 09, 2017, 11:34:13 PM
Quote from: Joice on August 09, 2017, 11:26:59 PM
god i wish i was a japanese native
but yes, i am american, i am from seattle lol
don't we all cry;
are you in jpn for work related reasons then lol y/n
my husband is in the navy and we are stationed in yokosuka. giggle;
Took three years of Spanish. Forgot most of it but then lived in Mexico for a month and now I work with guatamalans occasionally. I'm still pretty shit but I can do conversation and say random things ok
I can also speak enough thai to get around Thailand but I can't have anything close to a conversation lol