Both? Wow. I had to take both Spanish and Chinese for 1 year, then I was able to drop Chinese.
Both? Wow. I had to take both Spanish and Chinese for 1 year, then I was able to drop Chinese.
American here, but I speak enough German to get by. My girlfriend is a lot better at it than me, I can comprehend more words than I know how to use (which I have found is pretty typical.) My written German is pretty horrid, since I haven't used it in a couple years.
well, not both at the same time. I took a year of spanish my freshman year and 1 semester of french in (I think) my junior year
Yeah, that's the way with many languages. You know enough to get by, but not enough to understand the intricacies of what someone is saying.
Btw, on the comment about Engish and German being close, I agree with CornedBee, it was amazingly simple to pick up a lot of the basics of german one thing that I am sure I will never get right is the der/die/das (word genders) almost everyone I have spoken to about it says you learn the common ones but to get it right almost all the time you have to be a native speaker.
I know some High School Spanish. It's wierd. There are different words for EVERYTHING! Such as, there is a different word for "can" as in soup in a can, and can as in "I can jump!". But in English, it is assumed what you are talking about. I like English.
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i'm pretty sure almost every language is similar to that, which is why most people have such a hard time learning english.Originally Posted by Sentral
If you're a non-native speaker, English is also stupid in its grammar. It's a matter of view. In fact, the difference in "can" is helpful for new speakers, not hurtful. But then again, I like Spanish.
Most languages in the world have homographs. It's a common thing.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Yep. I remember Chinese: *random symbol* this means to be, flesh, the moon, and the number 1. What?
At the moment, I'm learning German:
Ich spreche Deustch nicht sehr gut. Ich lerne es.
I speak English and Italian.
I am actually thinking about teaching Italian right now. I have heard they let undergrads who are upper-level in Italian teach the lower-level Italian classes....I must check more into that.
Yes yes, India has quite a few official languages, that is basically because there are so many people with diverse cultures staying here too many people i should say..lol. Well, apart from hindi, i do know 2-3 others, but then hindi is the language spoken by majority of the people here.
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Yeah, I have always heard that English is a very difficult language to learn for people not born in America. Of course, we don't exacly speak English either... More slang than anything else.
I can speak the national language, Indonesia, and English. Also a little Japanese. I had passed Noryoku Shiken (like a TOEFL for Japanese) level 4 (the lowest level) with a little over the passing boundary (67%) a few years ago. Forgot most of 'em now.