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[Anonymous No.10150065]

>He only speaks one language
>That language is American English
Discuss your language learning and resources here.

[Anonymous No.10150068]

>>>/int/

[Anonymous No.10150073]

Any gamefied kind of app like duolingo for learning Ancient Greek?

[Anonymous No.10150723]

>Born in Finland to swiss father and estonian mother
>Learn estonian from mother, french from father and finnish in kindergarten
>Compulsory english at 4th grade
>Compulsory swedish at 7th grade
>Take german courses at 8th grade, start speaking with father in german and learn swiss german
>High school, start taking russian classes and mother helps with her soviet knowledge
>Spend second year in Italy, learn italian pretty quickly
>tfw fluent in estonian, french, finnish, english, swedish, german, russian and italian
>tfw can read literally all european literature worth reading
How can tonguelets even compete?

[Anonymous No.10150850]

>>10150723
>tfw born in Switzerland to Swiss mother and Swiss father
>moved to Ireland by sociopath aged 2
>grow up learning English
>compulsory Irish and French which have since forgotten all knowledge of
>move back to Switzerland with zero knowledge of German in 20s
>currently only fluent in English and Swiss German (the most infantile of languages)
>learning German and Russian now
>hopes of eventually also becoming fluent in Italian and French

[Anonymous No.10150901]

>>10150065
>know Romanian,English, French, Russian, Spanish
>Took Hebrew for a meme and actually kinda like it

[Anonymous No.10150915]

What does /lit/ think of Japanese? I'm not even into anime but the language itself seems fluid and nice.

[Anonymous No.10150935]

>>10150723
>not spanish
pleb detected

[Anonymous No.10150945]

>>10150850
>replying to pasta
Bad frog.

[Anonymous No.10150959]

>>10150945
it's not a pasta, I just wrote it

[Anonymous No.10150965]

>>10150945
I don't think it was pasta, most Swiss men are losers who marry foreign women.

[Anonymous No.10150967]

I took German all through high school and college. I keep up with it by listening to some podcasts, and occasionally reading German /lit/.

I taught myself some Italian with grammar books, duolingo and flash cards. Good enough to read the news, though my accent is shit. I can struggle through literature, but don't know many authors.

I completed a bunch of other duolingo courses just for fun, but I'm not really fluent in any of them.

I've made it halfway through Oreberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata, supplementing with reading from the Vulgate.

I'm not very focused.

[Anonymous No.10150972]

>>10150959
I'm fairly sure I saw that pasta or a close variation in winter or spring. Try harder.

[Anonymous No.10150976]

>>10150850
>only fluent in Swiss German
At least you can be a comedic blast at parties with Germans.

[Anonymous No.10150985]

>>10150972
I've been smugposting my story on /int/ and on /lit/ before, but I always write it from scratch

[Anonymous No.10150995]

>>10150065
I've been reading poetry books with the original side to side to the translation. I'm reading Rimbaud's ouvre right now and I feel it's getting easier to understand french as I plough through (I already had rudimentary knowledge though)

[Anonymous No.10150997]

>>10150976
Don't rub it in, I know how hamstringed the language is. It's pretty much a language for children and old people who have nothing interesting to say. Even the proper German they teach in Swiss schools is regarded as infantile by actual Germans. Fuck this country.

[Anonymous No.10151000]

>>10150723
Why don’t you know Spanish

[Anonymous No.10151002]

>learn English naturally
>Finnish mother taught me finnish but I can't read it and it's slowly fading with the years
>mandatory Irish and French like >>10150850
>tried to learn nip twice for mango and failed
>no real aspirations to learn another language cause all the good stuff is translated

[Anonymous No.10151006]

>>10150935
if your fluent in italian and french you can read spanish

[Anonymous No.10151009]

>>10150065
we speak spanish too

[Anonymous No.10151016]

>>10150915
Horrible writing system don't learn it

[Anonymous No.10151017]

>>10151002
plenty of untranslated German and Russian literature. You owe it to yourself to not be a onelanguagelet

[Anonymous No.10151031]

I would definitely "exchange" my knowledge of Russian for knowledge of American English tho...

[Anonymous No.10151033]

>>10151017
Already said I wasn't you heckin nerd

[Anonymous No.10151041]

>>10150723
>"knows" 8 languages
>all he does with it is smugposting in English
Oh the ironing.

[Anonymous No.10151048]

>>10151031
>being this retarded
English is babby tier easy. Russian is more or less unmasterable by non-natives.

[Anonymous No.10151049]

>>10151033
>knows English
>fading knowledge of Finnish, forgotten knowledge of Irish and French, failure to learn Japanese
You only know one language.

[Anonymous No.10151053]

>>10151041
That is what /lit/ is about tho

[Anonymous No.10151073]

>>10151048
t. amerimutt
Oh, yes, you know better.

[Anonymous No.10151092]

>>10151073
>being a mental midget
>insulting your intellectual superiors
Ha хapкaч, дeбилoтa.

[Anonymous No.10151129]

>>10151092
>says that English is easier than Russian
>does not even understand that learning a language from another group is equally difficult for any native speaker

[Anonymous No.10151137]

>>10151049
Almost knowing 3 other languages is better than knowing just one language. And finnish is good enough for conversation level. Good enough for me anyway don't really care about it.

[Anonymous No.10151141]

>>10151129
>wow everything is like relative man so everything is like equally easy and equally difficult and you like can't pass value judgments at all

[Anonymous No.10151196]

>>10151137
Nono, suomi on kaunis kieli. Ootko harrastanut mitään suomalaista kirjallisuutta vai ihan vaan keskustellut äidin kanssa?
Ja mistäpäin se on? Puhuuko siun äiti jollakin murteella?

[Anonymous No.10151215]

>>10151196
w̵͚̣̫ͨ͑̔̍͛̽͐͗t͓͔̖̳̾̔̕͡f̵̹̊̑̕ͅ ̜̤̦̗͙̥͈̝̬͒̀͢ị͙̰̠̮̠̻̈ͦ̑̾̋͒̚ ̶̟͓̝͎͙̈́̎͗̄̉̃͋̏̔̕ǰ͇ͣ̓͒̉̀ư̗̱̹͓͉̻͇̱ͭ̏̄ͅş̸̻̰̺̳̱̌͒̆̂̔ͧͅt̺͇̬͔̟̻ͬͨ ̬͔͚̩̝̝͔ͯ͊ͩ̀́́r̵͎̳̊ͬ̾̒̇͢ȩ͔̞̞̭̯͎̌̎͆ͯͫ̀̚͞a̵̷͓̜͇̭ͯͤ̃ͫ̈́͞d̡̙̝̻͙̫̳͊̉͆ͨ̂̎ͮ͠ ͔̣͉͔ͨt͖̥̜̗̫̎ͧ̔͛̉͂̃ͮ̿h̸̷̟̀̋̾̊ͣͬ̏̎ͦ͘į̬̭̥͖͍̙̣̬͙ͫ͑s̵̺̳̳̟ͯ́ͭ̆̇ͭͫ͝ͅ ͙͍͉̼̰͂̎̽͗̈́ͯ̚o̜͇͚̜̣̟ͪͬ̈͞ư̭̤̟͙̭͌ṫ͔̣̾ͦ ͈̺̦̞͇̤̫̔̄͛̎̍̆ͅl̫̥̣͉̞̣̫̠̾̊͛̓̀͠͝o̝͔̣̤̮̻̤̒̆̀͋̕͝u̦̼̖̠̗̘ͣ̆̔̇͊͋̏ͣd̴̩̱̩͔̭͇̤̤́̿̒̽̐̉̓̇͜ ̣̒ͩ̑̕͜a͇̳ͨ͆̿ͣ̏͘͢ͅn̶͚͓͈̜̆ͬ̿́̎ͧ̚d̴̹̣̯̮̏ ̶̶̢̪͎̻ͤ͑n̥̬͓͙̘͍̩̓͒̈̽ͩͅo̖͈̭̫̯͓͎ͦ͌̂̏̚͜w̜̮̰̑̂̚ ̢̯̝̪̺̈́͂ͅa͙͉͂͆͘͜ĺ̰͈̼͔̺͙̟ͯͪ̀͟l̙̭̣͕̪̈ͬ̆̔͢ ̶̨̠̫̉̒m̜̟̝̰͖̮͊ͪ̾͆̃́́͞y̴̢̥̗̥̹͉͎̯̔̑ͅ ̴̬̫͓͕̮̇̽͂͝t͚̞̗͖̐͐̑ͭ̀͌ͧ̓͟ͅe̮̺̠͙̞̤̥͙ͬ̉̎͜x̧̯͖̙͕̳͉ͫ͑̍ͧ͝ț̐̀ͨ͂͘ ͔̟̰͚͇ͭ̐͢ȋ̢̹̼̜̊ͧ̒͆͒̌ͮͦ̀͝s̖̹̮͐ ̴̧̝͈̘̞̱̟̘̌ͤ͜l̬̩̙̳͕͇̟ͫ͗́̑̏̀̔͐͒͟i̩͙͎͓͔ͨ̓ͫ̊k̶̳̼̝̘͛̏ͪ͂ẻ̙̬̘̫ͦ͑ͪ͐̋̿͟ ̳̬ͪ͐͆́́ͩͯ̄t͖̩̦͋̒ͯ̐h̷̵̛̭ͦ̌ͤ͆̀̿͆̚i̭̜͉̯̖̘̭̽͐͂̏s͓̠̠̪̳͎͉͖̐ͭͣ̇̾

[Anonymous No.10151260]

>>10151215
https://vocaroo.com/i/s0Nr2kEyaKu5
Post your attempt

[Anonymous No.10151269]

>>10151260

W̡̠̻̭̝͇̤̫͚̜̝̮̪̠̻̗̮̓̉ͬͬ̄̔̒̋͊́̀̋ͯ̊̂ͪ̽̿͆͘T̵̢̡̻͖͍̬̟̱͓̝̘̗͖̠̙͔ͪ̋ͬ͆ͪ̒̚͠F̶̢̼̜͕̪̜̺̼̺̞̖͚̭̣͇̭͆̌̌̌̽ͧ͢ͅͅ ̵͚̦͕͚̙̠̗̣̪̰̱̫͙̪̓ͦͮ̽̃̍ͭ͐̔͂ͮ̆͂ͭͫͩ̐̚̚̕͝ͅḮ̞͉͉̦̯̱̳̮̞͗̆̉́̇͋͢ ̵̸̫̳̳̗̙͎͆͒̑̈́̃̔ͬ̎̏ͫͅḺ̤̝̥̟̰̩̯̖̈́͗͒̇̾ͯͮ̾ͣ̔̓̇͗̈́I̴̧̛͖͙̠͕̜̯̞͙̻̯̝̖̪͐̄̈́́ͨ̌ͦͣ̋̀͠S̵̨̧̝̜̳̯͉̠̞̥͈̺͎͈̻̜̻͑͗̈̉̋̀͗ͬ̌͠Ṱ̵̡̰̦̮͈̫̜̩̻̠̜́̍́͋͊̏̽ͦ͡Ĕ̢̻̠̺͎͙̦͖̼́̈̑̎͐̍͗͑̇ͤͧ͘͝N̮͙̭̤̩̭̻̩̖̩̂͊ͫ̏̈̑̄͋̕͢E̦̼̠̠͎̠͙̜͗ͤͤͯͬ̽̔̌̆̀̕͡D̡͚̰̫͉͓̖͕̹͇̒̽̍̋͋̀̈̈́ͧͩ͐͐̚͘͞ ̨͕͔͈͔̯͖͉̗̦͓̙͎̞̦̀ͧ̐̓͗ͫ̒͂ͪ́̚T̛̝̖̱̟̘̻̦̄ͪ̈́̄͗̈́ͪ̑͐͋̂͆͌̓͢O̶̧͕͓̱̱̭̻̙̗̥͍̞̟͎͕̖̯͚ͨ̇͋̓ͬͬ̐̎͋̓͋͊̿̓̋ͣ̒̊̀͠ͅ ̴͈̗̻̖̥̍́ͪ̔͗̿̄̃̇͢͢͠Ṭ̺̝̟̻͖̪͓̩͓̫̺̱͈̥͍͇͆͑̿ͯͩ̉̋ͭͭ͊̓̆̒ͬ͆̒͢͞H̴̝͍̺̖̫̩̮̱ͫ͊̔̋̚͜͞ͅI̸̷͖̣̣̔ͫ̾̈͆ͫ̾̿̕̕S̢̢̬̤̫̭͓̫̜̖̔͌̏̇̋̒̑̈́ͫ̎̈̇ͭ̚͘͘ ̵̵̙̱̠͙̝̟͙̪̥̙͓ͭͪ̆̀ͧ̑ͫ̈̉͆͆̐̎̊͢ͅÁ̬̞̤̺̆ͩ͘͟͟͢N̶͍̙͔̞͙͈̘͉͇̜̥̪͔̞̾̃͋̕Ḓ̸̡̹͚̯̪̼̟̼̞͛͛͑̏͑͑͞͝ ̵̸̨̺̙̖̳͍͇͈̝̺͖̭͈̥͇̖ͦ͛̂ͤ̇ͨ̊̋ͪͭ̏Ņ̶̡̞̖̤̮̺̄ͯ̄ͤ̍͊͋̀O̩̺̫͙̜͔̳̘̺̭͖ͮ̂͌ͫ̎̿ͭ̀ͨ̇͛̚͘͜͜W̡͓͚̬̙̞̍͑̿̆̒̓̓͝ ̶̡̢̹͍̺͉͍̤͇͈̞̘͊̈͒̍̓ͯ̈́̂̎͋͘͢I̱̤̘͔͍̥̘̼͍ͮͮͤ̂ͤ̽̈́͌̉ͫ̂ͬ͆̊͋̀ͪͫ͡ ̵̢̛̬͕͍͇̙̩͎͉ͩ̉̇ͮ͛̽̚̕͢C̣̤̰͇̹͓̺͉̯̽̋̒̆͌̿͊ͪͩÁ̧̢̼̝̦͖̬͚̘̱̦̱̯͍͔̥͇̓ͯ̏̄̍ͧͯ͂̂͊͘͘͡N̨̞̜͎͉̝͎͕̦̟̦̬͇͋̎ͦ͑̂̕͠Ṱ̸͇̱̪͔̤̣̟͇͍̫͎͐̄͗̂ͤͭ̆̋̄̾̚͠ ̢̥͙̼̗̠̪̹͕̣͖̜̯ͦ͊ͬͣͣ̄ͪ̄̌̓̈́̍̑͊͒̆̀̕S̵̗̝̱̥̼̦̼̤͓̩ͪ̓ͤ̐ͦ̈͐̾Ĕ̵̷̮̰̯̠̤̭͓͉͕̪͚̭͕ͩ͊̋̚̕͝Ę̴̧̰̳̱͓̘̤̳̞̭͇̘̜͓͎̯͆́̾̈́̌ͨ͋ͯ̀͂͋̽ͭ̈̀̚͝

[Anonymous No.10151294]

>>10151048
Of course it's masterable, there is just no point to master it. Would exchange Russian for Sapnish or Mandarin.

[S. Donne !!Cgg+piu072t No.10151589]

I've been using Anki to brush up on my Latin and pick up where I left on Attic Greek. My primary texts are Wheelock for Latin and Mastronarde for Attic Greek.

[Anonymous No.10151606]

>>10151294
It's unmasterable in the same amount of time it would take an Indo-European native to master one of the Romance or Germanic languages.
>no point
One of the greatest literary traditions in the world.
>Spanish
Easy, doesn't need "exchanging".
>Mandarin
Pointless hipster garbage.

[Anonymous No.10151983]

>>10150065
That MEGA link doesn't work.

[Anonymous No.10152497]

>>10150915
writing system is great!!!
more fun than chinese, but with the same depth
out of the five i study, its my favorite one

[Anonymous No.10152511]

>>10150065
My dream is to learn both French and German to compliment my native English.

French is such a pain though, and the Latin words are difficult to get used to. I find myself taking to German much faster even though I grew up learning French in school.

[Anonymous No.10152512]

>>10150995
>I've been reading poetry books with the original side to side to the translation

where to cop?

[Anonymous No.10152517]

>native english
>can do passable spanish
>fluent portuguese through my dad

[Anonymous No.10152527]

>>10152511
I recommend this book

[Anonymous No.10152556]

>>10151041
>tongueposting in French
please, don't embarrass other languages

[Anonymous No.10152592]

>>10150065
Cпacибo!

[Anonymous No.10152640]

>>10152527
Is the one for German good too?

[Anonymous No.10152757]

>>10152640
I actually just got a copy yesterday, although it's the second edition. I like it so far. In reviews there are people saying it contains errors but I can't comment on this. The book states it takes between 80-120 hours to finish it so even if I read 2 hours a day it could take 2 months to finish. Was surprised to see passages from Mein Kampf in there.

[Anonymous No.10152792]

I'm debating between learning French and German now. Both departments at my uni have fantastic faculty. Anyone have a suggestion as to which I should go for? I already know English and have some pretty good Latin experience

[Anonymous No.10152827]

>>10152757
>mein kampf

so it's redpilled? I'm sold.

[Anonymous No.10153194]

>>10151983
This.

[Anonymous No.10153237]

>>10152527
>>10152640
>>10152757
They seem quite expensive (at least on Book Depo. $75+ AUD)... Suggestions for less pricey ones?

[Anonymous No.10153391]

Any chance to learn French without a teacher? I'm thinking about studying basic grammar and then translating Exupery, Camus and maybe Celine for practice.
Is it possible to achieve conversational level or no?

I already speak English, shitty Dutch, and I can understand German, although I can't use it on my own. I've learned all these on my own but I'm not sure if I can do it again with French because of the pronunciation.

.t hunfag

[Anonymous No.10153546]

I'm Finnish and I can barely speak Finnish anymore.

[Anonymous No.10153556]

>>10150723

[Anonymous No.10153614]

>>10153237
I bit the bullet and bought one new for $50USD. I was told this is a normal price for a new textbook and used ones didn't exist on abebooks.

[Anonymous No.10153924]

>>10153237
there is one quite cheap on b-ok.org

00usd

[Anonymous No.10153943]

>>10150065
phenomenology - Hegel
death of tragedy - Nietzsche
aphorisms - Novalis

[Anonymous No.10154659]

>>10151141
It is relative from what languages you already know. Russian is harder for an English speaker than French because the speaker only knows English. The difficulty of languages being relative is linguistics 101.

[Anonymous No.10154671]

>>10153391
>because of the pronunciation
If that's the only reasons why you don't want to do it alone don't worry. French pronunciation is a piece of piss. The only tricky thing about it is the French r. Once you practice it for a little bit you will have it. The rest of it is just getting used to the vowel sounds and knowing the silent letters and liaisons. It's only slightly harder than German for pronunciation.

[Anonymous No.10154676]

>>10154659
Wow, it's almost like that was the point of the post you replied to, cretin.

[Anonymous No.10154677]

>>10151589
How difficult are they? I'm planning on trying to learn them for fun when I'm finished learning Arabic.

[Anonymous No.10154689]

>>10154676
So you shitposted a guy you agreed with in a sarcastic tone making it look like you were the Russian elitist he was arguing again because?

[Anonymous No.10154720]

>>10154689
>he still can't grasp a 4 post interaction
>feels confident he needs to engage
How is it like being this retarded?

[Anonymous No.10155395]

>>10150065
>brb wishing that was me
t. bilingual native in Russian.

[Anonymous No.10155454]

Hello.
Quick question about English writing. English is not my first language so I have a question.
Are these sentences in descriptive writing correct or wrong?
>"The house was cleaner, the counters washed, and the shelves dusted."
and
>"The woman was happy, a smile on her face."
>"The woman came strutting in, a twinkle in her eye."

[Anonymous No.10156263]

>>10155454
>are these sentences grammatically correct
yes
>will they win a prize for literately writing
no

[S. Donne !!Cgg+piu072t No.10156312]

>>10154677
Well, if you're able to learn Arabic, then they shouldn't be too hard compared to Arabic. I find Latin very easy while Greek gives me a headache after awhile. Latin is definitely much easier if English or a Romance language is your native tongue. Greek isn't as closely related to other European languages and has only given us a few words for technical subjects such as theology or medical science.

[Anonymous No.10156400]

>>10150723
>Grow up speaking French
>Learn English because the rest of the country speaks it
>Tfw you can read in the only 2 languages worth reading in.

[Anonymous No.10156427]

>>10156400
What about Russian and German?
>inb4 only works worth reading have been all been translated meme

[Anonymous No.10156436]

>>10156400
russian.. german.. latin.. japanese..

[Anonymous No.10156463]

>>10156436
Japanese is inaccessible to non natives. The only people autistic enough to devote the years required to read Japanese are weebs who do it for their manga and hentai. Do you seriously think those types of people would pick up the equivalent of Ulysses?

[Anonymous No.10156468]

>>10150723
>>10150723
noice

[Anonymous No.10156475]

im mexican, know english, spanish, and im taking chinese classes.

[Anonymous No.10156496]

>>10156475
Do Mexicans not have their own language?

[Anonymous No.10156519]

>>10156496
It has a shit-ton belonging to indigenous tribes. They officially recognize some 68 of them.

[Anonymous No.10156548]

pycкий язык oчeнь тpyднo я знaю пeчeмy чтo я aмepeкeнeц

[Anonymous No.10156577]

>>10156263
I only wrote them up very quickly to see if the concept was grammatically correct.
Thank you.

[Anonymous No.10156646]

>>10151016
>>10152497
so... which is it?

[Anonymous No.10156649]

>>10150967
you're doing good anon, keep it up

[Anonymous No.10156655]

Cпacибo тeбe бoг, чтo я pyccкий.

[Anonymous No.10157119]

>Live in fuckhuge country that only speaks english
>needing to speak anything else

Do europoors not realise how big the USA and Australia actually are? Larger than Europe and everyone there speaks English.

Gee, I wonder why everyone only speaks English there?

[Anonymous No.10157132]

>>10157119
>he thinks learning a foreign language is solely about back-and-forth communication with foreigners
>not about culture
>not about a different way of thinking
>not about a different way to use language
>it's about the ability to order a BigMac

Yanks are truly plebs.

[Anonymous No.10157168]

>>10157132
stop bothering with burgers, everytime is the same thing: miserably trying to justify their lazyness and lack of will to do such a thing as learn a new language.

[Anonymous No.10157274]

>>10157168
There is literally no reason an American should learn a foreign language.
t. European

[Anonymous No.10157345]

Is it still worth learning ancient Greek and Latin? I mean the majority of the important works are already translated into English so why bother.

[Anonymous No.10157373]

german writers worth reading?

[Anonymous No.10157384]

>>10157373
Really?

[Anonymous No.10157395]

>>10157384
yes really, but i was thinking more in terms of a top 10

i value /lit/'s taste in books

[Anonymous No.10157415]

>>10157373
>inb4 stirner

[Anonymous No.10157550]

What are the best resources (textbooks, online tutorials, whatever) for learning Mandarin Chinese? preferably something that uses traditional characters, not simplified. Does Mandarin have an equivalent of what Japanese has with the Genki textbooks?

[Anonymous No.10157857]

>>10156655
Tы гoмyнкyл

[Anonymous No.10157861]

>>10157373
Hesse

[Anonymous No.10158449]

>>10151006
Nah, but it takes less than a month

[Anonymous No.10158455]

Does anyone have experience learning Italian?

[Anonymous No.10158525]

>>10157373
Goethe, Schiller, Hesse, Thomas Mann and Das Nibelungenlied.

[Anonymous No.10158671]

>>10150723
Пиздишь вeдь, oй пиздишь.

[Anonymous No.10158718]

>>10158455
A lot easier than French

[Anonymous No.10158719]

>>10151031
Sounds like a shallow trade to me, but I too have recently felt as if I don't really need to know my Russian natively. In my case I was thinking along the lines of somehow speaking Latin or perhaps Ancient Greek instead of all that native Russian occupying my brainspace forever. It's nice to be fluent in something so highly inflected in the Indo-European way, but all that Slavic baggage is uncultured and I hate my thought patterns sometimes.

[Anonymous No.10159508]

私は馬鹿外人です。大きいおっぱいは好きです。

[Anonymous No.10159529]

The only languages that will exist in 50 years are English, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic.
If you're learning anything other than these, you are massively wasting your time.

[Anonymous No.10159547]

>>10159529
What if you want to read heidegger in the original?

[Anonymous No.10159592]

请问,你们卖妹妹马?

我买妹妹。谢谢。

These language lessons are really paying off.

[Anonymous No.10159674]

>>10157274
fine, my man. why learn new things, right?

[Anonymous No.10159881]

>>10159529
>French
>Ignoring Africa

Hahahaha what a pleb.

[Anonymous No.10159902]

I've taken to German, Russian, and Japanese. I was thinking of taking on a Scandinavian or a Romance Language. The order I am learning these in will be: German, Russian, then either the new one or Japanese.

[Anonymous No.10159989]

>>10159529
There are 3 or 4 Indian languages in the top 10 most spoken

[Anonymous No.10160099]

日本語を喋れても、別に役に立たないぞ、オタクども。
ドイツ語かフランス語をならえ、ゲーテかカミュを代わりに読め。
忠告をしといたぞ。

[Anonymous No.10160202]

>>10159989
China is going to invade India and genocide them all in a few years.

[Anonymous No.10160368]

>>10157274
You're gonna need Spanish once your country is completely overrun with hispanics lmao

[Anonymous No.10160372]

>>10159529
>>10159881
Africa is on track to have 7 billion people by 2100

[Anonymous No.10160492]

>>10160368
>first-gen
>watch my nieces and nephews growing up hardly knowing a word of Spanish

[Anonymous No.10160494]

>>10160372
>Africa is on track to have 7 billion starving people by 2100

[Anonymous No.10160513]

>learn English as an American boy
>Autist in high school, learn Spanish because I think it will get me friends
>It doesn't
>Majoring in Spanish rn(ik it's useless I'm dropping out and enlisting anyways)
>Nobody to speak other languages with
Literally the only languages I encounter in the US are English and Spanish, and the only time people speak back to me when I speak to them in Spanish as a 6ft tall aryan is when I am actually in Mexico or I'm with my friends who know I like to practice it. Otherwise I get called a racist. I hate being American REEEEE
I have the opportunity to go cryptologic linguist in the army, and it sounds cool, and I would get to learn and actually use a cool language, but my recruiter offered me a contract for 19D with airborne and I feel like I shouldn't pass up the opportunity to go airborne as enlisted.

[Anonymous No.10160535]

>>10159529
More like English, Mandarin, Russian, and Polish.

[Anonymous No.10160578]

>>10160099
>It's another self-hating weeb

[Anonymous No.10160584]

>>10160513
why are you sharing this you raving lunatick

[Anonymous No.10160679]

Any good tips for German?
Trucking through Duolingo, but I definitely feel like I'm not retaining much

[Anonymous No.10160705]

>>10150065
What's with this board and its condescension of monolingualism?

People that spend their time reading, writing, and speaking in only one language generally make faster gains in vocab and comprehension of that language. Devoting time to more than one language takes away from that.

[Anonymous No.10160714]

>>10160679
Start reading as soon as possible, you don't need to understand every word. Find and torrent "German graded readers" it has texts from A1 to B2 levels.

[Anonymous No.10160748]

>>10155454
> a smile on her face.
I would rather say "Her aspect bemirthed"

[Anonymous No.10160768]

Give me a single reason I should speak any language other than English.

[Anonymous No.10160772]

>>10159592
*吗
Should be a question marker at the end, not horse

[Anonymous No.10160786]

>>10160679
Get Sandberg's German for Reading (hard to find, pirate it)

Do a chapter a day

Ideally, review the previous chapter's new content and re-read the final practice passage before starting the new chapter each day (helped me a lot, but it's tedious)

Around Chapter 10 of Sandberg, start also reading SOMETHING YOU CARE ABOUT and ALREADY KNOW WELL in German, every day. If you work differently, you can go for something challenging and exciting that you've never read before. But I had the best luck when reading something enjoyable whose content I already knew, because it significantly reduced the feeling of helplessness. Keep going with the Sandberg also.

For me, I read short Mircea Eliade books in German that I had already read in French AND English before. I also recommend short, adult-targeted books within fields that already have your interest or you already know. For example, German has a publisher called Kohlhammer that has a lot of short handbooks written by specialists. French has a series called “Que sais-je?” of history books (among other things) written by experts within the field. The nice thing about these is that they are short, written unpretentiously, and you can find several already within your interests (I used Byzantine history for example), and you quickly build a base of vocabulary and reading practice without even noticing.

Don't worry about understanding everything. That's why you're reading dinky books: If you hit the odd sentence that throws you completely for a loop, it doesn't matter. The underlying principles of that sentence you will learn later. Likewise, if you hit upon a concept ten times that you never quite remember, doesn't matter. If it takes a hundred times, it takes a hundred times. You're not committing any great sin by not perfectly learning things. The whole reason for reading these throwaway handbooks is to "get" 60-80% of them, increasing as your skill increases.

[Anonymous No.10160794]

>>10160786
Or you could just speak English.

If you don't live, or at least interact daily, in or with people who speak a certain language there's little reason to learn it.

If it's for the purpose of literature then it's doubly stupid because;

1. Everything has been translated in English, the master language.

2. You will miss nuanced linguistic and grammatical components of the language you're reading it in by not being adequately fluent.

[Anonymous No.10160822]

>>10150065
does anyone have the french version of this chart?

[Anonymous No.10161212]

>>10160578
I love my native language, it's just not very good for literature.

[Anonymous No.10161402]

>>10160794
Kys

[Anonymous No.10161439]

>>10160705
>t. brainlet

Learning french would vastly improve your english vocab

[Anonymous No.10161444]

>>10160786
2nd edition was printed in 2015