learning other languages

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by sheeprooter, Aug 21, 2006.

  1. sheeprooter

    sheeprooter Member

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    hello all

    has anyone here ever moved to another country that spoke an entirely different language that you had little fluency with beforehand? How long did it take to learn it? I am particularly curious about Spanish and Asian languages.

    cheers
     
  2. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    I kind of did... I spent a year bouncing around China, but I did take a few Mandarin courses beforehand, so I was at least conversationally fluent.
     
  3. Memory

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    You can get cds and shit that teach you languages in 10 days. I have learn German in 10 days. I haven't done it yet though so I don't really know if they work. But my uncle had a spanish learning thing about 2 years ago. Then the next year I seen him he could speak spanish pretty good.
     
  4. alex714

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    Depends on your brain and how easily you can learn languages


    In that situation, you have no choice but to pick up the language. I'd attempt to atleast learn some basics before throwing myself into a foreign country. Its not as romantic as you'd like to think...you could really be screwed over by not knowing the language.
     
  5. Sheep rooter

    You're from New Zealand right?
     
  6. TheGanjaKing

    TheGanjaKing Newbie

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    I'm thinking of learning canadian
     
  7. alex714

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    I'll teach you Canadian if you teach me some American
     
  8. TheGanjaKing

    TheGanjaKing Newbie

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    I'm talking about french........ the only thing you need to know about american is that you can say anything and no one understands you anyways
     
  9. alex714

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    Oh, well, I cant teach you French

    I only know a little from high school. Which is not much seeing that I always barely passed my french classes.
     
  10. TheGanjaKing

    TheGanjaKing Newbie

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    but you live in canada don't you?
     
  11. alex714

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    ya


    so?
     
  12. TheGanjaKing

    TheGanjaKing Newbie

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    I forget where I was going with this
     
  13. KozmicBlue

    KozmicBlue Senior Member

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    I didn't speak Spanish at all but then I lived in Spain for a few months and now I can get by with it just fine. When you're surrounded by a language you will pick it up.

    English is my second language but after living in England for two years I can speak it almost as well as Finnish (my first language), but then I did study it for years in school.
     
  14. Raving Sultan

    Raving Sultan Banned

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    How do you say,
    Do you want to have sex with me? in french
     
  15. Grapefruity

    Grapefruity Sunny Side Up

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    dude only like 20 percent of canadians have french as their mother tongue

    and sultan you could say...

    veut tu coucher avec moi?
    sa te tente tu de baiser?
     
  16. TheGanjaKing

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    those are the REAL canadians....
     
  17. alex714

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    You mean Canadiens.
     
  18. TheGanjaKing

    TheGanjaKing Newbie

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    no, I'm from america
     

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