have you, or know anybody, self taught themselves a language

its a lot of work, time, reputation, and research, when you don't live in the country to are learning to communicate with.

Well??

 

Well I’ve mastered several computer languages on my own and for a while back in the 90s I was pretty adept at ebonics (self taught) :2thumbsup:


Hotwater

 

pig latin.

 

Actually I was going to say that as well



Hotwater

 

I knew more Arabic while in the area they speak it. After 6yrs Im lucky that I remember the words to Muslim prayers.. Spanish I can make out the conversation can not speak it that fast. German I can speak it but only command a dog would know.

 

and i was going to say ebonics.

for shizzle.

 

I speak fluent morse code....di di dum dum di di......

 

does anyone have a serious response?

 

I've tried, and been largely unsuccessful.

I've self-taught a bunch of programming languages though, but those are easy, frankly.

 

I was working on Japanese, but my DS, and hence access to the program I was using, busted.

 

I've learned Russian and French on my own. In both I can say one sentence phrases. French however I can relatively make out a conversation if others are speaking it. I can also read it and understand it.

 

I tried to learn Russian but really was having a difficult time with it. I hired a tutor and still never managed to do well with that.

I gave up.

 

I would like to learn Russian, Spanish, German, and a few others.

 

Completely away from a native speaker?

Maybe with something like Rosetta Stone, where it's more intuitive and you have to speak into the microphone and repeat the sayings.

But from a dictionary? I don't think anyone could do that very well. Language structures are so different that it would be very difficult. If it was in the same language family maybe you'd have a chance.

I'm trying to learn Khmer right now. It's going okay. I'm trying to learn one phrase a day.

Where is?

What time?

It takes time. Especially because people speaking native languages speak so damned fast.

 

i know a guy who taught himself several languages. he's a super genius, though. always was. sorta freaky smart but still a fun person to hang with. his whole family were freaky geniuses.

 

Rosetta is so damn expensive....There are many programs with cds and even dvds at a quarter of the price if not more. ALthough it depends on the language.

 

There's always software piracy.

Theres no Rosetta Stone or anything for Khmer.

 

I am currently trying to teach myself Scottish Gaelic... it is hard going let me tell you.

 

Not trying to demean learning for learnings sake.

But that's even more of a dead language than Khmer.

 

I taught myself a fair bit of sign language when I was a kid, my friend and I would sign to each other to keep from getting in trouble for talking in class, lol. But eventually that friend moved away and I lost most of it. I wasn't fluent by any means, though, just knew enough to carry on 9 year old banter.