don't let the thread die you stupid fucks edition >Share language learning experiences! >Ask questions about your target language! >Help people who want to learn a new language! >Participate in translation challenges or make your own! >Make frens!
FAQ U: >How do I learn a language? What is the best way to learn one? How should I improve on certain aspects? Read the damn wiki >Should I learn lang Y so I can learn lang X? No >What is the most useful language? Simlish >What language should I learn? Animalese
EASY >I am going to the bakery >I am taking my dog for a walk >thank you for creating this language challenge, your penis must be very big >those shoes suit you well
MEDIUM >He has still not unraveled my secret, even though I gave him an obvious hint yesterday >You should know this if you went through the effort to inform yourself some more on the subject >I will never get enough of admiring what you do >people underestimate at which point snakes can look cute
HARD >Imagine you were a frenchman and that you were witness to a car accident. You see the car slowly sinking away in the water with a fellow frenchman and an African on the inside. As a frenchman myself, I would save my compartriot first
David Jackson
After studying French for a while, I've come to the conclusion: >Basic words in French (petit, avec, manger, comment, etc.) are for the most part unrelated to English (and Danish and German) >Abstract words, less commonly used ones, etc. are almost universally either words English adopted from French or French adopted from English >Thus, French may seem kinda hard and foreign at first but once you got the fundamentals down, you can get good at reading and listening surprisingly quickly
Are all non degree interpreter and translator jobs call centers? I found some remote and office ones that weren't call centers at least. Also I'm guessing english-german is fucked in that industry?
Also language centric job guys explain your job/s.
Michael Hill
>이지 빵집에 간다. 우리댕댕이 산책시키고 있어 언어챌린지 만드셔서 감사합니다. 님의 고추가 정말 작으신가봐요ㅇㅅㅇ 그 신발 잘 어울려~ >미디엄 어제 그에게 큰 힌트 줬지만 내 비밀을 아직 안알아냈는데... 주제를 스스로 알리려고 해봤으면 이건 알겠죠? ~
Sebastian Hernandez
whats a good BOOK to learn japanese? i just want to fuck off with a book. I already have a book for kanji I cant learn from videos/the internet/flashcards
Adrian Morgan
>I am going to the bakery Ik ga naar de bakker >I am taking my dog for a walk ik ga met mijn hond lopen
Not sure if the last one is right, it's maybe similar but not the same. Maybe something like Ik neem mijn hond lopen, but that also doesn't seem right
James Taylor
>want to learn arabic >not sure what fucking dialect to focus
help, please!
Cameron Barnes
They're more of a language family
Bentley Adams
I heard there are a lot of Palestinians in Chile so maybe start with that dialect?
Ian White
im actually starting with the levantine, but is it really a difference? i mean, could i understand different dialects at the long run?
Angel Rogers
How different are Indo-Iranian languages (Pashto, Persian, Hindi etc.) from Indo-European languages spoken in Europe?
Michael Watson
Palestinian and jordanian are southern levantine while syria and lebanon are northern levantine. Pretty sure they are very similar with small differences. I'm learning Palestinian arabic, although I took a break to study ruq'ah, the written arabic script. You basically need to know two different writing styles and two different dialects (MSA and a dialect).
Ethan Brooks
Genki 1 and 2 have a lot of grammar forms that will help, also the workbooks come with listening comprehension CDs. After that, I'm moving on to Tobira series
Charles Morales
thanks for the info fren, from which sources are learning btw?
Chase Powell
>I am going to the bakery パン屋さんへ行ってくるね >I am taking my dog for a walk 現在犬と散歩中 >thank you for creating this language challenge, your penis must be very big チャレンジ用意してありがとな、お前はデカチンに違いなし >those shoes suit you well 似合ってるね、その靴
MEDIUM >He has still not unraveled my secret, even though I gave him an obvious hint yesterday 昨日だって分かりやすいヒントを出してあげたのにまだ秘密を解いてないよあいつは >You should know this if you went through the effort to inform yourself some more on the subject ちゃんと調べといたらもう分かってるはずなのにな >I will never get enough of admiring what you do 貴公の活躍にずっと憧れていたい所存でございます >people underestimate at which point snakes can look cute 蛇は意外と可愛く見えるよ、よく見たら
HARD >Imagine you were a frenchman and that you were witness to a car accident. You see the car slowly sinking away in the water with a fellow frenchman and an African on the inside. As a frenchman myself, I would save my compartriot first 例え仏人であるあなたが交通事故を目撃したことにしよう。自動車が水の中へゆっくりと沈んでいって、その車内に人が二人見える: もう一人のフランス人と、一人のアフリカ人と。どちらから助けてあげますか? 俺ならフランス人として同胞を優先しますが
Noah Edwards
Fácil >>I am going to the bakery Estou a ir à padaria >>I am taking my dog for a walk Estou a trazer meu cão num passeio >>thank you for creating this language challenge, your penis must be very big Obrigado por ter feito este desafio de línguas, teu pênis deve ser muito grande >>those shoes suit you well Esses sapatos são bons para ti Médio >>He has still not unraveled my secret, even though I gave him an obvious hint yesterday Ele ainda não desembrulhou meu segredo, apesar que dei-lhe uma dica óbvia ontem >>You should know this if you went through the effort to inform yourself some more on the subject Devias saber isso se passasses pelo esforço para te informar mais no assunto >>I will never get enough of admiring what you do Nuca vou cansar de admirar o que fazes >>people underestimate at which point snakes can look cute Pessoas subestimar em qual ponto uma cobra parece fofa Difícil >>Imagine you were a frenchman and that you were witness to a car accident. You see the car slowly sinking away in the water with a fellow frenchman and an African on the inside. As a frenchman myself, I would save my compartriot first Imagina que foste um homem francês e que etavas um testemunha duma colisão de carros. Vês o carro lentamente afundar na água com um companheiro francês e um africanolá dentro. Como sou mesmo um francês, salvaria meu compatriota primeiro
Caleb Gutierrez
I used this for starting out: madinaharabic.com/learn-arabic.html I eventually got bored and went to read a book called Colloquial Palestinian but its written all in ruqah so I'm learning that right now from a book called Mastering arabic script. I think Syrian arabic has a lot more sources than Palestinian so you should be able find some better stuff. Also heres a mega I found on lit that I yoniked the mastering arabic script book from. mega.nz/#F!Wq5G0YgY!UCOKnACto30I7lHeAacmkw!63Zx2QZZ Good Luck
Brody Powell
>EASY >>I am going to the bakery Πηγαίνω στον φούρνο >>I am taking my dog for a walk Βγάζω το σκύλο βόλτα >>thank you for creating this language challenge, your penis must be very big Ευχαριστώ για κάνεις αυτή την γλωσσική πρόκληση, το πέος του πρέπει να είναι μικρό. >>those shoes suit you well Αυτά τα παπούτσια σου ταιριάζουν καλά. > >MEDIUM >>He has still not unraveled my secret, even though I gave him an obvious hint yesterday Αυτός δεν έχει αποκαλύψει το μυστικό μου ακόμα, αν και τον έδινα έναν φανερό ίχνο χθες.
Jordan Wood
/deutsch/ ruined my life. I've taken university level language courses. I was always at the top of my class. My Harvard and Princeton educated professor was always impressed with my essays and recommended me for honors, scholarships, and study abroad grants. yet the second I post even relatively simple sentences in deutsch, all the bernds act like my german is completely incomprehensible and mock me. i'm quitting bros.
Aiden Mitchell
EZ Ich gehe nach die Bäckerei. Ich nehme mein Hund mit mir für ein Spaziergang. Danke für die Spracheausforderungmachung , deiner Scwanz muss gross sein. MED Er hat immer noch nicht mein Geheimnis ausgefunden, ebenso ich habe ihm gestern ein hint gegeben.
Hudson Williams
>hey could you help me with [tl]? I could help you in English if you want >Yes of course but I'm already fluent in English, all of my uni courses are in English >thanks, I appreciate it >*start writing to them in [tl]* >*they always respond in English* Why are euros like this?
>EASY >I am going to the bakery Πηγαίνω στον φούρνο >I am taking my dog for a walk Βγάζω βόλτα τον σκύλο μου >thank you for creating this language challenge, your penis must be very big Ευχαριστώ που δημιουργείς αυτή τη γλωσσική δοκιμασία, το πουλί σου πρέπει να είναι πολύ μικρό >those shoes suit you well Εκείνα τα παπούτσια σου πάνε καλά
>MEDIUM >He has still not unraveled my secret, even though I gave him an obvious hint yesterday Ακόμα δεν έχει ανακαλύψει το μυστικό μου, αν και του έδωσα έναν προφανή υπαινιγμό χτες >You should know this if you went through the effort to inform yourself some more on the subject Πρέπει να το ξέρεις αυτό αν έκανες τον κόπο να ενημερωθείς περισσότερο για το θέμα >I will never get enough of admiring what you do Ποτέ δεν θα είμαι ικανοποιημένος να θαυμάζω αυτό που κάνεις >people underestimate at which point snakes can look cute Ο κόσμος υποτιμεί σε ποια στιγμή τα φίδια μπορούν να φάνουν κιουτ
>HARD >Imagine you were a frenchman and that you were witness to a car accident. You see the car slowly sinking away in the water with a fellow frenchman and an African on the inside. As a frenchman myself, I would save my compartriot first Φαντάσου να ήσουν Γάλλους, και να γινόσουν μαρτυράς σ'ένα αυτοκινητιστικό ατύχημα. Βλέπεις να βυθίζεται αργά το αυτοκίνητο στο νερό με έναν συνγάλλο και έναν αφρικανό στο μέσα. Ως Γάλλος ο ίδιος, θα έσωζα τον συμπατριώτη μου πρώτα
Isaiah James
I don't imagine you could easily find a translator or interpreter job even with a degree, let alone without one. I have a regular office job, and I handle customer requests in English. There are a lot of languages spoken in the office, mainly European languages such as German, French, Spanish, and Dutch. But I have no idea if jobs like this one exist in Ameriga, after all, the reason why they exist in Hungary is that here, you can get people with master's degrees for 900 USD a month.
Andrew Cox
>you can get people with master's degrees for 900 USD a month. How expensive is rent and stuff in Hungary?
Josiah Williams
Portuguese mulher comes from Latin mulier.
Michael Hughes
Around 350-400 USD plus utilities for a non-shared apartment in Budapest (if you'd get 900USD (that's after taxes, fyi) for a job in Budapest, you will get significantly less anywhere else in the country). Food is not too expensive (but nowhere near as cheap as the UK or US, but not even as cheap as Germany), but since the VAT is 27%, pretty much everything is more expensive than in Germany. Healthcare is free, but it is atrocious. Hospitals look disgusting. You are expected to tip the doctors under the table after more serious procedures. Education is practically free, but it's shit (except medical and vet school, which are fine).
Samuel Taylor
If you're getting 900 after a master, how much would you get as some cleric? 400? Also how widespread is tipping the doctor? does it happen all the time? And does the government not do anything about?
Ethan King
it's a fairly rare word order which the verb is placed second(hence V2). What exactly that means depends on the language In German it means that the auxiliary verb (think have, had(in have/had done), will, should etc.) is placed behind the subject, following that are the object adverbial phrases etc and then at the end of the sentence the lexical verb is placed. (i.e. the verb that actually tells us what is happening e.g. "speak" in "I've been speaking English for 6 years.) It's a huge part of what makes a sentence seem weird when you translate it word-for-word from German to English. The example sentence "I have eaten crepe just like 3 days ago." is "Ich habe Crêpe so ungefähr vor 3 Tagen gegessen" which literally translated is "I have crepe like roughly 3 days ago eaten."
Xavier Taylor
You could buy physical copies of sets of manga and LNs off Amazon.co.jp if you actually want to learn Japanese and not just learn how to say コンビニはどこでありますか?and お父さんの牛乳が飲みたい。
Kayden Evans
>im actually starting with the levantine, but is it really a difference? i mean, could i understand different dialects at the long run? Not a bad idea, that's my favorite dialect. I usually recommend starting with MSA but it really depends on your goal and how long you want to study.
Owen Perez
>genki
Dylan Turner
probably the difference from russian to german
Nathaniel Carter
You don't particularly need a master's for this job, but most people have some kind of degree. And yes, I was literally offered 400USD at a job interview for a full-time helpdesk position (at an SME) where I would have had to communicate with customers in English. Now, if you work at McDonald's, you get 500. Tipping doctors usually happens when you need to undergo some kind of surgery. It is pretty common from what I understand, and they WILL fuck with you if you don't pay (e.g. they'll make you wait all day instead of calling you in first, or they don't even check up on you). It has been made illegal for them to accept money like that, but this is a government that has been building football stadiums from tax money while hospitals look like pic related, just to give you an idea
/deutsch/ is for fags, they hate people learning their language
Matthew Peterson
pls don't don't listen to those! ignore them. you're on Yas Forums, you've got to have some resistance to insults
Christopher Barnes
heh, because of the brackets and the shitty way Yas Forums displays IPA I thought at first you needed help with pronouncing [tɬ] what's your targetlang?
Brandon Ramirez
>most of everyday English words come from old english Woaw that's deep
Eli Diaz
Check out Minna no Nihongo, that's what japs usually use to teach Japanese. It's in Japanese, but don't worry, the exercises are self-explanatory, and it comes with a separate English explanation book, which has translations, grammar explanations, and word lists (you can download both for free). I've been using that with videos and stuff, and it's pretty good. The example sentences and exercises demonstrate the grammar pretty well. Supplement it with videos and stuff, of course.
Luis Stewart
whenever I post there I get ignored.
Gabriel Gonzalez
Any tips on expanding my french vocabulary fast? i've hit a plateu i believe
